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BRING ON THE SHIELD

July Shield challenge caps Coast’s 100th

Heartening

Re: Noku ake enei whakaaro, Sat 13th article by Andy Cranston. Congratulations Andy on such a well-balanced, well-expressed article. It was very heartening to read position and not prejudice so clearly presented in the current climate exchange of hot...

Invest in your community

Reducing plastic use has turned into a must amongst us but, while we like to show our commitment to this cause, people don’t seem to care as much for other social responsibilities — such as where the products they buy are from. Is the supplier...

Border remains the Achilles heel

The death of Prince Philip provided a sad end to last week's news cycle which once again was packed with developments. The story of how a minor Greek prince, reputedly born on a kitchen table in Corfu 99 years ago, went on to become the...

Rising suicide rates

GISBORNE suicide rates have been between 35 percent and 65 percent higher than the national average in the 2002-2016 period, according to a Hauora Tairawhiti report. Hauora Tairawhiti's community and public health advisory committee (CPHAC) received...

Tomato crop great but not sweetcorn

It has been a season of ups and downs for processing company Cedenco, with an excellent tomato crop, a favourable ongoing squash harvest but a sweetcorn harvest that was disappointing. The company’s sweetcorn harvest concluded at the end of...

DOCTORS STRANDED

Cancelled flights leave Gisborne health professionals stuck in Queenstown

Asbestos discovered during repairs

Repair work to Gisborne's 47-year-old indoor swimming pool has halted after contractors discovered asbestos in the overflow channel. The affected area, which was already closed to the public, was sealed and isolated after contractors found...

Bigger fight ahead for nurses?

Gisborne Hospital medical ward nurse Michell Krawczyk is happy district health boards and nurses have negotiated a collective agreement but says there could be ‘‘a bigger fight” in two years. The country’s 20 health boards yesterday concluded...

A man who gave life everything he had

A “LARGER than life identity and one of the noteable characters of the district” — Barrie Gordon — was farewelled in a funeral service on Wednesday afternoon at the Bushmere Arms. Mr Gordon passed away last Saturday at the age of 88. He was...

Fitness, culture back on menu tomorrow

Some will be 'counting down the hours to get back to the gym'

Alan Wilson centre closes but vision stays strong

SCIENTISTS and administrators from evolutionary research organisation the Allan Wilson Centre met with Tolaga Bay Area School students and staff yesterday for a formal farewell. Funding cuts mean the scientific centre is to be disestablished but...

Searching for Stan Blake who has been missing for about six weeks

Family members of missing man Paul Stanley Blake have arrived in Gisborne in search of answers. Rob and Amanda Blake have not heard from their brother, better known as Stan, since he left Australia six weeks ago. Rob Blake and his wife arrived in...

Last chief standing

Te Karaka people want to be able to evacuate safely when their town gets threatened again by floodwaters. The community wants the level of the road at Nesbitt’s Dip raised, so they can drive to safety, rather than have to climb the big hill south...

District Court news

Authorities at Gisborne Hospital’s Ward 11 have been told by a judge to strictly supervise a male patient to ensure he is never alone there with females, even if it means stepping up resources. Joe Tuhoro Biddle, 65, appeared for sentence in...

King of the ocean, Queen of the sand

New Zealand surf lifesaving championships