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Life without fossil fuels: The choice is ours

Bob Hughes Many centuries before the 18th century Industrial Revolution, humans discovered fire and harnessed nature’s natural energy. We relied upon the Sun for warmth and progressed to harnessing wind, water and animal power, along with our puny...

A Claytons honour system

Clive Bibby I have just finished reading the full list of this country’s New Year Honours recipients — you know, the system that was originally introduced to recognise those civilian role models who had, like the “Biblical widow”, given of...

Good use of drug checking service at R&V

The return of a confidential drug-checking service for Rhythm and Vines festival-goers was successful in keeping them safe, after discovering fake drugs at the event, the New Zealand Drug Foundation says. “We had a very busy and successful few...

Rescue chopper has a busy New Year

In the week from 12.01am on December 27 to midnight on January 2 the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter flew a dozen completed missions, from a sea search and a car crash to medical, trauma and transfer events. It started early for the...

Investigating allegation of sexual assault

Gisborne police have confirmed they have a sexual assault investigation going into an alleged incident at the Rhythm and Vines event at the weekend. The allegation from a female festival- goer was received on Saturday. “We have been supporting the...

Police asking for witnesses

Police investigating a serious assault in Māhia on New Year’s Day morning have asked for any witnesses to come forward. A 34-year-old man was knocked unconscious, suffering a concussion and facial injuries, after he tried to break up an...

Cold case murders

WARNING: This story details the murders of victims in unsolved cases and may be upsetting. Each year in New Zealand about 72 people are murdered. In 2019 that number ballooned to 131 because of the terror attacks in Christchurch where 51 people lost...

Māoridom mourns the loss of rangatira Norm Dewes

by Adam Gifford, Waatea News Norm Dewes, a champion of urban Māori, died on the last day of 2023. The Ngāti Kahungunu rangatira had lived in Ōtautahi Christchurch since 1961, when he moved from Wairoa as a 15-year-old to join a Māori Affairs...

Silt dust ‘nightmare’ for Waiapu Valley

Some Waiapu River valley residents are being driven from their homes this summer as an unprecedented amount of silt, generated by storms over the past two years, still suffocates the local landscape. Dust from those silt deposits is constantly being...

Happy 21st R&V

They came, they partied, they left. The population of Gisborne swelled by many thousands between December 29 and January 1 for the 21st Rhythm and Vines festival. They jammed the roads and the cafes and enjoyed the best of our weather

Thousands flock to city and Wainui beaches at the weekend as temperatures soar

Gisborne’s beaches drew the crowds on Saturday and Sunday as temperatures climbed close to 30 degrees. Lifeguards at the three local clubs counted their blessings there was no appreciable swell. Hordes of R&V festival-goers, other visitors and...

Too many drink-drivers leaving R&V

Tairāwhiti Police have praised the thousands who attended the Rhythm and Vines music festival, but were frustrated at the number drink-driving on New Year’s Day morning as they left the district. They were also unhappy about the number of people...

Lucky to escape collision without serious injuries

The occupants of two cars that collided on Bushmere Road on Friday afternoon were lucky to escape serious injury, with four of them taken to hospital with minor to moderate injuries. It happened at around 5pm at the Bloomfield Road corner. “All...

New HQ creates a ‘positive aura’ for Cancer Society

Moving from a cramped building to new premises in Gladstone Road has been described as the highlight of the year for the Gisborne-East Coast Cancer Society in their 2023 Annual Report. The society has received comments from the community “and...

New year celebrated at popular events

A somewhat forgettable 2023 ended on a high note for this district with thousands of people celebrating the new year at two hugely popular events — the final night of Rhythm & Vines on New Year’s Eve and Findlay’s Fire in the Sky fireworks...

Many concerned at Govt actions, yet GDC is silent

Where are our councillors in all this?? We are almost a month into the Government’s 100-day plan and I am writing as a concerned Māma and member of our community to express my deep disappointment at the lack of voice exhibited by all of our...