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Charter skipper fined $3900 after running out of fuel at sea

The prosecution of a charter boat skipper highlights the need for operators to ensure they are properly prepared. The skipper of charter boat Pelagic — Kieren Boyle — was recently sentenced in Wellington District Court for a breach of the Health...

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Plea for info on beachfront sexual assault on Tuesday

Gisborne police have made a plea for information that may help them with an investigation into a report of a sexual assault near the boardwalk on the city beachfront on Tuesday. The incident happened at around 5pm. “The suspect has been described...

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Grants of over $170k approved: Trust funding for cultural, sport, technology groups

More than $170,000 in community grants has been approved by Trust Tairāwhiti in its latest funding round. Cultural, sporting and tech initiatives across Gisborne and the East Coast are on the list of recipients. Two roopu have been selected for the...

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New-look Gisborne Herald starts next week

The Gisborne Herald undergoes a design and content refresh from Wednesday, May 1. As you will have read in March, The Gisborne Herald is now owned by NZME (New Zealand Media and Entertainment). NZME publishes five regional daily newspapers, 15...

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Nūhaka thefts ‘hurt our whānau’

Thousands of dollars worth of property, including poles that had been embedded in concrete, has been taken from a rebuild site at Nuhaka School in northern Hawke’s Bay. Hit in the apparent brazen theft at the weekend were both the community of the...

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Bailey bridge huge difference for East Coast community

A new Bailey bridge has gone up on the Makarika No. 2 Bridge south of Ruatōrea. It allows contractors to clear debris and begin repairs to the abutment under the bridge and the road approaching the bridge. Gisborne District Council community...

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Lights out after car thieves crash: Hundreds lose power as police investigate multiple car break-ins

A car that smashed into a power pole in Aberdeen Road, cutting power to hundreds of people, was one of multiple vehicle break-ins overnight Thursday. No arrests have been made while a “bloody angry” victim is counting the cost and suggests...

Murray Robertson

Integrity, loyalty and courage honoured

Mayor Rehette Stoltz, speaking at yesterday’s Anzac Day dawn and civic service, said the ceremony was an opportunity for a region which has “gone through so much” over the past 14 months to “stop, reflect and encourage each other”. It was...

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Hard-working to the core

The last of the apples have been picked in the 2024 harvest in Tairāwhiti and favourable weather over summer has resulted in much-improved fruit quality compared with last season. “Apple growers can now take a mini-break and celebrate their...

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Skills festival for para athletes

Gisborne sent four young athletes to the Halberg Games held at King’s College, Auckland, last weekend. The 2024 Halberg Games — a three-day national sports festival for young New Zealanders with physical disabilities — drew 220 athletes...

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Clean-up proves ‘a huge task’

A crew of local surfers teamed up last weekend to clean up a beach accessway at Makorori Point and clear woody debris from Wainui Stream. It was described by group spokesman James Fowell as a “huge task”. “Makorori Headland has a newly revived...

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Gisborne kiwifruit on mice-infested ship

Fruit from Gisborne growers was on board refrigerated ship Crown Garnet where a mice infestation was found among its Sungold kiwifruit cargo when it arrived in Belgium. Zespri executives have been grappling with the possibility the first shipment of...

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Kayakers on fire at nationals

Canoe sprints by Sally Cameron Poverty Bay Kayak Club racked up a huge medal haul at the National Canoe Sprint Championships on Lake Karapiro last week — with 28 of them gold. Three days of racing brought together all the clubs and New Zealand...

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Scored . . . and sent off

A goalscorer’s celebration was judged to have gone too far and caused the player to be sent off in Eastern League first division football last Saturday. Xavier Priestley, a central midfielder with Gisborne Thistle Youth A, scored five minutes...

Jugs brimming as clubs mark 50ths

As two of the province’s golf clubs celebrate 50th anniversaries over the weekend, another will be the hotspot in the race for men’s interclub domination. Māhia started two days of 50th jubilee commemorations yesterday, while Tahunga marks its...

Unbeaten Feilding too strong for GBHS

Gisborne Boys’ High School v Feilding High School is always hard on the rugby field, and always a beauty. This season’s instalment at Elwood Park, Waipatu, Hastings saw Feilding triumph yesterday 35-7. Feilding went into the clash with Gisborne...

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Off to the Masters: Gisborne golfer wins $50,000 Magnolia Experience for two

Gisborne golfer Vance Richardson didn’t believe it when a voice on the other end of the phone told him he had just won a $50,000 trip to the 2025 US Masters. “I thought it was a load of crap. What would you think?” It wasn’t. On Friday night...

Skills festival for para athletes

Gisborne sent four young athletes to the Halberg Games held at King’s College, Auckland, last weekend. The 2024 Halberg Games — a three-day national sports festival for young New Zealanders with physical disabilities — drew 220 athletes...

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Hoskin second-time Olympian

Gisborne’s world champion sprint kayak paddler Alicia Hoskin is officially on her way to her second Olympic Games with New Zealand’s strongest kayaking team. The New Zealand Olympic team has named its largest-ever women’s canoe sprint team for...

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Lifestyle

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Enjoying life in their third age

Gillian Cowperthwaite learns more about the flourishing group for seniors that is Gisborne’s U3A. Gisborne’s U3A is a thriving chapter with 422 members, in a global movement which had its beginnings in France in 1972. The first New Zealand group...

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A year of walking and te reo

House surgeon Dr Kahurangi Ross-Hoskins has walked the length of Aotearoa and learned te reo, all in his gap year, then returned for a second stint at Gisborne Hospital. He talks of his experiences. Gisborne Hospital house surgeon Kahurangi...

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Jackson Hole adventure

Mike Yardley explores the charm of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, from its majestic peaks and cowboy culture to wildlife wonders. Mike Yardley explores the charm of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, from its majestic peaks and cowboy culture to wildlife wonders...

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Business

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Participants encouraged to bring entrepreneurial spirit to Startup Weekend Tairāwhiti event

Under the banner of Rise Up, Start Up!, this year’s event will inspire people to overcome challenges, seize opportunities and bring their ideas to life.

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Third kiwifruit shipment of season leaves Gisborne by sea

The refrigerated cargo ship Cool Royal joined the logger Atlantic Spirit alongside the Eastland Port wharf on Monday to load the third kiwifruit shipment of the season to leave Gisborne by sea. The logger sailed for Tauranga yesterday to load...

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Ready for take-off at Te Araroa

New aerodrome at Te Araroa will ‘unlock the tourism and general economy of the . . . area”.

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‘Inspire Inclusion’ encouraged on International Women’s Day

A small group of Gisborne Business and Professional Women (BPW) members marked International Women’s Day by laying flowers on the Margaret Sievwright monument. March 8 was International Women’s Day (IWD) — a day to mark a collective action and...

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Arts & Entertainment

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Gisborne dancers among best in NZ

Gisborne hip hop dancers Kylah Ashwell and Paul Hawaikirangi aka 98 Cents won the open duo division at the New Zealand Hip-Hop Dance Championships in Auckland last weekend, fulfilling a long-held dream to compete in the national competition. As well...

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Timely release for Lazy Fifty’s latest

The release of Lazy Fifty’s new single “One Last Time” with its universal themes of love and loss in times of war was timely as New Zealanders remembered our Anzac soldiers this week. The song starts with a haunting slide guitar introduction...

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Repeat screening of Hodgkins doco

Due to popular demand, Frances Hodgkins, Anything but a Still Life will have an encore screening at The Dome Cinema on Sunday at 6.30pm. Director Blandine Massiet du Biest, who was in Gisborne for the first screening, was thrilled to get a full...

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Commercial beef farmers turning to genetic tools

More and more bull breeders have been using genetic tools, according to the latest research for the Beef + Lamb New Zealand-funded Informing New Zealand Beef programme (INZB). According to the survey, one in five commercial beef farmers now use...

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Mostly ewe lambs, prices eased slightly

There were no prime sheep or store ewes in the weekly sheep sale at Matawhero yesterday, just 1021 store lambs — mostly ewe lambs — and only two vendors. Prices eased slightly on those paid last week. The top price of $95 went to the Matuku...

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Wins shared at final dog trial of season

The Tolaga Bay dog trial club ended the Poverty Bay Centre’s club season last weekend at Mangaheia Station and the event wins were shared around. Event one, the longhead, was taken out by Graeme Cook and Glen with a score of 94 points. The...

Murray Robertson

Focus on the Land

LeaderBrand’s ‘mega-greenhouse’ officially opened

LeaderBrand officially opened its new “mega-greenhouse” in Tucker Road last week and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones (pictured above) spoke and cut the ribbon to do the honours. Head of the Regional Economic Development and Investment...

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Opinion

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PM shows he’s not afraid to make tough calls

There had been question marks revolving around Christopher Luxon’s style of leadership. Would he be like the CEO — which he was — answerable to a board and shareholders, or would he adopt a similar stance of former political leaders, who...

Being the Prime Minister

A real groovy pension, but plenty of tension You fly cheap for your life, don’t see much of the wife You’re boss of the caucus, but it gets kind of raucous You’ve got all sorts of wheezes, have to put up with greasers You can be stabbed in the...

Concerns over ‘Streets for People’ project in Grey St

by Tiny Thompson Last year Gisborne District Council, together with Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust, received funding from Waka Kotahi/NZTA’s Streets for People initiative. Under this initiative, one of the changes proposed restricts Kahutia Street...

Clear distinction between hate and protest

by Takoda Ackerley Regarding the Maxim Institute. In his opinion piece “Un-civil religion at the end of the rainbow”, Josiah takes a concerning stance regarding civil protest and the constitution of secular civil life. Brown, in his discussion...

Transgender — a passing phase for many?

by Martin Hanson Three recent publications have shed light, rather than heat, on the vexed issue of transgender. The most recent was the April 10 publication of the final report of the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and...

Times tough but far from a meltdown

There’s no question economic conditions are tough, but we need to keep them in historical perspective. We shouldn’t let an undue sense of doom and gloom make things worse than they need to be. Next week, we’ll see how much damage the recession...

ED suggested for patient with history of cancers . . .

In my opinion, we are losing the mainstays of a healthy society such as quality healthcare and good law and order. The administrators in these areas claim that Covid, environmental problems and the general world situation are responsible for our...

Challenge to make it work

Re: Developing a vibrant city centre in the digital age, April 24. Your correspondent made interesting suggestions of ways in which to develop a vibrant city centre, with which I agree. However, such ideas are difficult to implement when one must...

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