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Childers Road road cones 'there to ensure safety of road users'

Childers Road is sinking. It’s true. The 60 to 70 orange road management cones that have been in Childers Road, near Disraeli Street, for more than three weeks, are there to ensure the safety of road users. A Gisborne District Council spokeswoman...

Uncle 'referred complainant to a social worker'; ‘I didn’t want to hear any more’

The uncle of a complainant in a child sex abuse trial says the accused’s suggestion he put his niece up to making false allegations is “ridiculous”. The accused, in his 80s, has been on trial in Gisborne District Court since Monday after...

As Daffodil Day nears, people urged to 'give so no one faces cancer alone'

Flower Power is back.

Monday rain tips 2023 into Gisborne's wettest year on record

Monday night’s rain tipped the district into record-breaking territory, toppling the 1938 total by a few millimetres.

Manaia show mesmerising, so relevant here

Sarah Olsen A call to action — support Lawrence Mulligan and Norman Maclean in their latest endeavour, a production of John Broughton’s Michael James Manaia. This play is so relevant to our East Coast region and all those who live here. It also...

Calls for Govt to urgently introduce cat-management law

A move to mandate the registration and desexing of domestic cats has taken a major leap forward, with a select committee calling for legislation to be put in place. The environment committee made its recommendation to the Government this month after...

Labour’s GST policy as predicted by Nats

Labour has confirmed that it would take GST off fruit and vegetables if it wins the election in October, which will be popular with most people at a time of fast-rising grocery bills but be seen by others as an ineffective way to support households...

Action needed to protect Turihaua foreshore, SH35

Many will be aware that there is an evolving erosion problem alongside SH35, most recently between Makorori and Pouawa. This matter has been raised in recent years but only immediate threats to the highway seem to command action. The more immediate...

Waikohu advance; Whangara lie in wait

Waikohu live to fight another day after ousting Horouta Koura in Premier Grade sudden-death semifinals netball at the YMCA on Saturday. Claydens Waikohu (1) won 59-46 to earn the right to play Whangara Old Girls (1) in another do-or-die semi at the...

Six-try flying start stuns Buller in Heartland opener

Poverty Bay kicked off the Heartland Championship in sensational style on Saturday, scoring 40 points in the opening 23 minutes in a 52-33 win over Buller. Fullback Ricardo Patricio scored 20 of those 40 points, including two tries, and winger Joe...

Anti-mandates protestor charged with rioting: bail denied

A man accused of rioting and assaulting a police officer during last year’s anti-mandate protests on Parliament grounds in Wellington, has been refused bail. Damon Preston, 30, appeared last week in Gisborne District Court via an audio-visual link...

Dress-up fun at Awapuni School

Barbie, zombies and Oscar the Grouch were just some of the characters who showed up at Awapuni School last Thursday. It was the annual event where students are asked to come dressed as their favourite book character. “We try to coincide the day...

Biggest threat to NZ wildlife comes as a surprise to some

Caught in vehicle allegedly stolen in Gisborne

by Doug Laing, Hawke’s Bay Today A group of five youths and a 22-year-old man have been arrested after a burglary between Wairoa and Napier and a car chase in which the group fled police in a vehicle which had been allegedly stolen in Gisborne...

Winch trainer vital addition for rescue chopper

The Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust hangar is one of the last chopper bases in the North Island to get its own winch trainer and the local team will be making the most of it. Critical care flight paramedic and base manager Richard Curtis said other...

Remembering Private Charlie Hillman in France

An East Coast whānau are off to the village of Staple in northern France to take part in the dedication of two new street names that connect to their tipuna, Charlie Hillman, who died while serving in World War 1. On Sunday August 20, a whānau ope...