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Market lifts for larger lambs at Matawhero saleyards

There were a total of 2181 sheep yarded yesterday at the Matawhero saleyards, almost all store lambs. The market took a significant lift for the larger store male lambs. CNA and JM Marr, at Te Wera, sent in a total of 1222 store male lambs and they...

Political transformer

Re: Mekatron, May 5 letter. More than meets the eye? Murray Jones

Wow - a top concert at Gisborne Boys' High

The NZ Army Band concert at Boy’s High School. Wow! Wow! Wow! It was great! Heather van Wyk

Education more important than inflation, housing, crime

by Tim Wilson, Maxim Institute executive director The news that only about half of our students regularly attended school in the final term of 2022 produced predictable — and reasonable — concern. After all, that number was worse than the 65...

Some fiscal responsibility in order

by Phil Newdick Pardon my stupidity, but can someone please explain to me how the percentage rate of tax collected can be used as a barometer to assess how much tax is enough tax? It is reported that our 311 wealthiest people only paid a paltry 9.4...

End of a printing era in Gisborne

Publishing the final Gisborne Herald to be printed in its hometown is a sad day for our company, the many people who have worked for it, and the Muir family who have had an ownership interest in this newspaper since 1884 and have a 200-year history...

Word on the street . . . about the King's coronation

Are you going to watch King Charles III coronation this Saturday?

Majority guilty verdicts in sex offences trial

A man has been found guilty of historic sex offences against a young niece by a jury that was unable to reach a unaminous decision but returned majority verdicts. The 59 year-old accused, who for legal reasons cannot be named, was on trial this week...

A superstar performance

We attended the show on Wednesday night and were immediately impressed by the professional set, which became electric once the performers started moving on stage, each of them living their characters. The intensity of the show never once waivered...

Mekatron

Political Transformers, robots in disguise . . . Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons. Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohioterangi

A memoir on ageing with dignity, grace and humour

I don’t know if I can still offer my thoughts, but here goes nothing. May I break my self-imposed exile by recommending a book I have just read. It is “Stop the Clock” (a memoir on ageing with dignity, grace and humour). It is written by...

Backstabbing of the highest degree

In my view, a person who “jumps ship” without the courtesy of giving any warning deserves utter contempt. That goes for any politician in any party. It is backstabbing of the highest degree, akin to Brutus and Caesar — “Et tu, Brute?” So...

Need to cease fossil-fuel use as soon as possible

In my last week’s record CO2 alert, I mentioned how three times this year atmospheric CO2 has topped a 4 parts per million increase on last year’s reading. Carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory steadily...

Royal pageantry will be impressive

Millions of eyes, including a substantial number in New Zealand, will be focused on London tomorrow night for the coronation of King Charles III — a man who has waited most of his life for this moment. If ever a new monarch had a hard act to...

Horouta YES pair inspired by scholarship experiences

Two Tairāwhiti rangatahi involved in the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) have returned inspired after completing separate scholarships. TKKM o Horouta Wananga students Te Aturangi Peters and Maikel Terekia, are involved in YES company Tirama, which...

Partial lunar eclipse just before dawn tomorrow

For those with an interest in things celestial, there will be a partial lunar eclipse just before dawn tomorrow, weather and clouds permitting. The Moon will be obscured by the outer part of Earth’s shadow, starting just after 5am. At its greatest...