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Morning power outage

A FAIRLY wide area of the district experienced a power outage this morning. It affected Ormond, Ngakaroa, Hexton, all of Waimata Valley including Mander Road, and the top end of Riverside Road.“Almost everyone had their power restored within 15...

Challenge to 'Go Junk Free' in June

GO Junk Free in June and raise money for the Gisborne East Coast branch of the Cancer Society. That’s the challenge, which is to be launched tomorrow at the former Manutuke Herbs premises in Peel Street from 10am to noon.“If you’re out and...

Report points to house price drop this month

THE latest OneRoof-Valocity property report indicates a $25,000 fall in the median house price in Gisborne so far this month, as the return of higher deposit requirements for investors put the brakes on the housing market. The figures show property...

Not much time, but sure we can welcome properly

I’m sure whoever asked iwi to welcome the Endeavour and other tall ships is sorry. I hope there is some money for the Captain Cook anniversary commemoration. I’d like to suggest a civic band, the City of Gisborne Highland Pipe Band and perhaps...

Court to decide on border busters

Police have visited the three young people who allegedly breached the Covid-19 Delta lockdown regulations by coming home to Gisborne through the Auckland border earlier this month. The group were all university students, two of them living in...

More support for small businesses

SMALL and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of our communities. With 97 percent of all New Zealand enterprises employing 20 or fewer people and around 80 percent of Gisborne businesses employing no more than five people, it is vital we...

What about drug-driving?

Re: Comments in response to July 8 letter, Marijuana lies. Under a previous government the sale of liquor legislation allowed children (yes at 18 you are still a child when it comes to alcohol) to drink. Apparently under supervision, but politicians...

Total fire ban in place here from Monday

Tairawhiti will on Monday become the latest region in New Zealand to be covered by a total fire ban as the risk climbs to extreme levels for scrub. The prohibited fire season will be introduced from 8am on Monday.“We now need to go to a total ban...

Vax milestone reached

Tairāwhiti has hit the 90 percent vaccination rate for first doses but vaccinators are not letting up and are ramping up efforts to boost the double-jabbed figure. As of 11.59pm on Monday, 90 percent of the eligible population had received one dose...

Seeds provoke ire of city retailers

Swathes of hard seeds fallen from palm trees in the CBD are a danger to pedestrians who skid on them, and softened seeds are squished into shop carpets, say several retailers in the main road.“They make a bloody mess,” says Grant Brothers shop...

First gold kiwifruit of season bound for Japan

The first 4100 tonnes (1.15 million trays) of this season's Zespri SunGold kiwifruit left the Port of Tauranga last week for Kobe and Tokyo in Japan, marking the start of Zespri's 2022 shipping programme. Gisborne kiwifruit were on board the MV...

The Lunch Bunch

The “experts” at Gizzy School Lunches met with Labour MP Kiri Allan this week to show her how it is done. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last week announced that children in 30 primary and intermediate schools will begin receiving a free lunch...

Pumpkin proves deterrent in domestic assault

A MAN broke a broom over his daughter’s partner as he tried to intervene in a domestic dispute, but was then pinned down by the angry attacker. The situation was brought to an end when the woman struck her partner in the head with a pumpkin. Wayne...

Small grass fire in Dunstan Rd

FIREFIGHTERS were called to Dunstan Road near the former Prime sawmill site yesterday afternoon when a small area of roadside vegetation caught fire. Fire and Emergency NZ sent an appliance and a tanker, with Rural Fire also responding to the 2.40pm...

Underground for some

TELECOMMUNICATIONS company Chorus will take down some of its newly installed aerial fibre-optic cables on Moana Road and put them under-ground but residents are now pushing for a full resource consent review to remove the cables from the view of all...