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Gisborne Club Darts Association results
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Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: J Collier (Roseland); K Tamihere (Stallions); L Kaa, M Stevens (Rebels); T Campbell-Ratapu (Tao Spartans); R Leach (Outlaws); A Cross (6 Shooters); S Gooch (Spandangles); I Eyles 2 (Gunz). Highest start (180): I Eyles...

Covid-19 cases trending upwards
Gisborne Herald

Covid-19 cases trending upwards

Three people are in Gisborne Hospital with Covid-19. A Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti spokeswoman said cases were trending up with a daily average of 17. There were between six and 30 cases this past week. The Ministry of Health’s latest figures, dated...

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Travel drama fails to fluster gymnasts
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Travel drama fails to fluster gymnasts

SIXTEEN gymnasts from Gisborne signed up to compete in the Wellington Open Championships. It was a huge commitment from their families to get them to Wellington, especially with the road to Napier being closed by the effects of Cyclone Gabrielle...

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Living the good life. . . by the numbers
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Living the good life. . . by the numbers

Age is just a number when it comes to Gisborne master athletes Debbie Hutchings and Tamera Nelson. Both women have qualified for the CrossFit Torian Pro Championships in Brisbane, Australia. To qualify, athletes enter their scores attained in the...

Taiwan — ignore China’s conniptions
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Taiwan — ignore China’s conniptions

Gwynne Dyer China has been having conniptions again. President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan had a courtesy meeting last week with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy. Beijing reacted by issuing a “stern warning” to the...

Wellington on a good day
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Wellington on a good day

Travel writer Mike Yardley catches the ferry out to Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington Harbour, before travelling on to delightful Days Bay. Then he goes exploring along the Kapiti Coast. Wellington had dawned bright and brilliant as I made my way to...

Something for every season
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Something for every season

Organised seasonally, and with growing guides for each ingredient, Italian-Kiwi Bri DiMattina’s cookbook Nostrana is full of simple, gorgeous and delicious recipes with fresh vegetables and fruits you can easily grow and harvest yourself...

A fuzzy fun houseplant
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A fuzzy fun houseplant

The foliage of this plush fern is a rich green, and it unfurls from softly hairy rhizomes that creep along the top of the compost and eventually dangle over the sides of the pot. This is one of the easiest ferns to grow. Hare’s Foot Ferns...

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Captured by the law and Australia
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Captured by the law and Australia

Ted Skuse has been home from Queensland, visiting family here, and John Gillies caught up with him. Ted Skuse is 76 years old and can’t work out how to retire. He was in Gisborne, his home town, to see family this month and returned to...

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Thistle opt to do it tough
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Thistle opt to do it tough

Gisborne Thistle embark on perhaps the toughest campaign of their 99-year history when they play Taradale in Hawke’s Bay tomorrow. It is the first of eight away games in a row — a punishing schedule devised by the Jags themselves to keep them in...

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Burials still on hold
Gisborne Herald

Burials still on hold

Options considered as water table level remains high Burial suspension notices because of the high water table level at Taruheru Cemetery since Cyclone Gabrielle remain in place. The latest suspension notice was put in place on April 5, and while it...