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Community gets close-up look at Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter

A quad bike accident at Potaka last Thursday required a hillside landing by the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter to get help to an injured farmer, who was flown to Gisborne Hospital in a stable condition. The chopper crew headed back up...

Dig hiss . . . garden spade cuts gasline

A person doing spadework in the garden accidentally severed a gas line to a house in Oman Street behind Kaiti School early on Sunday afternoon. Fire and Emergency NZ responded at around midday that day. “A resident had been digging in the garden...

Protected birds shot dead: oystercatchers found on beach at Pouawa

An air rifle has been used to shoot two protected birds found dead on the beach at Pouawa, prompting Department of Conservation staff to appeal to the public for information. Some time between November 1 and November 3, an adult variable...

Region’s thoughts with Juken workers

It seemed inevitable after the announcement three weeks ago about potential closure in the face of ongoing financial difficulties and tough trading conditions, but confirmation yesterday that Juken will close its Gisborne mill after nearly three...

Carbon credit illusion, ideas for the future

Clive Bibby Business support packages that are based on unsustainable incentives can do more harm than good. And those that involve special treatment of foreign companies, to keep them operating in this country, can prove disastrous — even if...

The frog, the scorpion and Hamas

Gwynne Dyer Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. Or rather, don’t, because it’s relevant to the current situation, and we have to bring the people who don’t know the story up to speed first. It’s about a frog, doing whatever it is...

Bitter medicine required

The current toxic shellfish warning is another sign of poor land-use decisions. What we do on land ends up in the sea — poisonous seafood is the payback we get for abusing Mother Earth. Algae and phytoplankton blooms are not just the result of...

Air Force A109 helicopter wows students with ground visit

The chop of helicopter blades filled the air at Gisborne Intermediate yesterday when an air force A109 light utility helicopter dropped in for a flying visit. The chopper stayed on the ground for the visit and a talk to the students, before...

Heavy rain on the way

Another bout of heavy rain is on the way for the district, according to the severe weather outlook from MetService. A low is developing west of the North Island and is expected to deepen today, then move over the North Island tomorow, although the...

Juken Mill closure confirmed

Dozens of Gisborne mill workers have been told they will be out of a job just three days before Christmas.

Juken confirms Gisborne mill closure, 80 jobs to go

Dozens of Gisborne mill workers have been told they will be out of a job, just three days before Christmas. Juken New Zealand managing director Hiroyuki Kawado confirmed news that the Japanese-owned company was closing its Matawhero sawmill in...

Artificial Intelligence for dummies

Gwynne Dyer I’m sorry I didn’t get my article on Artificial Intelligence in earlier this month during the “AI Safety Summit” at Bletchley Park, the historic World War 2 decoding centre in England. I got distracted by other stuff happening in...

Enough on our plate — funds for CBD can wait

To those calling for council to “do something” about the alleged scruffiness of the CBD — don’t you think the district has enough on its plate at the moment? Every time someone demands council “do” something, they should remember...

Fluffed their chance to make amends

The scene was set last week for the council to make good after three years of messing around Musical Theatre Gisborne, which was seeking medium-term certainty over council land it leases in the industrial subdivision so it can go ahead with...

Rich environment for ‘very proud iwi’

A kura at Omaio, south of Te Kaha, has been recognised by Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects at its annual awards ceremony. The awards took place at St James Theatre, in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington last night. Te Kura o Te...

Waikawa haven for tūturuatu

by Jack Ward Surviving on Waikawa (Portland) Island is not for the faint-hearted, especially for a tiny bird. Always under the watch of nearby Māhia Peninsula and Rocket Lab, the island is only a kilometre from the mainland yet the sense of...

Rebel Robbie a better man 25 years on . . .

The irony wasn’t lost on some when Robbie Williams told the crowd at his Mission concert on Sunday that he had been sober for 24 years. A cheer erupted from thousands of adoring fans as they tipsily thrust their pinot gris, rose and shiraz-filled...

New injection centre opens; all New Zealand Schedule immunisations on offer

A new immunisation centre has opened up at 295 Palmerston Road offering all New Zealand Schedule immunisations. This includes childhood immunisation and those for pregnant women. No appointment is necessary. Staff will help members of the public...