Gisborne Herald

Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

All hands on deck in countdown to Poverty Bay A&P Show

Preparations for the 2024 Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show have been gathering momentum this week in the countdown to the popular annual town and country get-together at Showgrounds Park. A lot of the Mahons Amusements sideshow equipment, which had...

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Water use sparks summer warning: Council gives conservation advice after warmer spell sees usage double

A surprise early demand spike for water struck Gisborne ahead of a summer which is expected to be warmer than usual for the region. Residents of Gisborne were told to be sparing with their water usage this month as the council urgently fixed part of...

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Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

Three cyclone destroyed bridges to not be replaced, two others ‘likely to receive funding’

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi has mixed news for those awaiting the replacement of eight bridges lost during Cyclone Gabrielle. Funding for replacement has been granted for some but others will not be replaced. Gisborne District Council director...

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Concerns raised over abuse from people at Gisborne library

Staff and members of the public at Gisborne’s city centre library have been confronted with public urination, verbal abuse and aggressive behaviour which councillors believe could be linked to a growing homeless population. Concerns about the...

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Gisborne business fundraising for colleague after partner killed in Waioeka River crash

Those who wish to donate to the fundraiser can do so at https://givealittle. co. nz/cause/support-for-josh-and-whanau

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Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

Community celebrates launch of new state-of-the-art MRI at Gisborne Hospital

A new $2.8 million MRI machine at Gisborne Hospital will allow hundreds of patients in Tairāwhiti to more quickly access state-of-the-art imagery and non-invasive diagnostics close to home. Hauora Tairāwhiti staff and management officially opened...

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Fast-track consent process enables quicker clean-up of contaminated Tokomaru Bay landfill

The Government last week released a list of 149 projects selected from 342 projects submitted for fast-track consent

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Ten local contractors selected to fix 229 Tairāwhiti road slips and dropouts

The Gisborne District Council will accelerate slip and dropout repairs utilising $29 million of NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi funding and a recently appointed contracting panel. The council has been working with NZTA to fix more than 400 slips and...

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Tairāwhiti news digest: Call for more younger applicants for upcoming Citizens’ Assembly

Hundreds of Tairawhiti residents have signed up for the upcoming Citizens’ Assembly process focused on answering “What is a fair approach to managing land use transition in Tairawhiti?” With 250-300 expressions of interest expected by the...

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Gisborne to Nashville: Homegrown country singing star returning to her roots with family

Gisborne-born country music singer Camille French (nee Te Nahu) is back in New Zealand to perform at the prestigious NZ Country Music Entertainer of the Year Awards in Rotorua this weekend. The Nashville-based French Family Band made up of French...

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Vehicle in driveway struck by arson twice in three days

An SUV parked in the driveway of a home in inner Kaiti was targeted by an arsonist for a second time in a week, leaving its interior gutted. Firefighters were initially called in on Wednesday about 6am after the owner heard the vehicle horn sounding...

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Murray Robertson

Sport

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Feature race win to Eastland Kart Club’s ‘quiet assassin’ Vita on new Gisborne track

By Robin Trueman Some call Mike Vita “the quiet assassin”, in the nicest possible way. He started Eastland Kart Club’s feature race on Sunday at the back of the field and 12 laps later ended it at the front. It was the first points meeting of...

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Rugby: East Coast pipped by King Country in Heartland’s Lochore Cup semifinals

TLC King Country Rams 34 (Patrick Hedley, Liam Rowlands, Logan Patterson, Zach Wickham-Darlington tries; Hedley 2 pen, 4 con) Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi 31 (Will Bolingford, Tevita Nabura, Manahi Brooking, Billy Priestly, Joe Royal tries; Te...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

Gisborne surfers among medals at NZ scholastic champs

Three Gisborne teenagers returned home from the New Zealand Scholastic Surfing Championships last week in Dunedin with medals in their age divisions. Charlotte McDiarmid (Under-14 girls), William Matthews (U18 boys) and Te Waiotu Fairlie (U18 girls)...

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Gisborne Open Men’s Grade finalists sorted: Astros vs Setting Suns

Horouta versus the Astros was a shining example of how the late game can touch the heights. The Gisborne Basketball Association Men’s Open Grade 2 vs 3 semifinal was an incredible display of athleticism from two young teams, and resulted in...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

Gisborne’s Fergus Burke enjoying life and rugby, English-style

Gisborne’s former Crusaders first five-eighths Fergus Burke has scored his first try for Saracens in English Premiership Rugby. Burke is the high-profile Saracens replacement for former England captain Owen Farrell and has helped the club win...

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Wynsley Wrigley

Gisborne Bridge Club results

MONDAY, October 7 – Bayleys Real Estate Pairs 2 (Howell Movement): Ann McCombe/Patricia Corson 65.00; Stephen Francks/Amanda Matthews 60.92; Carolyn McMurray/Helen Kerisome 53.72; Caroline Taylor/Pippa Williams 52.86; Beverley Evans/Frank Roach...

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Club Darts results- Eleven 180s scored

Gisborne Club Darts Association INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: T Irwin (Vikings); A Cashmore, T Duncan 2 (Spartans); T Nukunuku (Spoilers); E Tamihana (Souljahs); J White, L Groenewald (Tigers); K Arahanga 2 (Stallions); Q Stevens (Rebels). Highest...

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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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Entertainment

NZ/DC brings heavy metal energy to Gisborne with full AC/DC setlist

Audiences can expect to hear all of AC/DC’s banging tunes in a full-on explosive show when tribute band NZ/DC take the stage at Smash Palace this week. “It’s the sort of show I need to warm up for,” says lead guitarist Dan Cosgrove. This...

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Kim Parkinson

Entertainment

Multi-dimensional artist Lindah Lepou showcases 50 giant roses installation in Gisborne

To spend an hour with multi-dimensional artist Lindah Lepou is to be taken to a world full of texture, history and a richness of cultural respect. She’s known not only for her fabulous creations, but also for the fact they are burnt at the end of...

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Entertainment

15 artists featured in The Aviary’s Spring Show

The Spring Show, featuring art, jewellery and ceramics by Gisborne artists, opens tomorrow at The Aviary Collective in The Poverty Bay Club. The variety of works on display showcases the talent in the region while the show is timed perfectly in the...

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Kim Parkinson

Focus on the Land

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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

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

Call to join sheep-poo study: Only eight local farmers so far in important facial eczema research

The region’s farmers have been encouraged to join the Beef + Lamb New Zealand sheep poo study and the clock is ticking. The study has been described as a crucial part of the Eliminating Facial Eczema Impacts programme, ahead of the new season next...

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21 Sep 2024

Opinion

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Thanks to the wonderful folks of Elgin and Gisborne

We want to thank the wonderful folks of Elgin, and Gisborne as a whole, for helping us find our young dog. Packing for home after a week-long visit from Palmerston North, our pup wandered up the street behind a young child on their bike. We searched...

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What are businesses and The Gisborne Herald thinking of by publicising the alleged poor state of the CBD?

Describing the CBD as ‘‘filthy and shabby’’ and like a ‘‘third-world country’’ is, in my opinion, hardly likely to encourage anyone to shop in the CBD, let alone people planning to visit Gisborne. I also believe it does not help to have...

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Is Sotutu part of long-term plan for impact?

The most interesting All Blacks selection didn’t come among the 36 names that Scott Robertson put forward on Monday. Blues and Counties star Hoskins Sotutu had been the most notable omission from the All Blacks’ first squad of the season. He had...

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State of Gisborne CBD

Responding to the article in The Gisborne Herald on Saturday, October 5. Well, for me, I used to love coming to town but not now, it’s so depressing. I blame some businesses for not keeping their windows clean. I also think our town needs some...

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Gisborne great for Waka Ama

Kia ora, ngā mihi mahana mai Te Hiku o Te Ika. I wanted to thank The Gisborne Herald for acknowledging our national waka ama long-distance nationals. The venue was a great site, and the event organisers ran a good, safe four-day programme for more...

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Wellington quake shows WFH needed

Public servants have been under intense scrutiny in Wellington this year as the coalition Government continues its drive to cut costs and find efficiencies. The latest expectation placed on their shoulders: save a “dying” Wellington by returning...

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A Defence Force in dire straits

The sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui couldn’t have come at a more fragile time for our Defence Force. Seventy-five crew and passengers were rescued by Samoa’s Fire and Emergency Services Authority after the $100 million Navy vessel ran aground...

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09 Oct 2024

Boardroom mood reflects in ratings

Education (children going to school), Transport (potholes and orange cones), Finance (pay), Infrastructure (new homes, fixing old pipes), Defence/Space (flying to the Moon), Foreign Affairs (making sure our international voice is heard), Police (law...

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