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Top honour to Nabura

Midfield back Tevia Nabura’s powerhouse season for the Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi was rewarded with the top individual accolade at the union’s 2023 prizegiving held at Whakarua Park. Fijian Nabura won the Coast Heartland squad Player of the...

‘Beautiful community spirit’ at Fish Fest

The Kegged crew’s Fish Fest surfing event at the Creeks break at Makorori Beach proved a big hit among youngsters and their older mentors alike. It was the organisation’s fourth event of a series aimed at upskilling the district’s younger...

Nepia, Ball singles champions

Mere Nepia of Kahutia Bowling Club and Andrew Ball of the Gisborne club are the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast centre singles champions for 2023. Both are first-time winners of this event. Nepia was presented with the Brown Whanau Trophy and Ball, the J...

ND Māori outgun Poverty Bay boys

Taye McGuinness is the right man for the job. But the all-rounder's job as captain of the Poverty Bay team at the Northern Districts Youth cricket tournament in Hamilton is not without its challenges. Of their first-up seven-wicket loss to Northern...

HSOB bounce back from Walker Shield loss

The crown that slipped is once more in place. Doleman Cup and Walker Shield Premier Grade champions Bollywood High School Old Boys lost their Walker Shield stoush with Breakers Horouta Te Waka by six runs last Thursday, but hit back hard on...

BRIDGE RESULTS

MONDAY, November 27 — Bayleys Closing Night North/South East/West Elizabeth Jackson, Carolyn McMurray 67.01 Hans van der Kuijl, Katrine Matthews 58.73 John Hudson, Vicki Taylor 59.72 Raewynne Cook, Anne Roberts 55.16 Bette Parker, Patricia Corson...

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...

‘Consultation fatigue’ phenomenon raised by two Māori ward councillors

The stress of “consultation fatigue” is being felt by tangata whenua, according to two Māori ward councillors who have spoken out at recent meetings. At a Sustainable Tairāwhiti meeting last week, the phenomenon was identified in a progress...

Paeroa man killed in Te Urewera hunting incident

Police have an investigation under way after a man was fatally shot while hunting in the Te Urewera Ranges near Ruatahuna last Friday morning. They responded to the incident after a personal locator beacon was activated on the Te Urewera Ranges at...

Forwood's sentencing: Who ultimately pays for forestry offending?

Most of the $73,500 fine a forestry company has been ordered by a court to pay Gisborne District Council for environmental offending will be gobbled up by the cost of the prosecution itself. Forwood Forest Management Limited was sentenced last...

New citizens welcomed

Another 23 New Zealand citizens were officially welcomed this week by Mayor Rehette Stoltz at a ceremony at Gisborne District Council. Pictured with the Mayor are Frank Andrew Bode of Australia, Alfred Alexander Britain and Frances Miriam Watling...

Annual longboard contest supports Tauawhi kaupapa

The ninth annual Tauawhi No-Violence Longboard Classic will be held at Makorori Beach this Saturday. The event is the brainchild of Tauawhi trustee and president of the Moananui Longriders, Ian “Moti” Procter, who saw a fun, charity surf event...

Māori rally in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa against Government policies

March part of a nationwide action day to show Māori will not just stand by and let the Treaty of Waitangi be dishonoured.

Narrow loss for Tairāwhiti in national interprovincial opener

Tairāwhti’s first national men’s interprovincial tie under its new association name proved a tight one in Round 1 of the 2023 champs at Paraparaumu Beach golf course this morning. Tairāwhiti were beaten 3-2 by Manawatū Wanganui in the...

Port ticking along

Eastand Port had a solid month of shipping in November with 10 log ships taking away 240,000 tonnes of logs. “We’ve already had two log ships in this month, giving us a good headstart, with seven more hopefully before New Year,” a port...