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A promise to all mankind

Please don’t tar us all with the same brush because we call ourselves “Christians”. The God I worship is a God of love — of anybody and everybody, irrespective of gender, sex, race or creed. That’s what Easter is all about — His love in...

Crossing a political line

On the issue of “rainbow crossings”, there have been strong feelings expressed on both sides, in some cases somewhat intemperately. Whatever one’s views on this particular issue, one thing most of us can agree on is that rainbow crossings...

Help take bullies to court

Kia ora whānau, I know a lot of us are feeling unsettled, upset and angry at the violence against our rainbow whānau. Here is a chance to make a real difference and help Rainbow Storytime take the bullies to court! Rainbow Storytime is taking...

Here we go again . . .

This is a very emotive headline but is the result of a new Government refusing to spend money on what we need. That money wasn’t to be wasted by Labour, which built houses we own. It is just the start of yet another #nznationalparty Govt selling...

Gisborne 10 make a big statement at Icon champs

by Marilyn Callahan Gisborne Trampoline Club athletes brought back six gold medals, nine silver and one bronze from the Icon club champs in Auckland. It was the club members’ first competition of the year, and 10 of them took part. Competing in...

Challenge Cup glory to Blues and Royals

The Blues and Royals wrote a small but noteworthy chapter in cricket history last week. The Jett Whitaker-led Blues won the all-Gisborne Boys’ High School T20 Challenge Cup final versus the previously unbeaten Admiralty by five runs to claim the...

Inspiring speeches from young ‘rangatira’

Gisborne secondary school students shared kōrero inspired by the theme Te Taura Tangata — The Rope of Unity — at this year’s regional heat of the Race Unity Speech Awards. The Speech Awards have uplifted and supported the voices of rangatahi...

Buyers’ market with smorgasbord of houses up for grabs in Wairoa

More houses have come on the market than ever this past summer, says a Wairoa real estate agent. General interest and engagements per listing for the Hawke’s Bay region alone are up nearly 26 percent, while for the rest of New Zealand, it was up...

Gisborne Herald 30.03.24

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Top quality at weaner heifer fair

There were 863 weaner heifers sold at Wednesday’s Matawhero Weaner Heifer Fair, plus about 50 older cattle, a much smaller yarding than in previous years. The quality was excellent, but there were only four outside buyers operating from South...

Buyout process under fire

Working to get ‘best outcome’ for Category 3 property owners: Gisborne District Council.

Celebrating spirit of community support, resilience

A balmy autumn day provided the perfect backdrop for a memorable Diversity Express train ride to Muriwai on the vintage Wa165 locomotive steam engine on Saturday. Hosted by Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC), the event was a gesture of...

Party tragedy: Further charges possible as 21st birthday homicide inquiry continues

Police have indicated they will consider further charges in relation to the birthday party stabbing deaths of Chrysler Stevens-Mark and Kane Te Paa as their homicide inquiry progresses. Two men, aged 25 and 29, have been charged with‘wounding with...

Apprentice builders to be put to the test

Building apprentices from across the district will battle it out at one of the multiple regional events that make up the New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) Apprentice Challenge. The apprentices will be tasked with completing a project over eight...

Community award to cyclone vollies at NZer of the Year ceremony

Tireless work by volunteers in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle has been recognised at the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year awards. The New Zealand Community of the Year Ngā Pou Whirinaki o te Tau category was won by Cyclone Gabrielle Volunteers...

Destiny Church members released on bail

The five Destiny Church members arrested at the rainbow crossing in Gladstone Road on Wednesday afternoon were released on bail that night from the Gisborne police station. It is understood they will be appearing in Gisborne District Court next...