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Wharf yard opened up for Bay Bonanza parking

Eastland Port and the Gisborne-Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club have worked together to find a solution to boat trailer parking at the wharf for the 2020 Bay Bonanza fishing competition this weekend. Gisborne's inner harbour has been preparing for an...

PM and partner make Quote of Year cut

PRIME Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Gisborne-born and bred partner Clarke Gayford has made the news again. Along with his partner, he is among the 10 shortlisted finalists in Massey University’s annual Quote of the Year competition. Speaking on his...

Great to see Motu general store reopened as a café

The launch of the Motu-vation Cafe is good news and a sign that one of the district’s most historic townships may be on the rise after a long time in the doldrums. Kaz Winterton and her husband Fred have reopened the former Motu general store and...

Sole parents lead fall in benefits here

GISBORNE has 105 fewer people relying on benefits, new government figures show. As of December 2016 there were 5501 people claiming a main benefit from the Ministry of Social Development —105 less than the same time the previous year and mostly due...

Tree of Remembrance: Farmers stores raising funds for local hospice

Farmers stores across New Zealand are once again raising funds for local hospice services in the lead-up to Christmas. Staff and customers alike are supporting the campaign aimed at keeping hospice care free of charge in every community across the...

Vote figures low as of yesterday

With just hours left to vote in the 2019 local body elections, more than 20,000 people here had still not voted. Voting closed at midday today but as of yesterday just 12,350 people (37.99 percent of registered voters) had done so. That percentage was...

Second clean up transforms city beach front from The Cut to past Midway

Contractors have completed the major part of the second beach clean up on the city beach front from The Cut to past Midway. What was driftwood debris-strewn sand just over a week ago has now been transformed back into a pristine playground. The...

Major clean-up required

Re: Homeless dad’s plight, December 5 story. I have had Lance as a guest at our motel on more than one occasion. The most recent, due to availability, Lance spent the night with his son in an upstairs studio, changing to a one-bedroom suite the...

Abortion bill violates human rights

In your August 12 editorial John Jones claims that there are two groups, religious conservatives and feminists, who are totally opposed to each other in relation to abortion. This is not a religious issue, this is a human rights issue. It is not...

Great Gizzy spirit

I would like to thank the five very kind locals who stopped to give assistance outside our home this afternoon, the 18th, to help pick up my husband who had fallen on the footpath. No broken bones or wounds, so all is well. I was stunned to see four...

Winner for all?

Re: Revamped R&V a winner for all, Dec 31 letter. Good on Mr Foster for endorsing the RnV festival. It’s always good to have council and councillors get in behind local business and entrepreneurs. However, I’m not sure if this year’s RnV...

Submitters back Maori wards

Gisborne District Council hears submissions tomorrow on what is its first real effort to consider the establishment of Maori wards, drawing a line under successive councils where majority feeling has been that this region elects Maori candidates and...

Business time at rocket lab

Rocket Lab has announced a new launch window for the third flight of its Electron rocket. The rocket, named It’s Business Time, is on Launch Complex 1 at Mahia and “gearing up”.The 14-day launch window opens this Saturday and extends to Friday...

On the street

Covid figures in region ‘way above’ modelling

Covid-19 has passed its peak in Tairawhiti, but a residue number of cases can “definitely” be expected for many months to come. Cases will not go down to zero, Hauora Tairawhiti chief executive Jim Green told the Hiwa I Te Rangi advisory...

Local lambing numbers reflect ‘remarkable’ year

The district's sheep farmers have had a great lambing season this year as part of a lambing result across the country that has been called “remarkable” in a challenging year. Beef and Lamb New Zealand's Lamb Crop Outlook Report indicates a near...