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Expo a chance to ‘fill one’s cup’

There’s an air of anticipation and excitement around February’s East Coast Farming Expo and especially with the announcement of the speakers. The Expo will run at the Wairoa Racecourse this time, from February 21-22. “Post Cyclone Gabrielle...

Govt can expect a strong Opposition

While the shape and policies of our next Government remain unknown 25 days on from the election, the Opposition it will face became clearer yesterday with confirmation that Chris Hipkins will stay on as Labour Party leader, with Carmel Sepuloni as...

Forces of nature

Roger Handford Re tsunamis. I did not base what I wrote (November 1 letter) on personal “speculation”. It was based on the published statements of other scientists. As for modelling, one only has to see how many times modelling gets the weather...

Cold case murder trial: Jurors told of Russell Allison's final moments

A jury has been told how the remains of Russell Allison’s body were found after a fire razed his wooden Whatatutu farmhouse to the ground during the early hours of January 25, 2013.

B+LNZ event at Ruatoria on Friday to support Coast farmers, businesses communities

Beef + Lamb New Zealand is running an East Coast community event in Ruatoria on Friday for farmers and communities up the Coast impacted by cyclones Hale and Gabrielle. It will be on similar lines to the Rapid Relief Team’s (RRT) highly successful...

Family lose belongings in unattended cooking fire

A Kāinga Ora house in Pasteur Street was badly damaged by fire on Sunday afternoon, a blaze that fighters said was caused by unattended cooking. Fire and Emergency New Zealand received the first 111 calls about the blaze at the outer Kaiti house...

Lucky escape from Lytton Rd Bridge crash

A man and a woman in a car that crashed on Lytton Road Bridge yesterday morning were extremely lucky they did not end up in the Taruheru River, emergency services say. Police, Fire and Emergency NZ and St John were called to the scene at around...

Gis Int kids giving back to community

Gisborne students are ready to help out local charities and motorists through a bit of elbow grease this Saturday. Nineteen students from Gisborne Intermediate School’s Tu Horouta leadership group will be doing a car wash to raise money for...

Climate Leaders Coalition celebrates 3.6m tonne reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

The company that owns Eastland Port, Eastland Generation and Gisborne Airport says it is “proud” to have been involved in a collective effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC), of which Eastland Group is...

A ‘pretty’ toxic problem

A few years back, parts of Kaiti Hill almost looked like they’d been spray-painted pink for spring. While it wasn’t an eyesore, it was unfortunately a pretty serious invasion of a noxious weed — Ragwort. Also known as holly-leaved senecio...

Ready to ramp things up at port

Eastland Port had a quieter month in October with only six ships calling in to export 165,000 tonnes of logs from the region. A port spokeswoman said the number of ships calling reflected the weather experienced last month. “So we are looking...

24/7 service ‘milestone for Youthline’

Youthline is now offering its phone and text message counselling Helpline to young people 24 hours a day, seven days a week following recent survey results. This is the first time in Youthline’s 53-year history that an overnight counselling...

$1m repairs as DoC looks to reopen Springs early 2024

The Mōrere Hot Springs tourist attraction looks set to reopen this summer, after almost a year-long closure. The Department of Conservation-managed facility has been permanently closed since December 21 due to the failure of the septic system and...

Three weeks of firsts for Outward Bound students

Outward Bound sponsors and supporters gathered last night at Tairāwhiti Museum to celebrate the achievements of 14 secondary school rangatahi who attended the Tairāwhiti course. While at Outward Bound, the students pushed themselves to their...

Chance to have say on how well GDC communicates

Gisborne District Council wants to know where residents get their information about what the council is doing — is it through the GDC website, Facebook, the Gisborne Herald or somewhere else? In an effort to make sure the community is being...

Two crashes, no one hurt

Emergency services responded to two vehicle crashes in the city at the weekend. One car ended up on its roof in one incident. A car struck a power pole in the other. No one was injured in either incident. The first crash happened on Friday night...

Fireworks set Elgin shed alight

Fireworks were the cause of a fire that damaged a small shed on a property in Karaka Street in Elgin on Sunday night. But apart from that Fire and Emergency NZ reported a “pretty quiet” cracker season in this district for them. On Saturday night...

$10m plant lifts capacity for processing waste

A new $10 million state-of-the-art facility is helping chop up cyclone woody debris here and keeping sewage sludge out of landfills. Judds Composting’s new static aeration facility allows its existing composting operation to expand by taking...