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Promoting region as a living laboratory

A briefing document for the Tairāwhiti Tomorrow Together summit yesterday, titled “2023 and Beyond”, promotes the region as having characteristices that make it “an ideal area for the Government to build partnerships which are focused on...

Accolades for new play

Congratulations to local playwright Susan Partington and Evolution Theatre for their latest production Beachfront Reality, which held its world premiere on Thursday night in front of a packed house. This impressive play deserves a national airing...

Gains far outweigh losses

Re: Predators beware, February 21 page 2 story. I commend East Coast iwi Ngati Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, who partnered with Te Papa Atawhai Department of Conservation (DoC), for their efforts on this project. As written, dealing with...

No closer to MidEast solution

Looking at all the unenforceable edicts coming from the UN and the International Court of Justice, it seems the world is no further towards even a temporary solution to the Gaza conflict. The most practical solution in the short term is a safety...

Putting the ‘local’ back in local government

Josiah Brown Maxim Institute Local government has held the limelight recently on account of water woes, rate rises, and mayoral dramas. Councils are left scratching their heads figuring out how to keep their hole-riddled buckets full when debts need...

Opportunities abound

Clive Bibby I can’t remember a time during the past two decades when opportunities for completing long overdue projects across so many different spheres of society were there for the taking. Yet, if you watched or read the daily news you would...

Last woman standing: Nikki Haley

Gwynne Dyer “I refuse to quit. I feel no need to kiss the ring,” said Nikki Haley defiantly. She was talking about Donald Trump’s ring, of course, because she is predicted to lose the Republican presidential primary vote on Saturday in South...

MPs agree on need for a plan

We need a plan,” say the Labour and National MPs for the district. East Cape National MP Dana Kirkpatrick and Ikaroa-Rawhiti Labour MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel found common ground yesterday at the Tairāwhiti Together Tomorrow Summit. The morning...

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Railbikes rates row continues

The opening of a new railbikes tourist attraction at Māhia remains in doubt as the operator is embroiled in a heated rates row with Wairoa District Council.

Chardonnay grapes first off the blocks

The annual grape harvest will be in full swing in the next few days and while the yields are said to be “very light”, the quality of the grapes being picked so far has been “generally excellent”, says Gisborne Winegrowers chairman and GisVin...

Summit ‘pivotal’ to future strategy

Tackling social and economic issues are top of the agenda today at New Zealand’s first regional political summit which is bringing together senior government ministers, iwi, business, the district council and community leaders. Just over a year...

Tairāwhiti man’s extradition case heading back to court

by Soumya Bhamidipati Australia is making another legal bid to get a Tairāwhiti man extradited for a decade-old crime he did not know he was suspected of. The Court of Appeal on Wednesday gave permission for the Crown, acting on behalf of The...

Man injured in crash on Tatapouri Hill

A man was taken to Gisborne Hospital on Wednesday night after the small SUV he was driving crashed into the roadside debris barrier on the blind corner at the top of Tatapouri Hill on State Highway 35. The crash happened at around 8pm. “He had...

Labour MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel's maiden speech postponed

New Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Labour MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel did not give her maiden speech in Parliament last night as originally scheduled. The House has adjourned in honour of Green Party MP Efeso Collins who died suddenly on Wednesday. Mr Collins gave...

Saving the whakapapa: stories shared of environmental work

by Zita Campbell Where to from here” was the sentiment at Te Poho o Rawiri Marae on Tuesday among presentations made as part of Tiēki Taiao, an environmental day, in Tairāwhiti. The gathering of iwi, hapū and community-led conservationists...