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Expert assessment for our worst-case tsunami 12-15m

Re: Monster tsunami artwork stuff of Hollywood movies, Nov 1 letter. While the artistic impression published in The Gisborne Herald was rightly criticised, the commentary in this letter contains inaccuracies. Gisborne District Council has had...

Thanks for all the support

We, the Poverty Bay Wairoa Women’s Institute, would like to thank The Gisborne Herald, More FM and HB Williams Memorial Library staff for supporting our awareness month. The smiling little faces as they left the library with their decorated jars...

Littering fines and signs

Re: Bevan Moore’s letter of November 2 (Clean-up penalties). I concur with his comments. On a recent trip to the Australian state of Tasmania, my wife and I were greeted throughout our driving holiday with large signs on both the National Highway...

Gisborne Surf Lifesaving Clubs launch exciting junior surf programmes

The summer Nipper action starts for the three Gisborne surf lifesaving clubs tomorrow morning when they begin their junior surf programmes. “We can’t wait to see you on the beach on Sunday,” is the message from all three clubs. Kaiaponi Farms...

Local candidates’ wins confirmed

Cushla Tangaere-Manuel has retained Ikaroa-Rāwhiti after official election results were confirmed yesterday, but she is now the only Labour MP holding one of the seven Māori electorates. The former East Coast Rugby Union chief executive and first...

Feedback sought on new forestry qualifications

Muka Tangata, the Workforce Development Council for the food and fibre sector, wants feedback on new, streamlined qualifications for forestry industry workers. The council has been working with industry on a review and development of the full suite...

The $5 ducks are back

Life Education Trust is bringing back the Five Buck a Duck Race in Gisborne after a break of almost three years. It will be held at 12.30pm on Saturday, November 18. The race is a game of chance in which numbered yellow plastic ducks are dropped...

Police review "high risk" Mohaka search for missing man Matthew Knight

by Michaela Gower, Hawke’s Bay Today Police are reviewing whether to continue a “high risk” search for Waikato man Matthew Knight, who went missing in Northern Hawke’s Bay just under a month ago. The 19-year-old was last seen in the...

Meng Foon’s seawall: just did as he pleased

Re: Meng Foon’s seawall. Bevan, while you may be right about the need for less red tape (October 31 letter), the fact of the matter is Meng Foon thought he could just do as he pleased and get away with it. While you say this is not much different...

Serious claims, while ignoring the real issues

Re: Base solutions on facts, ignore agendas — November 1 column and comment trail. The theme of Clive’s column is not about erosion, its prevention or the introduction of enhanced logging disciplines, which are the real issues. Instead, he...

Making their mark with baking

October was Women’s Insitute Awareness month and for Federation members of the Poverty Bay branch, it was all about baking. They gave out home-made biscuits to those attending the Barleycorn concert at the Salvation Army Citadel on the Day for...

‘Excellent’ survival through lambing season

The lambing season across Tairāwhiti has ended and with docking nearly finished too, indications are lambing has been good for the region’s farmers. Agfirst consultant Peter Andrew said there was above average ewe scanning this season. “We have...

Bayleys looking ahead to another 25 years 'alongside Tairāwhiti'

Bayleys may be in the business of selling real estate, but for this long-standing national brand, it’s all about the people. Bayleys Gisborne is this month celebrating its 25th year in business. Owner and managing director Simon Bousfield heads...

Wairoa A&P Show delayed until 2025

by Jack Ward All eyes are set on 2025 for the Wairoa A&P Society when they plan to return with a full-scale Show. Instead of the Show next year, the society has decided on a smaller-scale fair, with details still to be finalised. The difficult...

All Totangi Farm lambs sell at Matawhero

There was a total clearance of the 3478 freshly weaned lambs at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, trucked in from Totangi Farm Ltd at Ngatapa. Prices ranged from $90 down to $30 for some later-born ones, averaging $64.80. The black face lambs, out...

Country living gone bad: Long-suffering tenants' win against landlord

Raw sewage bubbling up from the ground, an inaccessible driveway, and a landlord who didn’t want to fix things, ruined a family’s eight-year experience of their rented rural cottage. This year they went to the Tenancy Tribunal, which largely...