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Caught in vehicle allegedly stolen in Gisborne

by Doug Laing, Hawke’s Bay Today A group of five youths and a 22-year-old man have been arrested after a burglary between Wairoa and Napier and a car chase in which the group fled police in a vehicle which had been allegedly stolen in Gisborne...

Winch trainer vital addition for rescue chopper

The Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust hangar is one of the last chopper bases in the North Island to get its own winch trainer and the local team will be making the most of it. Critical care flight paramedic and base manager Richard Curtis said other...

Remembering Private Charlie Hillman in France

An East Coast whānau are off to the village of Staple in northern France to take part in the dedication of two new street names that connect to their tipuna, Charlie Hillman, who died while serving in World War 1. On Sunday August 20, a whānau ope...

Family escapes devastating fire at Pickering St home, pet turtle rescued

A family living in a house in Pickering Street in Kaiti feel they are lucky to all be alive after fire swept quickly through their home.

Aroha ki te tangata

by Molly Para I write this with fond and loving memories of Frazer Joseph Makoha Te Haara, a highly respected and much-loved friend to many at Matapuna Training Centre, who passed on May 26. I also offer an accolade and praise to Matapuna chief...

Urgent need for ETS changes: report

Consultation on potential changes to New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) closed yesterday and Beef + Lamb New Zealand has released an independent report on whether changes are needed to the ETS and if so, what these should be. The...

B+LNZ ewes workshop to focus on maximising production, profitability

Beef and Lamb New Zealand is to stage a Farming for Profit workshop, titled The Efficient Ewe: Lessons Learnt, in Gisborne next week. A similar event will be held in Wairoa. The Gisborne event is at the Otara Station wool room on Wednesday, August...

Contentious lease granted on sacred East Coast land

A lease application for culturally significant land at Tokomaru Bay has been given final approval, against the wishes of some who say they are descendants of the original owners. On Thursday afternoon Gisborne district councillors approved a series...

Putting the fun into fundraising

Makaraka School raised over $20,000 on Thursday, thanks to the support of sponsors, businesses and the community, with students participating in a lively and entertaining obstacle course fun run. The event was organised by Friends of Makaraka School...

Judicial tinkering policy outrageous, impractical

Sad to see Act suggesting impractical fettering of our justice system by controlling the parameters that bind judges in sentencing. The “back story” of offenders will always be relevant to sentencing, regardless of their ethnicity. The crime...

Being overweight on geothermal will bite Eastland Group

Three tries at standing for council and I haven’t come very far. I did, however, get in the final word at the question time part of the Trust Tairawhiti AGM at the Waikanae surf club last night. Hallelujah LOL. I followed on from an earlier...

Nats’ election campaign on the wrong track

Re: National ready to get to work — Luxon, August 8 story. The National Party campaign “Back on Track” is on the “wrong track”! They have “tunnel vision” with their transport policy focusing only on investment in roads. Instead, their...

Slimmer EGL on generation path

The Trust Tairāwhiti annual meeting on Thursday night was focused even more than usual on issues related to Eastland Group Ltd (EGL), the trust’s dominant asset which it owns on behalf of all of us in Tairāwhiti. It raises again the question of...

Later-born store lamb prices crash

The best of the store lambs sold at recent values at yesterday’s Matawhero sheep sale. However, there was a dramatic fall in demand for the later-born store lambs. Prices for them crashed and several pens failed to attract a buyer. A total of 907...

Five-launch deal secures Māhia launch site

Space company Rocket Lab looks set to continue operating from its Māhia space port for probably the remainder of the decade at least, after announcing a new five-launch deal. This week the United States-based company announced it had signed another...

The ballad of the Waimata

I am the river The river is me I am dying Understand: I am the whole Understand: I have no parts Understand: The order of relations The Interconnected Whole I am the river The river is me Heed the bells of warning Stand up Draw the lines And uphold...

Hoping for a nuclear weapons-free world

Bob Hughes I write this on Sunday, August 6 — Hiroshima Peace Day — the anniversary of the horrific nuclear attack on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945. This and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki three days later are the only uses of nuclear...

Gun registry backed by majority: survey

Figures released this week by Gun Control NZ show that a large and broad-based majority of New Zealanders, 71 percent in total, support the establishment of a gun registry. Introduced in June this year, the registry has been strongly criticised by...