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Leap Day brings self-service fuel issues

Self-service fuel stations across the country, including outlets in this district, yesterday reported outages at the petrol pumps due to the date — February 29. Allied Petroleum, Gull, Z, Waitomo and other fuel stops around New Zealand reported...

Hiking council debt for recovery

Gisborne District Council’s 2024-2027 Financial Strategy has been officially adopted to be included as part of the 2024-2027 Three Year Plan consultation document. Councillors, sitting as Sustainable Tairāwhiti on Wednesday, briefly debated the...

Connecting Tairāwhiti to work in parallel with recovery, rebuild

Rebuilding roads and bridges destroyed in Cyclone Gabrielle and restarting postponed highway widening projects will not result in a competition for resources, NZ Transport Agency says. After NZTA Waka Kotahi recently resumed its State Highway 35...

Reflecting on Williams' world record-breaking long jump 70 years ago in Gisborne

Gisborne Herald reporter Wynsley Wrigley looks back at the greatest day in Gisborne athletics history — just over 70 years ago when New Zealand ‘s Yvette Williams set a world record for the long jump. With Yvette Williams, a promise made is...

Extra restrictions proposed in district council’s draft local alcohol policy

by Zita Campbell Proposed new alcohol rules could force some restaurants to close earlier and prevent others from opening up close to marae and schools in Gisborne.

Gisborne Herald 1.03.24

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Director of football a Thistle first

Gisborne Thistle have appointed their first director of football. He is 41-year-old Lee Smith, who moves into the role from his position as Central Football’s Tairāwhiti Gisborne community development officer. He will provide administrative...

Golf roundup

Poverty Bay Dave Pirimona could count himself a little unlucky. The NZ Warriors-loving Pirimona had his two best 18-hole rounds in nearly a year over the weekend, and neither was good enough to win. Pirimona shot 82-16-66 in the qualifying round for...

Can’t be rebuilt cheaply

Re: Highway repairs vs rail, February 27 letter. Hello Niall. On behalf of your National Rail Advocacy Collective you also had letters to the editor on December 13, 2023, “Rail benefits outweigh costs”, and December 21, “Costs that deliver...

A leap back in time

This year is Leap Year and today, February 29, is Leap Day — a time seen as both lucky and unlucky, and with the possibility of romance. Newspapers from Gisborne’s past reveal people’s fascination with the four-year adjustment to the calendar...

Field day to kick off monitor farm programme at Tutumatai Station

A monitor farm programme returns to the East Coast tomorrow at Tutumatai Station (pictured) near Ruatōria and the invitation has gone out to all those interested to attend a field day to get the programme started. Tutumatai Station will be a Beef +...

Frockstars to have a ball at FOF finale

With the second season of Frocks on Friday coming to an end this week, “frockstars” are getting ready to dress up for the finale event — the Frock It All Ball. The theme of the sold-out event is in the typical #FrocksonFriday style of...

Restricted fire season on hold

Fire and Emergency NZ has further delayed the introduction of a restricted fire season across the region. FENZ had planned to review the fire season changes again tomorrow. “However, the recent rain has put us below the threshold required for FENZ...

‘Our differences make us stronger’

A message of unity was shared through a performance at the Tairāwhiti Together Tomorrow Summit “Our differences make us stronger”, Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust kaihautū (chief executive) Teina Moetara told those at the summit on Friday. Mr Moetar...

Everything is set to be awesome at Tairāwhiti Brick Show

The second edition of Te Tairawhiti Brick Show is to be held at Easter weekend. Organiser Duncan Chisholm is excited to be presenting the show once again and is expecting a lot more displays than last year. So far, 40 trestle tables have been...

Airfares on the rise

People flying in and out of Gisborne Airport can expect to pay more for seats and luggage as Air New Zealand says it can no longer absorb increasing costs. “Like many Kiwis and businesses, Air New Zealand has faced increasing costs over the past...