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Telehealth option for rural folk

A new telehealth service for rural areas hopes to improve access to primary healthcare for nearly 900,000 New Zealanders. Ka Ora Telecare was co-commissioned by Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority. It...

Chance to check out farm forestry winner

The Husqvarna North Island Farm Forester of the Year winner Rangitoto Station at Porangahau in Hawke’s Bay will be showcased in a Field Day next Thursday. The themes for the day will be climate resilience, the protection and enhancement of...

Waitangi only vendor at sale

Waitangi Terrace Station at Kanakanaia sent down 2343 store black face lambs to the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, the sole vendor of store lambs for the weekly sale. The lambs had been well prepared and drafted, but sold on a slightly weaker...

Adversity and recovery themes

The Top 2 Inches seminar at the Bushmere Arms provided farmers, growers and local business people with valuable information applicable to their own businesses and lives. The November 9 event, staged by AgFirst and the Westpac Bank attracted around...

Harry donates his $5000 prize to Fred Hollows Foundation

It has been a big week for 10-year-old Harry Newman from Motu School who has been recognised for his passion and environmental action by the Fred Hollows Foundation. Harry was named a Junior Ambassador in the Foundation’s annual New Zealand...

Final call for meat industry scholarships

Tertiary students considering a career in the red meat sector are encouraged to apply for the Meat Industry Association (MIA) 2024 scholarship programme before applications close very shortly. Up to four new scholarships, a mixture of undergraduate...

At least two disabled parks please

Pleasing to read Grey St changes will include a disabled park outside Ocean Dental, but, one is not enough. There needs to be at least two disabled parks for that busy Grey St area. Barbara Barwick

What new MRI scanner will and won’t offer . . .

On Friday November 17, Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti released information via Facebook and the Herald announcing approval for a new MRI scanner. These articles suggest patients requiring prostate and cardiac MRI are sent out of town for imaging. This is...

Contested views and free speech issues

Jason Heale Maxim Institute You’ve probably heard that Chloe Swarbrick chanted, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at a pro-Palestine protest. Criticism was swift. David Seymour demanded she apologise. A Jewish woman told...

Echoes of the land exposed in photo exhibition

by Ann Revington, Wairoa Star The latest exhibition at Wairoa Museum is a photographic journey of sites of significance around Tūranganui-ā-Kiwa/Gisborne. Mike Spedding — a former director of the Wairoa and Tairāwhiti museums and now an art...

Show will go on: January 19-20 fair to be held in Wairoa’s town centre

by Doug Laing, Hawke’s Bay Today The Wairoa A&P Society is taking its January show to town after deciding it cannot hold the annual event at its showgrounds because of damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle and other climatic events of 2023. The...

Most whitebait spawning areas hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle

The full impact of Cyclone Gabrielle on the whitebait fishery may not be seen until next year. Department of Conservation (DoC) Wairoa ranger David Mathias said the flooding was significant and quite severe on their habitat. While some whitebait...

Lynne Martin: Convicted of murder yesterday, dead in police cell this morning

Less than 24 hours after she was found guilty of murdering her father,The Gisborne Herald understands Lynne Martin has died in police custody. In a statement police said they had begun an enquiry on behalf of the Coroner following the death of...

Shedding light on a ‘Just Transition’ workshop in June

With the Chief Ombudsman last month laying out his expectation that council workshops be more open and transparent, The Herald followed up a response to that from Gisborne District Council by requesting minutes of the 18 workshops it has held this...

Best way to predict future is to plan it

A round of applause to the urban planners. Gisborne is on the cusp of a bright future thanks to the power of the pen. That is if the draft Future Development Strategy is adopted in something like its current state. Jack Marshall Our city is expected...

Weather isn’t playing ball

So where is El Nino? Judging from the behaviour of the region’s weather, it’s more like El Nono, and contrary to all the dire forecasts that began months ago. Examining data of the past few months, and the current weather, there is still no...

Recognition well deserved

Congratulations to Kerry Hudson on the recognition of his outstanding contribution to land management in our region. Kerry has worked alongside all landowners in Tairāwhiti over many, many years, through all sorts of government and local...

Well done Kerry

The award to Kerry Hudson has truly been earned through his dedication to land management. I recall the hours he gave to the work of my late husband Malcolm Piper with QE11 National Trust — with conservation in the right places — as being...