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Changes to gun laws supported

Three-quarters, or 323 of the 418 people who responded to the Gisborne Herald webpoll this week, supported changes to the country’s gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings. The question was, “Do you support the gun law changes...

Samoan goddess central to dance

AN education manager by day, in her other life Malia Patea-Taylor is a writer composer and this week she has combined the two. To help mark Matariki 2016, the Te Wananga O Aotearoa staffer is presenting a theatrical production under the Tautu...

Oil spill team pass test

A desktop oil spill exercise has tested out the preparedness of Gisborne's Regional Oil Spill Response Team and it went well. Tuesday's hypothetical spill from Tuahine Point and Tuamotu Island towards Waikanae Beach helped Maritime NZ test the...

Five more arrests for breaching lockdown

POLICE have arrested five more people in the past 24 hours for breaches of the movement regulations during the Covid-19 lockdown period. Police said all of them had previously been warned about being out and about for non-essential reasons.“The...

'Icon' must stand steadfast

Re: Fix toilets, add a charge — June 29 letter. Your letter Pam, and mine, could fall on deaf ears. I will share the reason why. It was said to me by a council member that, “It is not the toilets that are dirty, it is the dirty people using...

Is extreme old age a terminal condition?

David Seymour’s End of Life Choice bill, now before Parliament, is similar to legislation and proposed legislation in other countries in that it is restricted to those who wish to die because they are terminally ill or are enduring unbearable...

Truckers putting safety first

GISBOsborne trucking operations ground to a halt this morning as more than 200 truckies turned out to demonstrate their commitment to safety by attending a three-hour safety workshop. Aimed at raising awareness of truck rollover and safety issues, as...

Scholarships for five of the best

For the second year in a row Eastland Group has awarded scholarships to five of the region’s most promising engineering students as they head off to university. Each year, Eastland Group offers one or more scholarships to students from across...

Helping our heritage

DoC visitor strategy heeds rapid growth in visitor numbers

Alarming changes, limited action

“At one location in Greenland the temperature rose to 36 degrees C higher than the usual average for that time of the year (February).”Gwynne Dyer’s column in the Weekender on Saturday really disturbed me. To read that mid-winter temperatures...

Not a case of ‘like it or not’

In his comment on my recent column “Lives or Souls?”, John Fricker says: “Normal, sane people are well able to disagree with one another, remain friends and not feel the need to resort to physical violence to get their way.”Who could...

Huge investment for non-renewable lease

Re: Eastland Group powers to profit of $20.1m, July 2 story. More good news from Eastland Group — a glowing end-of-year financial report and not a negative word. Not so much from the electricity sector this year. Much more about the triumph of TOAM...

Racism can cut deeply

Hello, I am a 13 year old at Campion College. I'm here to spread awareness of the issue I am most concerned about — racism. Racism in New Zealand is very bad because it affects peoples' mental and general health. Many people who are victims of...

Snakes, aliens and wild creations at library next week

IF YOU'RE looking for things to do with the kids next week in Gisborne, the HB Williams Memorial Library has it covered. On Monday from 10.30am, it’s Snakes Alive! featuring stories followed by a snakey craft activity. Tuesday sees the start of the...

No one home as Te Reinga house destroyed by fire

A house on marae land at Te Reinga, inland north of Wairoa, was destroyed in a fire yesterday afternoon. There was nothing firefighters from Wairoa and Ruakituri could do to save it. Fire and Emergency NZ was called out at about 1.45pm.“The house...

Centennial Marine Drive sand track relocated

The multipurpose sand track removed from Centennial Marine Drive to make way for the new Kiwa Pools is being re-established at a nearby location. The big “sand pit” was used for events at surf lifesaving carnivals, as well as beach netball and...