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20 Nov 2024

Gisborne club HSOB to celebrate 100 years in March

The Gisborne High School First XV of 1924 is where it all began for HSOB. Most of the players decided to keep together and formed their own rugby team in 1925, electing to call themselves High School Old Boys. From those promising beginnings, HSOB...

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15 Nov 2024

Trec to finish Tairāwhiti highway cyclone recovery by mid-2026

About 60% of cyclone recovery work on the state highways in Tairāwhiti is expected to be completed by Christmas, and most of the remaining smaller sites will be completed by June 2025. NZ Transport Agency owner interface manager Richard Bayley told...

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15 Nov 2024

‘Going the extra mile’: Kwaks win Nan Evans Volunteer Award for community service in Gisborne

Hans and Trish Kwak are the modest and surprised recipients of the Nan Evans Volunteer Award for “strength of spirit and dedicated work for your community”. The special Tairāwhiti Community Voice (TCV) award acknowledges volunteers’ actions...

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13 Nov 2024

Vietnam veteran Desmond Omundsen speaks at Gisborne’s Combined Services Day

Panels at the Auckland War Museum name all New Zealand military personnel killed while serving their country. Other panels installed for the same purpose are blank, Combined Services Day guest speaker Desmond Omundsen said at a commemorative parade...

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11 Nov 2024

Gisborne veterans urged to attend Remembrance Day service and parade

The Royal Naval Association is requesting ex-naval personnel turn out to support the Combined Services Remembrance Day service to be held outside the RSA on Sunday morning. Jack Donnelly, of the Gisborne branch of the naval association, says he...

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Gisborne councillors reminisce about Waihirere Domain as renewal plans unfold

The swimming pool, the swing boats and “that slide”. Gisborne district councillors looked back nostalgically at their youth when discussing a noting report on the Waihirere Domain Renewal Project. Council planning team leader Tyler Kirk told the...

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Gisborne’s 1000-year bridge nears completion, December 12 date pending

The long wait is nearly over with Gisborne’s 1000-year bridge set to be “physically” completed by December 12. Gisborne District Council infrastructure manager Dave Hadfield, speaking on Thursday to councillors sitting as the Operations...

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Vietnam vet to speak at Gisborne’s Remembrance service tomorrow

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Gisborne alcohol control bylaw review set for 2025 after council decision

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05 Nov 2024

Gisborne councillors to decide on Grey Street T-intersection change

A safety-influenced T-intersection will be reinstated to the controversial Streets for People trial concerning Grey St if Gisborne district councillors adopt the recommended option at an extraordinary meeting scheduled for tomorrow. The staff report...

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05 Nov 2024

Cruise ships pump $5m into Tairāwhiti economy

Cruise ships pumped $4.9 million into Tairāwhiti in the 2023-24 financial year and provided 34 jobs but rising costs in the industry are “hammering” New Zealand. The figures come from the first detailed analysis of cruise tourism in New Zealand...

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02 Nov 2024

Gisborne Herald archives need new home to preserve local history and heritage

The future of a taonga carrying a record of the last 150 years of Tairāwhiti is uncertain as its keeper looks for a new permanent home where the public can benefit from it. new intro ends The Gisborne Herald/Poverty Herald archives, which date back...

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