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High winds cap off busy week for chopper

It was a patchy week for the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter — due in part to high winds experienced over the weekend – but the team still managed to fly seven missions in the week from Monday, September 11. On the Monday, the team...

Warmest spring day so far, at 23.2 degrees

Yesterday was the warmest day of spring so far . . . and the warmest day in some four-and- a-half months. The mercury climbed over the 23.2 degree mark at around 3pm — the warmest afternoon since April. It hit 24 degrees on a private gauge at...

KiwiRail in talks about funding for rail repair

Work to reopen the cyclone-damaged rail line between Wairoa and Napier has yet to start with funding still to be sought, Kiwirail says. Last week, the rail line reopened between Napier and Hastings but KiwiRail Hawke’s Bay cyclone recovery...

Labour on the back foot for first debate

A wave of promises and some ugly disruptions have led up to the first leaders’ debate before the election, which is being televised tonight. It is becoming more important now for Chris Hipkins and the Labour government. A steady slide in the polls...

Better off relying on naturally occurring osmosis

Clive Bibby Looking at recent polls showing voter reaction to mandated changes to the way we co- exist with one another, one is drawn to the inescapable conclusion that the Government could achieve much of its race relations objectives by relying on...

Forest fire threat a reality

Under weak administrative monitoring of commercial afforestation mandatory requirements, and now the forecast El Niño threat, forest fire threat in our region is a realistic possibility of major concern. Commercial forestry staff in the past were...

Oh, how we so easily forget

Re: Pre-election forecast bleak but not all bad, September 13 editorial. I do wonder how we quickly seem to have forgotten the global shocks of the Covid pandemic, war, supply-chain issues and how they have affected our economy along with every...

‘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...

A squally thunderstorm after long dry spell

Black clouds, rain and touches of hail passed over the district late yesterday afternoon, after a 55-day dry spell. Met Service’s forecast was right on-target - "Showers, some heavy, clearing evening. Chance of a squally thunderstorm with hail...

Inquiries ongoing into drive-by shootings in city

Police are running inquiries into three more gang-related shootings in the city, subsequent to the shots fired at houses in Newton Street in Kaiti and in Mangapapa Road earlier this month. The first drive-by shootings occurred on September 6 and 7...

Cyclone insurance claims hit $86.18m

The final financial damages wrought on Gisborne properties by Cyclone Gabrielle here has been tallied and will cost insurance companies a whopping $86.18 million in payouts. Figures released by the Insurance Council of New Zealand yesterday...

Biosecurity alert for cruise ships

Biosecurity New Zealand has been working closely with cruise lines to ensure their vessels arrive into Eastland Port with clean hulls as the busy summer season approaches. The summer cruise season starts on November 13 here with the arrival of the...

Mackley St, seven months on . . .

by Neil Reid, Hawke’s Bay Today As builders and family continue to repair Sylvia Bell’s flood-hammered home, the widow has just one wish; to be back in the house she has lived in for the past 50 years by Christmas. Her house was among many badly...

Campaign hui focused on youth

Tāmati Coffey defended his East Coast candidacy after losing three years ago in Waiariki, Jordan Walker said “tax the rich”, Leighton Walker said she was not a politician, knew nothing about politics, but had people in her heart, and Dan...

Kōwhai blooms a sign spring is on the way

All the signs point to spring having arrived -—particularly the budding and flowering of the yellow-blossomed kōwhai tree. In Māori, spring is kōanga, and it is of significance that both kōwhai and kōanga share the word kō. Kō is the Māori...

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...