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Poverty Bay Anne Witters is the Poverty Bay Women’s Open champion for the fourth time — 25 years after her first Open victory. The nine-time senior women’s club champion defeated 2023 senior club champion Lynne Holmberg on the 18th hole of the...

Tomlinson to coach Central Districts Māori Wāhine

Former Tairāwhiti cricketer Kerry-Anne Tomlinson has been named as one of two inaugural coaches of the Central Districts Māori Wāhine squad to play in Heretaunga Hastings next month. Hawke’s Bay and Central Hinds rep Tomlinson (Te...

Thistle win by default

Gisborne Thistle have completed their season in football’s Central Federation League by climbing off the bottom of the points table, without kicking a ball. Scheduled opponents Palmerston North United (PNU) and Napier City Rovers Reserves...

Three Warriors voted for Players’ NRL Dream Team

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak’s high-flying season has reached a new height with his selection to this year’s NRL Players’ Dream Team. The team is made up of the best 13 players by their positions, as voted on by players, with Watene-Zelezniak one...

Playoffs done, finals set

This is the week that the best of the rest — the non-finalists — bow out of the local basketball leagues with a boom. And being salt of the earth GBA clubs, those that fronted up brought the 300 in attendance to their feet and hoot with relish...

Packed field of candidates here

East Coast voters have a record number of candidates to choose from this election, but the reality is that one of the two largest parties will provide the winner. When nominations closed last week. five new candidates joined the contest from those...

Re-establishing trust essential

Clive Bibby Immediately following the end of World War 2, British voters made a huge call about the future direction of their country. On the one hand they had the option of returning the Conservative PM Winston Churchill — arguably the most...

Journalism? Really?

On Friday, The Gisborne Herald ran a piece with the tagline: RNZ’s First Up reporter Leonard Powell went on a road trip from Whakatāne around the East Cape to test the tone of the East Coast’s towns. Mr Powell stopped at exactly how many towns?...

KITA brings Indie-rock to Smash

People can expect “full fire” when indie-rock trio KITA comes to Smash Palace to play their Love Lives Here Tour next month. Singer and guitarist Nikita Tu-Bryant can’t wait to get back to Te Tairāwhiti which holds a special place in her...

Hughes takes over as president of Gisborne Speedway Club

Gisborne Speedway Club has a new man at the helm in president Sam Hughes who is looking forward to keeping the club moving in one direction . . . forward. The 36-year-old, believed to be the youngest president in the club’s history, replaces Clyde...

BoP boys out to dash local hopes

A pre-Freyberg Masters reconnaisance could seriously threaten the local domination of the Poverty Bay Men’s Open. The Emerre and Hathaway-sponsored 2023 edition of a tournament that dates back to 1931 tees off tomorrow on the Awapuni Links course...

Total clearance at Angus sale success

Turihaua Angus sold the lot in their Spring Sale yesterday with all 25 yearling bulls off to new homes, and all five of the rising two-year-olds sold as well. The yearlings averaged $7372, with a top dollar of $17,000 for Lot 12, purchased by Orere...

Pain at the pump set to continue

Petrol prices are adding to the cost of living in this country and have the potential to reach new records in the coming months. This will be a blow to the whole country especially in this district where the key economic drivers need long travel...

Distrust: rational or irrational?

Trust in media, politicians and the courts, et cetera, has declined in many countries over the last few years. New Zealand has not been immune to this phenomenon. The Acumen Edelman Trust Barometer for 2023 shows that, for the first time, no major...

‘New generation of addicts’

Political decisions, or indecisions, can have very serious consequences. Consider the present vaping epidemic, which has come into focus recently. The justification for vaping is that it provides assistance for smokers to quit. It is challenging...

Two positive stories

Purely by chance, I came across two positive articles on X (formerly Twitter) about great Labour achievements. Neither appear to have been reported in our major newspapers, radio news or on our TV news. Both are in the health sector and will...

Major concern about threat of forest fire

Under weak administrative monitoring of commercial afforestation mandatory requirements, and now the forecast El Nino threat, forest fire threat in our region is a realistic possibility of major concern. Commercial forestry staff in the past were...

Music to honour our older people

A free concert is planned to mark International Day of Older Persons on October 1. Entertainment will be courtesy of Barleycorn, the Irish-influenced Gisborne band whose repertoire includes many Irish standards, as well as other easy-on-the ear...