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KiwiRail in talks about funding for rail repair

Work to reopen the cyclone-damaged rail line between Wairoa and Napier has yet to start with funding still to be sought, Kiwirail says. Last week, the rail line reopened between Napier and Hastings but KiwiRail Hawke’s Bay cyclone recovery...

Labour on the back foot for first debate

A wave of promises and some ugly disruptions have led up to the first leaders’ debate before the election, which is being televised tonight. It is becoming more important now for Chris Hipkins and the Labour government. A steady slide in the polls...

Better off relying on naturally occurring osmosis

Clive Bibby Looking at recent polls showing voter reaction to mandated changes to the way we co- exist with one another, one is drawn to the inescapable conclusion that the Government could achieve much of its race relations objectives by relying on...

Forest fire threat a reality

Under weak administrative monitoring of commercial afforestation mandatory requirements, and now the forecast El Niño threat, forest fire threat in our region is a realistic possibility of major concern. Commercial forestry staff in the past were...

Oh, how we so easily forget

Re: Pre-election forecast bleak but not all bad, September 13 editorial. I do wonder how we quickly seem to have forgotten the global shocks of the Covid pandemic, war, supply-chain issues and how they have affected our economy along with every...

‘Cheaper, simpler, kinder’

I am a regular user of the library and I also use the car park for people with a disability. To get from the car park to the library, I have been in the habit of walking across the grass as a short cut to the door. I welcome this as walking is not...

Charity ball to help cyclone-affected farmers the flood affected

Hawke’s Bay woman Georgia Denton and Tremains Hawke’s Bay are to stage a ball in early October to raise funds to support cyclone-affected farmers in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti. It will be held in Hastings at the Cheval Room (300 Prospect...

Spared worst of wind, rain due

Make the most of the sunny weather, as the extended outlook is for the rain to return to the Gisborne region next week. MetService’s long-range outlook is for clear, sunny days and mostly north-west winds this week, but for rain to return around...

Violent end to Christmas do

They’d hired a taxi van so everyone could get home safely from their Christmas function but even so, a group of workers’ over-indulgence in alcohol spelled a horror end to a good night out. Fletcher Hamish Scammell, building apprentice, told...

Cyclone insurance claims hit $86.18m

The final financial damages wrought on Gisborne properties by Cyclone Gabrielle here has been tallied and will cost insurance companies a whopping $86.18 million in payouts. Figures released by the Insurance Council of New Zealand yesterday...

Biosecurity alert for cruise ships

Biosecurity New Zealand has been working closely with cruise lines to ensure their vessels arrive into Eastland Port with clean hulls as the busy summer season approaches. The summer cruise season starts on November 13 here with the arrival of the...

Mackley St, seven months on . . .

by Neil Reid, Hawke’s Bay Today As builders and family continue to repair Sylvia Bell’s flood-hammered home, the widow has just one wish; to be back in the house she has lived in for the past 50 years by Christmas. Her house was among many badly...

Campaign hui focused on youth

Tāmati Coffey defended his East Coast candidacy after losing three years ago in Waiariki, Jordan Walker said “tax the rich”, Leighton Walker said she was not a politician, knew nothing about politics, but had people in her heart, and Dan...

Kōwhai blooms a sign spring is on the way

All the signs point to spring having arrived -—particularly the budding and flowering of the yellow-blossomed kōwhai tree. In Māori, spring is kōanga, and it is of significance that both kōwhai and kōanga share the word kō. Kō is the Māori...

Whānau full of thanks for community effort

“It’s a blessing.” That’s how Connie Kara of Iaopa Road in Te Karaka feels about having her uninsured home fully renovated, thanks to funding from iwi and government agencies. Ms Kara lives there with 11 others in a home that holds many...

Residents to talk about retirement village law changes

Retirement village residents and their families will have a chance to learn more about proposed changes to how retirement villages are governed. Retirement Village Residents Association president Brian Peat will be speaking on the subject at two...

'I thought he was joking'

Students of Rāngai, a Tairāwhiti-based media company and school, are rapt to have secured a commitment to broadcast their very own show, “Pūkeko-Man”, on Whakaata Māori. The show is the brainchild of Rāngai students Te Aruhe Fox, Te Aroh...

Forest restoration funding in question

Ongoing plant and animal control work at Waingake hangs in the balance as Gisborne District Council waits to hear if government funding will be renewed.