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Million-dollar blow to kiwifruit industry

Around 40 percent of the district’s kiwifruit growers have been hit by vine and crop loss as Cyclone Gabrielle continues to leave a destructive legacy.

Gisborne Herald 16.02.24

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Aukus: Clark and Brash on same page

A surprising op-ed duo of former prime minister Helen Clark (1999-2008) and her once political opponent Don Brash (2003-2006 National Party leader) appeared in the NZ Herald on Tuesday, urging the Government not to join the Aukus security pact...

Ukraine: The generals are not the problem

Gwynne Dyer Coming up to the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, things aren’t looking bright for the Ukrainians. Their vaunted summer offensive sputtered out with almost no gains. Russia’s winter offensive is...

Focus on road repairs

Re: Tairāwhiti Moves, inner city transport plans/Grey Street redesign. I read with concern the Tairāwhiti Moves plan put forward to council. At the same time we are reading daily the issues and huge expense such plans are having in Auckland, with...

Another roundabout required

Re the modes of moving nonsense . . . I would seriously suggest that another roundabout is needed to solve a now very-congested intersection. I refer to the Peel Street-Childers Road intersection. This has become a nightmare to negotiate safely, as...

New moral logic applies . . .

In Jason Heale’s column “Our character deficit . . .”, he cites incidents of politicians and relatively rich businesspeople letting the masses down and, therefore, not to be trusted. He also pontificates by paraphrasing definitions from a book...

Maiden visit

The maiden visit of cruise ship Silver Shadow to Gisborne on Tuesday was affected by swell in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay. “Tendering of passengers did not start until around midday and the early excursions planned were cancelled because of...

Gisborne Herald 15.02.24

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Gisborne Property 15.02.24

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Mahanga Beach erosion has history

Re: East Coast shoreline carved away, February 9 story. I have to ask, who is paying for professor Murray Ford and his team to study the erosion at the north end of Mahanga Beach? I hope it’s not Hawke’s Bay Region Council. Also a question for...

Devastation everywhere

Well, I was looking out my window last night and what a vast difference it was a year ago when Cyclone Gabrielle was bearing down on our region. Rain and strong winds arrived on February 13th and lashed us all that night. When dawn broke the next...

Populism trend worrying

Re: Offering simplistic solutions . . . February 2 column. Lara Meyer wrote that populism refers to leaders who use acts of cynicism and dishonesty to pit one group of citizens against another, and that such leaders offer simplistic solutions to...

Waking to cyclone havoc and blackout

A year ago today we woke to the new reality of what Cyclone Gabrielle had wrought the previous day and overnight — although that reality took days to emerge from the water and a communication blackout. It was a storm of huge intensity, with high...

Want potholes fixed? Use the new language

by Simin Williams I thought it might be useful to bring to the attention of Wendy Linton, Ron Taylor and others complaining about various potholes, that the language they use to elicit some remedial action from the council is obsolete and won’t...

Total clearance at monthly cattle fair

The monthly cattle fair at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday attracted a total yarding of 850 head and there was a total clearance. These 32 fat two-and-a-half year steers from Rakopu Farms Ltd at Tolaga Bay sold for $1850. They weighed 560kg...