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Helping Maori rangatahi to be leaders of tomorrow

Hundreds of Maori leaders and education influencers are at the Maori leaders conference, Te Eketu o te Rangi, which opened at Te Poho o Rawiri Marae yesterday. Rangatahi (youth) are a target audience for the conference, which aims to “inspire and...

Back to work

Forestry industry among businesses that can reopen under Level 3 conditions

Name released from Wairoa fatal crash

THE woman who died in a crash ?on Friday afternoon on State Highway 2 near the Mohaka viaduct at Raupunga, south of Wairoa, was 65-year-old ?Judith Shadbolt from Wairoa. The car she was driving left ?the highway and crashed into a ?bank. She died at...

Creating a change for good in forestry

Safetree has appointed Wade Brunt, a passionate forestry veteran, to help get forestry workers more actively involved in improving health and safety. Mr Brunt started working on Monday in his new role as Toroawhi, which means “together we create...

Every life has value

Re: November 7 letter. Martin Hanson continues to feel threatened by those who acknowledge that there is a loving Creator who made us for Himself. He has a plan for our lives which belong to Him. Those who believe in the Creator know where they have...

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...

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...

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...

Tears at turnaround for CCS Disability Action

There were songs and tears this week as The Mobility Centre moved into a new home on Kahutia Street and a partnership with two other organisations. CCS Disability Action general manager Colene Herbert for the Midlands Region was unable to hold back...

Country on precipice of true change: Allan

NEW list MP and East Coast Labour candidate Kiri Allan honoured her mother, her grandmother who was “strapped” for speaking Maori at school and “the voiceless” in her maiden parliamentary speech this week. Ms Allan wore a korowai as she...

Extension to speedway club’s bar hours overturned on appeal

A ruling by the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority has reduced the hours granted to the Gisborne Speedway Club by the District Licensing Authority. The club wants to operate longer than the hours contained in the new local alcohol policy. It...

Stepping up the social housing,Motor lodge renovated and ready

THE 16 units at the former Eastland Motor Lodge are among 2150 transitional housing places that will be created around the country by the end of the year, Minister of Social Housing, Amy Adams said in Gisborne yesterday. Ms Adams visited the complex...

Good to see alignment on priorities to boost local economy

Central government support for some key planks of the Tairawhiti Economic Action Plan launched today are very welcome. The plan itself was only made public as The Herald was going to press late this morning, and will be reported on tomorrow, but the...

Police name drowning victim

POLICE have this afternoon released the name of the man who drowned at Puatai Beach just south of Waihau Beach (Loisels) yesterday afternoon after he got into trouble while snorkelling. He was Tamahou Wanoa, 53, of Wellington. Mr Wanoa had been...

Set for a policy duel between major parties

The “resignation election” rolls on with Peter Dunne the third party leader to stand down in just three weeks, as this fascinating campaign winds into full operation across an entirely unexpected political landscape — with just a month now...

High risk, high return on ginseng crop

GINSENG crops fetching returns of more than $400,000 a hectare could grow here alongside the forestry industry, say those growing ginseng in the central North Island. Ginseng is a Chinese herbal plant. Its roots are highly sought after in Chin...