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Off-the-cuff Ūawa Waitangi Day event ‘a winner’

Ūawa’s main street came alive to celebrate Waitangi Day this year. Market stalls lined the main street, car parks were full and an array of tantalising food was on offer — From mussel fritters and fried bread to a good old sausage sizzle...

Positive NCEA results

Provisional exam results show East Coast students bucking the national trend in a good way. Despite disruption from Cyclone Gabrielle and a slump in performance nationally, preliminary NCEA results show schools here experienced a jump in attainment...

Gisborne Property 08.02.24

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Waimata cheeses recalled after E. coli bacteria concerns

New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Gisborne’s Waimata Cheese Company in its recall of a specific batch of its camembert and brie cheeses due to the possible presence of E. coli. The products affected by this recall (with a batch number 8367 and...

Rua signs new deal with market leader Apollo Green

Tairāwhiti-based Rua Bioscience has signed a “ground-breaking” agreement with Canadian cannabis genetics company Apollo Green. “This agreement marks a significant milestone in Rua Bioscience’s strategy for growth by introducing its unique...

No plans to shift crane after jumper’s death

by Cherie Howie The grieving mother of an army veteran and dad-of-three who died when he jumped off a historic floating crane in Wellington last month wants the structure moved so no other family has to suffer such a loss. However, Hikitia Floating...

Special chair a holiday highlight for Addy

Midway Surf Life Saving Club has received a special beach wheelchair that is available for use by the disabled and elderly folk who want to get down to and into the water. “It was donated by the family of Suzie Sours, a surfer who passed way...

Gisborne Herald 8.02.24

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Earthquake Commission roadshow aims to help with preparedness

Experts are bringing the science of New Zealand’s largest and most active fault to East Coast communities, with the support of Toka Tū Ake Earthquake Commission (EQC). The Hikurangi Subduction Zone runs the length of the east coast of Te...

Forecast conditions send cruise ship on to Wellington

The 14th cruise ship of the season was a no-show at the weekend when the skipper of the Silver Muse decided on Saturday night not to come into Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay on Sunday due to forecast swell conditions. Instead the ship sailed on...

Chiller kaupapa brings kai, skills to the city

A new community kaupapa has been launched at Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri to help with the sourcing of meat for hākari (feasts) in the community due to rising food prices. The Hākari Chiller has been organised by Tui Keenan of the school’s...

Child Cancer Foundation seeking collectors

The Child Cancer Foundation’s 2024 Street Appeal is just a month away. The foundation needs volunteer collectors for the appeal taking place on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9. “Every week this year three Kiwi families will be told the...

Won the Tairāwhiti Experience trip bid, loved the adventure

Charity auction cyclone fundraiser in Tōkyō sends friends to Gisborne for short stay packed with Tairāwhiti attractions . . . When Jenifer Rogers, an American lawyer working in Tōkyō, attended a prestigious fundraising event in support of our...

Tuta's tireless advocacy to create a Meth Free Tairāwhiti lives on

Late coordinator's mahi to tackle meth use not forgotten.

No sign of millions raised in Lotto draw for cyclone relief

by Mitchell Hageman More than $10 million raised by a special Lotto draw and appeal that was run in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle has now sat unspent with the Department of Internal Affairs for nearly a year. Those wanting to know where the...

Fire at Kaiti Fish Shop put out in the nick of time

Firefighters were called to the Kaiti Fish Shop in the Kaiti Mall on Sunday night after a fire started in cooking equipment, and travelled up the extraction system into the roof space. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two appliances to the shop just...