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How much do we care?

Recently scientists warned our world is likely to breach the 1.5C climate threshold by 2027. The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years, and the global average temperature is likely to rise by more than...

A 4.30am wake-up truck

The number of logging trucks that rumble along Ormond Road and around the Esplanade has increased so much. The first starts at 4.30am and the last is about 4.30pm. The noise and vibrations are constant. We get woken up every morning. Why can’t...

Chose profession to teach

It was good news this week that teacher unions have suspended industrial action following a meeting with the Education Minister, but I really have been so disappointed to see the present era of teachers striking to get more pay. Sure, times are hard...

A special show, not to be missed

I had to continually pinch myself as I sat in the War Memorial Theatre the other night, to be reassured that I was in Gisborne watching an amazing amateur production. The production of Chicago by our Gizzy people could equally take its place on...

How wage inflation supports the Government

High inflation is not only reaching further into our pockets for almost everything we need to buy, the wage inflation it has engendered also has an insidious and perverse impact that is further worsening many family budgets in this cost-of-living...

Teams at Taiki e! continue their Startup projects

Six entrepreneurial teams gathered this week, a month after they first got together, to give one-minute updates on their progress. They first met at the fifth edition of the Tairāwhiti Startup Weekend initiative at impact house Taiki e! on April...

Double shot at NZ title for Matawai’s Shaw

Matawai dog triallist Samantha Shaw has qualified two dogs for the finals of the zig-zag hunt at the New Zealand championships at the Warepa Collie Club grounds near Balclutha. She and Rogue yesterday finished in third place in the South Island...

Muriwai incidents raise concerns for safety

A Muriwai resident tired of having their property ransacked says there needs to be a police officer permanently in the community, and increased funding for infrastructure, to help keep the community safe. Two weeks ago, fences at Tanith Wirihana Te...

A Greener Govt required

Labour adopting long-standing Green Party policies is a win for Aotearoa. Most policies date back 10-plus years ago, such as warmer Kiwi homes which was campaigned on by Jeanette Fitzsimons in 2009. Despite this Green win, the need for a wealth tax...

Look at the top end to reduce inflation pressure

There is worldwide inflation and our NZ Government is doing better than most. Don’t ever blame the poor for inflation while CEOs collect millions of dollars and people use the housing market to make millions of dollars. Govt spending has been...

WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN . . .

Gisborne Hiabs were called in yesterday morning to clean up and recover the trailer of a truck and trailer unit carrying wood chip that came to grief in the railway station yards on Tuesday night. A witness said the trailer tipped and spilled its...

Shaw on dog trials leaderboards

Tolaga Bay’s George Sheild and Wairoa’s David Scragg were joined on the leaderboards at the Tux South Island and New Zealand dog trial championships yesterday by Matawai’s Samantha Shaw. Shaw and her dog Rouge made the top seven in event three...

Mob pair guilty of murder of innocent bystander on Titoki Street

A jury deliberated for three hours yesterday before finding Mongrel Mob couple George Hallet Walker and Grace Mercedies guilty of murdering Gisborne woman Maraea Smith. Ms Smith, 36, was shot dead on Titoki Street about 9.55pm on March 25, last...

Nurses strike goes ahead after Te Whatu Ora fails to get injunction stopping industrial action

Gisborne Hospital Ward 5 nurses yesterday celebrated victory in court but remain adamantly committed to alleviating safety and staffing concerns. Nurses from as far away as Ruatoria joined a rally outside the hospital yesterday to support Ward 5...

Green light for State Highway 2 realignment project

Consent has been lodged for the Waikare Gorge realignment project to bypass six kilometres of the existing State Highway 2, including the slip- and rockfall-prone Waikare Gorge between Wairoa and Napier. The realignment project will include 3.9km of...

‘Training days’ for community Civil Defence support

The Tairāwhiti Emergency Management Roadshow starts in Tokomaru Bay on Sunday with stop one of its five-weekend tour. The roadshow brings together emergency services in Tairāwhiti to train in partnership with community Civil Defence volunteers...