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Skipper Samupo scores four as Toka cut loose

Tokararangi versus Ruatoria City at Te Araroa Domain could be a beauty. Tokararangi are second behind Hikurangi three weeks into the H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast men’s club rugby season. Hikurangi, who have the bye tomorrow, have...

Boost for Thistle as they return to Fed League action

Gisborne Thistle have been without Federation League football for three weeks, but are still in touching distance of the frontrunners. And they have strengthened their squad with the addition of a midfielder who has come through English professional...

Defence key to Super success

Gisborne Boys’ High School have a big game in them. And tomorrow first 15 rugby will take centre stage at the historic Rectory ground for the second week in a row. A week after hosting Napier Boys’ High in Round 1 of the Super 8 — a 29-5 loss...

Tamatea 200: but ‘just another day in the office’ for YMP stalwart

Loyal YMP servant Willis Tamatea will achieve a rare milestone when he runs on to the paddock at Te Karaka tomorrow. Tamatea will make his 200th Poverty Bay Premier club rugby appearance in the black and white jersey as his competition-leading team...

A 4.30am wake-up truck

The number of logging trucks that rumble along Ormond Road and around the Esplanade has increased so much. The first starts at 4.30am and the last is about 4.30pm. The noise and vibrations are constant. We get woken up every morning. Why can’t...

Chose profession to teach

It was good news this week that teacher unions have suspended industrial action following a meeting with the Education Minister, but I really have been so disappointed to see the present era of teachers striking to get more pay. Sure, times are hard...

A special show, not to be missed

I had to continually pinch myself as I sat in the War Memorial Theatre the other night, to be reassured that I was in Gisborne watching an amazing amateur production. The production of Chicago by our Gizzy people could equally take its place on...

How wage inflation supports the Government

High inflation is not only reaching further into our pockets for almost everything we need to buy, the wage inflation it has engendered also has an insidious and perverse impact that is further worsening many family budgets in this cost-of-living...

Rocking it out for regional finals

Scores of upcoming young musicians of Tairāwhiti will perform in this year’s Smokefreerockquest and Smokefree Tangata Beats regional heats at the Lawson Field Theatre this afternoon and evening. The competition, now in its 36th year, is held...

Gisborne Hospital ‘unsafe’: staffing levels, safety issues raising concerns

The country’s senior doctors are concerned about Gisborne Hospital being unsafe.

Dovish but bold stance from RBNZ

The Reserve Bank expects to keep the Official Cash Rate on hold now at 5.5 percent for a year, confident that inflation is easing back from its peak and on the expectation that a surge in immigration will “ease back towards pre-Covid-19 trend...

Don’t wait for Govt or the wealthy to save us

Maryanne Spurdle, Maxim Institute researcher A week before Grant Robertson unveiled his hefty election-year Budget, dozens of wealthy Kiwis made a plea for the Government to tax them more. Given the timing, some pundits questioned their motives. I...

‘Robflation’ a silent thief in the ‘no-frills’ Budget

Inflation, or “Robflation” as I call it, is quietly eroding New Zealand’s wealth. With a 32-year high inflation rate, our money’s value has shrunk by 7 percent in just one year. The 2023 “no-frills” Budget, which pledged to confront the...

A Greener Govt required

Labour adopting long-standing Green Party policies is a win for Aotearoa. Most policies date back 10-plus years ago, such as warmer Kiwi homes which was campaigned on by Jeanette Fitzsimons in 2009. Despite this Green win, the need for a wealth tax...

Look at the top end to reduce inflation pressure

There is worldwide inflation and our NZ Government is doing better than most. Don’t ever blame the poor for inflation while CEOs collect millions of dollars and people use the housing market to make millions of dollars. Govt spending has been...

Gisborne's movie guide

Movie Guide DOME CINEMA ■ Driving Madeleine Madeleine, 92, calls a taxi to take her to a retirement home. A disillusioned driver with a tender heart agrees to drive the streets of Paris, past the places that affected Madeleine’s life. ■ Whin...