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Pretty in pink

Te Wiremu staff and residents supported the Breast Cancer Awareness and Survivors fundraiser by dressing in pink and bidding in a cake auction

Calm before the storm

THE MetService says rain and strong southerlies will develop south of Tolaga Bay late this morning, with scattered showers further north. Heavy falls and snow are possible down to 700 metres from this afternoon. Tonight the low is forecast to be 1...

Farmer confidence drops

SHEEP and beef farmer confidence dropped to the lowest recorded level since August 2017, according to a survey by Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).The survey by UMR Research found less than half (46 percent) of farmers were confident in the future...

Dome in ‘world’s top 10 coolest’

Five million people worldwide have just received the message that the Dome is one of the best dine-in cinemas in the world. International online travel magazine Jetsetter, associated with TripAdvisor, has included the Dome Bar and Cinema in their...

Dad and Me programme at Tauawhi centre starts Monday

A FREE programme aimed at supporting fathers to have positive involvement in their children’s lives starts on Monday. Tauawhi Men’s Centre is running the four-week Dad and Me programme, which involves weekly night workshops on parenting advice...

Big vision in Te Urewera plan

THE laying down of the kawa or protocols for Te Urewera has begun with a framework launched at Taneatua. The process has been described as the start of a two-year conversation that will give rise to a unique management plan for Te Urewera. In...

Girls just wanna have fun

To mark the end of the academic year, Year 9 and some Y10 Gisborne Girls High School students took part in the day which involved doing activities at nine stations and collecting points as they went. Activities included the “slip ’n’ slide”...

WINTER SPORT UNDER WAY

YMP player Tyrin Wyllie is pictured in action above, about to score a try in a premier club rugby game against High School Old Boys at Te Karaka. Winter sports codes kicked into action on Saturday, with rugby, netball and football players shaking off...

God’s way, or mankind’s?

Re: Last Thursday night’s paper, blessing or cursing. Allow me to draw attention to some passages from the Bible (New Living Translation). Genesis 12 verse 2-3; (God speaking to Abram) I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make...

First big fishing comp this weekend

ABOUT 40 boats and 100 anglers are expected to take part in Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club’s first big fishing contest of the year this weekend. The Hunting and Fishing Inshore Fishing Competition targets the shallower species like kahawai...

Food festivals?great events?that need to?be supported

New Zealand’s alcohol problem could have another innocent victim, if the district licensing committee decides against allowing a restricted drinking area at the Gizzy International Food Festival that is set to launch this year’s Gizzy Food Week...

At watershed moments, leadership matters

As Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, the co-chair of Tuia 250, said in a recent interview on The Project, “History happened, it can’t be changed.” In a later interview he quoted Nelson Mandela, “Resentment is like drinking poison, and hoping that it...

Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer award finalists announced

The finalists have been announced for the 2022 Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer award for sheep and beef and one of them works for Whangara Farms. Puhirere Te-Akainga Tamanui Tau (Ngāti Ira, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi) works as a shepherd on Rototahi and...

Rocket Lab chooses Mahia for space launches

A DECISION by Rocket Lab to make Mahia its priority launch pad site is “fantastic news” and an “amazing opportunity”, community leaders in the Gisborne-Wairoa district say. Auckland-based Rocket Lab said yesterday its decision was partly...

Keen to see an upgrade

I fully understand and appreciate your reply to my letter Wanda and Barry, along with your explanation of how comfortable you are with the lifestyle that you obviously enjoy, but that is not going to benefit the general appearance of the main street...

Voters urged to ‘have a voice’

The number of people who have voted is down from the local authority election three years ago. So far 4675 votes have been received — only 14.38 percent of the 32,508 residents of voting age in Tairawhiti. At the same time in the last election in...

Screams alert neighbour to ferocious fire

A HOUSE in Muir Street in Elgin was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The family living in the large older home escaped the flames without any injury. Fire and Emergency New Zealand sent two crews to the scene at about 2.30pm.“We saw the cloud...

Tractor burned but the garage is saved

A TRACTOR under repair in an engineering garage on an orchard at Ormond caught fire late yesterday afternoon but resolute work by the property owners, then firefighters, stopped the fire spreading to engulf the workshop. The fire service received...