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Socialism reintroduced

Re: Look at the mess they’ve left, November 11 letter. Iain says socialism is essentially the art of squandering other people’s money, and that the outgoing Labour govt embraced socialism to a large degree. The first sentence is wrong, and the...

CBD not alone in looking a bit tatty

Re: the CBD comments in The Gisborne Herald. Yes, it does need a spark up and it would put locals in a more positive mind. We are not on our own — parts of Queenstown are also looking a a bit tatty! May I add also, a lot of private homes need...

Latest addition to rescue chopper team stoked about 'dream job'

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team have a new crew member and the arrival of crewman Caz Cundall-Curry takes the service a step closer to having its much-anticipated full team of 12. Caz has been a lifeguard, a gym instructor and...

Tairāwhiti Aviation Museum's Big Show: WW2 engines, hot rods, muscle cars and more to go on display

Motors, engines, automobiles and aviation all collide at the weekend, with the Big Show at the Tairāwhiti Aviation Museum. Held on Saturday and Sunday, the event is a fundraiser for the Cancer Society and the Trust Tairāwhiti Rescue Helicopter. On...

Quick-reacting neighbours help with ‘good save’ of Wainui home

Quick reactions from people from neighbouring properties made the difference on Tuesday morning when a fire started in a loft above the double garage of a home in Lloyd George Road at Wainui. Fire and Emergency New Zealand sent two appliances and...

Gisborne Harrier Club event a ‘chance to run for a great cause’

The Gisborne Harrier Club is holding the Gizzy Laser Half Marathon for the second year, on Sunday November 19, with all proceeds going to the Gisborne East Coast Cancer Society. The event is sponsored again by Gisborne Laser Plumbing and Electrical...

Sharing knowledge: Mātai Medical Research Institute to host two-day symposium

Some of the best scientific minds from New Zealand and overseas will be in Gisborne next week to take part in a two-day symposium hosted by Mātai Medical Research Institute. “The goal is to share knowledge to accelerate innovations that improve...

Frustration over dump station delays

Tourism in Tairāwhiti will benefit if Gisborne District Council supports funding applications for a new public pump station which has had a resource consent since 2019. That was the key point Darryl Keast made in a public submission to the...

‘Thank you all’ the message from grateful relief trust

Gisborne District Council wants to give three million “thank yous” to New Zealand, after more than that amount was raised for the community following two cyclones in six weeks. The devastating start to 2023 for Tairāwhiti is still being felt by...

Council's authority to issue consents at risk due to manager's view of 'stupid laws'

by Ric Stevens, Open Justice A council manager who complained a junior female colleague was “demeaning” him when she requested that he fill out a tax form went on to hold on to his employers’ confidential documents after he was sacked...

Cruise ship visitors enjoy taste of life on a local farm

Passengers on the National Geographic Orion, the first cruise ship of the season to visit Gisborne on Monday, got up close and personal with farming life in New Zealand when they visited Maclaurin Farm at Hexton. More than 60 visitors, mainly from...

Volunteer Centre's new manager a "coastie at heart"

New Gisborne Volunteer Centre manager Ruby Walker brings to the job a background in business but with a strong affiliation to the not-for-profit sector. She started at the centre in September as volunteer service coordinator but with the retirement...

Nineteen more properties stickered in Wairoa district following heavy rain

Last week’s heavy rainfall caused significant damage in the Whakaki, Nuhaka and Mahia areas, with 19 properties sustaining damage and receiving Rapid Building Assessment placards, Wairoa District Council says. At Mahia, a permanent home and...

Typhoid outbreak ends after eight people hospitalised

An outbreak of the potentially fatal disease typhoid has ended with no further cases expected, Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ says. The outbreak among a team of overseas workers in Tairawhiti in September, ended with eight confirmed and three probable...

UK television show sparks a memory for Gisborne local

Karen Bruce was lost for words when she spotted a handbag on hit UK television show The Repair Shop exactly like one her mother had owned. The unique tooled Egyptian leather handbag was sent to her mother Jean in 1941 by her father, Wint Hopkinson...

Leading with kindness at Te Hapara School

Students at Te Hapara School were paying it forward on World Kindness Day yesterday. Principal Linda Savage said they marked the day by sending cards to retirement village residents and writing “thank you” letters to SPCA and Te Puku Or...

Students perform at Turanganui Schools Cultural Festival

Nearly 90 groups scheduled to perform over the five-day festival.

Council developing plan to address issues plaguing Gisborne’s public toilet network

Gisborne’s network of public toilets is at a “critical juncture” according to a Gisborne District Council report which has identified nearly half are overdue for renewal. The council is now developing a special plan to address issues plaguing...