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Relay for Life set to return with new layout

Relay for Life is back and only 10 weeks away. Gisborne-East Coast Cancer Society has designed a new layout at the A and P Showgrounds’ Poynter Park location and is ready to take more registrations for individuals and teams for the March 29-30...

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‘Exhaustion’ sees online foodbank’s doors closed

The organiser of a Gisborne-based foodbank says he is “exhausted” and has made the decision to close down after eight years of operating. Johnathan Pere, the organiser of Online Foodbank NZ/HQ Gisborne, formerly known as East Coast Community...

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Gisborne’s Rugby Park has rich history featuring Maori All Black stars

The Māori All Blacks have graced the turf of Gisborne’s Rugby Park twice in their illustrious history and may play here again shortly. Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union chairman Hayden Swann has suggested the Māori or Super Rugby side Hurricanes...

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$3b dealmaker, iwi advocate on new-look NZ Rugby board

Two Tairāwhiti men are on the new board of New Zealand Rugby (NZR). Trust Tairāwhiti chairman Doug Jones, and Greg Barclay, were among those ratified last month. The newly formatted board structure comes after the New Zealand Rugby Governance...

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The remarkable story of the U-boat that slipped into NZ unnoticed

January 15 will be the 80th anniversary of a daring maritime exploit of World War II when German U-boat U-862 sailed undetected into Gisborne harbour. The 2016 publication of U-boat in New Zealand Waters, researched and written by the late Gerald...

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‘Pretty disgusting’: Gisborne Hospital roads under fire for poor condition

Improvements and repairs are being made to roads at Gisborne Hospital which one unimpressed person described as “disgusting”. Alan Groves rang the Gisborne Herald after his experience of driving into the hospital grounds to drop off his...

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