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Tū Manawa fund

Applications for the latest round of the Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa Fast Fund have reopened through Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti. Tū Manawa supports costs for projects that encourage children and young people who have barriers to being active. For...

Making sure the gas got through

Months on from Cyclone Gabrielle, a Whakatāne-based LPG supplier is still playing a critical role in keeping stranded Tairāwhiti communities supplied with LPG bottles — a vital energy source, especially when power is down. Bob’s Gas works...

Award boost for YMP Hockey Club on centenary weekend

A national award is icing on the celebration cake for YMP Hockey Club as it marks its centenary this weekend. The New Zealand Amateur Sport Association yesterday announced that YMP was the 2023 winner of the Te Tohu Tikitike o Matariki Award. The...

‘Very surprised’ to spot rare visitor

by Loren Sirl Keen birdwatcher and former wildlife ranger Sandy Bull described his excitement at spotting the rare northern shoveler recently at the Orongo Wetland at Nick’s Head Station. The rare visitor was spotted on July 7. “I was very...

Matariki Awards night honour for Tā Haare

Recognising the stars of Aotearoa was the focus of Wednesday night’s Ngā Tohu Matariki o te Tau 2023, the Matariki Awards. Tā Haare Williams (Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whakatōhea) was awarded the Te Huihuinga o...

Kiwifruit ruling gives clarity says GDC chief

The Court of Appeal decision on the gold kiwifruit issue was “a very significant decision and it is good to have clarity around this issue”, said Gisborne District Council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann. In a decision released this week...

Water reform costs ‘very disturbing’

Gisborne District Council has labelled the projected 218 percent projected price increase for households under the relaunched three water reforms as “quite frankly, very disturbing”. The council submission to a parliamentary select committee on...

Strengthening not-for-profit governance

Some places are still available for people wanting to be part of the Tairāwhiti Mentoring Initiative, a fully funded nationwide governance programme designed to improve governance on community boards. The inaugural programme last year was so...

Senior netball draw for Saturday

PAK ‘n SAVE Gisborne Netball, SATURDAY, Seniors — Duty teams to put up goal pads, set up team benches (courts 1 and 2) and put bins out: YMP Hine Taiohi Whakato & ATS OBM Blue 9am: 1, YMP Hine Taiohi Whakato v ATS OBM Blue (Kaki, Tessa); 2...

Who will rule the Coast?

The quest for the Rangiora Keelan Memorial Shield for 2023 ends this Saturday when Hicks Bay take on TVC in the final of the Ngati Porou East Coast Premier men’s club rugby competition (2pm kickoff, Whangaparaoa). Hicks Bay last weekend turned the...

Tūranga Tāne team named

Poverty Bay’s 2023 development squad, Tūranga Tāne, features a balance of experienced and new players. A number of players narrowly missed out on selection for the Bay’s Heartland Championship squad but still have an opportunity to step up to...

Pump hydro vs other renewable options

At a time when most of the world is in the grip of an energy crisis, we here in New Zealand need to take advantage of our position amongst the few who have more time to transition fully to renewable energy sources. In the process of making those...

Next on the tee . . . Christian Cullen

ANDY Higham wouldn’t have wanted a fuss made but he’s getting it. A fundraising tournament for the Poverty Bay-East Coast representative golfer seriously injured in a car crash in May will have the Poverty Bay course abuzz on Sunday with the...

A time to gather, to reflect and to plan

New Zealand’s newest public holiday is being celebrated for only the second time tomorrow and has already established itself as a day with a character all of its own, very different from the other traditional holidays. Rather than celebrating the...

GOLF ROUNDUP

POVERTY BAY Brian “Beaner” Anderson reckons it is over 30 years since he last played in the Barns-Graham Cup. He’s made his comeback a good one. Anderson and Stefan Andreassen are among the four pairs still standing in the quest for the...

SH2 to close during work hours for four days to remove trees

Work will take place over four days in the next fortnight to remove hazardous trees alongside State Highway 2 north of Te Karaka. “The trees have become a hazard to road users, following the weekend’s weather event, as the heavy rainfall has...