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Gisborne Herald 15.03.24

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48Hour film registrations open on Monday

This year’s Vista Foundation 48HOURS filmmaking challenge is fast approaching with registrations opening on Monday, March 18. The shoot weekend is May 17-19. Since 2003 this competition has recognised and celebrated the future wave of Kiwi...

Double helping from two with tales to tell

by Kim Parkinson Please Adjust Your G-String” is the story of a hilarious OE experience, with a difference. Margaret Austin left New Zealand in 1975 with no idea what lay ahead on the other side of the world. Blessed — or cursed — with a sense...

Gizzy Gig Guide

This week Barton & Brodsky Chamber Music NZ concert featuring the Brodsky Quartet and didgeridoo player Wiliam Barton. War Memorial Theatre, Thursday March 14, 7.30pm. Ladies Night Gisborne Centre Stage production of the 1980s classic by Anthony...

Hotshots bring high-energy act

If washboard abs and bulging biceps are your thing then this could be the show for you. The Sydney Hotshots are bringing their Magic Mike-style revue to Gisborne’s Shipwreck Bar next Tuesday. This group of dancers boasts Australia’s most...

Culture collaboration

Joint art exhibition brings Māori and Japanese culture together.

Kahutia team wins champ of champs

A Kahutia team recovered from a narrow first-round loss to win the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast junior optional two-bowl triples champion of champions tournament. Teams from Gisborne, Kahutia, Te Karaka and Poverty Bay bowling clubs competed in this...

Midway leading Gisborne charge for medals at nationals in the Mount

Hopes are high among the Gisborne clubs for medal success at the New Zealand surf lifesaving championships and the Midway club look set to be a serious contender for the top three places on overall points. The championships start this morning for...

Focus in GDC's three-year plan on paying for recovery following cyclones Hale, Gabrielle

Gisborne District Council’s 2024-2027 Three Year Plan (3YP) is being considered at a council meeting today before it goes out for consultation with the community. The plan outlines the challenges facing the council and how it intends to pay for...

The impact of blessing new homes for Tairāwhiti whānau.

Morehu Pewhairangi has blessed many of the 90 new Gisborne homes Kāinga Ora has built in the last two years. As a kaikarakia based in Tairāwhiti, he knows that a blessing is an important part of providing homes for whānau who haven’t had...

Housing challenges: affordability remains key concern

The region’s housing crisis will continue if a proposed development strategy is not changed, the group tasked with solving the problem have warned. Gisborne District Council’s draft Future Development Strategy (FDS), which will shape housing in...

Catch me if you can: Ormond School holds its triathlon

Ormond School held their triathlon on Tuesday. Students flew across the Nelson Park grass in the running races and put in 110 percent in the other two legs of the tri as well - the swimming and the cycling. It was all go and a resounding success

Hub being developed for road improvements on East Coast

Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC) is in the process of developing a hub for its planned roading and bridging improvements works on the East Coast. A complex is being established on land adjacent to Awapuni Road, alongside the railway station. The...

Gisborne Herald 14.03.24

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Gisborne Property 14.03.24

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Mayor wins main event at Eastland Kart Club's annual club champs

Tauranga driver Adam Mayor won the main event at Eastland Kart Club's annual club champs at its Te Maanga Road track on Sunday. Mayor won the main-event final over 10 laps, recorded the fastest lap of the day — 19.255 seconds — and passed more...