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Gisborne swimmers finish the year in style at HBPB champs

Gisborne’s Enterprise Swim Team and Comet Swimming Club came away from the Hawke’s Bay/ Poverty Bay swimming championships at Kiwa Pools with a stack of medals. Enterprise had their biggest team in some time at the regional champs. “We had 48...

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Gisborne Herald

21 Dec 2024

News

Rainfall early Christmas gift for Gisborne’s farmers and growers

A blessing and “proof that Santa is real” was how Gisborne’s farming leaders have described the rain that fell across the region this week. Most parts of Tairāwhiti got good rainfall out of the southerly system that persisted for several...

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Gisborne Herald

21 Dec 2024

News

Arson charge laid over Gisborne boarding house fire

Police have charged a man after fire at the rear of the Gisborne City Lodge. Firefighters responded to the small fire in a detached bedroom at the rear of the building on Childers Rd about 4.30pm on Monday. The fire was put out before it could...

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Gisborne Herald

20 Dec 2024

Sport

Gisborne’s Koby Gooch joins NZ youth ministock team for 2025

Koby Gooch has been selected for the 2025 youth ministock team competing in Perth. The team includes six drivers aiming to retain the Trans-Tasman Trophy across four races. Gooch, 15, also competes in the New Zealand Formula First Championship and...

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Gisborne Herald

18 Dec 2024

News

Tairāwhiti’s paid lifeguards hit the beaches for extended season

Tairāwhiti’s council-funded surf lifeguards officially kicked off the summer season on Monday with full site inductions across the city’s patrolled beaches Wainui, Waikanae, and Midway. The team, made up primarily of local lifeguards, will...

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Gisborne Herald

18 Dec 2024

News

Gisborne’s Zest Cafe targeted by burglars, $8000 in goods stolen

It will be a tougher Christmas for the family who operate Gisborne’s Zest Cafe after thieves broke into their chiller on Monday night. The loss of half of the chiller’s contents at about 10pm marks the second time the cafe on Peel Street has...

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Gisborne Herald

18 Dec 2024

Sport

Superstocks sensationally fast at Gisborne doubleheader meeting

Gisborne Speedway Club turned on two nights of great superstock racing at the weekend that wowed the crowd and the Rees boys family once again proved too hard to stop. The fourth round of the Kuru Contracting/A&R Logging Superstock Thunder...

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‘Best of the best’: Superstock stars set for Gisborne showdown

Gisborne Speedway Club hosts a superstock racing doubleheader at MTF Awapuni Speedway this weekend. The Rees family, including Peter, Asher, and Ethan, are highlighted as top contenders. Support events feature the Stone Transport & Hiab...

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East coast farmers face destocking as drought worries rise

The district needs substantial relieving rain in the next couple of weeks to stave off fears of a potential drought impacting the region, according to farming experts. Agfirst consultant Peter Andrew said in a season update some farmers would need...

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Significant boost for Gisborne firefighting

Gisborne has secured an endorsement from the Fire and Emergency New Zealand board to serve the community with nine additional career firefighters by 2026. The significant boost will help address high levels of callouts and overtime for...

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Murray Robertson

04 Dec 2024

News

Firefighters and helicopters suppress multi-hectare Tokomaru Bay forest fire

Sparks from a skid site started a fire which engulfed a block of young pines inland from Tokomaru Bay on Tuesday. Firefighters with helicopter support were tied up all afternoon and into the evening dealing with the forest fire which covered about...

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Demo derby promises to be one of Gisborne’s best

The demolition derby at MTF Awapuni Speedway on Saturday night has attracted one of the biggest derby fields for Gisborne fans to enjoy in years. More than 20 cars will smash and bash in the finale event on the night’s programme. “It will be one...

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Gisborne Herald

28 Nov 2024

News

Council flips decision: Grey St/Kahutia St intersection reverts to normal

Contractors have made rapid progress in reinstating the Grey St/Kahutia St intersection. They began a three-night project to restore the corner to normal traffic flow on Monday night. By Tuesday morning, traffic was passing through the intersection...

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Gisborne Herald

26 Nov 2024