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Workers’ rights to vote

I think there are many workers who don’t know about their right to take time off to vote, if necessary. The Electoral Act 1993 states: “Subject to the provisions of this section, on the polling day at any election every employer shall allow...

From office junior to national award-winner

Learning on the job from a passionate team helped Three Rivers Medical operations manager Lisa Hamblin to a national award. She was named practice manager of the year at the Practice Managers and Administrators Association of New Zealand (PMMANZ)...

Witness to fatal shooting in Titoki Street found with firearm

A fortnight before giving evidence in court against the gunman who shot and killed a woman on Titoki Street, a nearby resident was herself found with a firearm. Lena Mae Perrett, 45, gave evidence on May 18, this year, in the High Court jury trial...

National's Kirkpatrick among 56,557 Kiwis casting early votes

National Party candidate for East Coast Dana Kirkpatrick cast her vote at the polling booth in Treble Court on Monday. She was one of 56,557 Kiwis who voted on day one of advanced voting. That compares to 105,489 votes cast on the first day of the...

Latest Covid-19 numbers in Tairāwhiti

There are 20 active cases of Covid-19 in Tairawhiti. The latest Te Whatu Ora figures, up to midnight on Sunday, show no reported deaths from Covid in Tairāwhiti in the past week. In all, 20 deaths and 25,280 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in...

'A great victory for people power' - Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti

New rules for exotic tree plantations released yesterday, have been welcomed by Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti, the group responsible for the Government commissioning a Ministerial inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti. Changes to the National Environmental...

Investigating ‘everything to do with the pandemic’

A Royal Commission seeking to strengthen the country’s response to future pandemics has paid an action-packed visit to Tairāwhiti. Te Tira Ārai Uratā (NZ Royal Commission Covid-19 Lessons Learned) was in Gisborne last Thursday to hear feedback...

Weather hampers seabed post-cyclone research

Scientific research into Cyclone Gabrielle’s effects on the seabed around the Gisborne coast has been largely thwarted by more bad weather. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) is studying the ocean off Tairāwhiti and...

GDC begins repairs on damaged wastewater outfall pipe

Gisborne District Council contractors have started repairing its wastewater outfall pipe, at popular surfing spot The Pipe, at Midway Beach. The pipe was damaged in Cyclone Gabrielle. Silt build-up around the discharge ports and excess pressure from...

Stepping out at Tūranga Bal

The Tūranga Bal, Folk Dance New Zealand’s annual event was a great success at the weekend with 46 people taking part including six musicians and six tutors from around the country. Balfolk dance workshops were taken on Saturday with Michael...

Eastland Port anticipates busy month ahead

Eastland Port had 10 log ships come calling for cargo last month and they took away 228,000 tonnes of export logs. There were no coastal or reefer ships alongside the wharf last month. “Daily intake of logs into the port averaged around 9500...

New slash standards in place next month

Tighter standards to combat forestry slash by targeting new plantings are poised to get a final sign-off. Slash damage from Cyclone Gabrielle in Tairāwhiti forced lawmakers to revisit the mild amendments they had planned. The stronger changes to...

Armed police called to burglary in Elgin

Armed police went to Munro Street in Elgin on Saturday morning in response to reports of a burglary that was reported to have involved a firearm. The response to Munro Street happened shortly before 9am on that morning. “Police who attended were...

'It's not the first time people's dogs have disappeared'

A former SPCA inspector has painted a grim picture of Gisborne District Council’s animal control arm in the wake of it putting a dog down in error last month. On September 22, the council euthanised family pet Sarge by mistake on the same day...

Special day for rugby fan Charlotte

Gisborne girl Charlotte Moore and her dad Justin were among the crowd in Hamilton on Saturday afternoon when the Black Ferns beat Australia, and it turned out to be a very special occasion. The nine-year-old rugby and sport-mad youngster, who...

Labour scrambling as Hipkins sidelined

As the penultimate week of the election campaign gets under way, to use a sporting analogy Labour is starting with its captain on the sidelines and the big question confronting National is what final team it might put out on the field. Just as he...

Local authority doing job well, thoughtfully

Re: GDC regulatory system remains broken, September 30 column. John, as a parent associated with the Tairāwhiti surfing team, I reached out to GDC on the proposed wastewater discharge at Midway Beach in relation to the New Zealand Scholastic...

Beachside towns at risk

The National Party policy of allowing NZ homes worth more than $2 million to be sold to overseas buyers, to try to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy, will destroy small beach towns like Ohope, Gisborne, Waihi, Papamoa and Whangamata. Economists from...