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How ready are we for these projects?

As the number of people made redundant as a result of Covid-19 rises, there is ever-increasing pressure on the Government to fix it. The Government started strongly by throwing $12 billion of wage subsidies at the problem, but this massive...

PGF boost ‘great news’

Coxco Farming and Horticulture Ltd and CARE Tairawhiti will receive $2.25 million as part of the latest Provincial Growth Fund allocations designed to support people into work. Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones yesterday announced...

Work continues ‘at pace’ to fix Tairawhiti’s public housing crisis

Whānau moved into four new homes in Oxford Street this week as work continues “at pace” to address the region's public housing crisis. The four homes are among the first new public housing developments to be built in Kaiti since the 1980s. The...

Climate: Franzen sees the light

Jonathan Franzen has seen the light. Unfortunately, it has blinded him. The distinguished American novelist and essayist has a piece in the current issue of The New Yorker titled ‘What If We Stopped Pretending?’ Stop pretending that the climate...

Tairawhiti Youth Emergency Services students graduate

THE 16 secondary school students involved in the annual Tairawhiti Youth Emergency Services (YES) programme have graduated and funding has been secured to repeat the programme next year. The students completed 20 hours voluntary work this year before...

Digging into alien aversion

It looks like President Trump is trying to get rid of aliens. Is it because they are of a different colour (not orange), or speak a different language (English) or because he fears they might take him back to his home planet?Dennis Fitzgerald, Vic

So, can you handle the truth?

In a courtroom scene from the movie A Few Good Men, a military lawyer played by Tom Cruise says “I want the truth!” to which Jack Nicholson as Colonel Jessup replies “You can’t handle the truth!”With our local body elections heating up and...

Early push for aid wins Govt plaudits

The leaders of Tairawhiti can be credited with convincing the Government to support the region with its $44 million Covid-19 packages announced yesterday, says Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford. Those leaders, including Gisborne District...

Dancefit concert first-rate

Wow, Wow! . . . . Just where do I start for such a brillant night of dance with the Dancefit Studio Concert held on Friday and Saturday at the War Memorial Theatre — absolutely mind-blowing from start to finish. Advanced level 2 started the night...

It’s breakfast time - pink breakfast

July is Pink Ribbon Breakfast month, where Kiwis across the country will come together to raise vital funds for Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand (BCFNZ).Last year, more than 30 breakfasts were held in Gisborne. Forty people are diagnosed with...

Snow fell in hills to the west last night

The second snowfall in the district this year fell on hills around Matawai and Tiniroto last night, even though it is not officially winter yet. This morning a dusting of snow could still be seen on Whakapunake (out past Tiniroto) and up Rakauro...

Robinson on to GDC, DHB

Tony Robinson has been elected to Gisborne District Council with 4777 votes, making him the sixth-highest polling city ward candidate. He has also been elected to the district health board, Hauora Tairawhiti.“It feels good,” he said.“I’m...

Juken jobs will go if plywood mothballed

GISBORNE'S Juken wood processing plant is looking to halve its workforce because of a weak Japanese housing market, affecting about 100 jobs. Yesterday staff from Juken New Zealand’s timber mill here were told of the proposal to cut production of...

Still talking up rail but no commitment

Despite Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones again talking up the positives of a rail line to Gisborne, there remains no Government commitment to reopening the line. Just days after the Government’s Wellbeing Budget promised a $1...

Promoting better relationship education

A WORKSHOP promoting healthy relationships at Gisborne Girls’ High School was timely, after a petition was handed to Parliament calling for better, more consistent sex education in secondary schools. The Loves-Me-Not programme is designed to...

‘Just common sense’

Hangi after the Covid-19 vaccine, or a kai package to take home and feed the tamariki — was it a ploy to get vaccinated?“No,” said Te Poho o Rawiri Marae chairwoman Charlotte Gibson. “It was just common sense.”More than 200 people were...