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Solid month at Eastland Port

Eastland Port exported 206,000 tonnes of wood across eight ships last month. “May is shaping up to be a good month with seven log ships having already been and gone,” said an Eastland Port spokesperson. The coastal container ship, Rangitata has...

$20k worth of gift offers for business mentoring help

Gisborne and Wairoa businesses have been given a helping hand as they continue to work through the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle. Business Mentors New Zealand is supporting the ongoing recovery of those affected, with $20,000 worth of mentor...

Working on plans for new mill following extensive fire

Corson Grain have started on a replacement plan for the mill in Cochrane Street that was badly damaged in a blaze on March 3. In an advisory letter to their growers, chief executive Brett Thompson has said the fire compounded the impact of the...

Tourism agency working to promote region in cyclone aftermath

IT has been two months since Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked havoc on Tairāwhiti and many in the tourism and hospitality sectors are still doing it tough as the recovery continues. In the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, Trust Tairāwhiti, as the...

Business grants less than hoped

Cyclone-hit businesses here have received less than half the amount of damages they wanted because a government compensation scheme was “oversubscribed”. Approved applications for the Government’s business support grants, managed through Trust...

Export awards open for entries

Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay export successes will be celebrated at the region’s eighth export awards in August. Details of the ExportNZ ASB Export Awards were announced today by ExportNZ Hawke’s Bay executive officer Amanda Liddle, who said...

Grape season of two halves

The grape harvest for the 2023 vintage is nearing its end and Gisborne Winegrowers chairman Mark Thompson says the outcome is better than expected. Talking on Thursday, Mr Thompson estimated that up to 96 percent of the Gisborne crop had been...

Recognised for business success, community spirit

Gisborne Domino’s franchisee Dan Tan was awarded a coveted Leadership Eagle at the company’s annual awards ceremony this month. Domino’s Leadership Eagle award celebrates those within the company who consistently demonstrate outstanding...

Eye on cyclone recovery

Six weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle, The Herald’s Andrew Ashton digs into just how much damage has been done to the region’s economy and how much it will take to recover . . . Businesses and rural sector enterprises have been paid out almost $9...

Crisis management in Crosswell's field

East Coast Rural Support Trust's appoints new cyclone-response coordinator for the region

Lotto draw raises $11.7m

‘This will make a huge difference in helping people and business recover’

Ship in waiting for first export ‘kiwis’

The first kiwifruit of the season leave Gisborne by sea early next week on board the freighter C.S. Trust that went to anchor in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay yesterday. It is the first of eight scheduled kiwifruit shipments from here this season —...

Region to join co-working movement

Activate Tairawhiti is looking to introduce the region’s first co-working centre, Launch! — and the idea of working in a shared, vibrant, tech-driven space seems to have hit a chord with local entrepreneurs. Initial interest in the concept has...

Start-ups: Tips to take on board

Starting a new business venture can be both an exhilarating as well as stressful time for many entrepreneurial Kiwis. The brave decision to “dip one’s toes” into the world of business should never be taken lightly. It requires everything from...

Mayor disputes predicted Gisborne population decline,Mayor disputes predicted Gisborne population decline

GISBORNE is one of the regions expected to stagnate or decline over the next three decades, according to a report from the Maxim Institute. The report, Growing Beyond Growth: Rethinking the Goals of Regional Development in New Zealand, by researcher...

One eye on the horizon

Recently I have been thinking about the role of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce in our region. There are a lot of excellent businesses in our community where people are head down, getting on with business. The local economy is in a good...