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Artificial Intelligence for dummies
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Artificial Intelligence for dummies

Gwynne Dyer I’m sorry I didn’t get my article on Artificial Intelligence in earlier this month during the “AI Safety Summit” at Bletchley Park, the historic World War 2 decoding centre in England. I got distracted by other stuff happening in...

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Fluffed their chance to make amends
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Fluffed their chance to make amends

The scene was set last week for the council to make good after three years of messing around Musical Theatre Gisborne, which was seeking medium-term certainty over council land it leases in the industrial subdivision so it can go ahead with...

Waikawa haven for tūturuatu
Gisborne Herald

Waikawa haven for tūturuatu

by Jack Ward Surviving on Waikawa (Portland) Island is not for the faint-hearted, especially for a tiny bird. Always under the watch of nearby Māhia Peninsula and Rocket Lab, the island is only a kilometre from the mainland yet the sense of...

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Cooking up a new East Coast pie
Gisborne Herald

Cooking up a new East Coast pie

Rachael Thomas knew she had to come up with a plan, Since Covid, then Cyclone Gabrielle and subsequent road closures on SH35, the owner and manager of Te Puia Springs Store had seen a dramatic loss of business. Her plan involved perfecting...

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Farmer hurt in quad bike crash
Gisborne Herald

Farmer hurt in quad bike crash

Police and the Trust Tairāwhiti rescue helicopter were called out yesterday morning amid concerns for a farmer missing on a farm property at the top of East Cape. They were in the process of heading there to search for him at around 7.40am...

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Peters in control, or just looks that way?
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Peters in control, or just looks that way?

Winston Peters appears to be using his leverage in coalition talks to maximum effect, although the proof of that will be in the details of the agreement eventually reached between his New Zealand First party, Act and National. Talks that have been...

Our top birds vs artificial intelligence
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Our top birds vs artificial intelligence

by Natasha Baulis, Maxim Institute researcher What do the Bird of the Year Awards and the Bletchley AI (artificial intelligence) Summit have in common? More than you might think. Both kicked off earlier this month, and both made it into the global...

Socialism reintroduced
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Socialism reintroduced

Re: Look at the mess they’ve left, November 11 letter. Iain says socialism is essentially the art of squandering other people’s money, and that the outgoing Labour govt embraced socialism to a large degree. The first sentence is wrong, and the...

CBD not alone in looking a bit tatty
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CBD not alone in looking a bit tatty

Re: the CBD comments in The Gisborne Herald. Yes, it does need a spark up and it would put locals in a more positive mind. We are not on our own — parts of Queenstown are also looking a a bit tatty! May I add also, a lot of private homes need...

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Massive deals leave group a lot smaller
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Massive deals leave group a lot smaller

Fresh from selling Eastland Network on March 31, 2023 for $260 million — receiving net proceeds of $257.7m, $90m of which went to owner Trust Tairawhiti and the rest to reducing bank debt — Eastland Group has raised more than $250m selling a 50...

Can’t see the beach for the trees
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Can’t see the beach for the trees

Roger Handford Ask not what your beach can do for you — ask what you can do for your beach. I am astonished our council sees fit to waste so much time and our money trying to figure out what to do about wood on the beaches. “We will fight them...

Help us make the most of our final years
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Help us make the most of our final years

Barbara Lewis’s address to the NZNO public meeting was a courageous and excellent summary of the situation in many homes and rest homes in our country. I thank her for her passion, honesty and call-out to those who may look at the end of life as...