Gisborne Property

Gisborne Property 24.10.24

Oct 24 2024 Updated October 23, 2024

Gisborne Herald

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Ngāti Oneone’s call for land return leads to five-year lease for yacht club

Gisborne Yacht Club’s lease will be shortened by 16 years after local iwi Ngāti Oneone objected to its renewal application. The club had requested another 21-year lease to justify the upkeep of its building, but Gisborne district councillors...

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Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

18 Oct 2024

Letter

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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Gisborne Herald

14 Oct 2024

Letter

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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Gisborne Herald

14 Oct 2024

Focus on the Land

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

Kaitiaki and scientists join forces to protect lowland forests

Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air Local kaitiaki and scientists from Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research have formed new partnerships to protect lowland native forests and taonga species in Tairāwhiti Gisborne. The collaboration was...

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Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

25 Oct 2024

Gisborne Herald

News

Tairāwhiti news digest: Tairāwhiti now third largest region for apple and pear plantings

New data shows Tairāwhiti is now the third largest region for apple and pear plantings thanks to new plantings. The economic contribution of the New Zealand Apple and Pear Industry 2024 was conducted by business management consulting firm...

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Police Minister: Better parenting needed to tackle youth crime in Gisborne/Tairāwhiti

Investment in better parenting is key to dealing with increased youth crime in Tairāwhiti, Police Minister Mark Mitchell says. “Police always have to deal with what society throws up and, unfortunately, right now throughout the country, we have...

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Tolaga Bay hunter death: Father of child who fatally shot John Atkins pleads guilty to manslaughter

A man has pleaded guilty in the High Court at Gisborne to manslaughter, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm without a licence and possession of cannabis for sale. The defendant, whose firearms licence expired in August 2012...

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James Pocock

25 Oct 2024