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Getting together at the YMCA to Raise Up for rangatahi

Raise Up YMCA group is aiming to get more rangatahi involved in making a positive impact on the Gisborne community. The group, made up of 23 rangatahi from Gisborne schools, is led by youth and is for youth. They are a diverse group of people of...

SH2 resurfacing work postponed

Night-time resurfacing work planned for State Highway 2 has been postponed until early in the new year. The stretch of road between Maraetaha Rd and Wharekakaho Rd will now remain open overnight from December 7-19

Gas leak in Gladstone Road

Firefighters were called to a house in Gladstone Road near Bloomfield Road on Tuesday night after a gas leak started from a meter outside the property. The 111 call about it came in at around 6pm. “We isolated the gas supply to the property at the...

‘We just need some dry weather’ — Gisborne District Council water manager

The council’s special programme for addressing stormwater issues across the city is ploughing on, but those in charge say some good weather would be appreciated. Beginning in 2006, DrainWise was established with an important function of working...

Safety measures in place at major SH2 slip site, down to single lane

Contractors have barricaded the troublesome slip site between Kotemaori and Putorino and put in other safety measures as the highway remains open at that point. A major slip came down at the weekend on State Highway 2 south and geotechnical...

ENT surgeon bowing out gracefully, with 'way too many hobbies' to keep him busy in retirement

“We were lucky to have you.” “You will be missed.” “Going the extra mile is second nature for you”. These were just some of the many accolades retiring ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon Julian Avisenis received at various farewell...

Kōhine stepping up to learn and share skills in the tech field

Kōhine who have been learning about technology through a series of wānanga created by Tōnui Collab were able to show off their skills in the field and give their whānau a first-hand experience of the kaupapa. At the beginning of 2023, Tōnui...

Dream holiday to tragedy: driver admits causing US tourist’s death

The family of an American tourist killed in a head-on crash near Te Karaka last October watched from overseas yesterday as a woman admitted in court her responsibility for the death of Nicholas Isaac Simon. Myrtle Talya Heaven-Leigh Arnie...

Māori Action Day won’t be the last

Parliament reopened yesterday with calls to honour te Tiriti reverberating from a short but effective “National Māori Action Day”, led by Te Pāti Māori and iwi to challenge the new Government over its policies on the Treaty, co-governance and...

Taught a deeper appreciation of beauty

Mason Ball With the passing of Norman Maclean we have lost one of our elders. This is a man who shaped lives, and shaped his own in a remarkable way. I was fortunate to have grown up with Norman as a family friend. He was an individual who was an...

Utilising woody waste

Certain people (not mentioning any names) get all twitchy at the mention of “forestry slash” in the context of the rubbish accumulating on Gisborne’s beaches. They might deny that it is in fact slash, or they might say they can only see the...

US support not essential for Israel

While I have the greatest respect for both Simin and Clive, not to mention a couple of our other locals and their discourse and debate on the Gaza war, the “tugs of war” between those correspondents do not advance solutions. When our...

National MPs ‘knuckling down’ in lead-up to Christmas

National’s Dana Kirkpatrick, sworn in yesterday as the new MP for East Coast, is working on her maiden speech. But there is no urgency. Like her Labour colleague, the Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Ms Kirkpatrick has asked to deliver...

New Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP brings flax roots experience to new roles in Opposition

The storm-ravaged East Coast is home for MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, so she is well suited to her new portfolios. The newly-elected MP for Ikaroa-Rawhiti is Labour’s spokesperson for tourism and hospitality, forestry and cyclone recovery. Ms...

Cultural diversity celebrated at FOF lunch

Kai and connection was the flavour of the day when 50 “frock stars” from the Frocks On Friday (FOF) campaign were treated to a lunch hosted by Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council and Bollywood Indian Restaurant. The Multicultural Frocks On Friday...

Jodiesha’s shearing up a storm

by Ben Chapman-Smith, Federated Farmers Gisborne shearer Jodiesha Kirkpatrick reached her impressive 200-lamb tally in November while shearing on Toby and Amelia Williams Pihitia Station at Whangara. While most teenagers are winding down for...