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Okitū duo behind After the Party and Escaping Utopia sweep TV awards

Forget Wellywood, Gisborne might be the new hotbed of the film and TV industry after two Okitū residents cleaned up at the New Zealand TV Awards

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Gisborne Herald

2 hours ago

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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

17 hours ago

Gisborne Herald

Paddlers keep off water to honour waka ama ‘queen’

Gisborne city rivers were near empty yesterday in a mark of respect to a fallen great of the sport of waka ama. World and national championship-winning coach and paddler Kiwi Campbell died in Gisborne at the weekend. She was 43, the mother of two...

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Tolaga Bay resident urges council action on historic wharf and hall

An East Coast farmer is urging Gisborne District Council to uphold a “historic commitment” to transfer two significant Tolaga Bay landmarks to the council’s records for restoration and maintenance. Tolaga Bay man Clive Bibby presented to...

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Gisborne Herald

25 Nov 2024

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Tairāwhiti digest: Youth first to be arrested under gang patch law

A 15-year-old was the first person arrested in Gisborne under new gang patch legislation. The Gangs Act 2024 bans the display of gang patches in public places and provides extra tools to target gang-related crime and intimidation. There were three...

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Kiwi ‘exceptional in truest sense of the word’

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Gisborne Herald

25 Nov 2024

Gisborne Herald

Tolaga Bay resident urges council action on historic wharf and hall

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Gisborne Herald

25 Nov 2024

Gisborne Herald

Mayor hosts touching send-off as Manawanui crew visit home port

The commanding officer and crew of HMNZS Manawanui have made an emotional and final visit to home port Gisborne where they were honoured by the RSA and Gisborne District Council. The dive and hydrographic ship struck a reef off Samoa and sank on...

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Gisborne Herald

25 Nov 2024

Gisborne Herald

The Great New Zealand Road Trip: Tui Keenan building Tairāwhiti’s food sovereignty

Tui Keenan reclaimed her identity and found her own “food sovereignty” while hunting. Now she has dedicated herself to helping whānau and rangatahi at a Gisborne school learn key skills to provide food and connect with their taiao. Eventually...

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Gisborne Herald

25 Nov 2024

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Changes to happen at Gisborne’s Grey/Kahutia intersection

Work to reinstate the Grey St/Kahutia St intersection to normal traffic flow will start Monday night next week. At its meeting on November 6, Gisborne District Council considered options for the intersection after a safety audit, and agreed on...

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Murray Robertson

25 Nov 2024

Gisborne Herald

Waka ama world rocked by ‘untimely’ death of coach and paddler Kiwi Campbell

By RNZ The waka ama world has been rocked by the death of one of Aotearoa’s most successful paddlers, Kiwi Campbell. A member of the Horouta Waka Hoe Club in Gisborne, she contributed to the sport as an elite paddler and coach, and recently joined...

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Tairāwhiti schools shine at Turanganui Māori cultural festival

Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air Thousands of tamariki from across Tairāwhiti took the stage this week at the Tūranganui Schools Māori Cultural Festival. This year is the 39th year of the annual event, which brings together...

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Faces of the Coast art exhibition raises suicide prevention awareness

Faces of the Coast, an art exhibition and auction of donated artworks, opens on Friday at Forty10 Cafe on Lowe St. The paintings on sale will raise money for Mahia Wave Warriors for the work they do in the community. This is the fifth year of the...

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Kim Parkinson

21 Nov 2024