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Need to ease back — no quick, easy solutions

Roger Handford One of the hardest, basic lessons to learn in tackling the planet’s environmental problems is, first, DO NO HARM. In blunt terms, that means doing absolutely nothing that will make the situation worse. Humans everywhere are still...

Thank you, arohanui to all

I would like to say a very big thank you to the person who handed in my credit card after I dropped it in the Pak’nSave carpark. God bless you for your kindness and honesty. Also, thank you to all those who are working so hard to keep this...

Rep golf in Gisborne next month

Poverty Bay-East Coast contenders for national interprovincial tournaments will get a welcome taste of top-quality matchplay in Gisborne next month. Wellington and Hawke’s Bay masters squads will be coming through for a 54-hole quadrangular...

Six Gisborne clubbies in Battle of the Tasman teams

Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) has named the Junior Black Fins and New Zealand Pathway teams for the inaugural Battle of the Tasman and six members are from Gisborne clubs. The event is to be held on the Gold Coast from August 24-27. The...

Golf Roundup

POVERTY BAY BARNS-Graham Cup favourites are about as clear as the mud covering golf courses throughout the district after another rain-pummelling over the weekend. It’s take 2 in the Gisborne Motors BG Cup men’s pairs this weekend after the...

Students embrace skimboarding at flooded Watson Park

Watson Park is better known as a football venue and golf practice area but in the wake of last weekend’s rain which flooded highway-side areas of the beachside reserve, a group of Gisborne Boys’ High students used it for a sport more commonly...

Salute to national, local volunteer effort

East Coast MP Kiri Allan has acknowledged volunteers helping out in Tairāwhiti’s latest weather event. which coincided with National Volunteers Week last week. “It’s a special week to honour the collective energies and mana of volunteers in...

Man accused of threatening Gisborne Work and Income staff makes rude gestures when judge refused bail request

A man accused of threatening Gisborne Work and Income staff by pointing finger guns at them, has made insulting hand gestures to a judge who refused to grant him bail. Joseph Hone Tamihana, 30, a fisheries worker, is yet to plead to a charge of...

Funeral hearse hit by slip on State Highway 2, driver survives close call

A staff member from Evans Funeral Services had a lucky escape early on Monday morning when the hearse he was driving was hit by a slip on State Highway 2 in the Whareratas. The man was heading to Waikato Hospital via Taupo to pick up a deceased...

July 13 last day for voters who want to switch electoral rolls

Time is running out for East Coast and Ikaroa-Rawhiti voters who want to change rolls for the 2023 general election. Voters of Māori descent can choose to go on either the Māori roll or general roll when they first enrol to vote and can change...

Bull sales on course for later start

The rain in the past week may have forced the postponement of East Coast Angus Bull Week but it has not affected the bulls — they have handled the conditions well. Angus sales were put off a week last Friday and they now begin tomorrow at 2pm at...

Jammies generosity in tough times

A record number of pyjamas were donated to Jammies 4 June Gizzy this year with around 2000 items being collected on behalf of the charity. Cassandra Blumfield, who started the pyjama drive here seven years ago to support children in need to keep...

Artwork pays tribute to guardianship

Local artist Paora Peipi is the man behind the intricate artwork adorning the new refrigerated pataka kai at Treble Court. Installed by impact house Taiki e!, the pataka kai encourages a system where people can leave food for other people to take...

Flyover reveals fragile whenua

“Significant” number of Makorori Beach Road homeowners have received red stickers Gisborne District Council’s principal scientist Murry Cave has one word to describe the state of the region — fragile. Speaking to Local Democracy Reporting...

This Week's Film Guide

ODEON MULTIPLEX ■ Carry On Jatta 3 Advocate Dhillon’s son Jass is in love with Meet but her brothers are in conflict with Adv Dhillon who, as a result, rejects Meet as a bride for his son. Jass weaves a madhouse plan to propose to his friend. In...

What's On Gig Guide

This Week ■ Thursday Build-a-Band Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, tonight, June 29, 7pm-11pm, free entry. ■ Freedance Movement and dance meditation practice with a variety of sound and rhythms. St Andrew’s Church Community Centre, tonight, June...