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Longboard stolen from outside tent

O’Shea Mead-Cadore was enjoying his Easter holiday at Waikanae Holiday Park until his skating longboard was stolen on Sunday night from outside his tent.“I was staying there to be closer to the surf and also I like carving it up on the pavements...

Helping Gisborne Pasifika into their own homes

A service which helped seven Gisborne Pasifika whānau become home owners last year opened a branch in the CBD this week. Vahefonua Tonga Methodist Mission Charitable Trust (SIAOLA) — a social service committed to empowering, strengthening and...

Whatatutu blaze threatens houses

FIRE broke out in the Whatatutu waste transfer station near the settlement yesterday afternoon and firefighters had to work hard to stop it spreading up a nearby hill and threatening houses and the local school. The fire broke out at around 4pm and...

Great fundraiser, cause

My husband, son and I attended the Hospice Night of Laughs on Friday, our first live comedy show. What a great fundraiser for a very worthy cause. The venue was fabulous and the audience really got into the show. I loved Urzila, thought the magic of...

Digging in at Donner’s

Donner’s Bush Scenic Reserve had a spruce-up thanks to Student Volunteer Week. Ten students from the Turanganui-a-Kiwa Activity Centre, Gisborne Boys’ High School and Campion College put on their gumboots and mucked in to help with maintenance on...

No clear evidence house fire was arson

Police say there is no clear evidence that a fire that badly damaged a unit in a two-storey duplex building in Munro Street on Thursday night was arson. A fire started in a vehicle parked in a car port adjacent to the building, and spread from there...

Friendly for pedestrians

I wonder how many impatient drivers would stop for the elderly, disabled, mums with children and others who need a pause in traffic to negotiate their way from the Peel Street bridge into town, or from town to the bridge, with a permanent roundabout...

Car leaves Whatatutu Road, hits power pole

The driver of a car that left the Whatatutu Road yesterday afternoon and struck a power pole was fortunate to escape significant injury. It happened at around 3pm, with police and St John ambulance called to the scene.“The pole snapped off and the...

'A pretty wild ride'

New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Racing series

Three lucky their crash spotted

THREE people were fortunate to escape with only minor injuries early this morning when the car they were in left State Highway 2 in the Waioeka Gorge and plunged 20 metres down a bank. It happened near the bottom of Traffords Hill on the Opotiki side...

Ancient tree found at Waingake

A Kahikatea tree estimated to be 600 to 800 years old was discovered in the Waingake Waterworks Bush by Gisborne District Council workers. GDC senior land management officer Melanie Cheetham shared information about the work being done in the...

Oily rags ignite shed fire

INCORRECT disposal of rags impregnated with Danish oil started a fire that destroyed the contents of a shed and lean-to on a property in Huxley Road yesterday that included a vintage Mini Clubman car. The devastated property owner discovered the fire...

Award supports comparative study at Harvard

How private organisations and the private sector impact on the actions of indigenous peoples will be the focus of Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman's research at Harvard University. Dr Aikmam, 31, is the recipient of the Fulbright-Nga Pae o te Maramatang...

Jail for sex assault

‘Particularly predatory and depraved offending’: prosecutor

What's On in Gisborne

Saturday, July 9St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale, 9am – 12 noon in car park behind church, access off Childers Rd, $5 per car (paid on arrival, set-up 8.30am). Ph Val 868 8226. Wide variety of realistically-priced goods. Gisborne Artists & Potters...

Tragic start to 2022

Local woman among 17 killed over road toll period

No problems at Wairoa gang funerals

WAIROA remained quiet and calm over the weekend as the Mongrel Mob gang members who died in the Mohaka crash were farewelled in separate funerals, police say.“It was just like any other weekend,” police said this morning. The funeral service for...

Why doesn’t Prebble shove off to UK, USA?

I was disappointed that you would give so much breath to Richard Prebble in our great little paper on the last day of a horrible year that was 2020, dominated by Covid-19. Prebble would always relish any chance to criticise the Labour Government...