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Awatere Bridge closed to install Bailey bridge

Awatere Bridge on East Cape Road will be closed to all vehicles and pedestrians from today through until Sunday afternoon. The Gisborne District Council has advised that contractors will be installing a new Bailey bridge at the site. During the...

Commission looking for election workers

Recruitment is under way for people to work in the East Coast electorate in the General Election. The Electoral Commission needs more than 20,000 people from all over the country and there are multiple casual roles available in the East Coast...

Kerekere concerned about burden of ‘funeral poverty’

Gisborne-based Independent MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere says the cost of funerals is too high in New Zealand and contributes to “funeral poverty”. Speaking in the House, which resumed this week, Dr Kerekere said,”severe weather events are having...

Teenagers recognised for exceptional community volunteer work

East Coast teenagers Aaria Reedy and Reagan Mitchell, have been recognised for their outstanding volunteer work within the community, at a formal event at Government House in Auckland. They were selected from profiles sent to Volunteer NZ after the...

Census uptake in Tairāwhiti: Govt statistician pleased despite lower response rate

The Government’s statistician says he is pleased with Census uptake in Tairāwhiti, despite the response rate being lower than the national average. While the national uptake is estimated to be between 89 and 91 percent, Tairāwhiti came in at 82...

Fire looks to have started in laundry

The cause of the fire that extensively damaged one of two flats in a Kāinga Ora unit in Maude Street off Wainui Road on Tuesday morning remains under investigation. Fire and Emergency NZ crews were able to save much of the front section of the...

GDC sets up forestry compliance team

A forestry team created by Gisborne District Council to proactively enforce compliance across Tairāwhiti will get to work as soon as positions are filled. Council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said the group’s formation followed...

Hikurangi enjoying a quiet life

Gisborne port’s first harbour tug the Hikurangi, has been restored to survey standard and continues to chug happily as a pleasure craft around Port Chalmers in Dunedin. Hikurangi was once described as “one of the finest little vessels ever built...

Firewall protects unit when blaze takes hold next door

Fire extensively damaged one of two flats in a residence in Maude Street off Wainui Road yesterday morning but the solid firewall between the two dwellings did its job, said firefighters. Fire and Emergency NZ received multiple 111 calls about the...

Rain before Sunday

“Time to shorten sail . . . there’s a shift in the wind coming, Mr Hornblower.” So might a sea captain of old instruct his officers when he senses a change in the weather. And so it is that the run of dry weather and some sunny days for the...

Hearing local concerns

The cost of living, crime and frustration over the Government’s response to infrastructure damage caused by storms are constant themes National Party candidate Dana Kirkpatrick says she is encountering from East Coast voters. The first-time...

Rocket Lab successfully recovers booster after splashdown

Rocket Lab’s latest mission from Māhia met with “100 percent mission success”, company founder Peter Beck said on Twitter yesterday. The mission successfully launched seven payloads into orbit, after blasting off from the United States-based...

Gisborne companies among export award finalists

Gisborne’s Wisewool company has been named among finalists in the eighth ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards. The business is a finalist in the best emerging business category of the awards. Also named as a finalist, in the excellence in...

Two weeks of road closures on SH2 and 35

The Gisborne-EastCape region is once again down to reduced highway access in and out of the district, with major recovery work needing two weeks of closures. The closures started on Monday and will last two weeks, all going well with the weather...

Here’s to you Gabri Ale

Brew sells out and raises $20,000 for farming recovery fund When Gisborne’s Sunshine Brewery released a first of its kind charity fundraising beer in May, they didn’t expect the sell-out response. Two hundred cases of 440ml cans of Cyclone Gabri...

Hoping that some sanity returns come October

As if confirmation were needed, it is now without doubt the Jacinda Ardern era has been one of the most incompetent and wasteful — laden with hot-air promises of little subsequent or purposeful action. On Thursday, the most ill-conceived...