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Farmers say land-use inquiry needs ‘urgent reset’

Dave Brash, who led the Government rcovery effort after the Kaikoura earthquake, has been appointed to the panel conducting the ministerial inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti and Wairoa. He fills the vacancy left when Bill Bayfield resigned, and...

Female weaners sell well

A total of 1002 weaner heifers sold on day two of the weaner cattle fair at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, plus about 80 older cattle. Prices paid were firmer on those paid at the 2022 fair but not quite as strong as the previous day’s weaner...

Sinkhole opens up as sewer main collapses

Part of Lytton Road will be closed for the best part of a week after contractors were called out to a sewer block on Tuesday night. They discovered the sewer main had collapsed and caused a sink hole at the edge of the Lytton Road – Stout Street...

Tokomaru Bay community has its say at inquiry Zoom meeting

Lack of equitable resources to clean up beaches, emotional and physical damage caused by forestry slash and impacts of extreme weather events on the people of Tokomaru Bay were shared at a ministerial inquiry into land use community hui yesterday...

Red Cross donates $1.1m to Wairoa

More than $1 million from the New Zealand Disaster Fund is being provided to people living in Wairoa to help them to recover from the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. The $1.1 million contribution to the Wairoa District Council-led Liveable Homes...

Arboretum artwork

Artwork made using botanical material from Eastwoodhill Arboretum will be part of an upcoming exhibition by plant enthusiast and artist Felicity Jones and photographer Mark Smith. The pair went to Eastwoodhill to create and photograph artworks which...

Pipeline fixed, city moves to Level 4 water restrictions

Attending a blessing at Waingake Water Treatment Plant after the city’s water supply was restored on Monday are Tāmanuhiri Tutu Poroporo Trust trustee Parekura Brown Jr, Kāhutia Brown, Maraetaha Inc chair Bella Hawkins and Gisborne District...

Helping those in need of feed

In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, Power Farming Gisborne stepped up to help those in need of urgent animal feed by collecting and distributing donations of hay from farmers and contractors across the North Island. They worked together with Lucy...

Permitted to disagree with my opinion . . .

Opinions? Have I missed something? I was under the impression that opinions were something everybody was allowed to have, and that everyone else respected our right to have. Sharing these opinions was considered to be a form of debate that gave us...

Growing the organic macadamia industry

The people behind Torere Macadamias are so passionate about macadamias they have developed a 10-year NZ Macadamia Industry Growth Strategy (2018-2029) to increase organic growing of macadamias from 10ha in 2018 to 1000ha in 2029. The company is...

When the going gets tough...

Tokomaru Bay farm manager Colin Skudder made the headlines after Cyclone Gabrielle when he cut a track across his farm to ferry nurses, technicians and other hospital workers from Tokomaru Bay to Te Puia Springs Hospital. The hospital was cut off...

‘Exceptional quality’ at weaner fair

by Trevor Brown PRICES were buoyant at yesterday’s Matawhero weaner fair where 2736 steers and bulls went under the hammer, many from the Wairoa and Ruakituri districts. There was a large bench of buyers, most from outside this district, and they...

Apple quality ‘OK’ despite bad weather

APPLES from Gisborne have been hitting international markets since February. About 30 percent of the crop has been picked to date, and local industry sources say the quality has been “OK” , despite the weather. T&G Global reported this week...

Gale force winds in the forecast

Strong winds to gale force are forecast to hit the eastern coast of the North Island today and tomorrow, as far north as Mahia. MetService has issued a Watch for severe gale-force south to south-westerlies, with a deepening low lying to the east of...

Lytton High students raise dust at Manutuke

Lytton High school students helped the Manutuke community carry out a clean-up last week. School learning support teacher John Ingram said that ever since Cyclone Gabrielle hit the region, causing widespread damage, the school wanted to helping...

MetService warns about big waves on Coast

THE MetService has issued a Wave Warning for the coastline from Mahanga Beach at Mahia up to Potikirua Point at East Cape, with big seas from the south from tonight. The warning is valid from 9pm tonight to 1am on Friday. It involves a southerly...