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Last chance to keep 'Astro' in our sky

AVIATION fans in the district get a last chance this weekend to “save Astro” and keep the rare and historic Tiger Moth aircraft in Gisborne. Astro — DH82A ZK-ANL — is the last crop-spraying Tiger Moth in the world. The aircraft has been...

ON A SILK AND A PRAYER

A special award for “epic drops”, the name for the aerial artist's plummet while spinning at speed in an unravelling length of silk, went to 16-year-old Lani Crick at the inaugural New Zealand Aerial Youth Championships on Saturday. Coached by...

Confronting ‘institutionalised racism’

A restaurant scenario and a flower planting story were among allegories former American Public Health Association president Camara Jones used in a presentation last week. In a talk at Gisborne Hospital titled Metaphors for Racism, Dr Jones focused on...

Power outages affect court, police station

There were two short power outages in Gisborne’s central business district yesterday morning. Eastland Network’s Brent Stewart said an 11kV cable fault between the Plunket and library substations meant parts of the CBD were briefly without...

Successful Fieldays

Fieldays was another big success this year with a total 128,747 visitors through the gates across the event, and there were 1067 exhibitors across 1559 sites, from 11 different countries. More than 860 school-leaver-aged students from 41 schools took...

Tapsell vows to ‘fight hard’ to fix housing issues

Housing and job training for youth are crucial issues for National's East Coast candidate Tania Tapsell. She has visited Makaraka School and EIT's trades academy with the party's Waitaki MP Jacqi Dean. Ms Tapsell said she had enjoyed meeting the...

Collision at sea

The skipper of a commercial fishing vessel has been fined $4500 for inattention at sea, causing a collision between his boat and a recreational craft. Antony Andrew Hodgson, 46, was sentenced by Judge Allan Roberts in Gisborne District Court. The...

Gardens look great

Big thanks to the gardeners who have the city gardens looking so beautiful for the summer season. It’s an unusually long planted median strip and it’s looking great, as are the planters and roundabouts. It takes planning to be able to have...

Never ‘acceptable practice’

Re: Plenty of doctors willing to assist, January 4 letter. In her attempt to justify the role of doctors as agents of euthanasia, Alida van der Velde has to stoop to making several illogical comparisons. She tries to equate medical procedures like...

Our heritage needs to be on display

I wish once again to help focus people’s attention on things that should concern us all. I am well aware that my contributions don’t always fit with the priority list of other commentators. Quite a few are convinced that my choices are motivated...

Gales on the way

The Metservice has issued a strong wind warning for Gisborne from tomorrow afternoon with gusts predicted up to 120kmh. The forecast applies to the area of Hawke's Bay north of Wairoa and eastern Gisborne, south of Tokomaru Bay.“The southerly winds...

Good recognition for volunteers

GISBORNE Volunteer Centre would like to thank our Mayor, Meng Foon, for hosting a Morning Tea with the Mayor for Volunteers on Monday to get National Volunteer Week under way. Volunteers from a variety of organisations gathered together in...

Rugby-mad centenarian celebrates milestone in style

Not everyone gets a card from the Queen, Prime Minister and Governor-General, but not everyone is Sheila Gerrard. Sheila turned 100 yesterday and was celebrating at home with a glass of Moët in a house flooded with flowers when The Herald came to...

Cedenco to lead on water and waste

CEDENCO Foods have agreed to a partnership with the Government and Gisborne District Council to lead an investigation into developing a large water recycling plant as part of the regional growth programme. It will also look at waste management. The...

Nine appeals against GDC’s freshwater plan

SIX major national organisations and three based in Gisborne have lodged appeals in the Environment Court against the Gisborne Regional Freshwater Plan. Gisborne District Council adopted the plan in August, the first in the country under the...

Grass fire at rivermouth

Firefighters were busy for about three hours on Saturday afternoon dealing with a grass fire at the mouth of the Waipaoa River. The fire was fanned into driftwood by strong winds. Fire and Emergency NZ sent four appliances, including city and rural...