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ETS under review to meet climate targets

The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is being reviewed to see if it should be changed to provide stronger incentives for businesses to transition away from fossil fuels. An outline of why changes are being considered and four proposed options to...

Sports draws

Football eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Wainui 1, Coates Associates Wainui Demons v Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks. 2.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, Gisborne Thistle Youth v Thistle Vintage; Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services...

Honours to Paikea in thriller on the turf

Paikea and GMC Kowhai fought out the game of the week in Poverty Bay club hockey with just a goal separating them on the turf at Harry Barker Reserve. In contrast, all other results in the men’s and women’s competitions were clearcut. Paikea’s...

Ngatapa to face Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A at the Y tonight

Horouta Koura wing defence Skye Swann (pictured above) gets a hand to the ball before Ngatapa’s Caroline Gregory in a Premier Grade netball game at the YMCA on Saturday. Ngatapa will look to bounce back from a 52-24 defeat when they face Gisborne...

Weekend rugby results

H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast Premier men: Pango Productions Waiapu 13 Tokararangi 19; Hikurangi 12 Hicks Bay 21; Waima 17 Ruatoria City 41; Tihirau Victory Club bye. Enterprise Cars NPEC women: Hikurangi 24 Hicks Bay 5; Waima 48...

Gisborne rise to the Super 8 challenge

Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning film Braveheart was to some a stirring epic while others could not abide the dramatic licence it took. And just as Scottish warrior William Wallace was told to stand and be recognised, with his men as aides-de-camp, the...

Outstanding nationals for Poverty Bay-East Coast bowlers

Gisborne indoor bowlers stormed the ramparts of the national championships in New Plymouth last week. Nathan Trowell, now based in Auckland but with Gisborne in his bones, won the Robertson Trophy for player of the tournament, while Poverty Bay-East...

Farmer Time had successful year

Farmer Time, an education programme that connects New Zealand school students (Years 1 – 8) and their teachers with farmers and growers across the country, had a highly successful first year. More than 1000 students participated in the Beef + Lamb...

Not guilty plea to rape

A man accused of rape and unlawful sexual connection has pleaded not guilty. Ratu Niumaia Turaganicolo, 27, entered his pleas during a brief appearance on Monday in Gisborne District Court. He elected a judge alone trial on the two charges and was...

Kōhine relish STEMM challenge in programme run by Tōnui Collab

Programmes aim to encourage more women into world of technology Aiming to get more kōhine (young women) from Tairāwhiti interested in a career in technology is the goal of a robotics programme run by Tōnui Collab. Tōnui Collab runs a number of...

New mental health facility one step closer to completion

A new mental health and addictions facility for the Tairāwhiti community has moved a step closer, with the first concrete being poured for the building’s base. Te Whare Awhiora will replace the Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti mental health and...

Heartbreak, frustration for owners of flood-affected properties

Uncertainty around flood-damaged homes dominates mood at GDC drop-in session.

Sad end to time as Race Relations Commissioner

Former Gisborne mayor Meng Foon believes he has been hard done by in the situation that forced his dramatic fall from the position of Race Relations Commissioner on Friday. He has told The Gisborne Herald the payments that led to his withdrawal were...

Power system misunderstood

For an electrical engineer, Simin Williams makes some strange connections, and shows a false understanding of the parliamentary power system. Among 11 crossed wires (and admittedly, two good power-points), the most shocking is her fantasy that the...

The Whoon Effect . . .

The Whoon Effect is a phenomenon where people in positions of responsibility have a perceived sense of grandiosity that relieves them of all the responsibilities of citizenry and intones that they are a law unto themselves. The Whoon Effect also...

Abuse of hospital grounds

I have visited friends in our hospital over the past few weeks and am appalled at the abuse of the once pristine grass verges on the lawn edges, mainly in the area in front of the main entrance, but elsewhere on the grounds. People have been parking...