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‘Ongoing’ abuse of pools staff a concern: GDC

Abuse of Olympic Pools staff has been an increasing problem for Gisborne District Council. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swan, in her monthly report to the full council, said there had been an increase in abuse of staff over December. Police...

June trial for Mahia brothers, one charged with attempted murder

Two brothers accused of inflicting life-threatening injuries on a Mahia man — one of them charged with attempting to murder him — are to stand trial later this year. Ryan Reremoana William Ormond, 28, and Harland Freeman Sterling Ormond, 25...

Foster calls for Kaiti Beach clean-up as well

Don't forget about Kaiti Beach. That is the message from Gisborne district councillor Larry Foster. He told fellow councillors, sitting as the full council, that “a great job” was being done of the clean-up of woody debris at Waikanae and Midway...

GisInt students enjoy chance to reach for the stars at Rocket Lab

A “once-in-a-lifetime chance to dream big” is how one teacher described a school outing to Rocket Lab’s Mahia space port. Gisborne Intermediate teacher Barry Huhu said the pupils appreciated the Rocket Lab team sharing their time and knowledge...

Standing ovation for Grand Ole Opry debut performance

The decision to pack up and head to the home of country music four years ago reached a career high point for former Gisborne performer Camille Te Nahu last week. Te Nahu, husband Stuie and son Sonny — The French Family Band — performed at the...

Home detention for defrauding Covid subsidy scheme

Home detention sentence, ordered to repay $62,000 A woman who defrauded the Government’s Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme by claiming funds for employees she didn’t have has been ordered to repay $62,000. Shannelle Jan Oraina Hohipa-Kahuroa, 32...

Rehire for our health

Congratulations to The Gisborne Herald for cutting through the “red tape” to reveal just how bad the staffing shortfall is at Gisborne Hospital and how intolerable the working conditions are there for nurses, and doctors. My commiserations to...

Lack of quality control for road repairs shows

I first sent in letters on 27/1 and 3/2 regarding the state of roading in the region which resulted in a front-page article over the weekend of 11/2. I wanted to flag the council roading department’s failure to operate effective quality controls...

Builders go hammer and tongs in Gisborne final

Nailed it!: Antonio Gisborne’s top apprentice builder. Antonio Barbarich-Waikari is the Gisborne regional champion of the New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge and will further pit his skills against the best in the country. Five...

Cyclone insurance claims in Tairāwhiti hit $54m

The insurance bill to fix or replace cyclone-damaged houses and property here has been assessed at $53.368 million. Data from the Insurance Council of New Zealand shows a total of 2021 insurance claims have been made across the region since Cyclone...

Robust debate at times degenerates

The first letter to the editor received through our new website yesterday was from a regular correspondent over recent years, signing off because he feels other contributors have been intolerant and attacked people for their opinions with impunity...

Demand for economic system that’s more fair

What is neoliberalism? You may have seen the term “neoliberalism” thrown about in arguments but there’s confusion about what it means. It’s an economic idea that has been around since the 1970s, but it became really popular in the ’80s and...

Rudeness, intolerance galling

After 45 years of subscribing to The Gisborne Herald, I have cancelled my subscription. I am 85 years old and probably set in my ways. I am easily written off as pale, pink, aged and cis male. I can no longer stomach the rudeness and intolerance...

Lytton students supporting Relay Your Way

Cooking up the snags: Cherry Ko cooks up the sausage sizzle for the Lytton High School representatives taking part in the Relay Another Day. Pictures by Liam Clayton

Moderate Greens aligned with scientists

Clive Bibby and Graham Gibson fall into the same trap when one uses the word “longevity” and the other “final consequences”, each revealing a shortsighted understanding of such words. The Greens are quite clear that there is no such thing as...

Just lovely

What a lovely woman Marama Davidson has turned out to be — a racist who won’t apologise to the public. The race relations commissioner Meng Foon won’t comment as she is the wrong colour for him to criticise. Her weak-kneed partner James Shaw...