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Mangapapa, Kaiti top of the sevens class

Opportunity was the focus of the primary interschool sevens rugby competition at the Rectory field yesterday. Seventeen boys’ and nine girls’ teams from schools all over the district took part in the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union-run...

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Google News Showcase launched in New Zealand in April last year, providing a new way for publishers to curate and share some of their top stories online and for more people to access the latest national, regional and local news from around Aotearo...

Strong te ao Māori-based health agency essential

Rob Campbell The declared intent of National/Act to abolish Te Aka Whai Ora is a mistake from many points of view. When, some months ago, I discussed this with Christopher Luxon he said they would establish a Māori unit in the Ministry of Health to...

Is Luxon negative, wet and whiny?

The definition of the word projection in psychology is the process of displacing one’s feelings on to a different person, animal or object. When it comes to Donald Trump, he is the master of projection. When he describes others he is attacking as...

Hikuwai Bailey bridge opened to State Highway 35 motorists

A key milestone in the recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle was achieved yesterday, with all state highways in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti open, following completion of the Hikuwai Bailey bridge, Associate Transport Minister Kiri Allan says. “This is...

Gisborne Herald joins NZ agreement with Google News

The Gisborne Herald has joined a host of New Zealand publishers in reaching agreements to join Google News Showcase, a programme paying publishers to curate content and build deeper relationships with readers. Other national, regional and local...

Therapeutic Products Bill changes free up rongoā Māori

Rongoā Māori and natural health product manufacturers are to be exempt from regulation under the Therapeutic Products Bill after months of public hui and submissions calling on the Government to exclude it from the Bill. Cran Gage, of Cran Gage...

Te Reinga Bridge hauled out of river

Work continued this week on removing the 100-metre-long Te Reinga Bridge at Ruakituri. The bridge was severely compromised during flooding in early 2022 and closed to heavy traffic. It was then critically damaged in Cyclone Gabrielle in February...

A win for terminal cancer patient, Government to amend Therapeutic Products Bill

A Gisborne woman living with stage four lung cancer has successfully petitioned the Government to make changes to a proposed law change impacting her chances of survival. Theresa Zame currently imports medication Tagrix from Bangladesh at a fraction...

What's On Gig Guide

THIS WEEK ■ Thursday Build-a-Band Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, 7pm-11pm, free entry. ■ Friday Night Karaoke Breakers Jandal Bar, from 8pm to midnight, free entry. ■ Out of the Box Dome Bar, Friday June 16. Six hours of world-class house...

The Flash speeds back to the future

We learn in The Flash — the much awaited, new DC Studios offering — that it’s Father Time one musn’t cross. Because trying to change the past can really mess you up when you get back to the future and realise you have inadvertently changed...

Gisborne Choral Society bring A Taste of Opera to Tairāwhiti

The Choral Society concert A Taste of Opera featured soloists from the choir, as well as grand choruses, scenes from operas and a youthful guest trio of Genii (or Holy Boys). This trio and excerpts from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas were accompanied...

Kiwi legend Don McGlashan to play at The Dome

International face of Aotearoa songcraft and first-time New Zealand album chart topper for his latest album Bright November Morning, Don McGlashan is all set to arrive at Gisborne shores this September. His performance at The Dome is part of the...

Ngā Rau Mahara through to secondary schools' regional chamber music finals

Girls’ High band Ngā Rau Mahara took the top honours during the Central district round of the national secondary schools’ chamber music contest at Lawson Field Theatre on Tuesday night. The seven-piece rock band put on a stunning show which won...

Waterless lithography workshop artists produce vibrant prints

Have you heard of waterless lithography? In simple terms, it’s an offset lithography printing process that eliminates the use of water or dampening system used in conventional printing. “It’s not the easiest process to describe, but once you...

ROA fighters among those to benefit from elite coach’s tiki tour

Tairāwhiti martial arts exponents had the benefit of tips from a coach of champions this month. Mike Angove is one of six elite-level coaches operating out of City Kickboxing in Auckland. The club has fighters competing in UFC and around the world...

Disc wars

Te Puke’s skill and know-how came to the fore in a successful Super 11 Ultimate Festival hosted by Gisborne Intermediate School last week. Five intermediate schools — Gis Int, Ilminster, Te Puke, Mount Maunganui and Tauranga — competed at the...

Sports draws

Football Eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, Property Brokers Thistle 1sts v Coates Associates Wainui Demons. 2.30pm: Wainui 1, Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks v Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United 1st’s; Wairoa 1...