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Sixth visit for container ship, service 'going well'

The coastal container ship Rangitata docked at Eastland Port yesterday, unloaded 32 empty containers, then loaded 23 full of meat and bonemeal for shipment to Napier. It was the ship’s sixth visit to the port. “The container shipping on the...

Judge heeds difficulties of prison life

Young man granted leave to reapply for home detention, but not a motel. A judge has refused to let a man serve home detention at a motel but granted him leave to apply for it again because of difficulties he is having in jail, including being forced...

Need to work together to get SH2 south improved

Your correspondent Sonia Smith is quite right to question my promoting to Gisborne District Council a Tutira to Te Pohue road connection when the route isn’t even in our district — and congratulations to her group in obtaining a feasibility...

Beach clearing again now futile

I sincerely hope the council does not waste any more ratepayer money on clearing wood debris from the town beaches. With winter and more stormy weather on the way, and the very high likelihood of more wood arriving on the beaches, this would be...

Rejigged water plan just as unacceptable

Re: More local voice in Govt’s new water services plan, April 13 editorial. Whatever way you dress it up, this so called restructuring is really nothing more than a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The most contentious parts of the original plan remain...

Now to explain co-governance

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins might be about to take on the mantle of explaining what co-governance means to his Government, and the extent to which it wants to see partnership arrangements with iwi/Maori for the management of natural resources and...

Rugby World Cup free-to-air on SkyTV, Prime

Sky, the New Zealand broadcast rights holder for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, has announced free-to-air coverage of this year’s tournament will screen on Prime. As well as 48 matches broadcast live on Sky Sport, 12 matches will be broadcast on...

Poverty Bay rugby draw

Premier grade games played at 2.45pm — OBM v HSOB at Oval 2. Referee: Ben Holt. YMP v Waikohu at Barry Park. Referee: Royce Maynard. Pirates v Ngatapa at Oval 1. Referee: Damien MacPherson. Senior 1 — Uawa v YMP at Tolaga Bay at 12.45pm...

Wairoa road repairs get $17 million boost from Waka Kotahi

Efforts to reopen Wairoa’s cyclone-damaged roads have been given a $17 million funding boost from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. The funding will be tagged for initial response and costs to get roads open, drainage and alignment work, as well as...

Forest industry submissions ‘focused on solutions’

The Forest Owners Association has told the ministerial inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti that the region’s future must include more trees for land stability. However, it appreciates forest practices also have to improve with increasing land-use...

Maize harvest slow-going so far

The grain maize harvest has started and early indications are better-than-expected yields despite the impact of cyclones Hale and Gabrielle. Some maize paddocks in parts of the region were hard hit by silt and slash as a result of floodwaters from...

Renowned for art, music and gardens - Tiromoana is on the market

Tairāwhiti arts patron Professor Jack Richards has put his Gisborne summer home up for sale. Named Tiromoana (house over water), it boasts stunning views over the Pacific Ocean from an elevated 1.8-hectare site in Winifred Street, Okitu. “Echoes...

Gisborne, Wairoa mayors back changes to ‘Three Waters’ reforms

East Coast mayors are welcoming the major shake-up to Three Waters reforms announced by the Government this morning. Under the changes to what will now be referred to as “affordable water reforms” instead of Three Waters, 10 new regionally owned...

Shipping flat out at the port

BUSY BAY: The build-up of ships at anchor in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa Poverty Bay since before Easter has continued, with five log ships out there this morning, including these four. They are among a dozen scheduled to call here to the end of April, along...

High hopes for Waikanae and Wainui at IRB nationals

Waikanae and Wainui surf lifesavers will get amongst the action at the IRB national championships at Waihi Beach this weekend. They’ll be among more than 120 crews vying for national honours across three age divisions and five race categories in...

Golf roundup

Electrinet Park To Jacko. Electrinet Park pennants players will have the memory of Jack Glassford inspiring them when the 2023 Poverty Bay-East Coast men’s interclub Oligoi and Endeavour pennants series start on Saturday. Jack died on April 5...