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Alleged improper sign-off on one Gisborne building

Owners of an undisclosed Gisborne building have been left “stressed”, after it was confirmed as one of more than 1000 others nationwide thought to have been signed off by someone without the proper credentials. Engineering New Zealand last week...

DoorDash relief fund expands to help out in NZ

Gisborne restaurants impacted by natural disasters can now apply for funding through the DoorDash Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund. A week after launching in Auckland, on-demand delivery platform DoorDash is expanding its disaster relief fund to New...

Nats' pothole pledge a ‘great first step’

A pre-election pledge from the National Party to fund pothole repairs has been welcomed by National’s East Coast electorate candidate Dana Kirkpatrick. The proposals were announced at the weekend and would establish a $500 million fund for state...

Three months until election day

The decreasing gap between frequent election polls means one thing — the general election is getting closer. With three months to go until election day on October 14, six candidates are in the running for the two local electorates — so far. For...

Wages reach a new high

Wages here are at an all-time high but are still below the national average, new statistics show. New Zealand’s national average salary has reached a new record of more than $70,000, according to the latest Trade Me Jobs data. While record average...

Staunch advocate for Te Karaka

OBITUARY Barbara Fisher It was a badge earned but never worn. Barbara Fisher — Serving Sister and Officer of the Order of St John, Queen’s Service Medal recipient, Justice of the Peace (retired) and registered nurse — was the Sheriff of Te...

Serving community ‘comes naturally’ to DemocracyNZ candidate for EC

DemocracyNZ, a new party formed only last year, will field Whakatāne resident and former Auckland police officer Chris Robinson in the East Coast electorate in this year’s general election. Mr Robinson says serving the community comes naturally...

Call-out to deal with fire on stove

Firefighters were called to a house in Ida Road late yesterday morning in response to a call about an overheated pot of food on the stove which had caught alight. But it was well contained by the resident. The call came in at around 11.30am. “It...

Realtors optimistic prices about to turn

The region’s median house price dropped $45,000 year-on-year. latest data from the Real Estate Institute shows, but realtors here say prices should soon be on the rise if the market follows its traditional pattern. “In Gisborne, the median price...

Aromatic Magic

Cultivating Marjoram in your garden brings a delightful blend of fragrance and flavour to enhance your culinary adventures. Marjoram has beautiful fragrant leaves that can be used in cooking. It’s said to help with toothaches and is also made in...

Malseed sets freedive record at world champs

Gisborne woman Suzy Malseed tells John Gillies about life, family and freediving as she returned from South Korea to her home in Victoria, Australia. A 46-year-old mother of twins was New Zealand’s sole representative at the AIDA Freediving World...

Ngaere found dream life in Tolaga

Ngaere Shelton chats to the Herald’s Loren Sirl about living life on the East Coast. It was the early 1950s when a young Ngaere Shelton (nee Gore) arrived by service car (a large bus) into Tolaga Bay. She described the moment she laid eyes on the...

Doubles to Rickard, McMenamin in YMP win

YMP women set the tone for their men in the curtain-raiser to the Poverty Bay Premier club rugby final on Saturday. YMP and Waikohu women went head-to-head in their first 80-minute fixture of the season at Barry Park — hosts YMP winning 20-0. The...

City titan Fyfe loses illness battle

Time and tide wait for no man, and footballers have no special privileges. Players who in their prime seemed indestructible grow old and die, like the rest of us. Word comes from Australia that a titan of the Gisborne City defence of the mid-1970s...

Gritty Horouta give YMP tough workout

Horouta Koura produced probably their best result of the season so far in pushing Premier Grade table-toppers YMP (1) all the way at the YMCA on Wednesday night. YMP won 43-39 while Horouta earned themselves a richly deserved losing bonus point. As...

Thundercats are go for Waikanae

A team of Waikanae racers will be in action next week in the Australian inflatable rescue boat championships at Kingscliff Beach in northern New South Wales. The championships start on Thursday and go for four days. Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae’s well...

Gizzy double trouble

Gisborne’s Kelsey Teneti got the second start of her international rugby 15s career for the Black Ferns this morning in their Pacific Four Series clash with the United States in Canada (8am kick-off NZ time). Teneti, 20, was on the wing for her...

Wealth tax call a high-risk strategy

Chris Hipkins showed once again how focused he is on trying to stay in government when he followed the lead of Sir John Key and Dame Jacinda Ardern in ruling out a policy, that he knows has merit, any time under his leadership. In this case it is...