Gisborne Hiabs were called in yesterday morning to clean up and recover the trailer of a truck and trailer unit carrying wood chip that came to grief in the railway station yards on Tuesday night. A witness said the trailer tipped and spilled its load into the rail turntable as the driver was backing the rig to park up for the night. The wood chip was bound for Kawerau.
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Fisherman lands possible record-breaking yellowfin tuna from land
By Benjamin Plummer A Hawke’s Bay fisherman has caught a massive 172cm yellowfin tuna, possibly the largest land-based catch in New Zealand. The fish, estimated at 65kg, was caught during Regan Ellison’s four-day fishing trip on the East Cape...
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