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Pinn family create Burton Cup history
Sport

Pinn family create Burton Cup history

BOWLS by Ginny Sherriff and Herald staff A candidate for most absorbing contest in town over the weekend was Gisborne bowls fraternity versus the elements. Gisborne Bowling Club’s most prestigious event, the Burton Cup, was held thanks to an...

Simplified urine test for old guys
Opinion

Simplified urine test for old guys

Go outside and pee in the garden. If ants gather: Diabetes. IF you pee on your feet: Prostate. IF it smells like a Barbecue: Cholesterol. IF when you shake it, your wrist hurts: Osteoarthritis. IF you return to your room with your penis outside your...

Good Friday Agreement plus 25
Opinion

Good Friday Agreement plus 25

by Gwynne Dyer US President Joe Biden is visiting Ireland this week to celebrate an anniversary that almost didn’t happen. It’s the 25th anniversary of the “Good Friday Agreement” of 1998 that ended 30 years of killing in Northern Ireland...

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Logs back on the beach
Gisborne Herald

Logs back on the beach

Gisborne Herald photographer Liam Clayton took the photos above of the woody debris on the main city beachfront. The first shot shows the beach clean-up at Waikanae Beach late last month as contractors made good progress. But after the weekend rain...

Export awards open for entries
Business

Export awards open for entries

Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay export successes will be celebrated at the region’s eighth export awards in August. Details of the ExportNZ ASB Export Awards were announced today by ExportNZ Hawke’s Bay executive officer Amanda Liddle, who said...

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Tough environment for election year
Opinion

Tough environment for election year

What is generally regarded as the final warm holiday of the year before winter, Easter has been a disappointment for this district and in keeping with a summer which will be best forgotten by most. After a generally dismal first three days, however...

LET THEM EAT CAKE
Gisborne Herald

LET THEM EAT CAKE

CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR ALL: Shoppers at the Salvation Army Family Store were invited to join manager Heidi Parkes (far left), Mayor Rehette Stoltz (second left) and staff to share in the shop’s 50th birthday celebrations with chocolate cake. Ms Parkes...

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Sheds destroyed by fire
Gisborne Herald

Sheds destroyed by fire

Firefighters were called to a property in Howarth Street, Mangapapa, on Saturday night after sheds caught fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted at around 11.15pm. “A single garage shed and a small adjoining shed were well involved in...