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Workshop postponed

Business Leaders' Health and Safety Forum executive director Francois Barton's talk on mental wellbeing in the workplace has been cancelled due to Covid-19. The event, organised by Gisborne Chamber of Commerce, was to be held at Wainui Surf Life...

Who pays for rail crossing repair?

GISBORNE ratepayers are likely to end up footing the bill to repair a railway crossing that one councillor believes should be funded by money from the tourism industry. Gisborne District Council’s infrastructure service committee last week agreed...

Advocating for the GWP* metric

The outgoing, council-going Federated Farmers branch president and vice-president have both now responded to the editorial last Thursday which questioned what science it was that the farmer lobby group was basing its position around biogenic methane...

A piece of coronation history surfaces in Gisborne

A Gisborne woman has shared her precious piece of coronation history in the week Queen Elizabeth II celebrates being the longest-reigning monarch in the Commonwealth. Flora Gillies treasures a silk-embroidered commemoration made for her by her Aunt...

A passion for ‘nature play’

We are two Christchurch mums who both started our businesses recently, and are passionate about getting children outdoors and connecting with nature. We are bringing a film to Gisborne called NaturePlay — Take Childhood Back, which will screen at...

Drink-driver fortunate to strike different judge

A SINGLE mother warned by a visiting judge he would jail her for her repeated and highly intoxicated driving, was lucky to face a different judge this week at sentencing. Eden Monteith, 27, waitress, admitted drink-driving for a third time and with...

More than 18,000 passenger movements expected over summer holiday period

Despite the cancellation of all the region's main summer events, tourists are still flying here in droves. Air New Zealand figures show more than 18,000 passengers have booked to fly in and out of the region over the summer holiday period — from...

Short bridge timeframe - many want sea view maintained

THE District Council will make a decision early next week on a change to the Gladstone Road Bridge shared pathway “clip-on” project and, in the Mayor’s words, “they are between a rock and a hard place”.Removal of the concrete parapet wall...

Quick response ensures measles-free Tairawhiti

Tairawhiti has so far escaped the measles outbreak affecting other centres thanks to a quick response two weeks ago. Four people were placed in quarantine or isolation after being in contact with people who had measles, but none have developed the...

Eye on city centre

A City Centre Spatial Framework made public last week identifies a need and opportunities for residential intensification around the city centre, and deficiencies that include a lack of mature vegetation, places for children, all-weather/paved...

Very much work in progress

Re: Reality that swift action is needed, July 31 editorial. Noted, but:1. No specific suggestions proposed on how the Government takes the people with it to cut emissions. 2. The Paris accord exhorts the signatories to adapt to the adverse impacts of...

Kaupapa maori

Turanganui Schools Maori Cultural Festival came to a close yesterday after thousands of children from across Tairawhiti took centre stage to show off their waiata and haka skills. The week-long festival featured kapa haka groups from early childcare...

100 jobs on the line in Gisborne

UP TO 100 jobs in Gisborne could go as the wood processing company JNL begins consulting on a proposal to nearly halve its workforce at its mill here.“Although this is a proposal for consultation at this stage we all know that companies don’t...

Man burned in gas heater fire

A man was taken to Gisborne Hospital with burns last night after a portable gas heater caught fire in a flat at a property in Rutene Road. Fire and Emergency NZ were called to the property just after 8pm.“The fire started at the back of the gas...

Rocky road ahead for housing, water

It has been a big week for the Government, with the relaunch of its disastrous KiwiBuild scheme and the announcement of its plan to restore the country’s rivers, lakes and wetlands. Both projects, however, face challenges and...

Never too old to skate

As someone who hadn't skateboarded since he was a teenager, I took it up again in my early 50s for the exercise. I'm now 60. Gizzy is great for skating — dead flat, good roads and good walkways. The thing that pisses me off is the number of times...