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Fire station opens up for public info day

Fire and Emergency NZ will hold an open day for the public at the Gisborne city fire station tomorrow from 10am-1pm and there will be a range of demonstrations. Hato Hone St John will also be present, with an ambulance on site for information. St...

Wednesday one of the warmest for April: 26.4deg

Gisborne recorded one of its warmest April days on Wednesday with a high of 26.4 degrees. The last time it was this warm was April 11, 2021, when the temperature hit 27.8. The warmest April day on record for Gisborne was 28.5 degrees on April 2...

Work to make Grey St more people-friendly starts later this month

Temporary changes to Grey Street, aimed at making a section of it more people-friendly and vibrant, get under way from Monday, April 29. Gisborne District Council is in partnership with Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust (TAT), which is delivering the...

Emergency crews show what they do

Police, Fire and Emergency NZ, St John ambulance and the Corrections Department staged a successful recruitment demonstration session for local secondary school students yesterday at Harry Barker Reserve. Up to 100 students watched from the reserve...

Immunisation push after measles epidemic warning

Tairāwhiti-based health organisations are busy working to increase childhood immunisation rates as winter approaches and after a warning that New Zealand is on the brink of a measles epidemic.

Gisborne Herald 12.04.24

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Australian visitors attractive right now

As New Zealand faces more competition than ever for global tourists, Australian visitors have never been so attractive. For an industry that was at times the country’s biggest earner of foreign exchange before the pandemic, recovery in spending to...

Power in the hands of those who vote

Roger Handford Is it democratic for any small group of people to make major, important decisions on behalf of the rest of the people they are supposed to represent? What is democracy? According to the Oxford Dictionary: “A system of government by...

Rua’s Compassionate Access medicinal cannabis programme available to more people

More people here can get free access to medicinal cannabis after Rua Bioscience chief executive Paul Naske yesterday announced the expansion of the company’s Compassionate Access Programme. The programme has been in place for two years, offering...

Firearms survey under way

Firearms Safety Authority NZ has started its second survey with the public and firearms licence holders to measure public confidence in the firearms licensing system. Authority executive director Angela Brazier said it was important communities felt...

Award-winning doco director here for single screening

Director Blandine Massiet du Biest will be in Gisborne on Sunday for the one-off screening of her debut feature film exploring the life and art of celebrated New Zealand painter Frances Hodgkins. Massiet du Biest was the winner of Best New Zealand...

Nolan family reunion organisers expecting 150 to attend from all over NZ

Younger descendants of David McCool Nolan (1828 to 1901) will have the opportunity to learn of the impressive exploits of their forefathers at the Nolan family reunion. Reunion organising committee member and researcher Marty Reynolds told the...

Forensic analysis continues in stabbing homicide

Police are waiting for forensic analysis to be completed before making any decision on laying further charges against two men arrested in relation to the deaths of Kane Te Paa and Chrysler Stevens-Mark. The men died of stab wounds sustained during...

Devil’s bridge to replace Devil’s Elbow?

A bridge to ease the sharp bend at Devil’s Elbow on State Highway 2 is on the table as NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi asks for public feedback on how to help the region’s highways recover from the cyclone. The Transport Rebuild East Coast...

Chance for your say on wood debris issue

The district council wants public feedback on whether more should be spent on cleaning up large wood debris and doing it faster. “This is one of the topics we want the public to weigh in on in our Three Year Plan 2024-2027 consultation,” the...

Seminar to interest police force hopefuls

New Zealand Police are on the lookout for people who care about keeping our communities safe and to that end they will run a recruitment seminar in Gisborne later this month. “We welcome people from all ethnicities to apply to join us, as we want...