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Hort diploma on offer online

Enrolments for the 2021 intake for training in Horticulture are being taken now.“The horticulture industry's growth means businesses require more people in management and technical roles to lead their teams and support growers to become more...

Cape trek a tribute to those who paid the ultimate price

EAST Coast man Hirini Reedy completed another of his C Company “walks of remembrance” around the East Cape when he arrived at C Company House in Stout Street today.“I feel I have a duty to keep the memory of our war dead alive,” said the...

Chinese culture day a hit

STUDENTS at Kaiti School were treated to tai chi lessons from Ji Wei, the national adviser for Chinese at the University of Auckland, during Chinese Culture Day last week. Principal Billie-Jean Potaka-Ayton said the school had established...

Proud of Govt achievements so far

It has been just 100 days since Jacinda Ardern’s Government took office, but already we’ve been able to do so much to help New Zealanders get ahead. We made lots of promises about our first 100 days, and we’re proud to have delivered on every...

At the car wash

WORKING ON THE CAR-WASH: Gisborne Holdings project manager Deon Conway and commercial property and projects general manager Rob Budd overseeing GHL's latest project.“GHL is pleased with the progress of the construction of the Wash'n Go Carwash on...

Walking for water and suicide awareness

A WHATATUTU man is on a nationwide hikoi to promote the protection of water and greater suicide awareness. Marcus Lloyd (Nga Ariki Kaiputahi, Ngati Porou) left his home on Monday this week with a pack on his back containing little more than a tent...

Crash driver is in critical condition,Crash driver critical in ICU

THE man seriously injured in the vehicle crash in Lavenham Road on Saturday night remains in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital’s intensive care unit. The stationwagon the 49-year-old was driving left the road and crashed into a roadside...

NOW AND THEN

School . . .The sun arched across a bright blue, cloudless sky, splashing the morning with warm, soft sunlight. A gentle autumn breeze danced across my skin, leaving crisp goose bumps in its trail. Students bustled through the crowded corridors...

Salvaging much of deconsecrated church

The former Anglican church alongside Makaraka School, already deconsecrated, is being sensitively deconstructed. The 94-year-old building is being demolished to make way for a carpark at Makaraka School. Built in 1928, the old church was deconsecrated...

Lightning hits city power

LIGHTNING strikes during a brief electrical storm over the city left hundreds of people without power for about 10 minutes on Saturday, but the show still went on at the Gisborne Unity Theatre. The storm arrived on cue at about 4pm, coinciding with...

Driver hit a trailer at speed in fatal crash

A driver whose passenger died after the vehicle they were in collided with a firewood trailer in Ormond Road earlier this year, has admitted he was speeding dangerously when the crash occurred. The vehicle driven by Norton Turei Hunia, 25, smashed...

Stole car with baby inside

A thief who abandoned a baby he discovered in a car he stole from Gisborne's central shopping area has been sentenced to 11 months in prison

Pleased at fireworks ‘clean slate’

The region's firefighters were “ecstatic” about the fireworks behaviour across the region this Guy Fawke's season, with not a single fire caused by wayward fireworks. There was a clean slate for such fires across Thursday, Friday, Saturday and...

Torrential totals

Parts of the Gisborne-East Cape district have had more rain in the past seven months than they normally get in a year. The excess rain, and the erodible, sedimentary geology of the region explain why so many roads have been damaged, particularly in...

Court sends ‘clear message’ on treatment of animals

THE SPCA is pleased with its prosecution of two Gisborne men who ill-treated wild goats, then shared footage on social media. The men were sentenced in Gisborne yesterday and SPCA chief executive officer Ric Odom says it was the court’s conviction...

Younger rockers ready for their own band battle

Young and talented rockers are ready to take the stage in Gisborne next week for the Rockshop Bandquest East Coast. There are a record 215 young school bands lined up across New Zealand for this year’s Rockshop Bandquest, the nationwide music...