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Vette’s Olympic journey one of high and lows
Gisborne surfer Saffi Vette gave an inspiring talk to Makaraka School students this week about the peaks and troughs of life and the need to keep trying.
Holmes in Ferns squad for WXV
Gisborne’s Renee Holmes has predictably been named in the 30-strong Black Ferns squad for their final test match of the O’Reilly Cup and the inagural WXV1 tournament on home soil. Fullback Holmes will add to her 23 tests in a squad featuring...
Derby honours to Tūranga
Tūranga Wahine are back on the winning trail, thanks to a 31-27 victory over Ngati Porou East Coast Hamoterangi in Week 4 of the inaugural North Island Women’s Heartland Competition on Saturday. The close contest was part of a tripleheader...
New look to 92-year-old tourney
The 88th edition of the Poverty Bay Men’s Open tees off next week minus the reigning champion but with a bold new course layout. The order of sequence of holes is to be temporarily changed over the duration of the district’s oldest (first held...
Hutchings takes up role at Omanu SLC
Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club head coach Cory Hutchings will divide his time between the Gisborne club and his new role as lead sports adviser at Omanu Beach SLSC in the Bay of Plenty this summer. The Omanu club’s coach decided to move on and...
Around the Greens
Poverty Bay Poverty Bay Bowling Club members were delighted to be able to hold an opening day tournament on their recently laid Field Turf Green on Saturday. The season was opened by the club president Lesley Seymour, who thanked those who...
Bridge results
Monday, September 4 – Ben White (Ray White) Pairs 1 North/South East/West John Hudson, Robyn Cheyne 61.81 Carolyn McMurray, Helen Kerisome 59.13 Eileen Lee, Joy Marden 57.99 Vicki Nickerson, Frank Roach 57.15 Bette Parker, Ann McCombe 57.99...
Pre-election forecast bleak but not all bad
As bad as probably expected, but better than some thought — that would sum up Treasury’s Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update released yesterday afternoon. Pundits have been warning that Prefu, as it has become known, would show a gloomy...
Beyond emotivism: how does this make you feel?
Natasha Baulis, Maxim Institute researcher Reading a recent article by Stuff, I was struck once again by a strong sense of frustration at their “How does this story make you feel?” survey. Frustration, however, was not one of the six options...
Enabling race in space between superpowers
Manu Caddie Re: Launch pad disruption, Sept 12 story. Both Rocket Lab and government officials continue to obfuscate the issues. 1. Weapons targeting systems are weapons, despite what Rocket Lab might want to call them. A technology used to identify...
Seymour ‘unleashes beast’
David Seymour has always come across as the affable uncle at a family gathering — jovial, witty and otherwise harmless. As the election nears and he senses real power just beyond his grasp, he has now decided to unleash the beast within. Annoyed...
Blown away by the talent
I had the privilege of watching the Sunday matinee of Jersey Boys, and WOW! I got a last-minute ticket jumping in with friends, as I am not from Gisborne and only here for a week. To say I was absolutely blown away by the talent is an...
Fieldays planned by ‘Tree Growers’
Tree Growers Tairāwhiti — formerly known as The East Coast Farm Forestry Association — has two fieldays planned, one at Awapapa Station and the other at the Eastwoodhill Arboretum and Rere. On Wednesday, September 20 Awapapa Station at Hangaro...
Rapid Relief on the way for Wairoa farmers
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT)will head to Wairoa on October 4 to support flood-affected farmers there by bringing them together for a day out and to supply them with donations of fencing packs. “Don’t let this opportunity pass you by — come and...
Optimistic start to lambing season
The start to the peak of the lambing season in the district has arrived and farmers have welcomed the drier, sunnier weather. “We’re in a pretty positive weather patch at the moment, good for the farmers and their new arrivals,” said AgFirst...
Number of shortcomings noted in care of patient at Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti
Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti (formerly Tairāwhiti District Health Board) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for inadequate care provided to an elderly man, the Health and Disabilities Commissioner has ruled. The...
Farm machinery lost in shed fire on orchard
A major fire extensively damaged an implement shed and an attached sleepout on an orchard in Pilmer Road at Makauri in the early hours of yesterday morning. Fire and Emergency NZ responded with six appliances, including three water tankers from the...
Inquiry under way after truck driver dies in crash
Police have a Serious Crash Inquiry underway after a metal truck left State Highway 35 south of Te Araroa on Monday afternoon, and the driver was killed. The crash was reported to police at around 1.45pm that afternoon. The single vehicle incident...
Man's near miss with logging truck
A mentally unwell man was almost hit by a logging truck as he wandered about the roadway of SH2 at Makaraka. Several members of the public saw the incident at about 6pm on December 7 last year, and phoned police. Two officers who went to the scene...
Supermarket chain dedicates a month to Period Place charity
Countdown Gisborne and its supply partners are getting behind efforts by charity The Period Place to level up discussion around periods, and donate products, with an appeal running until September 23. The Period Place supports Gisborne’s Tūrang...
Man previously caught with cache of weapons found with yet another firearm
A gang member recently jailed for illegally accumulating firearms at his father’s Frasertown farmhouse, has served more jail time for similar offending. Adam Kelliher, a 29-year-old forest worker and Black Power member, who does not have...
Accused of causing death of unborn baby
A man accused of causing the death of an unborn baby and injuring the pregnant mother when he allegedly drove recklessly and under the influence of methamphetamine, is hoping to keep his name secret. The pregnant woman — a passenger in a sedan...
From golf greens to ICU: crayfish manager survives near-death battle with sepsis
Crayfish manager Hamish Douglas is known to many in Tairāwhiti, especially in golfing circles from his many years as a greenkeeper at Poverty Bay Golf Club. What many don’t know is that last month, sepsis nearly took his life. Husband and...
Surveying ‘incredible devastation’ in Wairoa
Surveyors working in Hawke’s Bay on Cyclone Gabrielle recovery say the biggest challenge they face is having enough staff on the ground as the construction season gets under way. Consultancy firm CKL has been surveying sites in the Wairo...
Nats targeting young unemployed
Businesses everywhere need staff, but unemployment continues to increase. That is an appalling reality about New Zealand that makes no sense, says National Party MP and Social Development and Employment spokeswoman Louise Upston. “Labour have...
Loose Leaf content for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Rangatahi-created content that focuses on Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is in today’s edition of the Loose Leaf zine. Loose Leaf is a zine, which is short for magazine, that was started in 2021 by Henarata Pishief. Today’s edition includes art...
Cards the business for young entrepreneurs
Two new products created by students of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Horouta Wānanga have been launched that focus on different aspects of te ao Māori to help with knowledge of Ngāti Poroutanga and help with mental wellbeing. The products have come...
Name change from Makorori to Maka-o-Riri among swathe of recommendations in GDC master plan
Makorori could soon be known by another name after mana whenua indicated a desire to restore its title to one which better reflects the history of the area.
Native plants you didn't know could feed or heal you
Kōwaowao – native bush lettuce (Lecanopteris pustulata) Otherwise known as Hound’s Tongue fern, kōwaowao has a nutty, creamy, flavour a bit like macadamia nuts and serves as a staple replacement for salad in the bush. Eat the opaque ends of...
Searching for Pohokura hut
Looking through my grandfather’s albums you can almost smell the oiled wood, the wet dogs and spent black powder. “The subtle scratch of wool, the tickle of a pheasant feather in a coat pocket, the softness of an English Pointer’s ear as it...
Victorious end for Gisborne
Gisborne representative netball team finished the New Zealand Open Champs on a high in Dunedin at the weekend. The Ingrid Brown-coached Gisborne beat Rotorua 43-39 in their final bottom three round-robin game to place 19th overall. It was a fitting...
Parties courting undecided voters
As the second full week of the election campaign gathers pace, one big question that is emerging is where an unusually high undecided vote will end up — and the slight possibility that the country will end with something of a hung Parliament. On...
Campaign promises rarely swing an election
Clive Bibby The history of New Zealand voting patterns suggests that, in normal circumstances, governments lose elections based on poor performances rather than winning on the rare occasions — like last time, over the Covid crisis — when the...