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Apiata auction raises $200k for Ngati Porou

Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata and former New Zealand Defence Force colleagues have raised more than $200,000 for the people of Ngāti Porou hit by Cyclone Gabrielle on the East Coast. Personnel from Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and New...

Lytton reunion: it was the summer of ‘61

The “final” reunion for the foundation students of Lytton High School, 1961, has been so successful, they’re going to do it again. Organiser Bernie Priestley said 41 former students and 13 partners attended, including one couple who flew from...

Senior 1, school rugby results

Results of Week 3 games in Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 rugby — Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic 10 (Jordan Biddle, Moss Doran, tries) Roseland Tavern Tapuae 29 (Iowane Filimoni 3, Wayne Hema, Kyoni-Tyrese Te Amo-Poki, tries; Te Amo-Poki 2...

Result ‘gone in 60 seconds’

Gisborne Thistle went from a goal up to a goal down in the space of a minute on Saturday. The game-changing minute started in the 57th, and the score stayed at 2-1 to Palmerston North Marist till the end of this Central Federation League football...

Waikohu go on scoring spree

Ethine Reeves scored a hat-trick and KC Wilson picked up a double as Waikohu ran rampant on Saturday. GT Shearing Waikohu beat Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys 59-24 and scored nine tries to four in Poverty Bay premier rugby at Te Karak...

Another OBM win clouded by injury blow

OBM made it four from four in a 24-7 premier club rugby win over Ngatapa on Saturday but it came at a price. Star utility back Moses Christie is out for several weeks with a dislocated elbow — a huge loss for the unbeaten side, particularly as...

YMP pushed by OG Whangara

by Sherrill Beale and Murray Robertson The YMP second team came through the Premier Reserve games with their competition lead intact in senior netball at Victoria Domain on Saturday. But they had to work hard against a determined Old Girls Whangar...

YMP, OBM stay at top of the table

Another win, another hat-trick. Fullback Andrew Tauatevalu picked up his third try treble in four games in top-of-the-table East Coast Farm Vets YMP’s 59-8 win over Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates on Saturday. Larsawn Ngatapa showed determination but...

Go figure . . .

Hee hee, looks like I got under someone’s skin a bit. For the record, I am not in the slightest bit interested in the editor’s alarmist figures trolled off the internet. I am a New Zealander. I trust our own Ministry of Health figures which...

Rich get richer under Nats, poor miss out

I think there’ll be a huge sugar hit to housing investors if National ever becomes Govt. If they own a house with a loan of $400,000 at an interest rate of 7 percent, they will get an additional tax rebate of $10,920 each year if they’re on a 39...

Covid deaths per head of population around world an unarguable reality

It is a pity there isn’t a vaccine against stupidity — but if there was, those most in need would no doubt refuse on the grounds of their right to remain so. As the person whose letter to the editor kicked off the latest outburst of Covid-19...

Predators, parenting and privacy: what’s at stake in the encryption debate

by Sisilia Teu, Maxim Institute communications coordinator The internet has become an essential part of contemporary life, connecting billions of people while revolutionising how we interact, work, and access information. Over the years, the web’s...

ETS settings make NZ too reliant on planting trees: climate commission

Two news items last week related to the climate crisis deserve some extra attention, especially the latest report of the Climate Change Commission which was critical of the Emissions Trading Scheme. In effect the commission says that a new path is...

Plenty of entertainment in Saturday sport

Saturday sport produced plenty of entertainment with the start of the Poverty Bay club hockey season adding to the action. Defending premier women’s champion YMP A began their 2023 campaign against clubmates YMP B on the turf at Harry Barker...

Bridge results

Monday, April 24 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 3 North/South East/West Frank Roach, Vicki Nickerson 59.82 Katrina Duncan, Yvonne Waide 57.74 Louise Goodhue, Gretchen Ivess 59.23 Eileen Lee, Ann McCombe 57.74 John Hudson, Vicki Taylor...

On the mats — Indoor bowls news

Dylan Foster and cousin Kayla Trowell were in control, winning the New Zealand local final of the mixed pairs 10-4 against Dylan’s elder brother Matthew Foster and his mum Karyn Foster. Seventeen-year-old Dylan and 16-year-old Kayla were by far...