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A tasty way to celebrate diversity

A successful fundraising event hosted recently by Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC) showcased culinary delights from South America, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. The Food Festival was held at Gisborne Boys’ High School and attracted...

Gisborne first to roll out fluid power certificate

A buzz of excitement is flowing through the fluid power industry with the introduction of a New Zealand Qualifications Authority-approved training programme — the first of its kind in the hydraulics and pneumatic industry. The New Zealand...

Turning Māori business aspirations into reality

The Rakahinonga Roadshow created by Tapuwae Roa is heading to Tairāwhiti to help ignite Māori entrepreneurship. Facilitated by business mentor Saara Tawha, of Ramaroa Ltd, and Amy McLean, founder of Te Kainga Wāhine, the aims of the interactive...

Rough seas have Day 1 say in record 40th Bay Bonanza

Day 1 of the annual Bay Bonanza fishing competition was cancelled yesterday but Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club president Roger Faber said fishing conditions look much better for day two today. The 40th annual event primarily sponsored by the...

Rua lab facility on the market

One of Gisborne’s most secure buildings is up for sale. NZX-listed company Rua Bioscience is looking for a buyer for its purpose-built manufacturing and laboratory facility at Commerce Place industrial park. The Good Manufacturing...

Pollution fears as crashed car still in stream

Eastern Fish and Game NZ has contacted the Bay of Plenty Regional Council about the removal of a stationwagon that plunged off State Highway 2 in the Waioeka Gorge and into the Opato Stream on January 14. Two adults and four children were inside and...

KIRI’S JOURNEY: Guilt, shame...and healing

by Claire Trevett, NZ Herald Kiri Allan has spoken about the guilt and shame she felt after the night that led to her quitting politics, saying it was an “intense evening” and she made decisions she will regret for a lifetime. It has been six...

Coast thefts ‘a kick in the guts’

Volunteers working to re-fence East Coast farms hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle have returned from their summer break to an unwelcome surprise. Over the New Year period, thieves smashed the fuel cap off and syphoned 110 litres of diesel from one of...

‘You’ve just got to carry on’: Fishers off the water since October

This season has been a tough one for Eastern North Island (CRA3) fishers. Bad weather, lower than average catch numbers and declining cray population generally, lower than average port prices, and now - in the middle of it all – a toxic algal...

Cruise ship double over weekend

The cruise ship season rolls along this weekend with two callers. The Silver Whisper will anchor in the bay for the day tomorrow with 375 passengers on board, then the 96-passenger National Geographic Orion will dock at the port on Sunday. The usual...

Active travel plans approved for consultation

Gisborne District Council is not trying to throw a bicycle down everybody’s throat. So says Mayor Rehette Stoltz, who along with councillors, defended their draft mode shift plan and draft active travel strategy at their first meeting of 2024...

Rates rises outlined, and the challenges

The first full council meeting of the year is being held today, with councillors regathering — no doubt having received lots of helpful advice over the summer break — to consider the Three-Year Plan 2024-2027 draft estimates and branding as well...

Humans recklessly wiping out life

Bob Hughes Mother Earth and Aotearoa have a limited, fixed quantity of finite resources which don’t regenerate once they are used. Minerals and fossil fuels — coal, oil and gas — are finite resources that people of the future won’t have...

Follow-up to the Census

Re: Intrusion. Around 16,500 households took part in the 2023 post-enumeration survey. It was a follow-up to the last Census and is a standard procedure to measure the completeness of the count. It appears that your correspondent on 23rd January was...

Don’t need more cycleways

Who is it at GDC that has a fetish for cycleways? We need more cycleways like a hole in the head. How about concentrating on the state of the roads, the footpaths — both city and suburbs — the filthy state of the main street and last but not...

Quinn back on board: Stoked and relieved to be surfing again

New Zealand surfing legend Maz Quinn has recovered from a broken back suffered in an accident at Māhia. It has been a challenging and life-changing journey and he is keen to share that story to help others. Maz Quinn is sitting on his board out...