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Follow-up to the Census

Re: Intrusion. Around 16,500 households took part in the 2023 post-enumeration survey. It was a follow-up to the last Census and is a standard procedure to measure the completeness of the count. It appears that your correspondent on 23rd January was...

Don’t need more cycleways

Who is it at GDC that has a fetish for cycleways? We need more cycleways like a hole in the head. How about concentrating on the state of the roads, the footpaths — both city and suburbs — the filthy state of the main street and last but not...

Quinn back on board: Stoked and relieved to be surfing again

New Zealand surfing legend Maz Quinn has recovered from a broken back suffered in an accident at Māhia. It has been a challenging and life-changing journey and he is keen to share that story to help others. Maz Quinn is sitting on his board out...

All welcome to EIT | Te Pūkenga Tairāwhiti open day

Prospective learners in Tairāwhiti have an opportunity to view the wide selection of programmes offered by EIT | Te Pūkenga at today’s information and enrolment day. The day is open to anyone who is interested in studying at EIT | Te Pūkeng...

Growers optimistic despite light yield

The 2024 grape harvest starts in about a month and the district’s growers are hoping for kind weather up to then. “Like most crops around the district, everything looks a bit light in terms of yield at this stage,” said Gisborne Winegrowers...

Tairāwhiti active Covid cases number 86

Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora is reporting 86 active cases of Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti in the week ending midnight, Sunday. That compares to 104 cases during the previous week. Tairāwhiti’s total deaths remain at 41. There have been 26,120 cases in the...

Nabbed 26 times without one, driver finally gets licence - and a big break in court

A 55-year-old man being sentenced for his 23rd to 26th driver licensing offences has been given a big “break” by a judge who congratulated him for finally getting a licence. Soloman King Jan Edwards, who now has a restricted driver’s licence...

Stoush outside supermarket becomes brutal back stabbing

A woman stabbed her partner in the back with a kitchen knife during an argument that began in a supermarket carpark. Alisia Taylor, 28, whose case was transferred to Gisborne District Court from Levin, was hoping to get home detention for that...

Gearing up for the Eastern Regional Championships

Surf lifeguards throughout the country are gearing up for the Eastern Regional Championships (ERCs) at Mt Maunganui this weekend. The eastern region spans the Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne areas but the championships attract competitors...

Bring on the Aussies: solid NZ team named for Trans-Tasman Teams’ Challenge this weekend in Gisborne

It’s time for Australasia’s top young riders to shine at the Trans-Tasman Teams’ Challenge — one of the highlights of the Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships in Gisborne this weekend. The Kiwis have named a solid team in Emma Gillies...

Powerful display by Tairāwhiti paddlers on final day of Waka Ama Sprint Nationals

Tairāwhiti paddlers dominated the 250-metre races that traditionally close the Waka Ama Sprint Nationals at Lake Karāpiro. Kaiarahi Toa had just won the final teams race of the champs — the premier women’s W6 500 metres — for Self Storage...

National moving to reduce tension

National’s leadership is trying to address some of the concerns within Māoridom over the direction the coalition Government is taking with regard to Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi, with Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka telling RNZ on...

Israel has to destroy Hamas and Hezbollah

by Patrick Cooper Had Hezbollah attacked Galilee in northern Israel whilst Hamas terrorists were raping and murdering civilians on October 7, the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) would have been hard-pressed to prevent a far greater massacre. Patrick...

Who is driving these plans?

Re Tairāwhiti Moves and the council’s plans to tinker with our city roading network, I have two questions. Who asked for Gisborne to be made New Zealand’s cycling centre? Who asked council and its staff to keep coming up with unrequested ideas...

An opportunity to educate

In yesterday’s editorial you cite a group of people who have, to use your words, “a slightly warped view of the Treaty”. After the recent hui at Ngaruawahia, I asked myself what I thought the “principles of the Treaty” were and the answer...

Shoplifter hails judge as ‘amazing’ after sentencing let-off

A shoplifter has left court elated and promising never to return after a judge praised him for his voluntary work culling pests and relieved him of any sentence. Michael Brian Hanly, 47, left the dock in Gisborne District Court yesterday with...