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Gisborne’s Midway deliver big despite small team at ERC surf life-saving carnival

Midway’s small crew of surf life-saving athletes punched well above their weight at the weather-shortened Eastern Regional Championships over the weekend. Dawson Building Midway finished in fifth place overall on 118 points at the Mount...

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YMP intermediate men dominate Waka Ama nationals with gold win

Months of training bore fruit when the YMP intermediate men’s double-hull crew powered to victory in the W12 500m at the Waka Ama NZ sprint nationals at Lake Karāpiro this month. The gold-medal-winning Manutūke-Epeha crew are Victor Newcomb...

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Entertainment

What’s on in Tairāwhiti Gisborne this weekend: photography exhibition and Celtic music

• Gisborne Parkrun: Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club, 280E Grey St, 7.45am-10am. Register at parkrun. co. nz/gisborne/

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23 minutes ago

Cruise season resumes with Silver Muse bringing over 500 visitors

What remains of the cruise ship season resumes on Tuesday when the Silver Muse comes to call again with her more than 500 passengers. The ship was here mid-November. Her sister ship Silver Nova made her maiden visit to Gisborne on January 24 in...

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38 minutes ago

Big things, little packages: F2 midgets set to fly again

One of speedway’s real crowd-pleasers, the flying F2 midgets, will be back on the banked track at the MTF Awapuni Speedway on Saturday night. Fans can expect a thrilling and fiercely competitive night of action. The midgets will be contesting...

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38 minutes ago

Aerial survey of wetlands to help improve flood control schemes

Gisborne District Council says an aerial survey of the region’s wetlands by fixed-wing aircraft has started. It will run until June. The low-flying aircraft will capture images to help map wetlands and support improvements to the Te Karaka and...

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53 minutes ago

Govt to raise speed limits on 38 key routes, including SH35 in Gisborne

State Highway 35 between Gisborne city and Makorori Hill will be affected by the Government’s recently announced increases in speed limits on major roads around the country. The move announced on Wednesday will mean increased speed limits on 38...

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Going hammer and tongs on phase 1 of multi-sport hub

Contractors have made rapid progress in removing asbestos from the Gisborne Netball Centre pavilion, the first phase of the multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Victoria Domain. A start was also made on Thursday on ripping up the netball courts...

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‘Despicable action’: Kiri Allan rips into Treaty Principles Bill

Kiri Allan is the latest former politician to voice opposition to the controversial Treaty Principles Bill, telling the Herald it will go down as a “black mark” on our history and has created “a sense of heart-brokenness” among Māoridom

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Gisborne plan changes propose ‘significant urban growth’

The feedback link can be found at https://participate. gdc. govt. nz/trmp-rps-urbangrowth

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‘Mud monsters’ on the loose at Eastland karting meeting

By Robin Trueman Scotland might have the Loch Ness Monster but Eastland Kart Club members have “mud monsters” in their midst. Drivers in the third – and last – race of the club’s sixth points meeting of the season on Sunday ended up...

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23 hours ago

Gisborne council to confirm Easter Sunday trading policy for 2025

Retailers may assume they will be able to trade on Easter Sunday, as they have for the past seven years, but that right has not yet been confirmed for 2025. Gisborne District Council’s existing Easter Sunday Shop Trading Policy is due to lapse on...

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