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Mates share $1m Lotto win

A group of long-time friends are sharing the Lotto love after striking the million-dollar First Division jackpot on January 3. The seven will pocket over $140,000 each from their winning ticket bought online. Several years ago the seven mates opened...

‘Big blue’ heaviest marlin so far this season

The biggest marlin caught so far in New Zealand this season was landed last week in Gisborne by Daniel Laffey off the boat About Time. It was a blue marlin and weighed in at a whopping 281 kilograms — another indicator that plenty of gamefish are...

Five missions for rescue chopper

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter was dispatched five times in the week to Sunday night, including to a crash in Waioeka Gorge (see story above). Other incidents the Gisborne helicopter was called to during the week started at 4pm on...

Hands burned in LPG incident

An LPG situation at Pouawa and a small driftwood fire at the mouth of Waipaoa River resulted in emergency services call-outs over the weekend. The Pouawa incident happened in the driveway of a property at around 11pm on Friday. “We were called to...

Gisborne records two more Covid deaths

Gisborne has lost two more people to Covid-19 as the country continues to experience a fifth wave of the virus. The latest Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora figures, released yesterday, show 38 deaths were recorded nationwide in the week ending January 14...

Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club honours Ali with paddle-out ceremony

Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club members and others paid tribute on Saturday morning to the late Alistair Thorpe — a stalwart of the club and Surf Life Saving NZ — with a paddle-out in his honour in front of the surf club. Mr Thorpe died suddenly...

New chapter ahead of Gisborne couple uprooted by Cyclone Gabrielle

February 13-14 marks a year since the home of Gisborne family Rachel and Clint Daly and their children Tayne (23) and Kalea (18) was destroyed in the path of Cyclone Gabrielle. After six months in Australia, Rachel and Clint returned on New Year’s...

NZ backs retaliation against Houthis

New Zealand has joined seven other countries in lending support to air strikes by the US and Britain on military sites in Yemen used by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group, in retaliation for its attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea since...

Schrödinger’s Island: Taiwan election 2024

Gwynne Dyer Taiwan’s fate is as unknowable as usual, even though we know who the next president will be. William Lai, vice-president under outgoing President Tsai Ing-Wen, will almost certainly win the election today, because the two opposition...

Small fire disables transporter truck

A disabled truck was towed to Gisborne for repairs on Thursday night after a small electrical fire started under the cab of the transporter on Traffords HIll on State Highway 2. Gisborne Hiabs were called to the scene to recover the damaged vehicle...

68 reported to have Covid in Tairāwhiti

Health NZ figures show 44 deaths from Covid 19 have been reported in the week ending at midnight on Sunday. None of those deaths occurred in Tairāwhiti, but there are 68 active cases in the district. There have been 25,927 cases in Tairāwhiti...

‘Respect’ call from Waka Kotahi for roadworkers

The New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is urging motorists to respect roadworkers this summer. “Every day roadworkers receive abuse from people passing through their worksites. That’s not acceptable,” an NZTA satement said. “Be patient...

Gisborne’s million-dollar Lotto winner claims prize

A $1 million-winning Lotto ticket sold to a mystery Gisborne resident has been claimed. “We can confirm that the $1 million Lotto First Division prize won by a MyLotto player in Gisborne on January 3 has been claimed,” a Lotto NZ spokeswoman...

‘It’s about how the pie is split, not the size’

Wairoa residents still have time to submit their thoughts about how Hawke’s Bay Regional Council sets their rates. The regional council is encouraging the community to make submissions on its consultation on the principles of how rates are set and...

Small yarding in weekly sale

There were just 223 sheep yarded in the weekly sale at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, including 63 prime sheep, 136 store lambs and 24 store ewes. AS & KM Bush sold six heavy prime lambs for $101.50, while K Briant sold two heavy prime ewes...

Back to work on Monday for Mullooly

Matawai mum of two, farmer and well-performed shearer Catherine Mullooly produced what Sir David Fagan described as a “brilliant” effort on Wednesday near Te Kuiti when she smashed the women’s world record for strongwool ewes. She eclipsed the...

Convicted sex offender gets rare chance to reduce lengthy jail term

A sex offender jailed for 11 years is being allowed to appeal his sentence even though it was imposed on him more than three years ago and even though he has already abandoned a previous appeal. Paul Elvis Rawiri McLean was sentenced to the prison...

Good fortune smiles twice

Choosing Bayleys Gisborne to sell his cyclone-damaged house, resulted in a Gisborne man being $25,000 better off, just before Christmas. That was because he was the realty company’s 25th anniversary prize draw, which saw a number of vendors...