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Well Wāhine Week: nature walk at Waihirere Domain one of today's events

A nature walk at Waihirere Domain this afternoon is part of Well Wāhine Week activities. Three high school students will lead the walk to the waterfall, stopping and talking about native trees on the way. The walk is being run by Women’s Native...

Trust ready to lead way on Taruheru river trail

Tapuwae Tairāwhiti Trails Trust wants to take the lead role in developing the Taruheru River Trail. Trust chair Lyall Evans has told Gisborne District Council’s operations committee that the trust would not seek council funding. The organisation...

Ahead of schedule: ‘1000-year’ pedestrian bridge to be completed by August

The long wait for Gisborne’s “1000-year” waka-shaped bridge is nearly over. The bridge, which will connect Tītīrangi/Kaiti Hill and Puhi Kai Iti/Cook Landing site, will be completed by July 29. The council/Ngāti Oneone project was part of...

‘Inspire Inclusion’ encouraged on International Women’s Day

A small group of Gisborne Business and Professional Women (BPW) members marked International Women’s Day by laying flowers on the Margaret Sievwright monument. March 8 was International Women’s Day (IWD) — a day to mark a collective action and...

Gisborne Hospital on a power-saving campaign

Switching to back-up generator on hot days, staff encouraged to ‘safely reduce energy use’. Recent hot days have resulted in Gisborne Hospital wards being switched to back-up generator power to prevent power overload. Documentation seen by The...

Police will be out to 'stop boy racers in their tracks'

Gisborne police are aware of a planned “boy racer” event in the city over Easter and have made preparations to “stop participants in their tracks”. According to Facebook traffic on the subject the “anti-social road user event”, as police...

Golden harvest: quality of maize at start of season 'looking good'

Corson Grain started its annual maize harvest on Monday and the good weather helped with the start to the season. “Our yields are looking around average at this stage, but the quality of the maize looks good,” Corson procurement manager Richard...

Seeking Government approval to reopen Napier-Wairoa line

by Doug Laing KiwiRail is moving ahead with plans which could see a reopening of the Napier-Wairoa line if it gets Government approval. Amid conjecture that the track could be mothballed again — following over 400 damage sites in the devastation...

Gisborne Herald's legacy will continue

NZME adds Herald newspaper, digital news website to its stable.

Missions accomplished: East Coast jobs dominate rescue chopper’s week

Last week got off to a brisk start for the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter with the team carrying out three of the 11 missions completed over the seven days until Sunday. The packed schedule of call-outs began on Monday, March 4...

End of era as Nola loses her best mate

An identity of Gisborne’s sight-impaired community, Nola Burgess, has sadly had to farewell her beloved seeing eye dog after 15 years together. Black labrador Noelle was euthanised last week. She was Nola’s fourth guide dog and would have turned...

Over 700 participants take part in udderly amazing Relay for Life

A jubilant Cancer Society wants to “heartfully” thank the community, volunteers, sponsors and more than 700 participants for a successful 2024 Gisborne Relay for Life. Gisborne-East Coast Cancer Society fundraising and events coordinator Shay...

Six hectares of scrub burned in Wharekopae Road fire

Firefighters, backed up by two helicopters, spent more than six hours on Saturday tackling a large fire in scrub at a Wharekopae Road property and all day Sunday making sure it was out. The alarm was raised shortly before 2pm on Saturday at...

All 26 resource consents granted for port extension

Project a ‘significant opportunity for different sectors of trade’.

Gisborne Herald 12.03.24

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Tutumatai monitor farm project launched in style

A large turnout of farmers and others attended the Ngati Porou Ahuwhenua Discussion Group Meeting on Tutumatai Station near Ruatoria last Friday for the launch of the Beef + Lamb NZ monitor farm programme on the station. They came from as far away...

Picking up the landfill challenge

Gisborne District Council’s draft 2024 Infrastructure Strategy that recently came into the public domain brought with it news of a renewed effort to build a district landfill, and a plan to spend a further $6.5 million at the Kiwa Pools —...

Exorcising the ghost of 1929 sharemarket crash — part two

Brent Sheather INVESTMENT VIEWS This week’s report is the second part of a review of how the 1929 sharemarket crash actually impacted stockmarket investors. It is August 1929, the very top of the bull market and Aunt Daisy has just retired. Taking...