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No aerosols only change for Tairāwhiti as new recycling regulations take effect

Changes to regulate recycling nationwide will have minimal impact on requirements for residential kerbside collection in Tairāwhiti. The Government is introducing standardised kerbside recycling across New Zealand, in a bid to increase consistency...

System dragging the chain on animal welfare case

A case involving serious animal welfare charges is making slow progress through court due to a succession of adjournments and changes of legal counsel. Matthew Gordon Brown, 46, of Te Karaka, faces 10 animal cruelty charges relating to a team of...

Singed pork sparks alarm

Several pigs in the process of being singed sparked an unusual callout for Gisborne firefighters early yesterday morning when they and police responded to an incident in Endcliffe Road in Kaiti. Calls about it came in at around 5am. “On arrival we...

Determining extent of district’s aquifers

A scientific project gets under way on Monday to understand more about Tairāwhiti’s groundwater. The project involves surveying underground aquifers — areas of natural underground water storage where water flows in and is stored below the...

Super-shearer Mullooly has shot at semis in close race

by Doug Laing Matawai shearer Catherine Mullooly is one of 27 shearers in with a mathematical chance of making the semifinals of the PGG Wrightson Vetmed national shearing circuit. A close race has developed for the top 12 semifinal places in the...

Cruise ship visit No.14

Gisborne hosts the cruise ship Silver Muse again tomorrow, with the vessel due to go to anchor in the Bay in the morning, arriving from Akaroa. A ships’ agent spokesman said forecast sea conditions might play a part in the 14th cruise ship visit...

Child dental care reassurance

Two mobile dental trucks will be heading to Gisborne’s urban and western rural schools in Term One and talks are being held with other school principals to provide a similar service. Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti interim hospital lead Bhargav...

In tears at encounter with airport security

by Bill Hickman, RNZ A Gisborne woman says she was reduced to tears by an aviation security officer’s dismissive attitude towards her Type 1 diabetes at Auckland Airport ahead of the first flight of her Christmas holiday. Wendy Ure said she was...

Investing for the future

On December 15th, 1975, then Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon cancelled the 37-week-old compulsory New Zealand Superannuation Scheme, introduced by the previous Labour Government. This fund would have provided the infrastructure piggy bank we so...

Residents flee on ‘bad days’

by Lauren Crimp Residents in parts of Tairāwhiti fear a future on their land is in jeopardy with silt dust making the place unliveable. Years of severe weather has left thick layers of silt, and when it is whipped up by the wind, locals feel...

Tairāwhiti death tally from Covid-19 at 42

One more Tairāwhiti death from Covid-19 has been recorded, taking the region’s death tally to 42. Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora figures for the week ending at midnight on Sunday show 26 deaths, but none from Tairāwhiti, meaning the latest recorded...

Homecoming of sorts for MĀ

MĀ vividly remembers the dark days of sitting in her car at Makorori Beach and making music on her laptop. It was the months following the passing of her mum Nancy Brunning — the award-winning actress, director and writer who premiered Witi’s...

No sign of Mediterranean fanworm or other invasive pests

The dive team who did biosecurity checks in Eastland Port looking for Mediterranean fanworm and other marine pests came up empty-handed. Gisborne District Council’s biosecurity team leader Phillip Karaitiana reported the team found nothing of...

Drink-driving deportee gets court reprieve to finish road repairs

A judge has “gone out on a limb” for a 501 deportee he believes has got his life back together since returning to New Zealand and finding stable employment as a road worker. Peina Teriapa Clarke, 44, was to have been sentenced on Tuesday this...

Successful mission first of ‘busiest year ever’ for Rocket Lab

The first launch of more than 20 planned for this year lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Māhia spaceport yesterday. The space-junk focused mission for global data and analytics company Spire Global and space sustainability, safety and security company...

Wairoa community mourns crane-jumping tragedy

by Gary Hamilton-Irvine, NZ Herald A man who died during a misadventure jumping from a crane into Wellington Harbour is being mourned in his home town of Wairoa. The town’s mayor, Craig Little, says the tragedy has affected a lot of people...