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Dogs dress up for birthday

All sorts of pets turned up for Gisborne SPCA first birthday fun pet show at Treble Court. One year ago, all SPCA Centres joined into one SPCA. Joining into one organisation means centres like Gisborne get more resource and support. SPCA centre...

Kaiti women graduate from computer course

EIGHT “digi-mamas” graduated on Friday from Tairawhiti REAP’s Computers in Homes Digi-Mama programme. The Kaiti women made up the first intake for the course that gave them skills in the use of software such as Microsoft Office and furnished...

FAILED TO PROTECT WORKER

Stevedoring company ISO Limited has been convicted and ordered to undertake significant health and safety improvements in relation to the death of a Gisborne employee Shannon Brooke Rangihuna-Kemp. It must also pay her family $100,000. Ms...

Injection of uke skills from across North Island

GISBORNE Ukulele Underground turns two this month and to celebrate, the ensemble has invited Taranaki’s Tony Hansen back to Gisborne to help develop players’ ukulele skills. Hansen last visited Gisborne in 2015 to run a weekend of beginner...

Covid-19 cases expected to decline in July

Hauora Tairāwhiti chief executive Jim Green estimates 80 percent of people hospitalised in Gisborne with Covid-19 have been admitted for other reasons, and are then tested and found to be positive for Covid. He was speaking at the monthly DHB...

No meaningful rain since September

RIVER and stream levels are plummeting, irrigation restrictions loom over the Gisborne Flats and city water use has skyrocketed. The Waipaoa River level has dropped to 0.859 of a metre at the Kaiteratahi Bridge, while Te Arai Stream has dropped by...

Gisborne grapes in champion wines

Wines produced from Gisborne grapes featured in the 17th annual New World Wine Awards that were announced yesterday, with the wines judged champion aromatic, champion pinot gris and champion “bubbles”, from more than a thousand wines. Coopers...

Word on the street

What do you think about the news New Zealand's 20 district health boards will be centralised into a single organisation?

Proud of National’s achievements

I must admit it has been a bit of a roller coaster ride these past few weeks. I would like to extend my congratulations to the new government. It’s a huge privilege and responsibility to be in government, and I wish the new ministers all the best...

Te Ahi o Maui could live on . . .

The miserable, wet night didn’t put a dampener on the Eastland Community Trust annual meeting last night, with about 100 people in attendance and at least a dozen expressing gratitude for the financial support ECT had given their community...

Local news in brief

Big Wednesday claimedTHE unclaimed winning Big Wednesday ticket from last week’s final draw has been claimed. Bought from Ideal Store, the win was claimed at Countdown Gisborne. The ticket was one of three winning $87,272 tickets sold here. The...

Firefighters win award for teaching language

Three Gisborne firefighters have won a Fire and Emergency Region 2 ‘‘Celebrating Success’’ award for teaching te reo Maori to their firefighter colleagues in order to better connect with the Maori community. Senior firefighter George Clarke...

Better design for decision-making

A new Mayor stamping their mark or a planned reorganisation prepared well in advance?It is hard to say, as Gisborne District Council has been making more of its governance decisions over recent years in public-excluded or “workshop” sessions...

Endeavour could lie in Newport Harbour

THE SHIP used by Captain James Cook for his voyage to New Zealand may have been found on the bottom of the ocean floor in a US harbour. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) believes it may have discovered the HMS Endeavour in Newport...

District dog triallists stay on leaderboard

Half-a-dozen dog triallists from this region remained in the running in three events when the Tux South Island and New Zealand dog trials ended for the day yesterday in Blenheim. Waimata’s Merv Utting and Prince came on to the top seven leaderboard...

Temperatures rising after Olympic Pool heating system fixed

The heat is back on at the Olympic Pool after a week of chilly water temperatures. Repairs have been completed to the water heating system, with the therapy pool back to normal this morning and the temperature rising in the 50-metre pool. Entry to the...