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Odd lines on offer at strong cattle fair

A total of 945 cattle sold in the Cattle Fair at Matawhero saleyards on Tuesday, in a sale that can best be described as an opportunity for many farmers to sell odd lines, in preparation for winter. However, there were several pens of rising...

Call for slash clean-up help

Gisborne District Council is asking anyone in Tairāwhiti with the capacity, capability, and the right equipment to get large woody debris out of the region’s waterways to get in touch, and soon. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said...

Surfers’ critical role in rescues

New data has highlighted the crucial role surfers play in carrying out surf rescues across New Zealand, and there have been instances of that happening on Tairāwhiti beaches. There have been a few reported rescues by boardriders in this district...

300 damage sites on Wairoa-Napier rail line

KiwiRail cannot give a timeline on how long it will take to repair the Wairoa to Napier railline. The rail line is part of the Palmerston North to Wairoa main truck line but was wrecked by Cyclone Gabrielle in February. The line to Hastings reopened...

Transport agency advises motorists ahead of long weekend

Motorists have been advised to “take it easy” on the highway south out of Tairāwhiti to Hawke’s Bay over this King’s Birthday weekend. That’s the message from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. “State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier...

Looking ahead to a warm wet June

Looks like it is going to stay soggy underfoot, if MetService’s latest monthly outlook is anything to go by. The official weather agency is forecasting a “stormy and unsettled June”, with it being wetter than usual in many places. MetService...

Agriculture Minister assures more recovery support to farmers in cyclone-impacted region

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor toured several cyclone-impacted areas of the region on Tuesday and has assured growers and farmers more recovery support is coming from the Government. The Minister visited the Wi Pere Trust operation at Te...

Introducing hi-viz occupations to female secondary school students

Female secondary school students are donning hi-viz vests and turning their hand to driving diggers and trucks, climbing power poles and checking out some of New Zealand’s largest energy generating assets while they suss out a career in the...

Connecting farms to classrooms

Marie Burke has a dream to see Farmer Time as a regular part of children’s education across the land and she is constantly moving closer to making that a reality. She’s thriving as the national coordinator for the programme that connects farmers...

Guardians of the whenua

There’s more than just growing top crops going on at the Wi Pere Trust. The finalists in the Ahuwhenua Trophy —Excellence in Māori Horticulture are equally about their people, future generations and kaitiakitanga. It’s the guardianship and...

Local shines at Dog trial champs

Matawai dog triallist Samantha Shaw was the toast of the Poverty Bay Dog Trial Centre after her three-four finish in the zig-zag hunt final at the New Zealand championships at the Warepa Collie Club grounds near Balclutha last week. Hers was the...

Five- and six-year ewes in good condition

These five- and six-year ewes from Eastland Farms Ltd — Strathblane Station, at Hangaroa, sold for $129 at Friday’s weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards. They were carrying good body condition, were scanned in lamb with single lambs and...

AI moving fast, with white-collar jobs most at risk

by Gwynne Dyer “Sometimes I think it’s as if aliens have landed and people haven’t realised because they speak very good English,” said Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather of AI” (Artificial Intelligence) who now fears his god-children will...

Focus now on forestry workers

The forestry industry in this region has taken a hammering over the destruction and mess caused by slash and whole pine trees that washed and slipped into waterways during heavy rain events earlier this year. That has been keenly felt by our 900 or...

First dawn for Oakview

The foundations for the first house in Gisborne’s biggest new residential development in 15 years have been laid. Contractors Quebik carried out the first concrete pour for the first house to be built at the new Oakview development on Hansen Road...

Bad weather keeps Eastland Rescue Helicopter off-base

A domino effect of call-outs saw the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter off-base for nearly 20 hours last week, with a sister service swooping in to provide cover for the region. The series of events started when, just after 2pm on Friday...