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‘Fresh approach’: study to monitors brain, hearts of meth users

A joint initiative for two not-for-profit Gisborne organisations will study the impact of methamphetamine addiction on the brain and heart. The project is being spearheaded by Mātai Medical Research Institute and Manaaki Moves Trust, and is looking...

Familiar names at dog trials

Tolaga Bay’s George Sheild and Smoke are among several Gisborne competitors putting on a good show at the Tux North Island Sheep Dog Championships at Lochinvar Station near Taupo. In the zigzag hunt Sheild and Smoke collected 98.25 points. Also...

Census data helps decide resourcing

Anti-government sentiment after Covid-19 lockdowns and mandates is being seen as one of the reasons Stats NZ is struggling to reach its goal of 90 percent returns for the 2023 Census. Last reports had the Census response rate at 86 percent with...

Quit the bad-mouthing, NZ rates highly

Roger Handford Many of the writers and respondents to letters to the editor seem to live in a peculiarly distorted version of the real world — a world in which factuality and rationality have no place. Those who respond with comments on letters...

‘Extreme danger’ calls for extreme urgency

When the council describes a situation as “extreme danger” I believe it should also call for extreme urgency to solve the problem. Removing the woody debris from our beaches next summer is not extreme urgency. We are spending money to attract...

MP walks away from mandate we elected her to fulfil

You can’t blame Ikaroa-Rawhiti voters feeling betrayed and disrespected after Meka Whaitiri walked from the mandate we elected her to fulfill. What happened to tikanga? Do we actually count? Why the stealth? How long had this been going on? Who...

Rail Action Group needs to meet and keep pushing

I love the train and want to get it back. The cyclone broke the road and the railway and both need to be fixed — I want the train to come back to Gisborne. When is the next meeting for the Gisborne Rail Action Group please? Wake up KiwiRail. I...

Kāinga Ora home demolished to make way for newer housing

A contaminated Kāinga Ora home that had sat empty for more than six months, falling into serious disrepair and being broken into multiple times, has been demolished. In July, the house in Huxley Road made headlines when a young homeless Gisborne...

Iwi against $38.8m silt clean-up boost going to GDC to distribute

The Government is providing nearly $39 million to clean up cyclone-related silt across the district but one iwi says the money is going to the wrong people to distribute it. The funding, announced yesterday, is part of a new cyclone recovery package...

Risk assessments needed asap

by Mayor Rehette Stoltz Minister for Cyclone Recovery Grant Robertson this week set out three separate categories for flood-affected properties to be classified under — low, managed and high risk. The three categories settled on by the Cyclone...

Clear debris and reopen Turanga Gardens

Around 21 years ago, on my initiative and with the support of Gisborne Turanga Lions and the patronage of the late Bill Williams, Turanga Gardens was born. Over the intervening years, with the passing of many of our Lions members, we have been able...

Show a complete triumph

I attended a matinee performance of the production “Jesus Christ Superstar” and just have to say that after a lifetime’s involvement in theatre, I was absolutely bowled over by it. The show is a complete triumph for the director, the large...

Meka Whaitiri jumps waka to Te Pāti Māori

Although her move to join Te Pati Maori has blindsided the Prime Minister, Meka Whaitiri’s defection could have benefits for Labour. Chris Hipkins was on a plane to London when news of her switch began to leak out. He learned about it after he...

Steered into shallower waters during cyclone

by Sandra Conchie, Bay of Plenty Times A cargo ship captain has admitted he put the vessel and those on board in danger during Cyclone Gabrielle when he steered into shallower waters off Mahia en route to the Port of Tauranga. Captain Yongyu Li...

$7m upgrade at Gisborne Hospital

Work has started on $7 million of improvements to Gisborne Hospital to provide better capacity and capability for the treatment of patients with Covid-19 and other infectious diseases. Upgrades to air management, isolation areas and treatment...

Atmospheric river to continue bringing warm, wet air down from sub-tropics

The Gisborne-East Cape region can expect more rain in the days ahead as an atmospheric river continues to drag warm, wet air down from the sub-tropics. So far the weather has not produced any drama for the district, other than making the ground...