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Re: Christmas Parade organiser. I’m sure the GDC can get one offshore. M.J. Arthur
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Conflict on MoH committee
The issue of conflict of interest has been in headlines quite a lot recently regarding various ministers and public servants. I came across a glaring example of conflict of interest in the “Interagency Committee on the Health effects of...
Tough time for MP — tough office too?
The personal can become very public for politicians and many will be feeling for East Coast MP Kiri Allan who has had that in spades this week as she returned to Parliament from a mental health break. News reports of “concerns” about the working...
In defence of our East Coast MP Kiri Allan
Clive Bibby In politics, there is a time and place for everything and now, more than ever in these troubling times, we need to focus on maintaining an environment that allows governments to operate in the best interests of all citizens — including...
Government sets out progress on land use report
The Government is progressing work in response to the Ministerial Inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti/Gisborne and Wairoa, say Environment Minister David Parker and Forestry Minister Peeni Henare. “The inquiry report, Outrage to Optimism, made 49...
Ground conditions mean Thistle’s home run of Central Fed games to start with Matariki weekend doubleheader
Gisborne footballers will dip their studs in the mud as they return to local league competition this weekend. Women’s Eastern League games on Sunday are the most likely to go ahead. The grounds have an extra day to recover, and the women have had...
Take 2 for latest round of Coast comp
They’re not slowing down on the Coast. Last week’s games in H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast men’s club rugby will be played tomorrow at the same times and venues. Pango Productions Waiapu are to host Waima at George Nepi...
Tasty treat on offer in top-of-table tussle
POVERTY Bay club hockey over the weekend has plenty of mouth-watering prospects but the men’s clash between Lytton Old Boys Traktion and YMP A tomorrow is likely to be the tastiest. Their top-of-the-table encounter takes place at 5pm on the Hain...
Top 20 for Reid in Montreal Triathlon
GISBORNE professional triathlete Tayler Reid had a top 20 finish at the Montreal Triathlon last weekend. Reid was 20th in the 55-strong elite men’s race in the Canadian city — the fourth event of the World Triathlon Championship Series. He...
Premier wins to Whangara, YMP
The top two teams in Premier Grade netball reinforced their standings with Wednesday night victories in the YMCA. Second-placed Whangara Old Girls saw off Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A 50-41 in a close Pak’nSave Premier contest. Competition...
Semifinal showdowns
It is the business end of the Poverty Bay Premier club rugby competition and a new ball game for the four teams hunting Lee Bros Shield glory. The Civil Project Solutions Premier sudden-death semifinals take place tomorrow with back-to-back action...
Pyjamas lift spirits at Riverdale unit
It’s not only bananas that love their pyjamas. The children of Riverdale School Special Education Centre think theirs are cool, too. These pyjamas — packed in three banana boxes — came all the way from the South Island . . . Blenheim, in fact...
Stolen items filled two trolleys
A woman has admitted using stolen order books to charge nearly $34,000 worth of power tools and other items to a local building company, staff at stores where she shopped unwittingly helping her in the process. Natasha Miringaorangi, 35, entered her...
‘Go well over winter’ agency’s wish
Te Whatu Ora-Tairāwhiti has launched their Go Well winter campaign. Its three main messages are ■ Stay home if you’re sick or isolating for Covid-19. ■ Wear a mask in crowded spaces. ■ Choose the best healthcare options. Choosing the best...
Huringa Pai awarded $83k in trust’s funding round
Huringa Pai, a whānau-driven movement to help people make positive changes to improve their health received the largest distribution in the latest funding round from Trust Tairāwhiti. More than $117,000 was awarded to four community groups, with...
Tears over swim class contract
A disappointed Comet Swimming Club remains adamant it should have been awarded the contract for learn-to-swim lessons at Kiwa Pools ahead of a billion-dollar Australian company. Club general manager Rochelle Somerton, speaking at Wednesday’s...
Te Karaka iwi grateful for extra clean-up funding
Te Aitanga a Māhaki iwi say they are thankful for the latest announcement of extra support to help remove sediment and debris off whenua Māori, and that it will help keep the people and homes of Te Karaka safe, This is the latest Government...
Allan rejects bad workplace claims
East Coast MP back at Parliament after mental health break last week, confirms relationship break-up East Coast MP Kiri Allan, under fire following allegations of bad working relationships in her office, has defended herself vigorously against what...
Burials in limbo
Taruheru Cemetery remains closed for burials due to the high water table levels there in almost all of the cemetery zones. Many areas of the site had lakes of surface water in the wake of the latest heavy rains, and that includes areas of land set...
Council's annual plan reflects impact of weather events, with funds “reprioritised” for recovery and clean-up work
Gisborne District Council adopted the 2023/24 Annual Plan at its meeting on Wednesday. The document outlines where the council’s funding in the next financial year (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024) will be spent. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher...
Gisborne residents grapple with red and yellow-stickered news
Sarah Hunter was woken by a huge thump on Sunday morning when a massive pūriri tree on her riverside property fell off a cliff and into the river. On Tuesday afternoon the family got the dreaded news their house had been red-stickered. A total of...
Quinn in hospital after wipeout at Mahia
Kiwi surfing icon Maz Quinn is recovering in hospital after he was dashed against the rocks in a dramatic wipeout at Māhia yesterday. Quinn shared news of the accident on social media, revealing that he suffered spinal injuries in the accident that...
Time and place, or not engaging?
Regarding criticism by the council chief executive of our lead story on Saturday, which contained criticisms of council-led Civil Defence Emergency Management at a time it was dealing with a State of Emergency, we accept she makes fair points and...
Need to ease back — no quick, easy solutions
Roger Handford One of the hardest, basic lessons to learn in tackling the planet’s environmental problems is, first, DO NO HARM. In blunt terms, that means doing absolutely nothing that will make the situation worse. Humans everywhere are still...
Thank you, arohanui to all
I would like to say a very big thank you to the person who handed in my credit card after I dropped it in the Pak’nSave carpark. God bless you for your kindness and honesty. Also, thank you to all those who are working so hard to keep this...
Rep golf in Gisborne next month
Poverty Bay-East Coast contenders for national interprovincial tournaments will get a welcome taste of top-quality matchplay in Gisborne next month. Wellington and Hawke’s Bay masters squads will be coming through for a 54-hole quadrangular...
Six Gisborne clubbies in Battle of the Tasman teams
Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) has named the Junior Black Fins and New Zealand Pathway teams for the inaugural Battle of the Tasman and six members are from Gisborne clubs. The event is to be held on the Gold Coast from August 24-27. The...
Golf Roundup
POVERTY BAY BARNS-Graham Cup favourites are about as clear as the mud covering golf courses throughout the district after another rain-pummelling over the weekend. It’s take 2 in the Gisborne Motors BG Cup men’s pairs this weekend after the...
Students embrace skimboarding at flooded Watson Park
Watson Park is better known as a football venue and golf practice area but in the wake of last weekend’s rain which flooded highway-side areas of the beachside reserve, a group of Gisborne Boys’ High students used it for a sport more commonly...
Salute to national, local volunteer effort
East Coast MP Kiri Allan has acknowledged volunteers helping out in Tairāwhiti’s latest weather event. which coincided with National Volunteers Week last week. “It’s a special week to honour the collective energies and mana of volunteers in...
Man accused of threatening Gisborne Work and Income staff makes rude gestures when judge refused bail request
A man accused of threatening Gisborne Work and Income staff by pointing finger guns at them, has made insulting hand gestures to a judge who refused to grant him bail. Joseph Hone Tamihana, 30, a fisheries worker, is yet to plead to a charge of...
Two choose trial by jury
Two men accused of threatening a woman for drugs and cash, one of them allegedly pointing a shotgun at her head while she was holding a baby, have chosen to be tried by jury. Raniera Tekooti Reuben, 31, and Tuhaka Takarua, 29 , were called...
Beginners’ guide to 3D printing
An education package focused on teaching 3D printing and entrepreneurship was a big hit with students from Te Kura - The Correspondence School. They learned to design and make their own 3D objects. A colourful array of imaginative 3D designs...