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‘Epic’ Ulysses NZ ride raises $20,000 for cyclone victims

Ulysses Motorcycle Club of NZ members passed through Gisborne last week as part of a nationwide baton relay to raise money for victims of Cyclone Gabrielle. From November 5 to 19, hundreds of bikers travelled the length and breadth of New Zealand...

Cambridge Uni pair here for natural history talk

The processes of collecting, recording and classifying information on the natural world will be explored this Friday by two visiting Cambridge University researchers. Dr Edwin Rose and Professor Staffan Müller-Wille, from Cambridge’s Department...

Safe travel to school a priority for Wairoa plan

Protecting tamariki in their travel to and from school is a key driver behind the Wairoa District Council Interim Speed Management Plan. The council proposes implementing an interim speed management plan to reduce speeds in key locations, such as...

Glimpse into future on offer at Mātai Medical Research Institute two-day symposium

Tairāwhiti health leaders will be appearing alongside some of the finest scientific minds from New Zealand and overseas at the Mātai Medical Research Institute two-day symposium which starts tomorrow. The free event is open to the public and will...

Nearly 200 camping permits issued since start of season

Gisborne District Council has issued 190 camping permits so far since the seasonal camping season started at Labour Weekend. Each of the permits entitles campers to occupy a particular site for 28 days. Pouawa and Turihaua Beach have been well used...

Smooth sailing for second cruise ship visit of the season

The second cruise ship visit of the season went ahead as planned on Saturday when the 140-passenger Heritage Adventurer spent the day at anchor out on Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay. As usual the visitors on board came ashore to enjoy a range of...

Alliance beef wins world best award

Alliance Group’s pure south handpicked 55-day aged beef has been crowned the best grass-fed steak and the best ribeye steak in the world. It triumphed over entries from across the globe at the World Steak Challenge awards ceremony in London...

Greenpeace advised to stick to saving whales

Greenpeace have shown they are nothing but an anti-farming lobby group by criticising Fonterra’s new on-farm emissions targets, says Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford. “Last week Fonterra announced that they plan to reduce their...

Key to best ewe body condition

A Beef + Lamb New Zealand Knowledge Hub learning module explains that there are generally four months between weaning and mating and the first two are key to best body condition going into mating. “Getting the feed management right in the two...

Te Whatu Ora-Tairāwhiti 'reaching out to past employees who may not have been paid correctly for leave'

Te Whatu Ora-Tairāwhiti is looking for former health board employees who may have been underpaid. Health boards, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Enterprise (MBIE), police and many other employers, including in the private sector, were found to...

Gisborne's median house price drops to $570,000

Gisborne’s median house price decreased by 5 percent year-on-year last month to $570,000, data from the Real Estate Institute shows. “The region saw investors tentatively returning to the market following the election,” REINZ chief executive...

‘Stoked’ to be in Funday Sunday final at NZ Blues & BBQ Festival

Young Gisborne musician Jed Skuse has made the final of the New Zealand Blues & BBQ Festival competition and has the chance to win three days of recording time and other prizes. The 18-year-old has original songs on Spotify and also plays a lot...

Gizzy Laser Half Marathon a 'cause close to everyone's heart'

Sunday event brings in nearly 300 competitors to run or walk despite the rain.

Community gets close-up look at Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter

A quad bike accident at Potaka last Thursday required a hillside landing by the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter to get help to an injured farmer, who was flown to Gisborne Hospital in a stable condition. The chopper crew headed back up...

Dig hiss . . . garden spade cuts gasline

A person doing spadework in the garden accidentally severed a gas line to a house in Oman Street behind Kaiti School early on Sunday afternoon. Fire and Emergency NZ responded at around midday that day. “A resident had been digging in the garden...

Protected birds shot dead: oystercatchers found on beach at Pouawa

An air rifle has been used to shoot two protected birds found dead on the beach at Pouawa, prompting Department of Conservation staff to appeal to the public for information. Some time between November 1 and November 3, an adult variable...

Region’s thoughts with Juken workers

It seemed inevitable after the announcement three weeks ago about potential closure in the face of ongoing financial difficulties and tough trading conditions, but confirmation yesterday that Juken will close its Gisborne mill after nearly three...

Carbon credit illusion, ideas for the future

Clive Bibby Business support packages that are based on unsustainable incentives can do more harm than good. And those that involve special treatment of foreign companies, to keep them operating in this country, can prove disastrous — even if...