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‘Farm Plan’ workshop to be held next week

BEEF and Lamb New Zealand have planned a ‘Farm Plan' workshop to be staged at Otoko next week, subject to what happens with the Alert Level 4 lockdown. B+LNZ have partnered with Gisborne District Council to raise awareness and understanding of Farm...

Impersonating whanau in scam on WhatsApp

Eastern District police are warning people to be wary of a WhatsApp scam circulating. In this case, scammers use the messaging system WhatsApp to impersonate family members or friends in difficulty — in particular, needing money.“This type of...

GDC gets tick for monitoring dairy effluent

Gisborne District Council is rated among the best performers for dairy sector effluent monitoring and enforcment in a major new report released by Forest and Bird. The report Cleaning Up: Fixing Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement in the Dairy...

Covid Olympics a new challenge

“THE best job on the planet” is how Gisborne woman Diana Dobson describes her communications role for the New Zealand Olympic Committee in Tokyo. Dobson, known to many as “Dobbie”, is a press attache for the Games team. It is the third time...

Logs take out pole, fence in spilt load at Te Puia Springs

State Highway 35 at Te Puia Springs was blocked for a couple of hours on Friday afternoon after a loaded log truck lost its trailer on the bend just south of the council offices in the township. The spilled logs took out an 11kV power pole and...

Nominations open for men of the year

THE Tairawhiti Men of the Year Awards are coming up and the call is going out for nominations for inspiring male role models in the community. In its sixth year, the awards showcase and celebrate positive male role models in the Gisborne...

Dancefit concert first-rate

Wow, Wow! . . . . Just where do I start for such a brillant night of dance with the Dancefit Studio Concert held on Friday and Saturday at the War Memorial Theatre — absolutely mind-blowing from start to finish. Advanced level 2 started the night...

It’s breakfast time - pink breakfast

July is Pink Ribbon Breakfast month, where Kiwis across the country will come together to raise vital funds for Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand (BCFNZ).Last year, more than 30 breakfasts were held in Gisborne. Forty people are diagnosed with...

Snow fell in hills to the west last night

The second snowfall in the district this year fell on hills around Matawai and Tiniroto last night, even though it is not officially winter yet. This morning a dusting of snow could still be seen on Whakapunake (out past Tiniroto) and up Rakauro...

Wool handlers keep up standards

GISBORNE wool handlers are keeping up their skills to make sure Gisborne wool is some of the best available, after attending a training day at CP Wool in Gisborne. CP Wool wool consultant representative and Poverty Bay A&P Show head steward Ross...

Medical nursing led to dialysis specialty

I was public hospital-trained as we all were in those days. I began my training 50 years ago at Christchurch Public Hospital. I graduated as a registered general and obstetric nurse. In 1975 I left New Zealand and did agency nursing at different London...

House of Year winner back for another shot

He won the new home $550,000 to $700,000 category at the 2017 Master Builders House of the Year national and regional awards. Now Sam Bain, of Bain Construction, is in the running for a renovation award in this year’s competition. Architect Eric...

Foon committed to creating safe school environment

If the number of children being bullied in New Zealand schools had measles it would be a pandemic, says Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon.“Up to 30 percent of our children are bullied. As there are one million children in our schools, this is...

It won’t be all smooth sailing

Tension built into the relationship between Eastland Community Trust and its capital beneficiary Gisborne District Council through the ECT Trust Deed is in the process of being smoothed over. A Memorandum of Understanding between the two, adopted at...

Wairoa man hurt cutting firewood

A WAIROA man was taken to hospital this morning with a leg injury after a log he was cutting for firewood rolled on top of the lower part of one his legs on a property near the town. The accident happened mid-morning at a place in Awamate Road...

Changes to gun laws supported

Three-quarters, or 323 of the 418 people who responded to the Gisborne Herald webpoll this week, supported changes to the country’s gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings. The question was, “Do you support the gun law changes...

Samoan goddess central to dance

AN education manager by day, in her other life Malia Patea-Taylor is a writer composer and this week she has combined the two. To help mark Matariki 2016, the Te Wananga O Aotearoa staffer is presenting a theatrical production under the Tautu...

Oil spill team pass test

A desktop oil spill exercise has tested out the preparedness of Gisborne's Regional Oil Spill Response Team and it went well. Tuesday's hypothetical spill from Tuahine Point and Tuamotu Island towards Waikanae Beach helped Maritime NZ test the...