Gisborne Herald

5 hours ago

No discounted fee yet for gang of working dogs

Farmers are likely to get a discount when registering their gang of working dogs, but it won’t be happening anytime soon. The issue arose as Gisborne District Council’s Sustainable Tairāwhiti Committee formally adopted their 2024-2025 dog...

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Wynsley Wrigley

5 hours ago

Drier weather helping maize harvest

The annual grain maize harvest still has about three weeks to run and the companies involved in Tairāwhiti have welcomed the drier weather. “It has definitely helped us with harvesting and has helped dry the crop out,” a company spokesman said...

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Jeremy Muir

5 hours ago

Honoured for services to philanthropy and sport

Frederick James Lewis (Fred) has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to philanthropy and sport. Fred Lewis established and has led Enterprise Motor Group since 1970, through which he has sponsored numerous community...

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Kim Parkinson

Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

Fire crew thankful that wind aided fight

Someone set fire to a palm tree in the main street of Gisborne on Monday night and firefighters who attended said the tree was burning from the base to the crown when they got there. The tree was adjacent to the former ANZ bank on the corner of Lowe...

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Birders make big contribution to NZ Bird Atlas project

Volunteers in Tairāwhiti have made a significant contribution to the New Zealand Bird Atlas project, one of the largest community science projects in Aotearoa New Zealand, which was completed at the end of May. The project took place over five...

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Suicide prevention service Hear4U to shut doors after funding struggle

Three months after a move to new premises, founder Krissy Mackintosh has made the agonising decision to close the doors to Gisborne’s Hear4U men’s mental health and suicide prevention charity. Based in Awapuni Rd, Hear4U will officially close on...

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Katareina Kaiwai honoured for service to women, civil construction

Katareina Whaiora Kaiwai’s commitment to serving her people has resulted in her being named in the King’s Birthday honours. The founder and managing director of Tairāwhiti Contractors is set to receive the King’s Service Medal for services to...

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Dance like everyone is watching

The 2024 Braemar Dancing Club competitions over King’s Birthday weekend were a huge success with a large number of entries and plenty of dancers coming from out of town. In her first year as president of the club, Rosie Whitley said the weekend...

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6 hours ago

Former museum director honoured

Former director of the Tairāwhiti Museum Warner Haldane, who now lives in Whakatāne, was honoured in the King’s Birthday Honours. John “Warner” Haldane was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to arts...

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6 hours ago

Kerry Hudson honoured with NZOM for land management

Gisborne land management stalwart Kerry Hudson took several days before opening the email confirming his new status as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. “I thought it was someone looking for financial support,” Hudson told The Gisborne...

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Reid Fletcher awarded NZOM for services to the wine industry

A man who has helped improve the sustainability of the Gisborne and New Zealand wine industries has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King’s Birthday Honours. Reid Fletcher, 76, of Gisborne will receive the award for...

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Sport

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Sport

Poverty Bay run up a half-century in derby match

A team with considerable potential took their first step at King’s Birthday weekend. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Weka defeated Enterprise Cars Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi 50-12 to retain the Anaru “Skip” Paenga Memorial Shield at...

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‘I’m as unhappy with a win as you could be’: Thistle coach

Neither team’s coach was happy with Gisborne Thistle’s 3-2 win against Whanganui Athletic in Central Football’s Federation League in Gisborne on Saturday. “I’m as unhappy with a win as you could be,” Thistle coach Tam Cramer said. “We...

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Pennants win to Patutahi: Pink Panthers roar to Tairāwhiti glory

The balance of Tairāwhiti golfing power shifted about 6.6 kilometres down State Highway 2 on Sunday. Four men wearing shirts that could be seen from space invaded the Awapuni Links course and took the throne of interclub pennants supremacy from...

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Bobbie successful by any measure: Former top player and umpire honoured

If Steph “Bobbie” Beattie can’t play bowls, she will continue umpiring because it’s just as enjoyable as playing. Beattie stops and corrects herself: “Almost as enjoyable as playing,” she says. It’s two years since she played and...

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No naming names as Central impose sanctions on Wainui

Central Football has issued sanctions “in accordance with the New Zealand Football disciplinary code” in relation to the abandoned game between Gisborne United and a Wainui side last Saturday. Chief operations manager Donald Piper said those...

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Winston Waititi to be remembered at East Coast-Poverty Bay derby

Fans and followers of Heke-O-Te-Rangi Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast men’s club rugby can breathe easy going into the game that puts them all on the same page – Enterprise Cars Ngāti Porou East Coast v Civil Project Solutions...

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Memorial Shield a taonga the Weka will guard closely

The clip-clop of hooves down Gladstone Road heralds the coming of only one thing. And of sounds as familiar as Ten Guitars or anthem Paikea, the hooves of Sky Blue Ngati Porou East Coast rugby fans on a horse heading into the big smoke will make...

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Ben O’Brien-Leaf

31 May 2024

Business

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Business

Eastland Group wins Institute of Finance Professionals award for network sale

The $260 million sale of Eastland Network, which returned at least $90m to owner Trust Tairāwhiti and freed up capital to invest in renewable energy, has won an award for its social impact. Investment services firm Forsyth Barr advised Eastland...

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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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08 May 2024

Business

Eastland Generation and Obayashi complete transaction

Eastland Generation completed its $250m transaction with Obayashi Corporation this week, with the Japanese company acquiring a 50 per cent stake in the renewable energy company. The deal was initiated by Eastland Group and its owner Trust...

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Matt Todd departs as Eastland Group shifts to holding company

Eastland Group’s head office will be reshaped into a holding company following the sale of Eastland Network and the sale of 50 per cent of Eastland Generation. The restructuring will result in the departure of Eastland Group chief executive Matt...

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04 May 2024

Arts & Entertainment

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Entertainment

Hononga X Aroha residency results in an eclectic artwork display

An eclectic mix of artworks from prints to weaving are now part of the Hononga X Aroha exhibition on at HOEA! Gallery, Gisborne. The exhibition is one of the outcomes of the Hononga X Aroha artists’ residency hosted by the gallery across April and...

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Kim Parkinson

30 May 2024

Entertainment

Teacher’s work debuts at lunchtime recital

The 14th Piano Extravaganza will be held on King’s Birthday Monday, June 3, as part of the St Andrew’s Lunchtime concert series. The first Piano Extravaganza concert was in 2011 with three of the five pianists at the inaugural show appearing at...

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30 May 2024

Entertainment

Lytton concert celebrates natural world

Known for musical dynamics, Lytton High School is preparing to wow audiences with an original script and popular contemporary songs of Aotearoa in this year’s concert, The Dawn of Te Matatini. A story that goes back, way back, to a time before...

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30 May 2024

Focus on the Land

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More than 50 Hereford bulls for sale at two Gisborne studs

he Mokairau and Wilencote Hereford cattle studs will present their rising-two-year-old bull line-ups for sale by auction next week and both line-ups look well and truly ready. Between the two studs, more than 50 young bulls will be available for...

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Have a say on the levy — HortNZ

Tairāwhiti growers are being asked to have their say in the levy referendum to enable Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) to continue its work for the sector. The levy is paid by all commercial growers on the sale of New Zealand-grown fruit and...

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Good prices for the better cattle

There were more than 800 head yarded for Tuesday’s Cattle Fair at the Matawhero saleyards and just over 2880 head for the weekly sheep sale yesterday. PGG Wrightson auctioneer Cody Clark said the cattle came in “all shapes and sizes”. “The...

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Relief funds get $250k lift: Woolworths shoppers give generously

Woolworths has announced a $100,000 contribution to the Tairāwhiti Mayoral Relief Fund and Federated Farmers Gisborne/Wairoa refencing and recovery fund. Each of those funds will receive $50,000. A further $100,000 will go to the Hawke’s Bay...

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25 May 2024

Opinion

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Editorial

Papua New Guinea NRL move shrewd

The National Rugby League (NRL) is set to welcome a Papua New Guinea side as its 18th team, a move allegedly backed by a staggering A$600 million ($650m) investment from the Australian Government over the next decade. This significant financial...

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NZ Herald

Grey St road changes a debacle

So, the great and good want us to “give it a go” re the Grey St road changes. Well, I have given it a go several times and am totally unimpressed. I was even less impressed on learning that the initial cost of $350K ballooned out to $900K - but...

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Impressive talent on show at Choral Society concert

I was delighted to attend the Pick ‘n Mix concert last Sunday, performed by the local Choral Society at St Andrew’s Church. A variety of American and British folk songs were part of the mix, along with a rousing introductory welcome song in te...

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Democracy is for and by the people

It would seem our mayor and others need to understand the meaning of “democracy”. The mayor has recently issued three similar statements about the council’s position on Māori wards - each time claiming the council followed a “democratic...

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Costly road changes ‘insanity’, totally irresponsible

Thank you to those who have made commonsense responses to the changes being made to Grey St. I am gutted that the council and Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust now tell us this project will no longer cost us rate/tax-payers’ $350,000, but instead will...

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Editorial

A proposition for peace in NZ Rugby’s civil war

The players have said they’ll set up a breakaway provincial competition. Now the standoff commences. It was the great philosopher Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses fame who once asked: “What’s so civil about war, anyway?” The tone of debate in the...

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NZ Herald

Column

Digital dilemma: Weighing reward and risk to our kids

by Julie Cullen TikTok has been in the news lately, and it’s sparking up important conversations about some of the risks our children face from digital technologies. Julie Cullen This comes just as new guidance has been published to support...

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Column

Winners and losers from the 2024 Budget

by Clive Bibby For me, 1News’ political editor Maiki Sherman said it best when she made the comment, “The Government had no choice but to do what it has done given its limited options.” Clive Bibby This from a lady who couldn’t wait to suggest...

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