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Smooth sailing at Kiwa Pools

Kiwa Pools, operating for the past five months, has proved popular with users and Gisborne District Council. “We’re really thrilled,” liveable communities director Michele Frey told Gisborne District Council’s operations committee on...

We're out: Te Aitanga a Māhaki withdraw from agreement with council

The chief executive of Te Aitanga a Māhaki says he, and his iwi, have cut off all future engagement with Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz. Willie Te Aho outlined his reasons in a mass email to council and media on Thursday. The reluctance to work with...

Name change for kindergarten

Rakakao is the new name of Pickering Street Kindergarten in Kaiti. Head teacher Donny Manuel said the kindergarten had been on a journey with local artist, historian and district councillor Nick Tupara to learn more about the area they are in. They...

Weekender 24.02.24

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Gisborne Herald 24.02.24

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Railbikes rates row continues

The opening of a new railbikes tourist attraction at Māhia remains in doubt as the operator is embroiled in a heated rates row with Wairoa District Council.

Chardonnay grapes first off the blocks

The annual grape harvest will be in full swing in the next few days and while the yields are said to be “very light”, the quality of the grapes being picked so far has been “generally excellent”, says Gisborne Winegrowers chairman and GisVin...

Summit ‘pivotal’ to future strategy

Tackling social and economic issues are top of the agenda today at New Zealand’s first regional political summit which is bringing together senior government ministers, iwi, business, the district council and community leaders. Just over a year...

Pest threats mounting

The headline “Research identifies weed as a billion-dollar potential threat” (Rural News, February 1, 2024) refers to the potential sleeper weed Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana) that is now established in Hawke’s Bay, Canterbury and...

Symbols of faith

Not everyone killed in the 1st and 2nd World War were Christians. The war memorial on Kaiti Hill is public land. If Christians wish to have an illuminated cross on Kaiti Hill, they should purchase a piece of land to put it on and then there would be...

Gisborne Herald 23.02.24

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Doubling down on benefit sanctions

Faced with the expected response from beneficiary advocates and the Opposition, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Social Development Minister Louise Upston are doubling down on their policy of ramping up sanctions to make sure Jobseeker...

Potholes one symptom of changing climate

Bob Hughes In answer to the many criticisms of our potholed roads, I suggest people read the July 18, 2023 Spinoff article “Everything you always wanted to know about potholes but were afraid to ask” by Shanti Mathias. Aotearoa’s wet 2022/23...

Enviro Hero award finalist

East Coast conservationist Graeme Atkins has been named one of three finalists in the 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards. He is in the Ministry for the Environment Environmental Hero of the Year category, which recognises a person or...

Faster, Higher, Stronger — Together

One thing you can be certain of at Gisborne Girls’ High School’s annual athletics sports — there is no shortage of colour. Every year the students wear their “house” colours with pride as they run, jump, throw . . . and pose for the...

Fears for their safety after motorbike theft

by Kate Green, RNZ A German traveller’s motorbike was stolen, stripped then blatantly ridden up and down a street in front of him and his son in the town of Nuhaka earlier this week. The bike was found at a nearby house — believed to be...