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Local Govt Minister challenges National over water policy, co-governance

Local Government Minister Kieran McAnulty says Tairāwhiti’s voice will be heard under the relaunched Affordable Water Reforms. The minister, who was in Gisborne yesterday, also says the National Party is trying to scare the public over...

Nats in Gisborne tomorrow to discuss water reforms

National Party MP and spokesman on water and the environment Scott Simpson is in Gisborne tomorrow and is keen to hear local views on water reforms and the environment. National released its Local Water Done Well policy recently which will replace...

San Rosa saga: no sign of abandoned boat's owner one year on

An East Coast harbourmaster is calling for changes to the country’s boat ownership rules after a man abandoned his vessel and successfully evaded authorities for 12 months. It has been a year since ex-fishing trawler San Rosa washed up on a remote...

Sports draws

RUGBY The rugby draw for SATURDAY. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay rugby, premier grade, Week 3. 2.45pm: Larsawn Ngatapa v East Coast Farm Vets YMP, Paddy’s Park 1, Patutahi. Referee: Ben Holt. GT Shearing Waikohu v Enterprise Cars OBM, Te...

Red leotards feature in Tri Star Comp

by Marilyn Callahan The red leotards of Gisborne Trampoline Club were again to the fore in all areas at the Tri Star Competition in Auckland this month. From a team of six athletes, each team member won at least one medal. They returned with a total...

Coast crash victim ‘lucky to be alive’

A Tolaga Bay man had what firefighters said was a lucky escape from serious injury or worse yesterday when his car went off State Highway 2 near the Waihau Bay corner, down a bank and struck a pine tree. Fire and Emergency units from Tolaga Bay and...

Girl injured by log flown home

A young girl seriously injured when a log rolled on top of her on the city beachfront on Sunday afternoon was flown to Christchurch Hospital last night. Juliana Marston, 10, from Christchurch, suffered pelvic injuries in the mishap. Her father...

Left with permanent hand damage after attack by neighbour’s dogs

Victim suffered permanent hand damage, dogs destroyed, owner fined A man says he never wants to own dogs again after his two French mastiffs attacked a neighbour, leaving her traumatised and with permanent nerve damage in her hand. Shaun Vernon...

Resource Recovery Centre feasibility study looks at options to reduce waste going to landfill

Tairāwhiti has taken another step towards having a resource recovery centre (RRC) aimed at significantly reducing landfill — but only if funding can be sourced. Gisborne district councillors, sitting at a full council meeting, decided to proceed...

Vortex ready to build world-first power plant

Vortex Power Systems (VPS) expects to begin building its revolutionary electricity generating trial plant at Whangara by the end of May. The Auckland-based company has developed technology that converts low-grade waste heat into carbon-neutral clean...

History repeated in power pole crash

Emergency services were called to a crash in MacDonald Road near Juken NZ last night in which a vehicle struck a concrete power pole. But when they arrived at the scene, no one was with the station wagon. “It was the third time we’ve been to...

RMA breaches alleged at Ngakoroa Road forest

Another of the region’s forestry companies is facing prosecution by Gisborne District Council for alleged poor harvesting practices said to have come to light after storm events in March of last year. A case against Forwood Forest Management...

Golf croquet titles to Humphreys and Elzen

Barry Memorial Croquet Club’s golf croquet club champs are done and dusted. The championships were split into open and intermediate sections, the latter for players with handicaps of nine and over. Unfortunately, entry numbers for both sections...

Winning start for Senior 1 new boys Uawa

The Senior 1 club rugby season is off to a rip-roaring start. Two-time defending champions Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic beat their hosts OBM 29-5, the Nuhaka V8s — team No. 3 in last year’s semifinals — beat Ngatapa Harvest Matawhero...

Swansong match for Uawa vet Mathias

He and his boy came in, did a job and did it well. Veteran tight-forward John Mathias — who is shortly to return to Otago after three seasons with Ngāti Porou East Coast club rugby titans Uawa — played for five different clubs down south over...

Fitting finale for Speedway season thanks to massive volunteer effort

The local speedway season ended on Saturday with a spectacular finale befitting the derring-do, never-say-die attitude of the Gisborne Speedway Club. An organisation built on enduring club spirit took on the uncertainties of the weather and won...