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Great season for bull

THE region’s Angus and Hereford bull breeders have now rolled out their crop of rising two-year-olds for the sales season. The stock reflect what all studs agree has been a great season to date

'Fantastic' compliance on duck hunt opening

GISBORNE hunters have been given an official “pat on the back” for observing hunting and firearms regulations during the opening weekend of the duck-shooting season. Fish and Game officer Anthony van Dorp said a joint operation involving Fish and...

Tonnage down but not quality

THE 2016 New Zealand grape harvest finished 34 percent up on the 2015 vintage yield-wise, but in Gisborne the 15,944 tonnes harvested was down 8 percent on the previous year. A total 436,000 tonnes of grapes was harvested around New Zealand this year...

Excellent values, big yarding

THE monthly cattle sale at Matawhero yesterday drew the biggest yarding for a year and excellent values across the 2500 head sold during the day. Such a large entry coupled wth falling schedules could have seen values ease. But good rain locally and...

Ferals in the crosshairs

RABBITS, hares, mice, deer, boars, magpies, turkeys, possums and goats of the East Coast had better watch out next week during the annual Ngatapa School hunt. This will be the fourth year Ngatapa School has hosted its Pest Eradication Hunt as...

Rapist jailed for 13 years

A woman who had an abortion after becoming pregnant to her rapist, has told a court she would feed her attacker to pigs if she had her way. The woman read a statement aloud in Gisborne District Court during sentencing for Johnny Semmens, 31, who...

Measles vaccination is not protecting against measles

The two areas with highest measles outbreak have MMR vaccination rates of 97 percent.* Yes, you read it right, more than that 95 percent figure our Ministry of Health advisers keep telling us would ensure “herd immunity”!The lowest vaccinated...

Special calendar at this year’s She Shed

Explore and experience a kaleidoscope of artworks by women artists in the seventh She Shed tour, on November 13. The coastal art show will be spread across eight locations, from Wainui to Makorori. Organiser Cheryl Scott said the event will feature 38...

Summerfruit season under way

The summerfruit season has started well across New Zealand with plenty of high-quality fruit available and the workforce to pick it. Cherry, nectarine, peach and other summerfruit growers reported a positive start to the 2022-2023 season, said...

Police seek public help over arsons

CONCERN mounts about the spate of arson attacks on houses in Gisborne, and police and firefighters want the community to be more viligant to help catch whoever is doing it. Their call follows the fifth deliberately- lit fire at a residential property...

Quiet summer for the Coastguard in Gisborne waters

Gisborne Coastguard has had a quiet summer (and early autumn) so far, with only two callouts since the season started — in stark contrast to the rest of the country, where Coastguard NZ crews have rescued more than 120 people. The national rescue...

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Kaitiaki carvings to stand tall again at council

A taonga needs to stand up so you can talk to it. That was a key message from a delegation representing Turanganui-a-Kiwa and Ngati Porou asking Gisborne district councillors to install the whakairo (carvings) of Hinehakirirangi and Pouranghua in the...

Poll favours hill road a one-way

The proposal to make the road over Titirangi/Kaiti Hill “one-way” for traffic has drawn strong support in this week’s Gisborne Herald webpoll, with more than 70 percent approval. The question was should it be one-way to make it safer for...

PR lessons required

The Public Information Act can reveal some interesting things, like maybe some of the millions of dollars Mr Todd has skited about saving at Eastland Group have come from not upholding the conditions of the resource consent for the Waihi Hydro Dam...

Spirituality flourishing

Kia ora Lara,Some of the points you alluded to in your opinion piece are factual whilst others are your own personal interpretation and experience of religion and in particular the Christian belief system. As a liberal progressive Christian, my...