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Fast track to success in Formula One

New Zealand has a knack for producing stars that punch above their weight on the global stage. From rugby to sailing, our little nation has consistently proved that size doesn’t dictate success. And now, in the high-octane world of Formula One...

Three famines possible: Sudan, Haiti, Gaza

Gwynne Dyer There are three incipient famines in the world today, and politics is at the root of all of them. That’s not unusual, actually: famines are almost always political events. The Irish famine of 1845-1852 halved the country’s population...

Support is outstanding

Well done for repairing and repainting the rainbow crossing overnight. Outstanding to see this community support, accept and spread love for all. Sue Omer

Nature’s force

by Ann Revington The raw power of a river in flood, full of debris hurtling towards a wide open river bar inspired a Wairoa artist in her latest exhibition Cyclone Sees which opens today at 5pm at the Wairoa Museum. Joanna Abraham Joseph rushed down...

Fun on the farm

Bitches Box: Episode 4 is expected to deliver a night of laughs for cyclone-impacted regions in Tairāwhiti and Whakatāne next month. Comic actors Emma Newborn and Amelia Dunbar will revisit some of their most loved dog characters — the...

Gisborne Property 28.03.24

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Gisborne Herald 27.03.24

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Complete overhaul of national emergency system needed: Ormsby

by Doug Laing and Gary Hamilton-Irvine ‘Not fit for purpose’ Concerned residents who rang Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management in the days before Cyclone Gabrielle flooded the region were told they were “over-reacting”, or that...

Clean sweep to classy Hall

by Rockin Robin Eastland Kart Club’s sixth points meeting of the season turned into the Seth Hall show on Sunday. Hall was all class in winning the three A Group races. He also won the feature race at the end of the meeting and posted the fastest...

Challenge Cup final: Admiralty v Blues and Royals

A thrilling season of T20 Challenge Cup cricket is set to end on a high today at Harry Barker Reserve. It is an all-Gisborne Boys’ High School show in Week 6. From 3.30pm, Caleb Taewa’s unbeaten Admiralty and the Blues and Royals under Jett...

Shock at senseless loss of young lives

Gisborne has been in shock and whānau and friends are mourning after two lives were taken and three people were seriously injured in a fight in Elgin on Saturday night that spilled out from a 21st birthday party. It is especially tragic that the...

Collateral damage, or architects of our own future?

Clive Bibby Countries like ours (members of what remains of the Free World) appear to be divided into two groups of people who have already made choices about our future, both here at home and as members of the commonwealth of nations collectively...

ACC needs front-line boost

It has come to my attention recently that there may have to be cut backs in office staff throughout New Zealand by the Accident Compensation Corporation. I hope that ACC looks very carefully at its staff as it’s noticeable around communities in...

Keep our zone nuclear-free

I heard on Monday’s RNZ news that “New Zealand is ‘actively looking’ for ways to participate in the controversial AUKUS pact, where work is already under way into putting AI into submarine-hunting planes and radar into deep space for...

Close encounters of the rugby kind in Poverty Bay-EBoP exchange

Three close encounters, two cancellations and one blowout summed up the Poverty Bay club rugby preseason matches against Eastern Bay of Plenty teams in Gisborne on Saturday. Unfortunately, Poverty Bay reigning Premier champions YMP’s clash against...

‘Incredible weekend’ for Waikanae

Waikanae’s inflatable rescue boat crews finished a highly creditable third overall in the Surf Life Saving NZ national IRB championships at Waikouaiti Beach in Otago over the weekend. The four Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae crews came home with two gold...