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Sports draws

Football Eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne Thistle United 1sts v Gisborne Thistle Youth; Childers Road Reserve 1, Property Brokers Thistle 1sts v 1st Class Decorators Wainui Salty Dogs...

Skills impress in women’s club rugby opener

The Poverty Bay women’s club rugby competition finally kicked off on Sunday with three teams facing off at Barry Park. YMP hosted Waikohu and Tapuae in a format of three 35-minute halves. YMP and Tapuae met in the first 35 minutes, with the former...

Black Fins call-up for Waikanae’s Tate

Gisborne lifeguard Christy Tate has been called into the Black Fins for the International Surf Rescue Championship (ISRC) in September. She joins five other Gisborne athletes in the national team. Tate, from the Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae club will...

Melbourne Cup winner in foal

GIsborne couple Glen and Roselle Climo’s thoughts are in France as they eagerly await the birth of the first foal from their champion mare Verry Elleegant — winner of the Caulfield and Melbourne cups. The couple have been associated with the...

The Long Walk: Saturday sport highlight of their week

Former players from as far afield as Japan and the Gold Coast will be attending YMP Hockey Club’s official centenary dinner in Gisborne on July 15. Long-time club member and co-organiser Lynne Holmberg yesterday said 140 people were confirmed for...

Updates on sport, recreation facilities

Planning for a regional indoor recreation centre is one of the next focus areas for partners in the Tairāwhiti Sport and Recreation Facilities Programme, while the location of proposed waka ama facilities is being reconsidered in the wake of...

Ignore ‘lynch mob’, judge on performance

by Clive Bibby I rarely feel the need to publicly express my concerns about a politician who is in trouble — one senior journalist even came out on Sunday saying that Kiri Allan’s future as a Cabinet minister is hanging by a thread. Serious...

Comet is whanau, period

I tautoko Greg Mead’s letter to the editor on the council’s decision to choose an offshore company as the Learn to Swim provider at Kiwa Pools, over Comet Swimming Club. (June 27, What would they know?) Stop this madness. In my eyes, Comet is...

‘Papa Rau’ honoured as patron of Tauawhi Men’s Centre

Walker becomes patron as charitable trust takes over governance of Tauawhi Men’s Centre this week. Ralph Walker, aka Papa Rau, has been honoured as the patron of Tauawhi Men’s Centre at an event this week to mark the transition of the centre to...

Long-haul truck driver caught drink-driving sentenced

A long-haul truck driver caught drink-driving has been sentenced to community work. Judge Warren Cathcart imposed 250 hours work on Nigel Ross Williamson, 41, when he appeared in Gisborne District Court this week. The judge also imposed a mandatory...

Ten-day closure while Hikuwai No. 1 dismantled, removed

The cyclone-damaged Hikuwai No. 1 bridge on State Highway 35 will be completely dismantled and transported away later this month. A Bailey bridge was opened earlier this month replacing the Hikuwai No. 1 bridge north of Tolaga Bay which was destroyed...

Finding ways to keep Gisborne connected

Gisborne’s main internet link was restored quickly in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle but ongoing monitoring will be needed for two more years, before a permanent solution, to put the the fibre optic cable underground, can be implemented. “The...

Wairoa woman charged with supplying methamphetamine

A Wairoa woman has been arrested and charged with supplying methamphetamine, following the execution of a number of search warrants as part of the ongoing Operation Kotare targeting organised crime. Eastern District Police executed four search...

All safe after fire engulfs house in Wairoa

Wairoa and Nuhaka firefighters were called out in the early hours of yesterday morning to a major house fire in Wairoa. They found the home fully ablaze. The 111 calls started to come in just before 1am on Tuesday morning. “Three fire appliances...

Silt removal cost up to $2m for GDC

Gisborne District Council has 137 homes on its list for silt removal, according to latest figures, as its spend on silt removal climbs to more than $2 million. The figures relate to a total spend in the region following Cyclone Gabrielle, and...

Drone spots unlawful hunters

A landowner out flying a drone one morning spotted a group of strangers on his property without permission. When they started taunting the drone, the man called police. Raana Walter Morice was subsequently charged with unlawful hunting and unlawful...