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No more ‘flights of fancy’

What has happened to our council? Surely our rates should be to cover necessities for the region — not to pay for the desires and fantasies of councillors and council staff. Why change Grey Street? For countless years we have been able to walk...

Remembering cyclone's devastating impact one year on

A large number of gatherings are being organised to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle’s carnage in Hawke’s Bay, including in Wairoa. The New Zealand Herald reported that in Hawke’s Bay thousands were expected to come...

Earthquake Commission roadshow aims to help with preparedness

Experts are bringing the science of New Zealand’s largest and most active fault to East Coast communities, with the support of Toka Tū Ake Earthquake Commission (EQC). The Hikurangi Subduction Zone runs the length of the east coast of Te...

Forecast conditions send cruise ship on to Wellington

The 14th cruise ship of the season was a no-show at the weekend when the skipper of the Silver Muse decided on Saturday night not to come into Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay on Sunday due to forecast swell conditions. Instead the ship sailed on...

Chiller kaupapa brings kai, skills to the city

A new community kaupapa has been launched at Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri to help with the sourcing of meat for hākari (feasts) in the community due to rising food prices. The Hākari Chiller has been organised by Tui Keenan of the school’s...

Child Cancer Foundation seeking collectors

The Child Cancer Foundation’s 2024 Street Appeal is just a month away. The foundation needs volunteer collectors for the appeal taking place on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9. “Every week this year three Kiwi families will be told the...

Won the Tairāwhiti Experience trip bid, loved the adventure

Charity auction cyclone fundraiser in Tōkyō sends friends to Gisborne for short stay packed with Tairāwhiti attractions . . . When Jenifer Rogers, an American lawyer working in Tōkyō, attended a prestigious fundraising event in support of our...

Tuta's tireless advocacy to create a Meth Free Tairāwhiti lives on

Late coordinator's mahi to tackle meth use not forgotten.

No sign of millions raised in Lotto draw for cyclone relief

by Mitchell Hageman More than $10 million raised by a special Lotto draw and appeal that was run in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle has now sat unspent with the Department of Internal Affairs for nearly a year. Those wanting to know where the...

Iran-US: What a man’s gotta do

Gwynne Dyer In the immediate aftermath of the massacre of 1140 Israeli civilians by Hamas terrorists last October, US President Joe Biden went to Israel and gave Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu some good advice. “While you feel rage...

Gisborne’s sun good for rental property market

The Gisborne rental property market operated contrary to national trends in December with demand increasing by 42 percent, and listings also increasing, by a “notable” 21 percent. The figures come from the latest TradeMe property report which...

No aerosols only change for Tairāwhiti as new recycling regulations take effect

Changes to regulate recycling nationwide will have minimal impact on requirements for residential kerbside collection in Tairāwhiti. The Government is introducing standardised kerbside recycling across New Zealand, in a bid to increase consistency...

System dragging the chain on animal welfare case

A case involving serious animal welfare charges is making slow progress through court due to a succession of adjournments and changes of legal counsel. Matthew Gordon Brown, 46, of Te Karaka, faces 10 animal cruelty charges relating to a team of...

Singed pork sparks alarm

Several pigs in the process of being singed sparked an unusual callout for Gisborne firefighters early yesterday morning when they and police responded to an incident in Endcliffe Road in Kaiti. Calls about it came in at around 5am. “On arrival we...

Determining extent of district’s aquifers

A scientific project gets under way on Monday to understand more about Tairāwhiti’s groundwater. The project involves surveying underground aquifers — areas of natural underground water storage where water flows in and is stored below the...

Super-shearer Mullooly has shot at semis in close race

by Doug Laing Matawai shearer Catherine Mullooly is one of 27 shearers in with a mathematical chance of making the semifinals of the PGG Wrightson Vetmed national shearing circuit. A close race has developed for the top 12 semifinal places in the...

Cruise ship visit No.14

Gisborne hosts the cruise ship Silver Muse again tomorrow, with the vessel due to go to anchor in the Bay in the morning, arriving from Akaroa. A ships’ agent spokesman said forecast sea conditions might play a part in the 14th cruise ship visit...

Child dental care reassurance

Two mobile dental trucks will be heading to Gisborne’s urban and western rural schools in Term One and talks are being held with other school principals to provide a similar service. Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti interim hospital lead Bhargav...