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Views on debt, please

With local government elections getting closer, I have concerns about the council’s financial position following Meng Foon’s artificial 2 percent rates freeze. Through your paper, could the mayoral candidates comment about this and the council...

Tarakihi quota cuts

Imposition of a further 10 percent cut to commercial catch limits for tarakihi has drawn a mixed response from Gisborne Fisheries and Ngati Porou Seafoods. This time last year the Ministry for Primary Industries set a 20 percent reduction for New...

Bus service reduced

AN absence of tourists has been blamed for a reduction in bus services here. From March 8, InterCity will operate four services a week instead of daily services in each direction between Gisborne and Napier. Sam Peate, from NZ Coachlines, said...

‘Not comparing apples with apples’

Tables produced by the Taxpayers Union on Gisborne District Council rates are not a fair comparison, says GDC chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann. She was commenting on the tables released by the Taxpayers Union, which show Gisborne has less debt...

What’s the new ‘quarter acre dream'?

And how can you get there?What was once known as the ‘quarter acre dream’ may not be the same dream that today’s generation is chasing. You might envision owning a five-bedroom house in central Auckland surrounded by city life, or...

Take a Kid Fishing tickets on sale

TICKETS have gone on sale for the annual Take a Kid Fishing trip to the Ngongotaha trout hatchery near Rotorua on August 5 and organiser Murray Ferris expects the seats on the bus to go quickly again.“The day trip to the hatchery has been going...

Traffic lights out on Sunday

A temporary roundabout will replace the Gladstone Road traffic lights on Sunday morning. Scheduled network maintenance at the Gladstone Road traffic lights will take place between 8am and 12 noon.“Eastland Network will be working on the Gladstone...

Roller Blacks here for Parafed open days

Parafed Gisborne Tairawhiti will hold open days next month to showcase what the disability group has to offer the community. Among the special guests will be members of the New Zealand wheelchair basketball team. Parafed Gisborne Tairawhiti replaced...

Wash, squash, lids off

Waste Management staff are this week applying stickers to recycling bins to inform the community what can go out with kerbside recycling. From June 1, only grades 1 and 2 plastics can be recycled. Grades 3 to 7 need to go in with general rubbish. With...

Speeding in Stout Street

I was away for a time and on return thought the speed limit on Stout Street, from Roebuck Road to MacLean Street, had been increased from 50kmh to 70kmh. Apparently not, officially. I am prepared to pay for installation of a speed camera at the...

The best of Tolaga Bay’s arts and music

A showcase of excellence in visual arts, music and dance opens in Tolaga Bay next week as part of Te Ahikaa (Tuia 250 commemorations).The exhibition Te Haemata — “seeking excellence, something that stands out above all else” — will feature...

Simple solution that saves lives

Life has become more complicated since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Massively so for many people. New Zealand is now on a fast-track to unwinding the complications via the simple (for us) solution of mass immunisation with a safe and highly-effective...

Gisborne home port for navy’s new vessel

Gisborne has been chosen as the honorary home port for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newly-bought dive and hydrographic vessel. Minister of Defence Ron Mark announced the purchase of the 85-metre Edda Fonn, a 15-year-old survey and light...

Rehiring part of healing

Well, who would have thought? Not only have I been able to get a letter regarding the mandated-out nurses having to be rehired printed in the NZ Herald (24/10/22), but that paper itself is now questioning the efficacy of the current vaccines, which...

The steam team

BIG toys for the boys. That's how steam locomotive enthusiast Trevor Jukes describes the motivation and fun for the team of volunteers behind Gisborne City Vintage Railway Society (GCVRS).Their pride and sense of history is keeping Wa165 operating...

Unhelpful

I rang ED on Sunday afternoon at around 4.20pm because a family member, who is diabetic, had a sudden bleed in his eye affecting his sight . . . the receptionist was most unhelpful and said the staff concerned would be back on January 4...