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Bid to impose ban at Waikaremoana

A LAKE Waikaremoana iwi will meet today to decide how far it will go to enforce a “ban on activity” at the lake and its surrounds. In the lead-up to having grievances heard in the Wairoa Maori Land Court on June 28, members of the Ngati Ruapani...

Fresh start in Te Hapara

A NEW look, a fresh start and a new way of doing things. That is the emphasis at The Doctors Te Whare Hapara. The GP medical centre, formerly known as Desmond Road Health, has opened under its new name and intends delivering health services in a new...

Roberts Tree Surgeons contributes to restoration project

Roberts Tree Surgeons have joined in the effort to restore the Waikanae Stream by planting 100 plants, including kowhai, manuka and harakeke, along the stream bank. Marketing manager Josie Ovenden said the company wanted to contribute to the...

Lack of respect, judgement

Isn't it disappointing to witness the standard of leadership on Gisborne District Council. How can the Deputy Mayor cast such atrocious, worthless verbal trash upon central Government after Ministerial support that has recently been showered upon...

‘Hell yeah’ response to investing more in Tairawhiti’s state highways

Most voters in this week's Gisborne Herald webpoll think the Government needs to do more to future-proof Tairāwhiti's state highways. The web poll question came about after torrential rain inflicted serious damage on the East Coast's infrastructure...

Changing of guard at Gisborne's Saturday morning Farmers’ Market

'It was just time to move on': manager Andrea Gregory

Life breathed back into 80 lifejackets

A 40-YEAR-old lifejacket was just one of more than 80 upgraded in Gisborne on Saturday, in a campaign to improve boating and water safety. More than 120 people took part in Coastguard New Zealand’s Old4New lifejacket upgrade and education...

Grumbles about CBD outweigh the positives

AN overwhelming 80 percent of people who responded to this week's webpoll question think the CBD needs cleaning up — and quick smart. The question was, “Do you agree that the CBD is a disgrace and the district council should do something to...

Where pokie money goes

Gisborne District Council has applied for, and received, almost $1 million of pokie money to fund projects over the past four years. Grants from the New Zealand Community Trust have gone towards a range of different projects, including the Lions...

Taonga ‘don’t belong in drawers’

The story of British explorer James Cook’s arrival wasn’t a nice one for Maori, said Toihoukura Maori visual art and design school associate professor Steve Gibbs at a talk on Saturday night. Held at Tairawhiti Museum, Oceania and Pacific...

Indigenous Games student wins gold

A TOLAGA Bay student has returned from the World Indigenous Games with a gold medal for tug-o-war. More than 30 countries attended the first ever World Indigenous Games held in Brazil, featuring a multitude of cultures and tribes. The games are as...

Saving tomorrow needs action today

Following the pattern of past life, humankind is also bound for extinction. Yesterday's events shaped the present, as certainly as today's events will shape the future. Human extinction is coming, but how soon? Do we of the present day have any...

Around the Women’s Institutes

Puha and Poverty Bay FederationThe last meeting for the year for Puha Women’s Institute was hosted by Jean Mills with President Betty Thompson welcoming 13 members. The Poverty Bay Wairoa newsletter told of the re-designed website...

Prepared for take-off after ‘human election’

New Zealanders are getting ready to campaign and vote for their favourite native birds in the nation's most popular annual bird contest. Forest & Bird's Bird of the Year 2020 will spread its wings for lift off on November 2. Voting closes two weeks...

REMEMBERING LOST LOVED ONES

Evans Funeral Services managing director David Parker and celebrant Dell Buscke prepare for the annual remembrance service on Tuesday, December 3.“Everyone who has lost someone is welcome to come to this service and remember whoever it is that has...

Observations were factual

In final response to that busy bunch of critics, Lara and the Meyerites, I have this to say. My observations on science and matauranga Maori were based on a lifetime of reading, study and journalistic practice, and talking to many people. They were...