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Last logs cleared from city bridges

Contractors were working yesterday to clear logs stuck in the mud under the three city bridges. The fine weather has meant Roberts Tree Surgeons could get on to the job, and they expect to wrap it up tomorrow. A post on the Gisborne District...

Whaitiri and Tangaere-Manuel in live debate

The battle for Ikaroa-Rawhiti heats up tonight when Labour defector and Te Pāti Māori candidate Meka Whaitiri and her Labour replacement Cushla Tangaere-Manuel debate live on Whakaata Māori (formerly Maori TV). Whakaata Māori will also release...

Time to break out the sunscreen

Today’s top temperature could be a record-breaker for Gisborne . . . and a reminder to start thinking about sunscreen. The week’s run of sunny, clear weather has seen temperatures well above the average for the time of year. For today...

Mana whenua input welcomed

A master plan for the ongoing management of a popular Gisborne beach was a late withdrawal at a council meeting last week, with no explanation given to the public. But Gisborne District Council has since revealed the reason for its removal —...

Kaumātua Stan Pardoe a strong advocate for hearing tests

This year the Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP) commemorates 20 years of providing hearing to recipients here and Tairāwhiti kaumātua Stan Pardoe shares his story to help celebrate. Stan is an orator and the guardian of his people’s...

Open day chance to check out EIT choices

A wide selection of programmes offered by EIT | Te Pūkenga will be on display at information and enrolment days in Tairāwhiti, Wairoa and Ruatoria next month. The day is open to anyone who is interested in studying at EIT | Te Pūkenga and who...

GOLF ROUNDUP

Poverty Bay Anne Witters is the Poverty Bay Women’s Open champion for the fourth time — 25 years after her first Open victory. The nine-time senior women’s club champion defeated 2023 senior club champion Lynne Holmberg on the 18th hole of the...

Tomlinson to coach Central Districts Māori Wāhine

Former Tairāwhiti cricketer Kerry-Anne Tomlinson has been named as one of two inaugural coaches of the Central Districts Māori Wāhine squad to play in Heretaunga Hastings next month. Hawke’s Bay and Central Hinds rep Tomlinson (Te...

Big lineup for next year’s Shepherdess Muster

The Shepherdess Muster is coming back to Te Tairāwhiti, from February 16-18, 2024. The immersive festival will see a full programme of creatives, speakers and artists from around Aotearoa descend on the tiny village of Motu — an hour from...

UPU brings the power of Māori and Pasifika literature to life

Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival kicks off at the end of September with stage production UPU coming to the War Memorial Theatre on October 6 and 7. The world of Oceania is not small. From the energetic volcanoes of O’ahu to the southern reaches of...

Gizzy Gig Guide

This Week ■ Karaoke Friday September 22 at Breakers’ Jandal Bar. ■ Jam Solo - Mike Pomana Friday September 22. Gisborne-Tairawhiti RSA. ■ UNI-FI, Talismer and Afterlight Friday September 22, Smash Palace. Tauranga bands Afterlight and...

This Week's Film Guide

Dome Cinema ■ The Innocent Comedy crime film in which a prison theatre teacher marries an inmate in a union that is not well received by the teacher’s adult son, who is suspicious of his stepfather’s intentions. In French, with subtitles. ■...

Thrilling results at Poverty Bay Women’s Open

Get close . . . that was the intention of all who stood on the par-3 sixth tee during the Emerre and Hathaway Poverty Bay Women’s Open held on the Awapuni Links course this week. Anne Witters and Poverty Bay clubmate Lynne Holmberg watch the...

Medals galore from Samoa world champs

Tairāwhiti paddlers showed they were world class when they won gold and silver medals at the waka ama long-distance world championships in Samoa. The Aotearoa New Zealand crew of Hinekahukura Brooking, Marnie Toloa, Kaiarahi Brooking-Haapu...

Hughes takes over as president of Gisborne Speedway Club

Gisborne Speedway Club has a new man at the helm in president Sam Hughes who is looking forward to keeping the club moving in one direction . . . forward. The 36-year-old, believed to be the youngest president in the club’s history, replaces Clyde...

BoP boys out to dash local hopes

A pre-Freyberg Masters reconnaisance could seriously threaten the local domination of the Poverty Bay Men’s Open. The Emerre and Hathaway-sponsored 2023 edition of a tournament that dates back to 1931 tees off tomorrow on the Awapuni Links course...