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Whānau full of thanks for community effort

“It’s a blessing.” That’s how Connie Kara of Iaopa Road in Te Karaka feels about having her uninsured home fully renovated, thanks to funding from iwi and government agencies. Ms Kara lives there with 11 others in a home that holds many...

Residents to talk about retirement village law changes

Retirement village residents and their families will have a chance to learn more about proposed changes to how retirement villages are governed. Retirement Village Residents Association president Brian Peat will be speaking on the subject at two...

'I thought he was joking'

Students of Rāngai, a Tairāwhiti-based media company and school, are rapt to have secured a commitment to broadcast their very own show, “Pūkeko-Man”, on Whakaata Māori. The show is the brainchild of Rāngai students Te Aruhe Fox, Te Aroh...

Forest restoration funding in question

Ongoing plant and animal control work at Waingake hangs in the balance as Gisborne District Council waits to hear if government funding will be renewed.

Light in the dark

THROUGH struggle can come greatness. That was the message motivational speaker and former boxer David Letele AKA Brown Buttabean shared at Te Karaka Area School yesterday. Mr Letele’s Buttabean Motivation (BBM) charity has been helping with the...

Kiwa Pools

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Pre-election roadie around the Coast

RNZ’s First Up reporter Leonard Powell went on a road trip from Whakatāne around the East Cape to test the tone of the East Coast’s towns, pre-election. This is the fourth story from that series. The Home Industries section at the A&P...

Optimistic about A&P Show entries

The Home Industries section at the A&P Spring Show next month has attracted 1100 entries this year and the dog trials 203 as the clock ticks for the closing of entries in several other categories. Show Association general manager Erica McNeil...

Campaign pledges for doctor training

Strikes by senior doctors and dentists who work at public hospitals, as the election approaches, are an embarrassment for the Government but also underline serious flaws in the country’s medical system. The senior doctors point to some desperate...

Call a public meeting with Rocket Lab in Gisborne

Re: Enabling race in space between superpowers, Sept 13. Hi Manu, it is amazing to read your letter and the knowledge you have against Rocket Lab. Do you support Sonya Smith and her small group calling themselves “Rocket Lab Monitor”? Do you...

Luxon has left door open, wisely

Next Tuesday’s television “head to head” between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon, regarding the policies of the two major contender parties, will make for great TV. At this stage, the polls are showing that Labour’s policies as they now...

Injury issues for Bay as Leaf set for blazer game

It’s time for Poverty Bay to turn their Heartland Championship season around and there is no better place to do that than at home. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Wekas will look to break a four-game losing streak at the Oval tomorrow when...

Third Olympics for local umpire Church

International hockey umpire Amber Church continues to prove that you don’t have to be based in a major city to forge a successful sports career. Gisborne’s Church was this week named among the officials for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games which...

Jags gifted points as PNU default

Gisborne Thistle’s Jags have three more points in their bid to avoid last place in football’s Central Federation League. Palmerston North United (PNU) have defaulted the game against ALH Gisborne Thistle that was to have been played at Childers...

Coast Kaupoi set to ‘trade bruises’ with Whanganui

Tomorrow will be a stern test of the Sky Blues in the River City. In a battle of 3 v 4 in Week 6 of the Heartland Championship at Cooks Gardens from 2.30pm tomorrow, the Kahu Tamatea-coached Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi take on Jason Hamlin’s...

Man's dive down rabbit hole leads to 'disturbing places', 'extreme' offending

A man’s vast collection of objectionable publications included many “so extreme” that a sentencing judge could say little to describe them and asked media to be similarly cautious in reporting the facts.