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Hot summer makes for bountiful watermelon

by Katherine Klouwens, LeaderBrand As summer hits its stride, New Zealanders are in for a delightful surprise as watermelons are in abundance this week, offering unbeatable prices that will not burn a hole in your pocket. Some supermarkets are...

Noordam makes successful visit, with nearly all 1800 passengers coming ashore

The cruise ship Noordam made a successful visit to Gisborne on Saturday and was a majestic sight as she sat at anchor in Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay. Almost all of the 1800 passengers on board came ashore for the day in the ship’s tenders. Wa165...

TaiTech Writers Group launches its first anthology

TaiTech Writers Group has been meeting since 2020 and have just published and launched its first collection of writing in a volume titled Voices from the TaiTech Hub. Some of the 13 contributors, invited guests and members of the public gathered on...

Flood mitigation options being considered for Wairoa, but final scheme could be years away

Wairoa’s Flood Protection Stakeholder Group is exploring a range of critical mitigation options, including spillways and stopbanks, to provide future flood protection for the township but a solution is still years away. Following Cyclone...

Chorus extending its fibre broadband network to Māhia Beach

Māhia Beach residents and holidaymakers are finally to be connected to the Chorus fibre broadband internet network. Chorus fibre frontier general manager Anna Mitchell said Chorus was extending its network to 59 rural communities (10,000 homes and...

SH2 resurfacing work to be done at Muriwai next week

NZ Transport Agency roading crews will return to State Highway 2 next week for resurfacing work at Muriwai. The stretch of road between Nicks Head Station Road and Maraenui Road will close between 8pm and 5am each night from Monday, February 26, to...

GDC 'Tairāwhiti Moves' plan could fall at first hurdle with new Govt

Controversial plans to change Gisborne’s transport priorities by building more cycleways and pedestrian crossings appear unlikely to get Government funding after Transport Minister Simeon Brown hinted funding priorities are about to change...

Last stage of Mangapapa School rebuild under way

The redevelopment of Mangapapa School completed an important milestone on Tuesday, with the pouring of the first layer of concrete foundations for the final stage of the project. Main contractor, Currie Construction, and their team of subcontractors...

Navalny murder: Putin’s injured vanity

Gwynne Dyer Vladimir Putin’s regime had been assassinating Chechen warlords, defectors from the Russian intelligence services and sundry wayward oligarchs for years, but its first political murder was the hit on high-profile journalist Ann...

Look to the future . . .

Re: Look back to forebears, February 17 letter. Peter Best states that the building of a Buddhist stupa on Kaiti Hill is an insult to the memory of Christian missionary William Williams. I do not think Mr Best understands Buddhism at all. Buddha was...

Out-of-control van wipes out surf shop frontage

The frontage of the Blitz Surf Shop in Wainui Road sustained extensive damage at around midday on Sunday when a van veered off the road and smashed into the building. The van ploughed through the left front corner of the shop and came to rest by the...

Failure to prioritise elderly, disabled in evacuations, research project reveals

The elderly and disabled people are often forgotten during extreme weather events, a research project study has found.

First-ever Shepherdess Muster a hit

Stand-up comedy, burlesque dancers and frank discussions about often taboo subjects like menopause, sex and relationships were all on the menu for the more than 300 women from around New Zealand who gathered for the inaugural Shepherdess Muster at...

Big blue reels in $10k, Ted’s tuna a near-world record

The Marlin and Tuna Hunt tournament that concluded here on Sunday was “amazing with magnificent fishing”, Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club president Roger Faber says’ Close to 100 boats and more than 330 anglers took part in the Gisborne...

Public urged to make sure beach fires are out

Gisborne firefighters were called out twice at the weekend to put out fires left burning on the beach. It has prompted another request from Fire and Emergency NZ for the public to make sure they put out any beach fires they light. FENZ crews...

Tolaga Bay Bowling Club celebrates brand new turf

Members of the Tolaga Bay Bowling Club welcomed the reopening of their club a year after Cyclone Gabrielle took out the bowling green. President Sharon Olsen, a member since the early 1980s, said the green had had a lot of water damage from the wet...