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Boys’ sailing adventure: Aurora programme sets course for young voyagers

An Aurora Education Foundation mentoring programme for boys gave a group of 19 students a “cool” experience aboard the Tairāwhiti waka hourua. The programme, run in collaboration with Tairāwhiti Voyaging Trust, was designed to give the boys...

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Kim Parkinson

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Waihirere Pool, a Gisborne icon, to be demolished in domain project

The former Waihirere Pool, which closed in 2006 after serving as a favourite swimming destination for Gisborne kids for 70 years, is likely to be removed as part of Gisborne District Council’s Waihirere Domain Renewal Project. Gisborne district...

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Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

Gisborne alcohol control bylaw review set for 2025 after council decision

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Gisborne residents transform main street with art and teamwork

Gisborne’s main street has been “spruced up” and “revived”, with local artists painting bright colours to uplift the community. About 30 residents swept the streets, painted over unwanted graffiti, and cleaned up rubbish, and the outsides...

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Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

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Whatatutu volunteer fire brigade to celebrate 50th anniversary

Whatatutu volunteer fire brigade will celebrate its milestone 50th anniversary with a free open day this weekend. Attendees can enjoy a barbecue and coffee from the coffee cart, as well as giveaways and prizes at the Whatatutu Fire Station on...

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Gisborne council partially backtracks on Grey St trial changes

Protesters crammed into a meeting where Gisborne councillors decided on changes to the controversial Grey St trial after a report raised alarm bells about drivers performing dangerous about-turns. A new report into the divisive project showed there...

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Gisborne farmer runs 11 marathons in three days

Glenn Tomlinson is not quite sure how he ended up doing ultramarathons but here he is, having recorded the third-biggest lap total of a 15-strong New Zealand team last month. Tomlinson, 42, completed 69 laps of a 6.706-kilometre course in the...

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Māori businesswomen win top award amid school lunch contract loss

Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air Puku Ora co-founders Erana Ngaruku and Amy Wray have been awarded the Tohu Aorangi, the Māori businesswomen’s Supreme Overall Award, just as their business faces the blow of no longer providing...

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Gisborne artist Glenn Brown wins national art prize with futuristic Battle of Wellington

Gisborne artist Glenn Brown has won the Supreme Award in the Feilding and District Art Society’s 2024 Art Awards with a work which depicts a futuristic vision of New Zealand’s capital city. The painting, titled Battle of Wellington, is 1800cm x...

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Safety reminder after Tuamotu Island helicopter rescue

Surf lifesavingguards and a rescue helicopter were involved in a rescue off the coast of Gisborne’s Sponge Bay on Tuesday morning. A statement from Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) confirmed that the Gisborne Search and Rescue Squad responded...

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Gisborne councillors to decide on Grey Street T-intersection change

A safety-influenced T-intersection will be reinstated to the controversial Streets for People trial concerning Grey St if Gisborne district councillors adopt the recommended option at an extraordinary meeting scheduled for tomorrow. The staff report...

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News, results from around Gisborne and East Coast golf courses

Mahia Wade Wesche delivered the shortest but most memorable speech at his home Mahia club on Sunday. Wesche only needed three words to get the clubhouse charging their glasses after he was presented the Charlie Austin Trophy for the best performance...

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Chris Taewa

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Winning start as Gisborne’s HSOB eye another Premier club cricket trophy treble

To build a dynasty requires a ruthless streak. Bollywood High School Old Boys, under Dave Castle, showed exactly that in the opening weekend of Poverty Bay club cricket with a record team total on Saturday. Twice-straight winners of the triple crown...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

Super 8 Sevens: Gisborne Boys’ High takes major scalp

The prized scalp of the overall winners and a big win to finish highlighted the Super 8 sevens tournament for Gisborne Boys’ High School over the weekend. Gisborne hosted the two-day tournament at the Rectory fields. The Under-18 grade featured...

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Under-18 crown to Gisborne teen at Aotearoa Māori Surfing Titles

Disappointments only heightened motivation for Tairāwhiti surfer Max Phillips, who has won his first major title. Phillips (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Porou) won the male under-18 division of the Aotearoa Māori Surfing Titles held at Ahipara, Te Tai...

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John Gillies

Gisborne Challenge Cup cricketers raring to go

Poverty Bay Cricket’s new wave comes in on Wednesday. The T20 Challenge Cup, which was claimed in term 1 by Jett Whitaker’s Gisborne Boys’ High School Blues and Royals, will see the return of the Blues, GBHS Admiralty, GBHS Life Guards and...

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Gisborne and East Coast golf roundup: Collier wins fifth senior club championship at Park

Electrinet Park Dan Collier matched his trimmed-down body with some slick golf to clinch his fifth senior men’s club championship crown at the Park on Sunday. Collier defeated Jason Devery 4 and 3 in the 36-hole matchplay final – adding 2024 to...

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Chris Taewa

Three from three for Poverty Bay juniors at cricket tournament in Hawke’s Bay

They hit the 2024-2025 season like a tank. The Poverty Bay Strikers won all three of their games at the Labour weekend junior cricket tournament in Hawke’s Bay. They beat Onslow by seven runs in a 40-over match at Frimley Park on Saturday...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

29 Oct 2024

Business

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Business

Employers urged to follow fair process: Restructuring requires clear proposals and consultation

COMMENT: Jannine O’Meara is a Business Central employment relations consultant for Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne. She has had extensive HR experience with Fletcher Challenge Forests and most recently with Wattie’s. Jannine O’Meara With the pressure...

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25 Sep 2024

Business

Burke to leave LeaderBrand after 30 years

Gisborne horticultural business LeaderBrand has announced Richard Burke will be leaving his chief executive role at the end of the year. LeaderBrand chairwoman Susan Huria said Burke had been “an integral member of the LeaderBrand whānau” for...

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06 Sep 2024

Business

Buyer sees potential in Gisborne apples: German company plans to upgrade its new fruit property

by James Pocock A foreign interest that sees potential in the future of Gisborne’s apple industry has purchased 61 hectares of land for an orchard. Che Charteris German-owned company Beehive Demetra Ltd bought the property at Lavenham Rd and Judd...

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Gisborne vineyard a tourism wine award finalist: ‘We were totally blown away’

Wrights Vineyard & Winery missed out on the top gong but still ranked among the country’s top three wine tourism vineyards at the Altogether Unique 2024 Awards. Wrights was a finalist in the inaugural Qualmark New Zealand Tourism Wine Award...

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03 Sep 2024

Arts & Entertainment

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Gisborne artist Glenn Brown wins national art prize with futuristic Battle of Wellington

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Entertainment

Piano and percussion come together in Boogie Circus at Gisborne’s Evolution Theatre

Pianist and singer Jan Preston’s Boogie Circus is coming to Gisborne’s Evolution Theatre this week. Greymouth-born Preston and percussionist husband Mike Pullman are touring the north and east of the island while promoting her new album...

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29 Oct 2024

Entertainment

Richard O’Brien’s new musical, The Kingdom of Bling, premieres in Gisborne

The Rocky Horror Show creator Richard O’Brien’s Celebration of Kindness world premiere tour, featuring his new satirical musical, The Kingdom of Bling, comes to Gisborne next week. The show will be staged at the War Memorial Theatre on Tuesday...

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24 Oct 2024

Focus on the Land

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Gisborne shearing course for women a huge success

World record-breaking shearer Catherine Mullooly ran a successful advanced course for women this week in the woolshed on Hamish and Amanda Cave’s Ngātapa property. The programme was sponsored by Ovation, Trust Tairawhiti and the Mayors Taskforce...

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Murray Robertson

21 Oct 2024

Farriers compete in age-old craft in Gisborne

Farriers from throughout the North Island took part in the New Zealand Farriers Association Central Districts P3 Farrier Supplies competition at Showgrounds Park in Gisborne last weekend. Nineteen were involved in what was described as a busy and...

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Murray Robertson

14 Oct 2024

Large yarding of prime sheep at sale on Friday

The weekly Matawhero sheep sale was back on again yesterday after a week off and the yarding came to around 800 head. Last week’s sale was cancelled due to insufficient stock numbers. “Yesterday’s sale drew the largest yarding of prime sheep...

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28 Sep 2024

Beef + Lamb NZ reminds farmers about docking tail-length regulations that came into effect in 2021

As docking gets under way across Tairāwhiti and around the country, Beef + Lamb New Zealand reminds farmers about the tail-length regulations that came into effect in 2021. Beef + Lamb senior animal welfare adviser Will Halliday says the length of...

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26 Sep 2024

Opinion

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Grey St woes

OPINION Reading Conrad Lewis’ letter (Nightmare on Elm St, November 2) was amazing and joyful, and I hope others follow his example to rid Grey St of this mess. From the day it was implemented, I couldn’t believe the council approved the design...

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Environmental impact of meat works closure

OPINION The pending closure of a significant South Island meat works is a worrying sign of Government failure to control the environment in which our major export industries operate. The stated reason for this disastrous Mid Canterbury decision is...

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Investing in sustainable jobs

We were once told that farmers were the backbone of our economy and essential to our survival. Now, we’re told that extracting minerals is crucial for wealth and job creation. Are we being fooled again? Surely, we can invest in research and...

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Nightmare on Grey St

It beggars belief that the Gisborne District Council has approved the design of the chaotic, ideologically heterogeneous, multicoloured maze of speed bumps and concrete blocks now clogging Grey St. This erudite, verbose, crapulous nonsense is...

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Take Health and Education out of politics

OPINION Doctors Art Nahill and Maple Goh have shone with their focus on health promotion and early intervention (Opinion, October 22). I have felt for so long that we must take health and education out of the political arena and let someone like...

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CO₂-driven climate change

*(The study referenced in this letter was published in Communications Earth & Environment on October 14, 2024, under the title A recent surge in global warming is not detectable yet)

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Look beyond wealth

Opinion Let’s create a world of abundance for everyone, where we reconnect with each other and our potential. Addiction harms us, and while methamphetamine’s damage is obvious, excessive wealth can be equally harmful. Money, unlike meth, can be...

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Minister Shane Jones a refreshing change

OPINION For those of us farmers here in the East Coast provinces – many of whom have just been through the most dreadful experience of our lives – listening to a Cabinet minister who has our back is a refreshing change from all the broken...

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