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Driver charged after rollover

POLICE have charged the driver of a log truck that crashed on State Highway 2 at Bartletts in the Whareratas yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called at 3.15pm.“The truck and trailer unit carrying logs failed to negotiate a left hand...

What the Prime Minister said . . .

“It's about leadership,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said this week as she announced that she and her Ministers along with public service CEOs and the leader of the Opposition will take a 20 percent pay cut for six months. This move from those...

Government to address 'infrastructure deficit' in provinces

SUPPORTERS of the Gisborne to Wairoa rail line received a setback yesterday with not even a feasibility study for the line's reinstatement included in announcements launching the Government’s $1 billion-a-year Provincial Growth Fund (PGF).Regional...

Heavy swells to ease from today

The heavy easterly swell that has battered the region's coastline this week is predicted to ease during today. The MetService swell advisory yesterday pointed to waves of 3.5 to 4 metres south of Tolaga Bay but up to 4.5-5m in the north.“For...

Seventh Fiesta Latina good to go

Popular Latin beats and dance event Fiesta Latina has been given the green light with Gisborne moving to Alert Level 1.“We are so excited to be running the seventh Fiesta Latina now we are in Alert Level 1,” says organiser and Zumba teacher...

Council spotlight on Easter Sunday trading

A CHANGE to the Easter trading hours could be on the horizon for Gisborne this year. Gisborne District Council is seeking feedback on a proposed policy to let retailers trade on Easter Sunday if they choose to. Heart of Gisborne manager Lana Davy said...

At home vox pop

How are you marking Anzac Day today?

Explosive fire at Tyndall Rd house

FIRE engulfed the front of a Kāinga Ora home in Tyndall Road this morning after neighbours reported hearing two loud explosions from inside the house. Fire and Emergency NZ sent three appliances to the Kaiti property at around 6.20am after multiple...

Spots available on Tairawhiti LAC committee

Fire and Emergency NZ's Tairawhiti local advisory committee is already making a positive difference to managing the region's risks, says its acting chair. The committee was formed early last year and because of Covid constraints it was “quite...

Fire risk closes Masonic flats

SHOCKED residents in the Masonic building at the Gladstone Road-Lowe Street corner have been told to leave their flats because of fire safety concerns. The residents have to be out of the building by next Friday, just two days before...

Eastland Group supports Air NZ Covid initiative

GISBORNE airport operator Eastland Group is backing Air New Zealand's decision that from mid-December, its domestic passengers must be fully vaccinated or produce a negative Covid test. Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran said the change...

Who owns this property?

Police seized this property during the execution of a search warrant at a Gisborne property this week.“We suspect the property is stolen and we want to hear from anyone who can identify the property as theirs,” said Detective Sergeant Daniel...

Success or failure likely to hinge on economic impacts

New Zealand has a new Government and is in store for some major changes in direction from the previous nine years of National Party leadership. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has committed to reducing child poverty and caring for vulnerable children...

Unrivalled in hypocrisy

We have been told that Russia interfered with the recent US presidential election. No evidence has been produced to support this, but even if it were true, one has to marvel at the hypocritical effrontery of such an assertion. As with people, the...

Rongomaiwahine push back

GREEN Party MPs were welcomed to Mahia on Sunday by 70 Rongomaiwahine descendants to discuss concerns about RocketLab's operations on the Mahia Peninsula.“We heard the call from the uri (descendants) to have the RocketLab removed. We are...

Latest crop of Eastland Group interns setting bar ‘very high’

Eastland Group is employing a record number of interns over summer in roles ranging from an environmental intern at Eastland Port to a qualified commercial pilot working in operations at Gisborne Airport.“As a Tairāwhiti-based infrastructure...

Crime alert ahead of warmer months

THE approaching warmer months have prompted a series of messages from police around steps people should take to protect themselves from theft, burglary and car crime. Tairawhiti police traditionally observe an increase in those types of crimes over...

Celebrating Chinese Language Week

It is Chinese Language Week and students at Makaraka School have been getting into the spirit of things by learning a variety of Chinese cultural arts.“We celebrated this week’s Chinese Language Week by inviting the three Mandarin learning...