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Waka Kotahi contractor threatened at gunpoint on SH35

Extra security has been drafted in after a security guard working for a Waka Kotahi contractor was threatened at gunpoint. “Our contractors working at a site on State Highway 35 at Mangahauini have confirmed one of their security guards was...

Community invited to take part in second Tairāwhiti wellbeing survey

The community is invited to participate in the second Tairāwhiti Wellbeing Survey (TWS), to help build comprehensive data about how the region is doing. The survey was designed to improve local data to better understand the wellbeing and needs of...

Trust Tairāwhiti approves nearly $200k in grants

Community grants totalling just over $196,000 were approved in the latest funding round from Trust Tairāwhiti. The biggest recipients were Toitu Tairāwhiti and Te Runanga o Ngāti Porou, which each received $75,000 towards their emergency...

Personal message from Dame Kiri about Ryman Healthcare’s Village of the Year award

Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village has been crowned Ryman Healthcare’s Village of the Year for 2023 in what has been a true roller-coaster ride of a year for the resilient Gisborne team. Village manager Penny Forrester accepted the trophy at this...

New Kiwis welcomed in Gisborne citizenship ceremony

Gisborne residents from overseas became New Zealand citizens this week at a ceremony at Gisborne District Council

Radio pioneers leading the way a century ago

One hundred years ago today Gisborne became the home of one of New Zealand’s first radio broadcasting stations. Station 2YM was started by three Gisborne amateur radio operators — Percy Stevens, Ivan O’Meara and Bob Patty — who obtained one...

Anglers club offering chance to learn about fly fishing, filleting and other fish-related matters

An old Irish saying goes, ““Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout”. There is something serene about fishing, where time stands still, and the only sound is the swishing of the fishing line being cast and the waters running...

Woman's weekend of hell: abused, assaulted, shot at on Wainui Rd

She had invited her ex-partner for a weekend of reconciliation but, high on meth, all that jealous and mentally-unstable Rimu Morrell could dish out was terror — not just for the woman but the general public too. Assaults, verbal abuse, dangerous...

Insipid call for a tea break before slaughter continues

The New Zealand Government announcement yesterday at the United Nations calling for a “humanitarian pause” in the Israeli war on Gaza is an insipid response to the slaughter of Palestinian civilians in their thousands in Gaza. Already over 5000...

Voice referendum result a kick in the teeth!

Thank you Lara Meyer for your October 24 letter: Vote upsetting, immoral. You said it all from your own experience of the indigenous Australians’ position. I agree with all your comments 100 percent. You said it was a punch in the face; I will add...

Abundant life: an approach

When sufficiently motivated, we will purposively work in the best interests of each other. It is meaningful to do so. We need confidence in each other and the system. Faith is helpful in the face of adversity. Presently, without fundamental change...

Allowed own opinions

Whoop, whoop Murray Ferris, absolutely brilliant letter (Over left-leaning vitriol, October 24). I couldn’t have said it any better. I have been wanting to write in for a while about the same thing. I have had a few run-ins with Mary-Ann de Kort...

Hawke’s Bay flood schemes under scrutiny

The process to independently review the performance of Hawke’s Bay’s flood scheme assets and river management programmes in response to Cyclone Gabrielle is under way. The review has been instigated by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HRBC) in...

Barber discharged for indecent assault that left woman ostracised

A man’s persistent and unwanted advances on a woman one night at a social function has ruined her life, she says, causing her sleep disturbances, health issues, and decimating her career. And because Corey Te Urikore Walker, a 30-year-old barber...

$100k grant to help protect Whakakī Lake

by Jack Ward, Wairoa Star Protection against pests in native fauna and flora is coming to the Whakakī Lake Trust. The trust will receive $113,900 for the pest control project from the Department of Conservation Community Fund Pūtea Tautiaki...

Concerns for deaf people as services limited

Sign language interpreters are becoming a more familiar sight with seemingly never-ending civic emergency announcements and regular government announcements during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. But what about the general election, and everyday...