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Flushing out our worst water polluter

There’s a pollutant rapidly accumulating in our waterways and seabed — one that’s arguably more serious than even forestry slash but features far less in media reports. It’s sediment. New Zealand is losing 192 million tonnes of soil each...

Air of expectation and apprehension

With the Labour Weekend behind us, there is an air of both expectation and apprehension about the coming week for many, with the excitement of a Rugby World Cup final tempered by concerns over the growing Middle East crisis. Looking at the Gaz...

Over left-leaning vitriol

Re: Cruel policies, more poverty — October 18 letter. I am all for the right for others to have differing political views to my own, but Mary-Ann de Kort has been banging away almost nightly in the letters to the editor with her left-leaning...

A mad dog

Motorists travelling on State Highway 35 need to be on the lookout for a mad dog on the loose just north of Uawa. The evidence is all over the road. Bruce Holm

Brace for stormy weather

Re: Atlantic hurricanes on the rise, October 21 story. Did readers notice this AP story on page 11 in Saturday’s Herald? With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from...

A terrorist organisation

For years, little children living in Gaza born with heart defects have been admitted to Israeli hospitals where they’ve received corrective surgery from Israeli doctors. Their parents are often amazed that the people they’ve been taught to hate...

Another fun-packed run for Awapuni School

A fun run under the summer sun was enjoyed by Awapuni School students and teachers this week. The annual event features multiple obstacles ranging from a slip and slide mat to hay bale jumps, and there's also the matter of being coated in coloured...

Former Mayor Meng Foon defies district council

Unconsented work on a Gisborne foreshore undertaken by former mayor Meng Foon has been halted by the district council he once represented. But the man at the centre of the action has confirmed he continued for several weeks after initially being...

Lessons from the vote

Clive Bibby My guess is that most people reading this column headline will anticipate an article on last Saturday’s general election — a result from which we can draw some obvious conclusions. Well, they’d be half right, but regarding the...

Some advantages?

Note: This letter was received on September 22 and held until the issues raised were investigated by Local Democracy Reporter Matthew Rosenberg As owner of the Tatapouri Campground, Meng Foon has been carrying out work to construct a seawall to the...

Paikea Whalers the inaugural Te Taonga a Hinematioro Shield tournament winners

Brothers Ivan and Avenir Maurirere had a vision. A vision to build rugby league in Tairāwhiti within the wāhine space. With help from like-minded individuals they created the Tairāwhiti Rugby League Women’s Collective. And with this kaupapa set...

Gisborne Club, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa darts results

GISBORNE CLUB DARTS ASSOCIATION INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: M Leach(Cossie Done & Dusted); F Moreland (Roseland), P Stewart (RSA Gunz); K Arahanga (RSA Stallions) 2; G Vaotu’ua, L Kaa (2NZEF Rebels); A Kaiwai, A Taukamo-Pohio 3, H Eyles (2NZEF...

Eastland Farms Ltd fetches top prices

There were only 194 sheep yarded at yesterday’s Matawhero Sheep Sale, all being in the small pens. This included 114 prime lambs and 59 prime ewes. Maurice Gilmore offered a pen of six healthy new season lambs, which sold for $60. Generally the...

Nimon proud to be representing southern Gisborne

The Herald’s Wynsley Wrigley finds out about newly elected Napier MP Katie Nimon and learns about her connection to Gisborne. It is often forgotten that Gisborne has three MPs. The region’s newly elected third MP is Katie Nimon. Thanks to the...

BE AWARE AND PREPARED

A magnitude-9 mega-thrust earthquake and subsequent tsunami hitting Tairāwhiti is a credible scientific possibility. That’s why emergency responders and planners from around the region and New Zealand have been conducting an exercise to plan how...

Blissful Buddleias

Commonly known as the butterfly bush, Buddleia is a hardy, summer flowering shrub which is very easy to grow. Buddleias, also spelt buddleja, are small to large shrubs which provide many months of gorgeous honey scented flowers that attract...