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Busy season ahead for Eastland Port with nine log ships booked for May

Eastland Port had a busy month in April, with 10 log ships and three kiwifruit ships making use of the port. A total of 233,000 tonnes of logs were loaded onto the log ships, while 3120 pallets were loaded onto the kiwifruit ships at the new Wharf...

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Quake recorded: Shaken, but not stirred

A light earthquake struck just north of Gisborne early on Saturday morning, but few noticed it. The GeoNet site says the quake, described as weak or light, occurred at 12.21am and was recorded at a magnitude of 3.5. It originated at a depth of 28...

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Saffi Vette confirmed in NZ Olympics team

Gisborne’s Saffi Vette was confirmed yesterday as one of two surfers in the New Zealand team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Vette and Raglan professional Billy Stairmand will wear the New Zealand colours in the surf of Teahupoʻo in Tahiti...

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Firefighters urge chimney checks after Te Hapara scare

Firefighters have issued a warning to the community to have their chimneys checked after an incident in Te Hāpara. Fire crews were called to a home on Monday night and discovered the house filled with smoke. They were able to clear a blockage from...

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Work on Grey St changes under way in Gisborne

Work has started on the somewhat controversial Grey St Streets for People project, with road markings in place showing the intent to slow traffic. The aim of the trial project is The trial project aims to make the area of the street from Kahutia St...

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Gisborne Council spartina removal project works a treat on Taruheru River

The first phase of a council project to begin the removal of spartina grass from the Taruheru River, that started with a spraying operation in January, has been deemed a success. In the sites sprayed, the grass has broken down and been removed...

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Gisborne council debates proposed Local Alcohol Policy changes

The proposed banning of new liquor licences within 150m metres of sensitive sites such as schools and churches has been labelled as the “catastrophic destruction of the hospitality industry in Gisborne”.

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YMP run riot and drop 50 on HSOB

The black and white hoops of YMP dined out on Saturday. The Kahu Tamatea-coached Civil Project Solutions premier club rugby defending champions posted the biggest win of Week 5, 50-13 over Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys. East Coast Farm...

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Maize and sweetcorn lead as Tairāwhiti’s top summer crops

Maize and sweetcorn continue to dominate as the most grown crops in Tairāwhiti over the summer months, according to the latest summer crop survey conducted by the environmental science team from Gisborne District Council. The survey, which covered...

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Community mourning ‘teacher of thousands’

Gisborne Boys’ High School and the rugby, cricket and surf lifesaving fraternities are mourning the death of former teacher Brian Cairns. He was 81. Mr Cairns was an old boy of Gisborne Boys’ High and taught at the school for many years...

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Whangawehi group wins national award for Te Aratia Walkway

The Whangawehi Catchment Management Group will be honoured with a national award on Friday for its outstanding work in creating the Te Aratia Walkway at Mahia. The group will receive the Outdoor Access Champion Award, which is presented annually by...

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Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay sees spike in lifestyle property sales

Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay was one of seven regions in New Zealand to see an increase in lifestyle property sales during the March quarter, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ). Compared with the same period...

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YMP run riot and drop 50 on HSOB

The black and white hoops of YMP dined out on Saturday. The Kahu Tamatea-coached Civil Project Solutions premier club rugby defending champions posted the biggest win of Week 5, 50-13 over Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys. East Coast Farm...

Ben O’Brien-Leaf

Business house badminton returns with 16 teams competing

The BIZminton 2024 business house badminton league got off to a brilliant start. As expected in the early stages of this event, some teams won easily, but over the next four weeks, this should even out. The closest tie of the night was in the social...

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Last-gasp goal vital in game of the round

The defending champions flexed their muscles on the opening week of Poverty Bay club hockey at Harry Barker Reserve. Women’s champs GMC Green showed clubmates GMC Kowhai no mercy under the lights on the Hain Farming Turf on Friday night. The Green...

Murray Robertson

Fast start gets OBM over line

A red, white and blue team still finding their feet brought home the bacon on Saturday. Enterprise Cars OBM made it three consecutive wins in Week 5 of Civil Project Solutions premier club rugby. After leading Larsawn Ngātapa 26-7 at halftime at...

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Round 1 honours to Waikohu Prems

Waikohu finished Round 1 of the Premier Grade netball competition on Saturday unbeaten, but challenge games loom for bottom-placed sides YMP (2) and Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A. The seniors finished their first round with some close scores to...

Trophy treble to Northland sailors in Gisborne

Northland sailors Phil McNeill and Hamish Hey won the treble on the water off Gisborne last weekend. They won the Kingham Trophy contested in the first race of the 2024 Sunshine Brewery Sanders Cup series and then proceeded to win the Sanders Cup...

Injury battles for Gisborne Thistle

Two steps forward, one step back ... that’s how Gisborne Thistle coach Tam Cramer characterises his team’s injury and availability concerns heading into their Central Federation League football match against New Plymouth side Western at Childers...

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Gisborne’s Olympic-bound Saffi Vette taking on monster waves in Tahiti

by Neil Reid Surfer Saffi Vette will face one of the world’s most notorious surf breaks – and some of the globe’s best surfers – at the upcoming Olympics. But Neil Reid reports she is no stranger to triumphing over adversity. The challenges...

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Enjoying life in their third age

Gillian Cowperthwaite learns more about the flourishing group for seniors that is Gisborne’s U3A. Gisborne’s U3A is a thriving chapter with 422 members, in a global movement which had its beginnings in France in 1972. The first New Zealand group...

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A year of walking and te reo

House surgeon Dr Kahurangi Ross-Hoskins has walked the length of Aotearoa and learned te reo, all in his gap year, then returned for a second stint at Gisborne Hospital. He talks of his experiences. Gisborne Hospital house surgeon Kahurangi...

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Participants encouraged to bring entrepreneurial spirit to Startup Weekend Tairāwhiti event

Under the banner of Rise Up, Start Up!, this year’s event will inspire people to overcome challenges, seize opportunities and bring their ideas to life.

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Third kiwifruit shipment of season leaves Gisborne by sea

The refrigerated cargo ship Cool Royal joined the logger Atlantic Spirit alongside the Eastland Port wharf on Monday to load the third kiwifruit shipment of the season to leave Gisborne by sea. The logger sailed for Tauranga yesterday to load...

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Ready for take-off at Te Araroa

New aerodrome at Te Araroa will ‘unlock the tourism and general economy of the . . . area”.

Murray Robertson

‘Inspire Inclusion’ encouraged on International Women’s Day

A small group of Gisborne Business and Professional Women (BPW) members marked International Women’s Day by laying flowers on the Margaret Sievwright monument. March 8 was International Women’s Day (IWD) — a day to mark a collective action and...

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Killer Queens to celebrate Queen’s legacy in Gisborne debut

Killer Queens are proud to be bringing their show to Gisborne’s Dome Cinema for the first time on Saturday. The band, led by three dynamic female vocalists, bring their own style and edge in recreating more than 20 Queen songs. Famous for hits...

Gisborne Concert Band returns with special concert for kids

A concert designed to captivate the kids and inspire the musician within will take place at Lawson Field Theatre next Saturday. The 16-strong Gisborne Concert Band will showcase the types of music played by a concert band, from pop to musical...

Gisborne dancers among best in NZ

Gisborne hip hop dancers Kylah Ashwell and Paul Hawaikirangi aka 98 Cents won the open duo division at the New Zealand Hip-Hop Dance Championships in Auckland last weekend, fulfilling a long-held dream to compete in the national competition. As well...

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Lacing up the boots for Gisborne-Wairoa Federated Farmers fundraiser

The regional Federated Farmers executive has a major fundraiser under way to provide extra help to those still battling to bounce back from last year’s storms. Gisborne-Wairoa Fed Farmers interim president Toby Williams has highlighted the...

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Focus on the Land

Commercial beef farmers turning to genetic tools

More and more bull breeders have been using genetic tools, according to the latest research for the Beef + Lamb New Zealand-funded Informing New Zealand Beef programme (INZB). According to the survey, one in five commercial beef farmers now use...

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Mostly ewe lambs, prices eased slightly

There were no prime sheep or store ewes in the weekly sheep sale at Matawhero yesterday, just 1021 store lambs — mostly ewe lambs — and only two vendors. Prices eased slightly on those paid last week. The top price of $95 went to the Matuku...

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Wins shared at final dog trial of season

The Tolaga Bay dog trial club ended the Poverty Bay Centre’s club season last weekend at Mangaheia Station and the event wins were shared around. Event one, the longhead, was taken out by Graeme Cook and Glen with a score of 94 points. The...

Murray Robertson

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Referee’s decision will test Warriors and their fans

In the NRL, where every tackle, every try, and every referee’s call can sway the course of a game, the New Zealand Warriors find themselves grappling with adversity once more. Their recent 14-8 defeat - and third on the trot - at the hands of the...

Cass Review caveats

Martin Hanson cites me briefly in his column on the Cass Review, but not the reasons why there is widespread disagreement amongst clinicians in the disciplines of pediatrics and developmental psychology over this document. One of the primary caveats...

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Leave Grey St alone

Re: Grey St Project Concerns (April 27 letter). I referred to the Resource Management Act and the resource consent process that the Gisborne District Council (GDC) must follow — Section 6 Part 2. I see part of it is now starting to be followed: on...

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Comments and questions

Some comments and questions about the “new look” Herald: 1. The rural paper no longer comes in a plastic bag. Well done at last! 2. It’s jazzed up and dumbed down, mainly by meaningless coloured pictures on every page. I hope that expense...

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Colonisation ‘no excuse for terrible behaviour’

It has long been the convention to refrain from direct criticism of members of the judiciary. The reason for this is to protect judges from harm and abuse as they fulfil one of society’s most difficult tasks and to protect them from political and...

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Adventure sports must be safe — but risk remains

Outdoor pursuits and adventure sports have become as Kiwi as pavlova and sheep. But how much onus is on tourism operators and businesses to warn users of the risks involved in widely popular activities such as skiing, biking, parachuting, hunting...

Rugby late to ruck for riches in Mid East

Rugby is arriving a bit late to the ruck formed by other sports that have already accepted money from Middle East backers and while public disgust over the issue of sportswashing appears to have waned, it still doesn’t mean a sharp focus should be...

Need to look far beyond ‘Streets for People’ to be a vibrant town

To all those who wish for a “vibrant” CBD, town, etc. I would first point out that everyone has a different notion of what “vibrant” means. For some it is more cafes and bars — for others it is exclusive walking spaces or cycleways. Some...

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