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Abutilon is a subtle beauty

Abutilon is an attractive evergreen shrub that produces a mass of drooping flowers with large maple-like foliage. This unique easy-care, semi-tropical looking plant provides lots of colour in the garden. Abutilon, also known as Chinese Lanterns due...

Making connections a Fifa World Cup

The moment Ander Batarrita went down on the artificial surface at the Arena Turf in Palmerston North on April 29, he knew it was bad. As leftback in Gisborne Thistle’s Central Federation League team, he was playing with the enthusiasm of someone...

'We can't keep shooting dogs'

Gisborne Herald reporter Wynsley Wrigley looks at Gisborne District Council’s Dog Control Policy and Bylaw which was adopted on Thursday. Gisborne District Council has menacing dogs in their sights. Councillors have adopted their Dog Control...

Urgent need for ETS changes: report

Consultation on potential changes to New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) closed yesterday and Beef + Lamb New Zealand has released an independent report on whether changes are needed to the ETS and if so, what these should be. The...

B+LNZ ewes workshop to focus on maximising production, profitability

Beef and Lamb New Zealand is to stage a Farming for Profit workshop, titled The Efficient Ewe: Lessons Learnt, in Gisborne next week. A similar event will be held in Wairoa. The Gisborne event is at the Otara Station wool room on Wednesday, August...

Contentious lease granted on sacred East Coast land

A lease application for culturally significant land at Tokomaru Bay has been given final approval, against the wishes of some who say they are descendants of the original owners. On Thursday afternoon Gisborne district councillors approved a series...

Putting the fun into fundraising

Makaraka School raised over $20,000 on Thursday, thanks to the support of sponsors, businesses and the community, with students participating in a lively and entertaining obstacle course fun run. The event was organised by Friends of Makaraka School...

Fire and spirit in 1950s setting of The Taming of the Shrew

Evolution Theatre has put its own spin on one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays, The Taming of the Shrew. The “shrew” of the story is Katherina (Kate), the wilful and obstinate eldest daughter of Baptista Minola, played here by Fraser...

Judicial tinkering policy outrageous, impractical

Sad to see Act suggesting impractical fettering of our justice system by controlling the parameters that bind judges in sentencing. The “back story” of offenders will always be relevant to sentencing, regardless of their ethnicity. The crime...

Being overweight on geothermal will bite Eastland Group

Three tries at standing for council and I haven’t come very far. I did, however, get in the final word at the question time part of the Trust Tairawhiti AGM at the Waikanae surf club last night. Hallelujah LOL. I followed on from an earlier...

Nats’ election campaign on the wrong track

Re: National ready to get to work — Luxon, August 8 story. The National Party campaign “Back on Track” is on the “wrong track”! They have “tunnel vision” with their transport policy focusing only on investment in roads. Instead, their...

Slimmer EGL on generation path

The Trust Tairāwhiti annual meeting on Thursday night was focused even more than usual on issues related to Eastland Group Ltd (EGL), the trust’s dominant asset which it owns on behalf of all of us in Tairāwhiti. It raises again the question of...

Top player honour to Bay’s Nepia

Poverty Bay finished the Hurricanes Heartland Under-20 series winless but provided one of the individual highlights. Prop Hayze Nepia was named player of the series which finished with a doubleheader weekend in Bulls. Nepia and Poverty Bay teammates...

ON THE MATS

Talented Poverty Bay East Coast bowler Matthew Foster flew the district flag high as a member of the North Island team in their annual clash with the South Island in Ashburton. Foster, 19, played lead in the men’s fours team alongside Ali Wilson...

Bombs away on ‘Trey Tuesday’

Week 2 of the men’s premier basketball league was mind-boggling stuff. A raft of the Gisborne Basketball Association’s best three-point shooters drew a bead and hit the target on a Tuesday night to remember. Weighn Wilson hit four of Green...

‘Best and fairest’ focus of Hina 9s

It’s not about winning or losing. It’s about learning and experiencing something different. That was the ethos of the Trish Hina Rugby League 9s Primary Interschool tournament held at Waikirikiri Park this week. Youngsters got a taste of a sport...