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Here they go again: on the road-repairs trail after recent deluge

Gisborne District Council has provided a detailed update on road repair progress in the wake of the weekend’s heavy rain, as well as an update on affected bridges and river crossings. “As many of you will be aware, our already fragile roading...

Rail line a potential road option: Nimon

by Gary Hamilton-Irvine, Hawke’s Bay Today Napier MP Katie Nimon says the damaged Napier to Wairoa railway line should be considered as a new road to replace State Highway 2. A question mark continues to hang over the future of that railway which...

Not guilty plea to ‘clarify grey area’: Former Justice Minister Kiri Allan

by Claire Trevett, NZ Herald Former Justice Minister Kiri Allan says she has pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to accompany police on the night she crashed her car in Wellington because she wanted to test an apparent grey area in the law...

Burning passion for his job . . . but time to retire for firefighting veteran

When 36-year senior firefighter Dave Covell made his retirement speech last weekend he thanked his mates for their comradeship and Fire and Emergency NZ for the opportunity to serve his community. The 68-year-old veteran reckoned it was time to...

No cutting rates any time soon: Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr surprised markets yesterday by dissuading them of any cuts to the official cash rate (OCR) next year and leaving the door open to a further hike in interest rates if inflationary pressures turn out to be stronger...

Clean up forestry slash

This never-ending nuisance of forestry slash must stop. What other industries are allowed to discharge their waste products into the environment? Surely it should be possible to establish regulations that require the logging companies to process the...

Faith pavilion for COP28

For the first time a faith pavilion will be part of COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to inspire ambitious goals and call for concrete commitments on climate change. The Pope is attending the opening. Shane Goldie, a 22-year-old...

Sheep and beef farmers enjoying the benefits of bringing in Cashmere goats

by Hamish Barwick Three years ago, Glenn and Carolyn Prebble on the Whakarau Road took the plunge into running Cashmere goats in their sheep and beef operation and are now reaping the benefits of weed control, Cashmere fibre and meat. The...

Apology for comment while challenging GDC to do better

A Gisborne district councillor has called the local authority’s risk management practices into question, earning a request to apologise in the process. At Tuesday’s audit and risk meeting, Colin Alder said the council needed to add “another...

Online survey time frame extended so people can share Cyclone Gabrielle experiences

“Revisiting these events and the trauma related to the cyclone will be challenging for some and, as an important reminder, there is support available to those who may need it: hbemergency. govt. nz/cyclone-gabrielle-review/where-to-get-help

What woman told police, "captured her bizarre state of mind that night": Judge

She ploughed through the gates of a business in a stolen vehicle, drove dangerously, taunted and assaulted police, threw rocks and threatened to blow up Gisborne police station. Marie Eileen Brown, 47, might normally have been jailed for all that...

Considerable costs in Smokefree repeal

The new Government wants to crack on with important work but it will find itself dealing with distractions if third-time deputy prime minister Winston Peters keeps grouching at the media and entertaining conspiracy theories. The sooner he jets off...

Team effort: our future is in our hands

Clive Bibby It may seem somewhat ironic suggesting that we are are still in charge of our own destiny, given the challenges that have emerged during this last year — Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle with their unprecedented damaging effect on the...

Glad to get your head around Grey St project

Re: No reason to fiddle with major city road, November 28 column. Roger, my word, you seem to have a bee in your bonnet around change. If you haven’t noticed (but you more than likely have, apparently) our city is in dire need of some aroha. This...

Huge potholes remain . . .

I note with interest that the speed restriction signs, that were never legally compliant, have been removed on Wharekopae Road. Should we assume that the huge potholes that remain on the road are no longer dangerous enough to warrant restrictions...

Welcome to stand with us

I want to thank the general public of Gisborne for supporting our peaceful gatherings to show solidarity with the marginalised people of Palestine. As we stand in absolute grief and distress for the loss of 14,000 Palestinian lives, over 6000 of...

Powering up for a brighter future

Te Hapara School students have been exploring the wonder of energy this term as part of Engineering New Zealand’s Wonder Project. The free nationwide programme for schools is designed to get young Kiwis excited about science, technology...

Call to push booster vaccines as fifth wave sweeps country

Official figures for the week up to midnight, Sunday, show 69 Tairāwhiti residents have Covid-19. The country recorded 41 deaths from Covid in that week, but none from this district as the “fifth wave” of Covid-19 continues to strike New...