Letter

OPINION Reading Conrad Lewis’ letter (Nightmare on Elm St, November 2) was amazing and joyful, and I hope others follow his example to rid Grey St of this mess. From the day it was implemented, I couldn’t believe the council approved the design...

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OPINION The pending closure of a significant South Island meat works is a worrying sign of Government failure to control the environment in which our major export industries operate. The stated reason for this disastrous Mid Canterbury decision is...

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We were once told that farmers were the backbone of our economy and essential to our survival. Now, we’re told that extracting minerals is crucial for wealth and job creation. Are we being fooled again? Surely, we can invest in research and...

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It beggars belief that the Gisborne District Council has approved the design of the chaotic, ideologically heterogeneous, multicoloured maze of speed bumps and concrete blocks now clogging Grey St. This erudite, verbose, crapulous nonsense is...

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OPINION Doctors Art Nahill and Maple Goh have shone with their focus on health promotion and early intervention (Opinion, October 22). I have felt for so long that we must take health and education out of the political arena and let someone like...

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*(The study referenced in this letter was published in Communications Earth & Environment on October 14, 2024, under the title A recent surge in global warming is not detectable yet)

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Opinion Let’s create a world of abundance for everyone, where we reconnect with each other and our potential. Addiction harms us, and while methamphetamine’s damage is obvious, excessive wealth can be equally harmful. Money, unlike meth, can be...

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OPINION For those of us farmers here in the East Coast provinces – many of whom have just been through the most dreadful experience of our lives – listening to a Cabinet minister who has our back is a refreshing change from all the broken...

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Congratulations, what a great effort and results by the Gisborne Civic Brass Band at the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Band Association regional contest in Thames. (News, October 12). Well done to all the band members and supporters. Looking forward to...

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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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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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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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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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OPINION As an outsider who has become very fond of Gisborne and amazed by the 1897-built steam engine Wa165, the warning should go out to all Gisborne lovers that it could lose what is a mobile piece of history without which the town would hardly...

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From a purely tactical analysis of the positions adopted by the protagonists in the Middle East, while some observers will applaud the apparent reticence by some countries and ‘groups’ involved to escalate their responses, one of the elephants...

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We have the money for health. It’s an ideological position and a preference for privatisation to pretend we don’t. Fake deficits occur because the Government prefers to use taxpayer money on things such as charter schools, landlords, ā wasteful...

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