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Tairawhiti Techweek ’18

The possibility of technology becoming the next biggest industry in Tairawhiti is one step closer. Global tech companies, New Zealand exporters and the country’s top tech talent converge on the city today for a groundbreaking event to unlock the...

Labour launches Coast campaign

THE LABOUR Party’s State of Gisborne “party” last night proved a popular affair with close to 100 people packed into the already tightly-spaced Verve Cafe and Bar. In a speech that covered youth opportunities, employment, education, healthcare...

Wastewater consent application on hold

Gisborne District Council is acknowledging “significant legal and reputational risk” in relation to the wastewater treatment option it included in its 2018-2028 Long-Term Plan (LTP) — which involves a $24.3 million upgrade, but to be more...

Brainstorming session for Young Enterprise Scheme

The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme for 2018 started with a three-hour workshop for teachers, students and coaches at Gisborne’s Cosmopolitan Club. Lytton High School, Campion College and Gisborne Girls’and Boys’ high schools were...

News and views through personal lens

The news and the letters last week were typical of the discussions that take place through this column, and the prejudice that exists among the participants. Firstly the logging truck vs tractor accident — did the tractor drive in front of the...

New LED lighting ‘brighter, safer and better value’

New lighting under shop verandas in the city will be trialled to investigate a long-term solution to improve visibility and security. Tairawhiti Roads general manager Dave Hadfield says the LED lights will be mounted vertically against existing light...

Young entrepreneurs fired up

Five student entrepreneurs from Gisborne Boys' High School are on fire over their new business — Eco Starters. Max Briant, Rewiti Ropiha, Jacob Corrin, Eni Sinoti and Matariki Te Hau started their business selling eco fire starters earlier this...

Meurant denies ‘divisiveness’

All three mayoral candidates were given a good hearing by more than 100 residents at Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village, but it was 72-year-old resident Susan Sligo who brought the house down. Rehette Stoltz, Meredith Akuhata-Brown and Ross Meurant...

Young farmer contest makes for a good tale

Hawke's Bay freelance journalist Kate Taylor still vividly remembers the agony of crossing the line at the end of the gruelling agri-sports challenge in her only Young Farmer of the Year regional final. Now she has produced a book about the...

Chance to hear from top brain researchers

High-profile brain researchers and neuroscientists will be in Gisborne next weekend at the A and P Show. They will be at the Mātai Research Institute tent, available to talk about psychiatric disorders and dementia, among other issues. Among them...

Holiday boredom busters

Need some ideas for keeping the kids busy over the term break? Holidays can be a great time to bond with your children and even let your inner child come out to play. But it can also be a stressful time when kids can misbehave because of boredom...

Deluge keeps firefighters busy in Gisborne

Gisborne city firefighters turned out four appliances in response to more than a dozen calls as a result of the thunder and lightning storm that swept across the city late yesterday afternoon. The calls were to fire alarm activations and to some...

Paddock to plate Sprout call out

SPROUT has been scouting the Gisborne region to find the next agritech superstar to take part in the second serving of its accelerator programme. The national agritech business accelerator is searching the country for eight budding entrepreneurs with...

Let’s give contractors a fair go

I ATTENDED the Infrastructure Services Committee meeting of the council on Thursday to begin to get my head around one of the most significant issues and significant costs facing ratepayers — roads and footpaths. Of most interest to me was hearing...

Council flexes legal muscle

THE prosecution of a Ruatoria dog owner after a serious attack is a first for Gisborne District Council and should be a warning to other dog owners, said chief executive Judy Campbell. She was commenting on a report giving an overview of enforcement...

Two months of terror

A woman’s refusal to give her partner sole custody of their child so he could claim bigger benefit payments, sparked violence and repeated threats by him to murder her, Gisborne District Court has heard. During two months last year, David Cornelius...