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Volunteer Centre's new manager a "coastie at heart"

New Gisborne Volunteer Centre manager Ruby Walker brings to the job a background in business but with a strong affiliation to the not-for-profit sector. She started at the centre in September as volunteer service coordinator but with the retirement...

Nineteen more properties stickered in Wairoa district following heavy rain

Last week’s heavy rainfall caused significant damage in the Whakaki, Nuhaka and Mahia areas, with 19 properties sustaining damage and receiving Rapid Building Assessment placards, Wairoa District Council says. At Mahia, a permanent home and...

Typhoid outbreak ends after eight people hospitalised

An outbreak of the potentially fatal disease typhoid has ended with no further cases expected, Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ says. The outbreak among a team of overseas workers in Tairawhiti in September, ended with eight confirmed and three probable...

UK television show sparks a memory for Gisborne local

Karen Bruce was lost for words when she spotted a handbag on hit UK television show The Repair Shop exactly like one her mother had owned. The unique tooled Egyptian leather handbag was sent to her mother Jean in 1941 by her father, Wint Hopkinson...

Leading with kindness at Te Hapara School

Students at Te Hapara School were paying it forward on World Kindness Day yesterday. Principal Linda Savage said they marked the day by sending cards to retirement village residents and writing “thank you” letters to SPCA and Te Puku Or...

Students perform at Turanganui Schools Cultural Festival

Nearly 90 groups scheduled to perform over the five-day festival.

Council developing plan to address issues plaguing Gisborne’s public toilet network

Gisborne’s network of public toilets is at a “critical juncture” according to a Gisborne District Council report which has identified nearly half are overdue for renewal. The council is now developing a special plan to address issues plaguing...

Cold case murder trial: Why John Allison believes his sister killed their father

An antagonistic relationship between siblings, threats by phone and text, and a man with a dubious past who slept right through a fatal house fire as it raged only 20 metres from his bed. Those were some of the key pieces of evidence heard by a jury...

Japan’s Obayashi Corporation to take 50 percent stake in Eastland Generation

Eastland Group has announced the sale of a 50 percent stake in Eastland Generation, its renewable energy generation business, to Japanese construction and engineering firm Obayashi Corporation.

Calls grow for a ceasefire in Gaza

As casualties mount in the devastating war in Gaza there are signs that the original sympathy felt for Israel after the brutal October 7 attack has dropped and sympathy for the beleaguered Palestinians in Gaza is rising. More than 300,000 people...

Land use decisions critical for region’s future

Manu Caddie Re: Blame narrative changing, November 11. Official policies and plans of successive local and central governments back to the 1860s neatly document the prevailing attitudes, assessments and aspirations for land use in the region. The...

CBD is an embarrassment

Re Unkempt, not inviting — November 11 letter. I completely agree with Kim Pittar about the state of our CBD and have written in with the same complaint. I also thought how nice for cruise ships to come here, but not now. To be perfectly blunt...

This is not his first rodeo

Your editorial “Closing in on deal to form next government” strongly emphasised the power that NZ First has in negotiations to achieve where they want to sit in the new government. That position of power is potentially even stronger when we...

Fast paced, plenty to enjoy

A big bouquet to Gisborne Musical Theatre for their latest production “School of Rock”. As a classical music-loving Superannuitant, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but discovered that there was plenty to enjoy in this fast-paced show. The sheer...

Answers are in our hands

Re: Earth just experienced the hottest 12 months ever recorded, November 11 story. For those who missed it, this Climate Central report found that human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels, were the direct cause of the unnatural...

Husband, wife duo claim wins

Husband and wife Steve and Kay Goldsbury were both winners in the centre pairs tournament held on Gisborne Bowling Club greens at the weekend. Steve Goldsbury and skip Malcolm Trowell won the men's competition, while skip Kay Goldsbury and Janice...