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Wairoa counting on slice of $100m to ‘ensure all whanau are safe in their beds at night’

After two cyclones, 35 years apart, devastated Wairoa, plans are finally being laid to stop the worst from happening again. Floodwaters ripped through Wairoa homes, businesses and farms during Cyclone Bola in 1988, and again three months ago during...

Cyclones ‘played havoc’ with traffic lights on Peel St

The traffic lights will be working again at the intersection of Peel Street and Gladstone Road from early next week. A temporary roundabout has been at the intersection since February 19, after water made its way into the underground cabling and...

New mapping highlights city’s vulnerable areas

A huge swathe of Gisborne, including the airport, would be inundated by extreme coastal flooding if sea levels rise, new research shows. New maps from NIWA and the Deep South National Science Challenge show areas across New Zealand that could be...

Turanga Health chief executive Reweti Ropiha honoured for services to Māori health

Turanga Health chief executive Reweti Ratu Ropiha received his New Year Honour from Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro at Government House on Thursday. Mr Ropiha (Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri) was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit...

‘Boom!’ response ‘and I couldn’t agree more’

Turanga Health’s senior researcher Dr Shirley Keown breathed a sigh of relief then rang her boss when this year’s Budget scrapped the $5 prescription charge for medicines. She knew the fee was damaging the health of vulnerable populations...

Two deaths attributed to Covid-19 take tally up to 34

The cause of death of two Tairāwhiti residents has been attributed to Covid-19 in latest figures released by the Ministry of Health. The numbers cover the period of the week up to 1pm on Monday, May 22. They take the district’s total Covid-19...

Judds to extend composting services with $4m govt loan

A Gisborne company and a Wairoa business will receive $7.5 million in loans from newly announced government investment of $24 million aimed at boosting regional businesses across the country. Judds Ltd will receive a $4 million loan from the...

Community rallies to help, and supermarket initiative a lifesaver for family

In the early hours of February 14, Marc Alexander and his wife Monica woke up in their Makaraka home to find it flooded by Cyclone Gabrielle. “It was two in the morning. We went straight through to our stuff and just started lifting it out of...

MUCKING IN FOR AWA HEALTH

More than 20 Gisborne Boys’ High School students used their green thumbs to weed out undesirable overgrowth at Waikanae Stream on Thursday. Assistant head of science Summer Edwards said the weeding session was a collaborative part of the...

How much do we care?

Recently scientists warned our world is likely to breach the 1.5C climate threshold by 2027. The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years, and the global average temperature is likely to rise by more than...

Final Frontier: City club showdown to decide Oligoi Jug pennants champions

Snap! The same four who ended Electrinet Park’s 11-year Oligoi Jug interclub pennants title drought last year will defend the silverware in the 2023 final tomorrow. Anaru Reedy, Daniel Collier, Tony Akroyd and Pete Stewart will wear the Park (1)...

Merran Hain's equestrian career untouchable

Gisborne rider Merran Hain is celebrated as a true legend in the equestrian world. Diana Dobson takes a look at some of the secrets of Merran’s success . . . There’s a name that has been a constant in the world of equestrian for more than six...

A $1bn plan for recovery and resilience

The region’s Cyclone Recovery Plan was released this week . . . The Herald’s Andrew Ashton delves into the detail of what is being requested for a more-than $1 billion recovery and future resilience effort. Three months on from Cyclone Gabrielle...

Between mountains and sea

Jo Ferris discovers the beauty of KiwiRail’s Coastal Pacific train journey and marvels at Kaikōura’s restoration — by man and Mother Nature. Having completed a roadie from Picton to Kaikōura during the coastal corridor’s massive repair...

Creating large leafy indoors

If you’re like most busy homeowners, you want your indoor plants to tolerate substandard growing conditions and some neglect now and then. The umbrella plant, also known as schefflera, delivers on this. Umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla) is...

Crisp, tender and delicious

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. This...

Hockey clash: rivalry set to bring out best in top two

The top two men’s teams took centre stage in the hockey round last weekend and tonight it will be the turn of the top two women’s teams in what will be another replay of last year’s grand finals. GMC Green and defending champions YMP A match...

YMP put foot to the floor in big win over Ngatapa

by Sherrill Beale A classic game of two halves between Horouta Koura and Gisborne Girls’ High and another big performance from YMP made for enthralling Premier Grade netball in the YMCA on Wednesday night. Horouta Koura defeated Girls’ High...