East Coast Recovery Alliance work to get under way early next year
Emphasis on employing locals; more funding to be made available: Grant Robertson.
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Volunteering an important role within community
Doris Higgins has been volunteering at Gisborne Hospital since 2007. “After moving from the country into town and finishing up work, I was looking for something to do,” said Doris. Her role as a volunteer involves directing people where to go...
Hunt comp a welcome break in ‘year from hell’
The Te Puka Hunting & Fishing Club competition held recently in Tokomaru Bay was a big success with more than 420 entries and 700-plus pigs, deer, goats, possums, turkeys and hares weighed in. Co-organiser Rozzi Pethybridge said it was a big...
Pharmacies celebrating ‘David and Goliath win’
Gisborne’s community pharmacies are celebrating after the High Court in Wellington ruled that licences issued to five Countdown pharmacies, including the Gisborne store, are unlawful and invalid and should be quashed. The Ministry of Health and...
Volunteering initiative proves ‘phenomenal’ for all involved
Staff from the Gisborne branch of accountants BDO hope they will inspire other companies here to follow their lead after stopping work for a day to help local volunteer organisations. BDO consultant Pete Jarratt said the initiative turned out to be...
No-name band strikes a chord: Musicians raise $55,000 for Hear4U
A group of Gisborne musicians have raised $55,000 to aid the efforts of charitable trust and men’s mental health organisation Hear4U. The band with no name’s manager Dana Kirkpatrick said since Cyclone Gabrielle, they wanted to put on a party...
Bridge results
Congratulations to Yvonne Waide and Ann McCombe for scoring 69.84 percent on Wednesday. Monday, July 3 — Woodward Chrisp Restricted Pairs 1 North/South East/West Beverley Evans, Bette Parker 59.17 John Hudson, Vicki Taylor 61.67 Patricia Corson...
Ngatapa up against it in Waikohu clash
High-scoring and one-sided games are likely in Gisborne premier grade netball at the YMCA tomorrow night. At 6pm, Claydens Waikohu (1) play Farmlands Ngatapa. Waikohu had a big win when these teams met soon after Ngatapa’s promotion to premier...
Club rugby scoreboards
Poverty Bay and East Coast club rugby results from Saturday — Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 men’s club rugby final: Roseland Tavern Tapuae Taniwha 25 (Eneriko Tupou 2, Iowane Filimoni, Kyoni-Tyrese Te Amo-Poki, tries; Te Amo-Poki con, pen)...
YMP secures back-to-back titles with unbeaten season
The perfect season ended in the perfect way. East Coast Farm Vets YMP are the Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Premier club rugby champions for the second year in a row. They defeated GT Shearing Waikohu 15-0 at a rain-drenched Barry Park on...
Superstock award goes to Ethan Rees
Gisborne speedway racer Ethan Rees was named Superstock Competitor of the Year at the New Zealand Speedway awards presentation in Christchurch at the weekend. The 25-year-old had 3NZ on his car by the end of the season. Before that it was 127G...
Death at Mahia ‘unexplained at this time’: police
A police inquiry continues into the “unexplained” death of a man at an address on Kaiwaitau Road in Mahia on Thursday last week. Police were called to the home at around 12.25pm that day. “At this time the death is being treated as...
Saturday stove fire, crash keep emergency services busy
Emergency services responded to two incidents over the weekend — a vehicle crash in Tucker Road and an unattended cooking fire at a house in Makaraka. At around 4pm on Saturday, appliances were sent to a property at the corner of Ora Street and...
Ihimaera guest of honour at Montreal festival
Māori author Witi Ihimaera will be the guest of honour at the 33rd International First Peoples’ Festival in Montreal next month. The multidisciplinary festival includes concerts, dances, poetry and more than 60 films. It is billed as a flagship...
Weekend rain bursts inflict widespread damage in Tairāwhiti
More rain, more flooding, more damage . . . the latest rain has inflicted more of everything the district does not want. The Gisborne-East Coast roading network now could hardly be called that as a monumental amount of damage has made road travel...
Eastland Generation seeks 50 percent capital partner
Eastland Generation today announced a strategic capital raise to help fund the expansion of its renewable generation portfolio. The company intends to raise funds by offering a 50 percent ownership stake. Matt Todd, chief executive of parent...
Clouds without silver linings
Yet another in what seems like an endless succession of wet weekends could have left the people of Tairāwhiti as prime victims of the seasonal affective disorder SAD. Every time it seems we might be getting a break from the wettest winter in most...
Actions do the talking for Comet
Re: ‘Shop local’ great advice, July 8 letter by N. Miller Yes, “shop local” certainly did not come into consideration when the decision-making panel appointed Belgravia. Perhaps that is because, as previously mentioned, one of that panel was...
Shrinking population rebalances in long term
Re: Degrowth and regrowth. As Richard Whitley says (July 6, “Worst case”), Japan is facing a tanking birthrate and an increasingly aged population, and this was not achieved in a stable and controlled manner. However it is not, as he claims...
Heartland Institute peddles climate misinformation
Re: Weather events, fewer fires. Here on Saturday Iain Boyle attempted to disprove the Ministry for the Environment information I offered that climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, and will continue to...
It’s customers for coastal shipping that count
The front page banner heading on Friday, “Support builds for coastal shipping”, is misleading. The only support that counts is that from customers who might use ships — and they have already made it clear they prefer road transport. As a Port...
Lovely to build back better, however . . .
Reading the column by Jack Marshall (8th July), I thought of how lovely to have. 1) The last time I saw Sam Stubbs (founder of Simplicity) he said he had been to see the council and Mayor that morning and offered the Simplicity building programme to...
Seeking pool claim advice
With the recent floods, have you or someone you know had an insurance swimming pool claim? I would welcome a quick chat about your circumstances and outcome. Please phone me on 027 2777 345. Craig
ON THE MATS
Brothers Matthew and Dylan Foster, their cousin Kayla Trowell and the boys’ father Mike Foster won the Tom Duffin Fours with three wins and a draw. They were the only qualifiers in the event. The day before, Mike Foster teamed up with his...
Hoping for a better electoral system
Submissions are pouring in for the review of New Zealand’s electoral laws that will land in the lap of the next government. The panel has received more than 2000 submissions to its draft recommendations in the space of just over a month. This has...
Media focus an anonymous accusations against MP disappointing
What have we come to when we start picking on people in the public arena, on the word of someone who goes to the news media but will not give their name? Shame on them. If it’s good enough to mention someone else, then you should stand by your...
‘Shop local’ great advice
I do feel very upset that the Learn to Swim contract for the new Kiwa Pools has not been awarded to a local provider, namely Comet. This hit me again on Wednesday when I read the advert on page 19 of The Gisborne Herald, “Support Our Community —...
Get real, Belgravia won the tender
I read with interest the view of the community that Comet “should” have been given/ was “entitled to secure”, etc, the learn-to-swim contract for the Kiwa Pools. The reality is that we live and operate in a corporate environment. The world...
Gisborne, Turanganui-a-Kiwa darts results
GISBORNE CLUB DARTS ASSOCIATION July 4 — Individual highlights 180s: T Reeves (Outlaws); A Taukamo-Pohio, H Eyles (Vikings); B Leach (Done n Dusted); I Eyles (Gunz); Q Stevens (2) (Rebels). Highest start: (170) A Charlie (Stallions). (Stallions)...
Reid named in Super team
Gisborne triathlete Tayler Reid is again among the elite athletes contesting the Super League Triathlon Championship Series. The series comprises four races – on August 27 in London, UK; September 3 in Toulouse, France; September 30 in Malibu...
$5.1m Bull Week
$72,000 Angus the star of the show The bull sale season generated more than $5.1 million dollars for the Gisborne-East Coast-Wairoa economies this year. It was highlighted by extremely high clearance rates across all the region’s studs. East Coast...
Returned to hospital after near head-on crash
Emergency response staff who attended a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 2 just past Bartletts on Thursday afternoon said the people involved were lucky to have avoided serious injury. Police, Fire and Emergency crews from Manutuke and Gisborne...
Decline in reported Covid-19 cases for Tairāwhiti
The number of Covid-19 cases reported daily in Tairāwhiti is decreasing. There has been between two and 20 reported cases each day in the past week, a Te Whatu Ora-Tairawhiti spokewoman said. One patient is in hospital with Covid-19. Gisborne...
Boosting tourism funding: $5 million investment to elevate regional plans to national level
Forming a national destination management team to collaborate with regional tourism A multimillion-dollar boost to tourism funding is intended to take regional tourism plans to a national level. Tourism Minister Peeni Henare said over the next two...