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Andrew
Ashton

Safety, resilience, accessibility priorities of council’s transport plans

The region’s long-term transport needs will be confirmed following public hearings this week. The hearings involve the council’s Regional Land Transport Plan ( RLTP), Public Transport Plan (RPTP), Mode Shift Plan and Active Travel Plan...

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Andrew Ashton

09 Apr 2024

News

NZDF payload on rocket launched in US

The New Zealand Defence Force is unable to confirm or deny it intends to send a military payload into space from Rocket Lab’s Māhia spaceport. This is after the NZDF last week revealed it had launched its first ever payload into orbit on board...

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Andrew Ashton

09 Apr 2024

News

Crayfish quota cut

Concerns over a knock- on effect from Cyclone Gabrielle have led to a cut in crayfish quotas around Gisborne. Commercial catch limits for some fisheries have been increased following a review showing stocks are healthy and abundant, Oceans and...

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Andrew Ashton

26 Mar 2024

Lifestyle

‘There will not be a better facility anywhere’

A project to rebuild the grandstand at Rugby Park, originally funded as part of Covid-19 recovery four years ago might be taking longer than expected but as The Gisborne Herald’s Andrew Ashton found out the unexpected also throws up pleasant...

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Andrew Ashton

23 Mar 2024

News

GDC joins local authority push for urgent Govt funding

Gisborne District Council is backing a proposal from Regional and Unitary Councils Aotearoa - Te Uru Kahika that seeks urgent government funding for flood protection work. The chairs of 10 of the 11 regional councils and four of the six unitary...

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Andrew Ashton

21 Mar 2024

News

Forty years between shifts for new St Mary’s priest

Forty years after teaching religious studies and geography at Campion College, Father Mark Field has returned to Gisborne as parish priest at St Mary’s Star of the Sea. Father Mark took up the role in February after acting as parish priest in...

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Andrew Ashton

20 Mar 2024

News

Grave concerns: call for clearer guidelines regarding ‘offensive’ headstones

Any outright ban on gang insignia on graves and monuments in council-controlled cemeteries here is likely to be highly controversial, a new report warns. A review of Gisborne District Council’s bylaw around cemeteries has proposed a new bylaw be...

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Andrew Ashton

20 Mar 2024

News

Visitors finding other places to stay in region

More baches and holiday rentals helping as hotel and motel accommodation caters for emergency housing . . . While many hotels and motels have moved into housing the region’s homeless in emergency accommodation, the regional tourism organisation...

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Andrew Ashton

16 Mar 2024

News

‘Significant concerns’: Questions remain over council’s resource management processes

Substantial increases in staff, expertise required.

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Andrew Ashton

15 Mar 2024

News

Housing challenges: affordability remains key concern

The region’s housing crisis will continue if a proposed development strategy is not changed, the group tasked with solving the problem have warned. Gisborne District Council’s draft Future Development Strategy (FDS), which will shape housing in...

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Andrew Ashton

14 Mar 2024

News

Gisborne Hospital on a power-saving campaign

Switching to back-up generator on hot days, staff encouraged to ‘safely reduce energy use’. Recent hot days have resulted in Gisborne Hospital wards being switched to back-up generator power to prevent power overload. Documentation seen by The...

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Andrew Ashton

13 Mar 2024