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Local medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience reports first revenue from sales in Germany

Tairāwhiti-based Rua Bioscience yesterday announced the first revenue from sales of products in Germany after the first full month of sales. “The response to the Rua products has exceeded our expectations and they been very well received by...

Arrests after car stolen in Gisborne is spiked in Hawke’s Bay

Three Gisborne youths were arrested after a fleeing driver incident in a stolen car across the Hawke’s Bay area on Tuesday morning. Police received a report of a Toyota vehicle being driven erratically in Napier at about 7am. It was reported...

Tairāwhiti Museum expands team to care for taonga Māori

Taonga Māori held at the Tairāwhiti Museum will be looked after by two more kaitieki Māori as the team has grown. Maia Keane (Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Rongowhakaata) and Kataraina Hoko (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou) have joined the museum as the...

Residents of neglected Branson Road endure winter in makeshift dwellings post-cyclone Gabrielle

Residents of a “forgotten” Gisborne road are bracing for winter in caravans and makeshift living arrangements as they wait to get back into their homes. Eighty-one-year-old Jim Cowan lives alone at Waipaoa, where he has been for 55 years. His...

Encore screening of Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90

If you missed out on Willie Nelson's 90th birthday concerts in April at the Hollywood Bowl, you can see all the special performances honouring the 12-time Grammy winner in a limited theatrical run. Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 will be shown at...

Gisborne Film Guide

DOME CINEMA ■ Amelie Audrey Tautou stars as Amelie, a young waitress who decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love. ■ The Blue Caftan To keep up with demand, a husband and...

Across the Spider-Verse is a rare sequel that dazzles as much as the original

Let’s get this upfront: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the best comic-book film of the last decade. With an animation blizzard blown straight in from the pages of comics, Into the Spider-Verse took a super-collider to all the conventions of...

Gizzy 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. ■ Queen and Bee Gees Tributes Saturday June 10. One show only at the...

Please, Let Me Sleep: A book to laugh yourself to sleep

Amidst the hustle and bustle of our stressful lives, local author Melissa Mead’s debut novel Please, Let Me Sleep provides a refreshing reminder of the importance of bodily function in a fun and relatable way. Mrs Mead addresses the topic of sleep...

Rugby derby action goes Poverty Bay's way on home turf

The first King's Birthday Weekend rugby derby since 1951 went Poverty Bay's way on home turf at the weekend. The Bay defeated Ngati Porou East Coast 29-17 after trailing 17-7 during the second half. A good crowd turned up at the Oval, a fitting...

Battle of the Premier newbies

by Sherrill Beale Premier Grade newbies YMP (2) and Farmlands Ngatapa lock horns in mid-week Premier Grade netball tonight in a match too hard to make a call on. Two Gisborne Pak’nSave games are being held in the YMCA — Claydens Waikohu (1) v...

Local loyalty lacking

I would like to join the expressions of disappointment in the GDC decision to overlook Comet Swimming Club for the Learn to Swim contract at the new Kiwa Pools. It seems somewhat ironic that one of the so-called benefits of the council preferred...

Earth ‘really quite sick’

In case readers missed it, a group of Earth Commission scientists tell us the Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits into “the danger zone”, and that the Earth is “really quite sick right now”...

Rail would have helped

Would have been good to have had the rail south back in operation during the past few months — it would have saved the country a fortune, possibly more than it would have cost for rail repairs. Oh well, never mind, let’s just keep getting all...

Australia: war crimes and justice

by Gwynne Dyer “Guys just had this blood-lust. Psychos. Absolute psychos. And we bred them.” So said an Australian soldier about the war crimes committed by the Australian SAS (Special Air Service) when the scandal first broke in 2016. And the...

From beach to pool as Aqua Fern: Avalee chases Olympics dream

New Zealand’s electoral system has been under review and recommendations we’ve heard before, plus some new ones, are the result of 58 public meetings and an independent panel of legal experts having considered more than 1700 public submissions...

Making the case for electoral changes

New Zealand’s electoral system has been under review and recommendations we’ve heard before, plus some new ones, are the result of 58 public meetings and an independent panel of legal experts having considered more than 1700 public submissions...

‘Life-changing’ work gives Hannah hope

Hannah Gross suffered a massive head injury as a toddler. Now aged 41, as her condition deteriorates, work by Gisborne’s Mātai Medical Research Institute is providing a deeper insight into her injury. Kiri Gillespie, of the Bay of Plenty Times...