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Planning in place to cope with impact of nurses strike

Gisborne health board Hauora Tairawhiti is making final adjustments to contingency plans for strike action by nurses tomorrow. Chief executive Jim Green said there would be significant disruptions to all services.“We have a very experienced...

Stomach bug at large in Gisborne

HEALTH authorities are advising the public to take precautions with a stomach bug circulating in Tairawhiti. The health board’s Facebook page says the bug is affecting rest homes, primary schools and early childhood centres. Medical officer of...

For the silent majority

WHY do I want to be on the council?If I can be honest, it is a good little earner. Poverty has me in its grasp, as I have bought a house in town. Paying a high price for that I could do nothing about, BUT I can try to do something about the large...

Champion blooms at rose and iris show

Rose growers Hamish Cheetham and Ruth McLennan scooped up the lion’s share of prizes at this year’s Poverty Bay Horticultural Society Rose and Iris Show. Prize listRose Caughey Cup, champion: Hamish Cheetham. Innesfree Perpetual Trophy: Fay...

SHIPS AHOY

Relief, optimism as cruise industry gets the green light

Delight in fifth generation whanau

Not many people can say they have lived long enough to see five generations of their family. Lassie Mihaera (nee Rangihuna), 87, is one of the lucky ones. Last December she went to Brisbane Australia, as she does every year, to visit her family. This...

Vaccine roll-out begins

Today is a big day for Tairawhiti. The national Covid-19 vaccination programme started in Gisborne this morning with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being administered to border workers. The local roll-out of the vaccine “signals an important milestone...

BoP lends hand

HELICOPTERS and health providers from Bay of Plenty have been called on to maintain health services on the flood-ravaged East Coast. Speaking at this week's health board meeting, Hauora Tairawhiti district health board chief executive Jim Green said...

Roading upgrades a 'game changer'

Provincial Growth Fund investment into the region’s roads is “game-changing”, say Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP Meka Whaitiri and East Coast-based list MP Kiri Allan.“From Gladstone Road to Tokomaru Bay, I consistently hear from whanau who are...

Tourism bounce-back

July visitor spend up 21 percent on 2019

Mapping the riverbed

Mapping to better understand the amount of gravel and sediment moving through the rivers at Waiapu and East Cape catchments will take place this month. The Gisborne District Council is working with local contractors Landpro to map the riverbeds using...

Rewarded for service to community

THE work of a group of volunteers was acknowledged at the annual Gisborne District Council’s Citizens Award Ceremony in the foyer of the War Memorial Theatre on Wednesday. Led by Mayor Meng Foon, the civic award recipients were presented with...

Rutene Road stormwater upgrade resumes

The Rutene Road stormwater upgrade is expected to start up again next week.“We are aiming for as little inconvenience as possible once the works get started again,” said Neville West, 4 Waters infrastructure manager.“In the first phase of work...

Engineering scholarships offer ‘a real head start’ for career

Students looking for a career in engineering can once again apply for an Eastland Group Tertiary Engineering Scholarship, which could be worth up to a total of $20,000 over four years.“We employ engineers right across our business sectors...

‘Great’ immunisation figures

The efforts of many in the health sector have resulted in improved rates of immunisation, says a Hauora Tairawhiti report. The figures for June were ‘‘great’’and showed ‘‘the eight-month, two-year and five-year rates moving upwards...

Rare Mahia bird found dead in Napier

A MAHIA-based tuturuatu, or shore plover, one of New Zealand’s rarest creatures, has been found dead on a Napier beach. The bird — named Obow after her leg bands — was found at Westshore, Napier, all the way from her Waikawa (Portland Island)...