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Saturday, March 17Tai Chi at the Museum. Reap the benefits and develop your own routine. In front of Tairawhiti Museum, 8-9am, $5. No class if raining, will proceed in light drizzle. TSB NZ Surf Lifesaving Championships, 8am-5pm. See Thursday...

Witness in Kaiti TAB case now says she lied to first trial jury

A woman who told a jury earlier this year she knew who robbed the Kaiti TAB in 2016, now says it was all lies and that police put her up to it. At a re-trial for three accused men, which began yesterday in Gisborne District Court, witness Lavine...

Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon calls for ‘safer, better roads’

AN application for a “considerable roading package” for Tairawhiti will soon be sent to Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones, says Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon. The roading package includes a previously announced $9.1 million...

ECT Rescue helicopter's 150-plus flights

THE ECT rescue helicopter had one of its busiest years on record in the 12 months to March 31 this year, with more than 150 missions flown during the year. Eastland Community Trust continued its financial support for the vital rescue service during...

‘Companies Office’ scam invoices doing the rounds

COLLIER'S Menswear’s Phil Collier received a letter in the mail from “New Zealand - Companies” with a letterhead and structure similar to the New Zealand Companies Office. He was about to sign and return the form with contact details and...

Summer looks likely to be back later in the week

Swell conditions here will not reach warning levels this week, after a cyclone to the east of New Zealand was downgraded. Surf Life Saving NZ issued a warning of strong swells over the weekend as remnants of Tropical Cyclone Tino were expected to...

Median house price hits a record high

Gisborne's median house price hit a record high of $330,000 in March, up 17.9 percent from $280,000 12 months ago, the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) reports. Gisborne-based REINZ regional director Philip Searle said despite the record...

Public health disregarded

It was good of The Gisborne Herald to have a story on the GDC water monitoring information being available. It was less good to have a photo of Santa on the Rere Rockslide, where the E. coli testing on December 10 showed the river polluted at a level...

Ex-Gisborne surgeon censured

US authorities will be alerted to a decision by the New Zealand Health Practitioner’s Disciplinary Tribunal, in which former Gisborne Hospital orthopaedic surgeon Stephen Augustine is labelled a “danger to the public”.Augustine, a US national...

A privatisation agenda

Never mind the bureaucratic claptrap from the Mayor of strategic alignment etc. The facts are that GHL ran down the vehicle testing station and flogged it off, they have run down Tauwhareparae Farms and now want to flog them off. If that's not...

‘Moment’s inattention’ brought an athlete’s hopes crashing down

A triathlete training towards world-qualifying times suffered significant setbacks after he was hit by a young motorist, Gisborne District Court heard. Tenaya Hera-Maree Brown, 20, university student, pleaded guilty to careless driving causing injury...

Euthanasia’s sad necessity

Re: ‘Murder’ never acceptable, July 5 letter. I read Ken Orr’s comment of July 19 on exactly the same day as I read the article “Missing the bus” in La Croix International. Written by theologian Fr Eric Hodgens, who serves as a senior priest...

Flood scheme, water plan, GHL’s AGM

We have a full council meeting on Thursday with substantial reports on a number of important topics, and a Civil Defence and Emergency Management meeting on Wednesday. The community should be very interested in the fact the tender for the first...

Night work to help ease traffic issues

Rush hour traffic delays on Main Road, Makaraka, are being managed with a new evening works programme. Gisborne District Council contractors started maintenance work on the road earlier this week. GDC Journeys infrastructure manager Dave Hadfield...

Chopper crash pilot due back

THE pilot of the Robinson 44 helicopter that crashed at Mahia on Wednesday morning may be back in Gisborne some time today. The 43-year-old man suffered neck and back injuries in the crash that happened while he was carrying out spray work on a farm...

What's on in Gisborne

Saturday, July 29100 Days Project — Solo Exhibition, 10am–4pm, Tairawhiti Museum, through to 6 August. 50 artworks + 50 poems by Katarina & Mary Reedy. Free for locals, visitors $5. Art Collective Display, 10am–4pm, Tairawhiti Museum, through...