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‘Cheaper, simpler, kinder’

I am a regular user of the library and I also use the car park for people with a disability. To get from the car park to the library, I have been in the habit of walking across the grass as a short cut to the door. I welcome this as walking is not...

Charity ball to help cyclone-affected farmers the flood affected

Hawke’s Bay woman Georgia Denton and Tremains Hawke’s Bay are to stage a ball in early October to raise funds to support cyclone-affected farmers in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti. It will be held in Hastings at the Cheval Room (300 Prospect...

Spared worst of wind, rain due

Make the most of the sunny weather, as the extended outlook is for the rain to return to the Gisborne region next week. MetService’s long-range outlook is for clear, sunny days and mostly north-west winds this week, but for rain to return around...

Violent end to Christmas do

They’d hired a taxi van so everyone could get home safely from their Christmas function but even so, a group of workers’ over-indulgence in alcohol spelled a horror end to a good night out. Fletcher Hamish Scammell, building apprentice, told...

Māhia battle features in third series of Kairakau

The battle of Kaiuku at Māhia features in the third season of Kairakau, which begins on Thursday at 9pm on Whakaata Māori and MĀORI+. The series is described as “bringing to life the incredible stories of devastation, loss and hope that...

Call for clarity on construction work

Summer is going to be the season of the great recovery operation, not least in this region, but a recent report raises doubts about the ability of New Zealand to achieve even modest goals for improving our infrastructure. The latest Civil...

Life elsewhere: finding the Holy Grail

Gwynne Dyer This week’s real news is the discovery of life on another planet. As Cambridge University’s Nikku Madhusudhan said in the first sentence of his report: “The search for habitable environments and biomarkers in exoplanetary...

Glad protesters keep raising Rocket Lab issues

Good on ya Merv Goodley — reliable in your responding, but head counts at meetings don’t make consensus. I can’t remember when Rocket Lab last had a public meeting. With unfettered access and a BAU (business as usual) “nothing to see here”...

Jersey Boys show something special

Passing through overnight on Thursday, I happened to see the electronic billboard advertisement for Jersey Boys. As a Four Seasons fan I was immediately interested, so I jumped online and grabbed a ticket. My mind was blown by the level of...

Whānau full of thanks for community effort

“It’s a blessing.” That’s how Connie Kara of Iaopa Road in Te Karaka feels about having her uninsured home fully renovated, thanks to funding from iwi and government agencies. Ms Kara lives there with 11 others in a home that holds many...

Residents to talk about retirement village law changes

Retirement village residents and their families will have a chance to learn more about proposed changes to how retirement villages are governed. Retirement Village Residents Association president Brian Peat will be speaking on the subject at two...

'I thought he was joking'

Students of Rāngai, a Tairāwhiti-based media company and school, are rapt to have secured a commitment to broadcast their very own show, “Pūkeko-Man”, on Whakaata Māori. The show is the brainchild of Rāngai students Te Aruhe Fox, Te Aroh...

Forest restoration funding in question

Ongoing plant and animal control work at Waingake hangs in the balance as Gisborne District Council waits to hear if government funding will be renewed.

Light in the dark

THROUGH struggle can come greatness. That was the message motivational speaker and former boxer David Letele AKA Brown Buttabean shared at Te Karaka Area School yesterday. Mr Letele’s Buttabean Motivation (BBM) charity has been helping with the...

Kiwa Pools

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Pre-election roadie around the Coast

RNZ’s First Up reporter Leonard Powell went on a road trip from Whakatāne around the East Cape to test the tone of the East Coast’s towns, pre-election. This is the fourth story from that series. The Home Industries section at the A&P...

Optimistic about A&P Show entries

The Home Industries section at the A&P Spring Show next month has attracted 1100 entries this year and the dog trials 203 as the clock ticks for the closing of entries in several other categories. Show Association general manager Erica McNeil...

Signs right for Ūawa pump track

A new pump track could be on the cards for Ūawa/Tolaga Bay, dependent on funding and a council lease being finalised. Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust was the driving force behind a new $3 million skate park being opened at Gisborne’s Alfred Cox Park...