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Two riverside slumps in month’s downpour

Three private properties in Gisborne suffered erosion during the region's heavy rain earlier this month. Gisborne District Council (GDC) attended two properties in inner Kaiti which experienced riverside slumps, and one in Whataupoko related to...

Meeting called off

The heavy rain predicted for the weekend prompted Gisborne Speedway Club to postpone its opening “mega” meeting tonight. The 2022-23 season is now scheduled to start next Saturday night. The club was expecting full fields in all classes for...

Sunrise in paradise

Colourful skies like these usually do not herald the best weather forecast for the day, but they sure do make for a stunning sight

Flowers in the vines

‘Amazing’ community response to breast cancer fundraiser

Issue of anonymity raised as Media Council upholds complaint

The Media Council has ruled that a published letter to the editor was gratuitously racist. The council has also said that online postings should not have been published in the Letters to the Editor column without making it clear that these were...

Gisborne District Court news

A Gisborne man caught up in a Hawke's Bay police drug operation Casino will appear in court there on charges arising. John James Stuart Atkins, 40, has pleaded not guilty to supplying and conspiring to deal methamphetamine, arising out of alleged...

No room at the inn

A Dunedin couple visiting Gisborne had to drive 40 minutes out of town to find a place to sleep on Wednesday night because all accommodation was booked up. Heather and Denys Jeffery said they were going to return to Whakatane to sleep at one stage...

Pressure built, skies darkened

God of nations at thy feet, in the bonds of “love” we meet, Hear our voices we entreat. God Defend New Zealand. God Save the Queen! All rise! The court is now in session. Aotearoa was reformed into a colony of the British Empire through coercion...

Street food festival fantastic

Amy Spence and her team have organised another fantastic food street festival. On a beautiful evening, and showcasing yet another gem of a location along Reads Quay between Childers Rd and Pitt St, hundreds of happy people soaked up the...

It’s a serious dropout . . .

The dropout on the very top of D9 Hill in Tikitiki doesn’t seem to be a serious problem with Downer. There’s no proper signage to indicate that there is a serious drop-out there, and surely there should be flashing lights to worn any night-time...

Unanimous vote for Maori wards

Gisborne councillors have voted unanimously in favour of establishing Maori wards. There were tears of joy, hugs, and applause from the crowded public gallery after the vote which took place at an extraordinary meeting at the Gisborne District...

Turanganui Schools Māori Cultural Festival

Children from around Gisborne were participating in the Turanganui Schools Māori Cultural Festival yesterday. More than 70 schools, kura, kohanga reo and early childhood centres are taking part. The festival is on every day at the Farmers Air Event...

Death amid the debris

Environmental damage wreaked by ex-tropical Cyclone Hale becoming clear

Lots to investigate, Gwynne

Instead of gloating over the mortality rates in America and Britain during the current pandemic, why doesn't Gwynne Dyer do some real investigative journalism and examine whether the Chinese virologists in Wuhan deliberately engineered the...

Innovation key to reaching our potential: Karaitiana

GISBORNE District Council candidate Tina Karaitiana has spent her life giving to her community. The city ward candidate has been involved in everything from the Country Women’s Institute to the War Memorial Trust and numerous economic development...

LET THE BRUM GAMES BEGIN

22nd Commonwealth Games officially opened; Tayler Reid to be the first of Gisborne's athletes in action