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Charity to be encouraged, not demanded

Gavin Maclean (May 10) obviously missed my point, along with the fact the percentage of tax our wealthiest New Zealanders pay is now being compared and criticised based on their unrealised capital gains over 2021, a year of fast-rising asset prices...

Tea, ceremony and the coronation: the importance of shared history

Natasha Baulis Maxim Institute researcher As a foreigner newly arrived here, there’s much to delight in, but I don’t think I will ever be able to get behind “gumboot” tea. Don’t get me wrong; I think the analogy is perfect: the te...

Report welcomed by most, not GDC

The trepidation with which calls for an independent inquiry into land uses associated with the mobilisation of woody debris and sediment were met in some quarters has been justified by the hard-hitting report released yesterday. That included the...

Turkey: 100 years of culture war

Turkey’s elections are fairly free, and there is going to be one this Sunday (May 14). President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been in power for two decades, and he should really lose by a landslide. Imagine what the United States would be like if...

Renee loves regeneration mahi

A desire to always be in the forest has subtly inspired Renee Raroa’s mahi. After making headlines for speaking at the United Nations, she caught up with kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. I was blessed to grow up in a place where the hills...

Seven reserves in the region remain closed due to cyclone damage

Seven reserves around the region remain closed following the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in February. Gisborne District Council has confirmed Doneraille Park, De Costa Park, the small reserve at the junction of Fitzherbert Street and Clifford...

Stepfather jailed for nine years

Reporting their stepfather’s sexual offending against them cost four sisters their mother but even so, the girl who first spoke up says she has “absolutely no regrets” about doing so as it gave her sisters the strength to come forward too. On...

Dealer’s time in jail ‘big wake-up call’

A woman says a previous sentence of home detention didn’t stop her peddling drugs, but a recent stint on remand in jail was the “big wake-up call” she needed. Standing in the dock of Gisborne District Court yesterday, Darling-Delicia Kaui, 45...

GHG offsets ‘damaging’ to East Coast rural sector

New research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil-fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of the world, and it is having a damaging impact on the agricultural sector...

Bar gets the go ahead to open in ‘hospitality area’

Confirmed temporary location of kura a factor in decision A Gisborne bar has been granted permission to set up shop just a few doors down from a kaupapa Māori school, despite strong opposition at a recent hearing. Anjuna Beer Garden will open on...

Dogs destroyed after mauling sheep on farm near Kaiti

The dogs responsible for mauling sheep earlier this week have been destroyed. Gisborne District Council animal control team leader Ross Hannam said a number of sheep were injured or killed after being attacked by dogs on a farm around Kaiti this...

Not ‘business as usual’ despite road reopening between Napier and Wairoa

Three months after Cyclone Gabrielle, State Highway 2 will finally reopen between Napier and Wairoa this Sunday. The drive, which usually takes around 90 minutes, has been taking over six hours thanks to the lengthy detours currently in place...

Study to aid iwi health providers in the future

Turanga Health continues to receive recognition for its Covid-19 response by being included in two prominent nationwide studies. The health provider was innovative and agile during the first two years of its Covid-19 response, creating...

Southerly change sets in after warm May weather

Warm for this time of year? You betcha! And by an average of more than five degrees so far this month. Normally people are throwing something extra on the bed as May nights cool down, but for the first nine nights of this month, night-time...

Shooting hoops with Breakers star

Laughter, joy and the sound of bouncing basketballs reverberated off the playground of Whatatutu School yesterday. New Zealand Breakers captain Tom Abercrombie was a popular man as he took about 40 students through drills, games and match skills...

Breast scans 'more accurate and comfortable’

Breast scans at Gisborne Hospital are now more accurate and comfortable. A new ultrasound tomography machine arrived from Sweden last month that is able to detect even the slightest abnormality in the breast. The technology reduces the need for...