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Gisborne family affair at champs

It’s Excitement-plus for speedway fans in Gisborne with news that current New Zealand champion Asher Rees will race with a G on his car this weekend in the North Island superstock championships. Just under 100 cars started the qualifying rounds of...

On the mats

by Corals The local indoor bowls 2024 season started with the Opening Trios competition at the Cosmopolitan Club on Sunday, March 10. Instead of the usual format where pre-formed teams enter the competition, this year a single-entry format was...

‘Mates’ get together planned next month

The Mates of Mates For Mates team - MOM4M — is heading to Tairāwhiti on April 19, with an event planned in the shearing pavilion at the Showgrounds. A MOM4M spokesman said an event like it was seriously needed in a region like Tairāwhiti, that...

Store prices eased

There were 1833 sheep sent for sale yesterday at the Matawhero Saleyards, including 1332 store lambs, most of which came from Tarere 2 Trust at Te Araroa and CNA and JM Marr at Te Wera. Prices paid for the store lambs eased slightly on last week...

Counting down to Fieldays

The countdown is on for Fieldays 2024, which open on Wednesday June 12. Preparations are said to be in full swing, with the build of the small city starting to take shape in early April. The work will transform the 114 hectares of Mystery Creek...

Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer finalists announced

The three finalists in the annual 2024 Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award have been announced this week. Ben Purua, Tainui, 29, is the farm manager at Waimakariri Lands Ltd, near Tirau in the Waikato region, which runs 540 cows. Ben is a previous...

Trim fat without cutting muscle

The Government has gone ahead with its election promise to make massive cuts in what it sees as a bloated public service sector. Hopefully the cuts are being made in the right places and with a lot of thought and planning. The first cuts will see 9...

How to build political immortality

Thomas Scrimgeour Maxim Institute researcher Politics is a quest for immortality. Every politician is faced with the eternal question — will what I build endure? In Ozymandias, the English Romantic poet Percy Shelley eulogised the statue of...

Gisborne tops New Zealand’s birth rate stats

More babies are born to each mother in Gisborne than any other part of Aotearoa, Stats NZ says. Every month, Stats NZ joins Radio New Zealand’s Nights programme to find out what statistics can tell us about life in New Zealand. On Wednesday...

Firefighters continue battle against lingering hot spots in Port Awanui blaze

Firefighters were on the ground in the big fire zone at Port Awanui near Tikitiki yesterday dealing with remaining hot spots from the blaze that scorched around 10 hectares of beachfront and hill vegetation this week. A team of five were on the...

Tupara firm on importance of Māori wards

Nick Tupara A Māori ward representative says they have to prove worth, value, and competence every time they come to the table. The comment came in defence of Māori ward councillor Nick Tupara, who was criticised for “poor attendance”, during...

Rocked odd socks at Riverdale

Pāoa Syndicate students and staff at Riverdale School have rocked their brightest, craziest and oddest socks to celebrate their unique friend Zaid and raise awareness of Down Syndrome in the Tairāwhiti community. World Down Syndrome Day was also...

Forever home wanted for abandoned dog Roamin

Gisborne woman Amanda Hadfield took 18-month-old Roamin under her wing a while back after forestry workers found the dog abandoned in a local forest. Now she wants to find a new home for him, so Roamin can live a normal dog’s life. “It’s...

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‘Motorsport on water’

The tiny Otago town of Waikouaiti (population 1260) will be abuzz when it hosts the New Zealand Inflatable Rescue Boat championships this weekend and crews from Gisborne’s Waikanae club will be right among the action. The BP-sponsored carnival has...