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Forestry: No beauty in the beast

The geographically isolated Tairawhiti region has natural beauty with its hills, coastline and sunshine, and that brings with it a certain smugness for long-term residents. Because of our isolation, we need to protect our image to outsiders and...

Butchery still their business

Change is in the wind for Farm Meat Services in Gladstone Road but while the butchery remains up for sale the proprietors have no plans to close the doors. Glenn Brown has had the business at the Albert Street corner on the market for the past 12...

‘Phenomenal’ fundraising effort for the Salvation Army by Aurora leaders

AURORA leaders raised $2500 and collected over 800 cans of food for the Salvation Army as a thank you for its efforts during the pandemic. The 35 students from the Aurora Leadership Programme organised and ran fundraising activities in their schools'...

Importance of smoke alarms underlined

Working smoke alarms probably woke the occupants of a home in Raupunga that was all but destroyed by fire on Thursday night. Firefighters from Wairoa were called to the fire that began inside the ceiling of a property on Putere Road about 10pm and...

GBH charge after alleged assault

Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in relation to an alleged assault at the intersection of Riperata Street and Lytton Road on Friday night. He has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent to injure. A man injured in the...

Tess gets in her groove

TENNESSEE Kemp got her foot in the working world as a barista and now has her eye on teaching. The 19-year-old started by completing a Certificate in Food and Beverage Service at EIT's Tairāwhiti Campus, and loved it.“I found it difficult some...

Masks a must as usual visiting hours resume at hospital

Gisborne Hospital visiting hours are back to normal but all visitors and people attending outpatient appointments are being asked to wear a face covering. With the district under Covid-19 Alert Level 1, visiting hours are between 2pm and 8pm daily on...

Wolves fighting within . . .

I was reflecting on the conflicts that often play out on your pages between correspondents. It seems that there are many issues in modern society that pit one against another. I was reminded of this Cherokee story. A grandfather explains to his...

Noddy in New Zealand final

Gisborne dog triallist Noddy Halley has qualified one of his dogs for the New Zealand final of the Tux Handy Dog and Yarding Challenge. Noddy and Jade (pictured above) won the North Island title in Kaitaia at the weekend, with a score of 98 points...

Treaty supports freshwater rights

Bibby's February 3 column claims that the Iwi leaders' freshwater rights proposal is “a blatant race-based option” etc, which clearly displays his ignorance of Article Two of the Treaty of Waitangi. Article Two reads, “Her Majesty the Queen of...

Cemetery upgrade oversight

The omission of a start date in a newspaper notice for a Gisborne services cemetery headstone upgrade at Taruheru was an oversight, the company doing the work says. The upgrade includes replacement of deteriorating concrete bases under servicemen’s...

Lively leaders’ debate with a few surprise commitments

A feistier contest but still no knockout blows — that seems the general reaction to last night’s second leaders’ debate between National leader Bill English and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern. Both managed to get some telling barbs at each...

Robbery arrests

A family group and a 14-year-old were arrested and appeared in court this week on charges relating to the alleged robberies of elderly women and the BP Kaiti Service Station. Gisborne Police arrested two women and a youth for allegedly robbing...

Endangered native at the Botanical Gardens

Rare white kakabeak plants (ngutukaka) were gifted to the Botanical Gardens by the Te Reinga Marae Trust Board during a ceremony at the weekend. Ngutukaka is New Zealand’s most widely recognised endangered plant. A variant of the red Kakabeak once...

‘We need to look after ourselves’ — Jones

A log export levy and the creation of a second national grid connection for Gisborne have been proposed by Forestry Minister Shane Jones as ways to bring “thousands” of new jobs to post-Covid-19 Gisborne. The forest sector also needs to work with...

Pistol club looking for new home - again

Decision ‘threatens existence of the club’