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Thieves stealing from charities

'They are taking from a service they may need'

What are you missing most

At home vox pop: What are you missing most during the Covid-19 lockdown

Fire-eating artist paints a picture

The excitement of a romantic adventure and sex in a triad is at the heart of New Plymouth vocal loop artist EJ Barrett's music video recorded at the War Memorial Theatre on Saturday. The song, Paint Me A Picture, is about representation for the...

Kelly’s No. 1 for a good cause

Woolly hats will be the order of the day over the next few weeks for nurse Kelly Norris after she shaved her hair off on Saturday in the Shave for a Cure event for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.“My head is much colder than I expected,”...

No firewood until tree-felling starts

ENTHUSIASTIC firewood collectors need to be patient to get access to free wood from gum trees that Gisborne District Council will fell on Kaiti Hill/Titirangi Reserve. A group of gum trees alongside the road is being removed because they are dead and...

A rare backing of Government actions

As a self-confessed (sometimes vehement) critic of this Government, l find being a supporter of at least one of its major announcements all a bit challenging. I base my support in this instance purely on a belief that criticism is only effective when...

$10,000 for ‘amazing work’

Eastern Whio Link wins inaugural grant from new partnership

Decisions on emissions

HE Pou a Rangi, the Climate Change Commission (CCC), delivered their final advice to the Government at the end of May, and now the Government must release its first emissions reduction plan by the end of the year. The advice outlines how Aotearoa can...

Thieves make off with piece of sculpture

The rain-catcher sculpture at the Botanical Gardens is broken but the damage was not done by vandals.“The sculpture broke after a branch fell from a nearby gum tree last Thursday,” a Gisborne District Council spokeswoman said. However, more...

Women on the water win major Maori Sports Awards

Two Tairawhiti women and another who has whakapapa here have taken out three of the top awards at the 2018 Maori Sports Awards, which were held on Saturday night in Auckland. Horouta Hoe Waka coach Kiwi Campbell of Ngati Porou, Tuhoe and Te Whanau...

Strong support for abortion reform

Catherine Gillies thinks all abortions are bad; therefore in her counselling she frames all psycho-social distress as a consequence of abortion, even up to the third generation later, according to her op-ed on August 6. This is frankly ridiculous...

‘All welcome’: Campground’s open-door policy ‘crazy’

THE decision by the owners of a Gisborne campground to welcome all visitors regardless of vaccination status has been described as “crazy” by an epidemiologist. Tatapouri Bay Oceanside Accommodation owners Nathan and Shanti Foon in a statement on...

Not for dogs

The Farmers’ Market is a very pleasant outing on a Saturday morning and the chance to stock up with fresh fruit and vegetables, have a cup of coffee with friends while listening to music. Why do people find it necessary to bring their stinking dogs...

Wharfside log yard taking shape

A retaining wall and stormwater catchment system are nearing completion as part of Eastland Port’s wharfside log yard development. The 1.8ha log yard will be able to store 10,000 tonnes of logs eventually, meaning fewer truck movements through the...

Huge missed opportunity

Our region and all New Zealand has been let down enormously by Immigration NZ. A cancer specialist from Houston USA has spent recent years in the Palmerston North cancer treatment clinic as well as Gisborne Hospital, Dunedin Hospital and Otago...

Frank Burgess - farmer pilot poet

FRANK Burgess from Poariki Station at Pehiri will be remembered as a thorough and good farmer, a great husband, father and grandad, but he was also a poet, a writer, a sometimes aviator and radio ham. Above all the “man of few words” was...