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Civil Defence keeping a watch on river levels

The region is in line for more rainas Civil Defence authorities here keep a cautious eye on river levels. The Met Service today issued an Orange Heavy Rain warming for Gisborne, forecasting 130mm to 160 mm of rain, on top of what had already...

Heavy rain forecast for Monday, Tuesday

Road users throughout Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti are being urged to plan ahead and take care with heavy rain on the way. MetService is forecasting the heaviest rainfall to hit the regions on Monday and Tuesday. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is...

Gisborne’s population continues to rise

Gisborne’s population increased by 1.2 percent from 52,000 to 52,630 in the 12 months to June 30. This is according to provisional estimates released by Stats NZ earlier this week. The population grew in all 16 regions of New Zealand over the 12...

Concerns about impact of Meng Foon’s illegal seawall

An unconsented Gisborne seawall which defied council instruction has raised concern about potential impacts to the environment. On October 6, Gisborne District Council issued an abatement notice to former mayor Meng Foon for work he had undertaken...

News from Juken set to reverberate

Five years on from a restructure that saw Juken NZ lay off half of the 200 people working at its mill at Matawhero — as it stopped production of plywood and laminated timber products because of a slowdown in the Japanese housing market, to focus...

Roadside a disgrace

I am disappointed in the amount of rubbish on the side of Awapuni Road. Old beds, couches, umbrellas, plastic by the mile, Mcdonald’s leftovers — in fact, whatever you can think of seems to arrive at one time or another. Awapuni Road is a main...

Kindness, humanity at A&E

In today’s world of Ukraines and Gazas, it is easy to get a mite discouraged as to whether Homo sapiens as a species is capable of long-term change. Recently, I spent a few hours at the local hospital’s A & E department. I would like to...

Creed of Hamas is death

John Minto and other misinformed anti-Zionist antisemites fail to understand the objectives of Hamas-ruled Palestinians and those of Israelis. There are great differences. Hamas do not want peace. They want to kill Jews. They don’t want Israel...

Look after remaining stock

Re: Fancy a trout? Oct 27 article. While I personally will always applaud those who wish to teach the art of fly fishing for trout (especially for free), I also believe those in a position of influence such as angling clubs, Fish & Game etc...

Wednesday Walking Challenge: students do their bit to keep Makaraka beautiful

Makaraka School is on a mission to clean up rubbish on the main road outside the school putting a new spin on the Wednesday Challenge. The Wednesday Challenge is about encouraging people to walk to school but at Makaraka School it’s about cleaning...

District council heeds Ombudsman’s advice about transparency, accountability

No 'closed-door' decisions.

Rocket Lab expects to be back in action by end of year

Rocket Lab anticipates it will resume rocket launches from Mahia by the end of the year, after it received Federal Aviation Administration authorisation to resume. The authorisation comes after Rocket Lab experienced an in-flight anomaly on...

Information sought after man, 71, found seriously hurt

Police are appealing for information after a pensioner was found with serious injuries in Wainui at the weekend. The 71 year-old man was located in a serious condition on Moana Road, under the Okitu Bridge, around 10.30am on Sunday, October 22. The...

Waka Kotahi contractor threatened at gunpoint on SH35

Extra security has been drafted in after a security guard working for a Waka Kotahi contractor was threatened at gunpoint. “Our contractors working at a site on State Highway 35 at Mangahauini have confirmed one of their security guards was...

Community invited to take part in second Tairāwhiti wellbeing survey

The community is invited to participate in the second Tairāwhiti Wellbeing Survey (TWS), to help build comprehensive data about how the region is doing. The survey was designed to improve local data to better understand the wellbeing and needs of...

Trust Tairāwhiti approves nearly $200k in grants

Community grants totalling just over $196,000 were approved in the latest funding round from Trust Tairāwhiti. The biggest recipients were Toitu Tairāwhiti and Te Runanga o Ngāti Porou, which each received $75,000 towards their emergency...

Personal message from Dame Kiri about Ryman Healthcare’s Village of the Year award

Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village has been crowned Ryman Healthcare’s Village of the Year for 2023 in what has been a true roller-coaster ride of a year for the resilient Gisborne team. Village manager Penny Forrester accepted the trophy at this...

New Kiwis welcomed in Gisborne citizenship ceremony

Gisborne residents from overseas became New Zealand citizens this week at a ceremony at Gisborne District Council