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‘Blown away’ by Gisborne generosity

It has been a “wow” week for SuperGrans Tairawhiti. In response to its appeal for duvet inners and outers to help people struggling financially keep warm this winter, more than 100 duvets, pillows and other items of linen had been...

Passengers full of praise

As an “Ask Me” volunteer for the cruise ship passengers yesterday, we received so many compliments about Gisborne it made you aware of just how lucky we are to live here. While I thanked him personally, I would also like to acknowledge the part...

City plants mostly from local growers

Love all the new plantings going on around the district. Could the council please tell us where these plants have come from? I have a sneaking suspicion they have not come from local growers. Am I wrong?Wendy LintonFootnote from GDC contracts and...

Favourable forecast as road repairs continue

The state of civil defence emergency for Tairāwhiti will be reviewed later today as the weather eases back to a few showers forecast for the next few days. MetService predicts showers today, becoming isolated tonight. The forecast shows possible...

A health system under strain

Just as the ball seems to follow a fielder in a cricket match, the political spotlight followed Labour Cabinet Minister Andrew Little last week and the focus was not always welcome. Little's main portfolio of health was in the news during a week in...

Wairoa housing strategy in spotlight

Enabled Wairoa has attracted national attention with its multipronged approach to addressing social issues, specifically its housing strategy. Green Party Associate Minister of Housing (Homelessness) and Minister for the Prevention of Family and...

Fuelling creativity in school

CREATIVITY is not optional, but crucial, say the Jarratts and they have created a programme to fuel it. They just need the community’s help. Jarratt Create and Educate is husband-and-wife team Ellen and Peter Jarratt, who are originally from...

Graduate starts dream nursing job

AFTER 14 years as a stay-at-home mother of four, Bronwyn Scanlan wanted to help other people’s children too. Now she is an EIT Bachelor of Nursing graduate and has secured her dream job at Gisborne Hospital, starting next week. When her second...

Re-legalisation is urgent

Deane Smart’s letter in The Gisborne Herald of June 6 denigrating the NZ Drug Foundation demonstrates to us a complete lack of understanding of the problems that have been caused as a direct result of prohibition. The one thing we would agree on is...

Theatre officially opened

Pat Seymour, chairwoman of the War Memorial Theatre Trust which drove fundraising for refurbishment of the Lawson Field Theatre, and former Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon share ribbon-cutting duties at the reopening of the theatre on Saturday night. The...

Prime Minister's Science Prize open for entries

APPLICATIONS are now open for this year’s Prime Minister’s Science Prizes, worth a combined total of $1 million. Five prizes will be awarded to members of the science community that showcase talent, passion and high achievment in their...

Chopper evacuations at Cape

Recent storm damage to the closed East Cape Road cut off five households and isolated people were to be choppered out of the area today. Gisborne District Council reported that 13 people had been isolated — the five affected households all located...

Further revetment work on bank of the Taruheru River being carried out

Contractors have moved on to the bank of the Taruheru River by the Peel Street bridge to carry out further work on the bank revetments."It's a continuation of the same project," a council spokeswoman said."This is the second section, covering 62...

Could Wagyu beef protect against heart disease?

As barbecue season gets into full swing, New Zealand researchers are investigating whether certain kinds of red meat could actually protect against heart disease. Researchers have recruited men aged 35-55 willing to eat free meat three times a week...

YES student studies Brazilian street art

GISBORNE Girls’ High student Rebecca Collier is back from the trip of a lifetime to Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of a Young Enterprise Scheme initiative. She was one of eight student representatives from New Zealand chosen to travel to the South...

Keira continues Quest success

Gisborne Girls' High School student Keira Batten Coogan has won the solo/duo section of the Smokefreerockquest East Coast regional competition for the second time in three years. Keira won in 2018 and was second last year.“It felt good to win,”...