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District’s vintage looks highly promising: winegrowers

The district’s grape growers and winemakers are looking forward to a successful vintage next year with great fruit making for great wines, Gisborne Winegrowers chairman Mark Thompson says. The rain this week has increased the soil moisture content...

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East Coast Farming Expo: Wāhine panel to talk about opportunities

By Diana Dobson The 2025 East Coast Farming Expo will host a group of wāhine toa who will give an indepth insight into the opportunities and successes the primary industries offer women. Nancy Crawshaw, Mickey Trotter, Alice Anderson and Arian...

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Sport

Gisborne swimmers finish the year in style at HBPB champs

Gisborne’s Enterprise Swim Team and Comet Swimming Club came away from the Hawke’s Bay/ Poverty Bay swimming championships at Kiwa Pools with a stack of medals. Enterprise had their biggest team in some time at the regional champs. “We had 48...

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Tairāwhiti news digest: Rocket Lab launch, SH2 closure changes, return to fire restrictions

The latest Rocket Lab electron mission launch from Mahia has been set. Named “Owl The Way Up”, the window to take off from Launch Complex 1 was set from 3am to 4.15am on Saturday. The customer is Synspective, a Japanese Synthetic Aperture Radar...

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More woody debris on Gisborne beaches after stormy weather

The wet and stormy weather this week has resulted in a significant increase in woody debris washing up on Waikanae and Midway beaches. Gisborne District Council has prioritised the removal of large woody debris that could pose a risk to the...

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‘Champion for the Coast’: Bill Burdett remembered by friends, colleagues and whānau

A man who fought for the East Coast in local politics and sports has been remembered by his friends and colleagues as a champion of the community. Bill Burdett was 82 when he died on Thursday this week. Gisborne District Council paid respects to the...

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Rainfall early Christmas gift for Gisborne’s farmers and growers

A blessing and “proof that Santa is real” was how Gisborne’s farming leaders have described the rain that fell across the region this week. Most parts of Tairāwhiti got good rainfall out of the southerly system that persisted for several...

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Gisborne’s Norma Hooks retires from Plunket after 32 years of service

It was an emotional day for Gisborne Plunket’s Norma Hooks as she farewelled her colleagues at a special lunch after 32 years of working for the organisation. Hooks became tearful when asked on Wednesday what she would miss the most about her job...

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Gisborne woman sentenced after using migrants as security

A Gisborne woman will serve a sentence of community service after using immigrant forestry workers as security for her company. Lydia Noi Edwards, sole director and shareholder of East Security Ltd, was sentenced to 90 hours of community work in...

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Entertainment

Latin party, monthly market and photo exhibition in Tairāwhiti this weekend

• Sun City Spinners: Poverty Bay Bowling Club, 111 Ormond Rd, 9am-11.30am, fees apply. Ph Dale 867 5083 or email eastland@creativefibre. org. nz

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Man dies after suspected medical event leads to crash in Gisborne

A man has died after suffering a suspected medical event while driving in Gisborne, causing his car to leave the road and crash into the driveway entrance of a home. The incident occurred on Roebuck Rd near the intersection with Palmerston Rd...

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Arson charge laid over Gisborne boarding house fire

Police have charged a man after fire at the rear of the Gisborne City Lodge. Firefighters responded to the small fire in a detached bedroom at the rear of the building on Childers Rd about 4.30pm on Monday. The fire was put out before it could...

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