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Rising Gisborne star ready to fire at Eastern Regional junior carnival

Gisborne clubs will have a strong crop of young surf lifesavers in the ocean and on the beach at Ōhope on Saturday for the Eastern Regional Junior Championships. Dawson Building Midway has the biggest Gisborne contingent of 20 Under-14 competitors...

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Ngāti Porou director’s movie KŌKĀ a road trip of discovery

Excitement is building for the highly anticipated debut feature film by Ngāti Porou and former Gisborne woman Kath Akuhata-Brown to be released in June. KŌKĀ- the first feature film to use the original dialect of Ngāti Porou - was written and...

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‘Family first’: Gisborne helicopter leader’s next chapter

When Richard Curtis moved to Gisborne five years ago it was to be closer to family ... now he is shifting to the Bay of Plenty for the same reason. A critical care flight paramedic with the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team, Curtis...

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Thriving by driving and diving: Tairāwhiti youth getting the skills to succeed

Atawhai runs the Drivers For Change Programme, funded by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, and a new freediving and kai-gathering programme under its youth mentoring service funded by E Tū Whānau under the Ministry for Social Development

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Gisborne Choral Society to go it alone for Mozart’s Mass in C Minor performance in April

So begins a letter from Gisborne Choral Society musical director Gavin Maclean to choral society members and others who might be interested in joining for rehearsals of the Mozart masterpiece the Mass in C minor

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Council proposes extending gang insignia ban to cemeteries

Gisborne District Council has proposed banning gang insignia on new headstones in Gisborne’s cemeteries under a new draft bylaw because of the Government’s gang patch ban

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One person dies after water-related incident in Hicks Bay, East Cape

One person has died following a water-related incident in Hicks Bay, East Cape. A police spokesperson said emergency services were called to a Te Araroa Rd address just before 4pm. A Hato Hone St John spokesperson said they sent two first responder...

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Gisborne’s Midway deliver big despite small team at ERC surf life-saving carnival

Midway’s small crew of surf life-saving athletes punched well above their weight at the weather-shortened Eastern Regional Championships over the weekend. Dawson Building Midway finished in fifth place overall on 118 points at the Mount...

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YMP intermediate men dominate Waka Ama nationals with gold win

Months of training bore fruit when the YMP intermediate men’s double-hull crew powered to victory in the W12 500m at the Waka Ama NZ sprint nationals at Lake Karāpiro this month. The gold-medal-winning Manutūke-Epeha crew are Victor Newcomb...

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What’s on in Tairāwhiti Gisborne this weekend: photography exhibition and Celtic music

• Gisborne Parkrun: Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club, 280E Grey St, 7.45am-10am. Register at parkrun. co. nz/gisborne/

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Cruise season resumes with Silver Muse bringing over 500 visitors

What remains of the cruise ship season resumes on Tuesday when the Silver Muse comes to call again with her more than 500 passengers. The ship was here mid-November. Her sister ship Silver Nova made her maiden visit to Gisborne on January 24 in...

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Big things, little packages: F2 midgets set to fly again

One of speedway’s real crowd-pleasers, the flying F2 midgets, will be back on the banked track at the MTF Awapuni Speedway on Saturday night. Fans can expect a thrilling and fiercely competitive night of action. The midgets will be contesting...

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