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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...

Close games decided by one-hoop in Hi/Lo Golf Croquet Doubles tourney

A one-hoop advantage in differential determined the winners of Barry Memorial Croquet Club’s Hi/Lo Golf Croquet Doubles tournament. In Hi/Lo competitions, high-handicap players are partnered with low-handicap players, the idea being that the less...

Supreme Winners of 2024 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Simon and Josi Beamish and Hugo and Pip Beamish of Awapai Station in the WhanaWhana Valley near Hastings were last week announced as the Supreme Winners of 2024 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards. They will open up their property (pictured...

Total clearance, good prices at Matawhero

Approximately 540 cattle were sold yesterday at Matawhero, to a small crowd of mostly vendors, and there was a total clearance with good prices paid for all classes. Arakihi Station sold a pen of six South Devon cross 18 month steers, weighing...

Securing Herald’s future under NZME

A new era for Tairāwhiti news, story-telling and business promotion is under way with the announcement yesterday that NZME has acquired the publishing and digital assets of The Gisborne Herald. The ownership change secures the future of The...

‘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.

Gisborne Herald 13.03.24

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The Gisborne Herald is now part of NZME

New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) has today purchased the Gisborne Herald’s publishing and digital assets. Today’s announcement sees NZME acquiring the Gisborne Herald’s five-day-a-week newspaper and its paywalled digital news...