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Weekend rugby results

H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast Premier men: Pango Productions Waiapu 13 Tokararangi 19; Hikurangi 12 Hicks Bay 21; Waima 17 Ruatoria City 41; Tihirau Victory Club bye. Enterprise Cars NPEC women: Hikurangi 24 Hicks Bay 5; Waima 48...

Gisborne rise to the Super 8 challenge

Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning film Braveheart was to some a stirring epic while others could not abide the dramatic licence it took. And just as Scottish warrior William Wallace was told to stand and be recognised, with his men as aides-de-camp, the...

Outstanding nationals for Poverty Bay-East Coast bowlers

Gisborne indoor bowlers stormed the ramparts of the national championships in New Plymouth last week. Nathan Trowell, now based in Auckland but with Gisborne in his bones, won the Robertson Trophy for player of the tournament, while Poverty Bay-East...

Farmer Time had successful year

Farmer Time, an education programme that connects New Zealand school students (Years 1 – 8) and their teachers with farmers and growers across the country, had a highly successful first year. More than 1000 students participated in the Beef + Lamb...

Celebrating 55 years of ingenuity

In addition to commemorating its 55th anniversary, Fieldays also proudly celebrated 55 years of highlighting and supporting innovation in the primary sector. The Fieldays Innovation Award winners exemplified the full innovation lifecycle...

Fifty-five crews fixing Gisborne's roads and bridges, protecting our rivers

Fifty-five crews are working on roads, bridges and river protection, as well as debris and silt removal and clearing drains across the region. This from the Gisborne District Council weekly update on rural roads reinstatement work. The council...

$1m contribution means less pain for Wairoa over rates rises

Record dividend from Quality Roading and Services welcomed as chance to mitigate rates burden in ‘rapidly changing situation’ Wairoa rates rises will not be as bad as first feared, after Wairoa District Council received a record $1.05 million...

Hoping for another successful Bull Week

Excitement is building in the district’s Angus studs ahead of the annual rising two-year-old bull sales season from Friday, and into Bull Week from Monday. This region maintains a proud reputation as the home of well bred, quality hill country...

Pygmy whale strands at Waikanae

The Department of Conservation (DoC) humanely euthanised a stranded pygmy whale at Waikanae Beach yesterday. DoC heritage and visitors senior ranger Moira Lee said the whale had repeatedly beached itself on the Gisborne shoreline. “The pygmy sperm...

Sad end to time as Race Relations Commissioner

Former Gisborne mayor Meng Foon believes he has been hard done by in the situation that forced his dramatic fall from the position of Race Relations Commissioner on Friday. He has told The Gisborne Herald the payments that led to his withdrawal were...

Power system misunderstood

For an electrical engineer, Simin Williams makes some strange connections, and shows a false understanding of the parliamentary power system. Among 11 crossed wires (and admittedly, two good power-points), the most shocking is her fantasy that the...

The Whoon Effect . . .

The Whoon Effect is a phenomenon where people in positions of responsibility have a perceived sense of grandiosity that relieves them of all the responsibilities of citizenry and intones that they are a law unto themselves. The Whoon Effect also...

Abuse of hospital grounds

I have visited friends in our hospital over the past few weeks and am appalled at the abuse of the once pristine grass verges on the lawn edges, mainly in the area in front of the main entrance, but elsewhere on the grounds. People have been parking...

Great fun for a good cause

I wish to send a huge thanks to members and friends of Te Hapara Gardening & Floral Art club for a delightful luncheon and enjoyable activities to raise $500, which has been donated to the local Cancer Society for support throughout the Gisborne...

New perspective on protest

Early last year our country was struck by an extraordinary event, the Freedom Protest Rally to and at Parliament. Convoys started from each end of the country and gathered huge support, but there was virtually no mention of them in the media until...

Ute burns at Ormond

Firefighters from Gisborne and Te Karaka turned out early yesterday morning after a ute on a property at Ormond caught fire, and flames threatened a nearby haybarn. The 111 call came in at around 1.30am. “The resident saw an orange glow outside...

Wet-weather wins to OBM, YMP, Waikohu

It came down to who could weather the storm. All three Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Premier club rugby matches were more like water polo games on Saturday as the Oval and Paddy’s Park were turned into muddy aquariums by the heavy rain. It...

Historic building undergoes urgent repairs following Cyclone Gabrielle's devastation

The historic building on the corner of Marina Park is having urgent repair work done around it after its front deck and the riverbank were heavily damaged during Cyclone Gabrielle. Gisborne District Council Journeys infrastructure manager Dave...