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‘Remarkable together’
Gisborne Herald

‘Remarkable together’

That is what it says on the shirts of several of this group from Lytton High School who started a 24-hour Relay For Life Cancer Society fundraiser at the school yesterday. Students, staff and supporters have got behind the event which involves all...

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Vegetation fire at Manutuke
Gisborne Herald

Vegetation fire at Manutuke

FIREFIGHTERS from Gisborne and Manutuke responded to what was initially reported as an “explosion” at Rickards Garage at Manutuke yesterday afternoon, but turned out to be a fire that spread to vegetation. Fire and Emergency NZ sent an appliance...

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Driving force in women’s cricket retires
Sport

Driving force in women’s cricket retires

For 20 years, Mel Knight has been a driving force for cricket here. Her announcement that she would retire from playing and coaching came as a bolt from the blue. It came the day after Horouta Te Waka’s six-wicket Senior B semifinal loss to...

Best prices at weaner fair
Gisborne Herald

Best prices at weaner fair

These 12 Angus weaner heifers from Rangiata Partnership near the East Cape Lighthouse received the best price of $910 at the Matawhero saleyards on Wednesday. They weighed in at 267 kilograms and were among a total yarding of just over 1000 young...

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Prices ease at Matawhero
Gisborne Herald

Prices ease at Matawhero

THERE was a much smaller yarding of 1085 sheep in the weekly sheep sale at Matawhero yesterday. Bruce Farming sold eight prime two-tooth ewes for $117. The 84 prime mixed-age ewes sold from $111 down to $90. Rau White, at Ruatoria, received the best...

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Taskforce Green prepared to work
Gisborne Herald

Taskforce Green prepared to work

Vicki Crosswell As cyclone-affected farms and horticulture blocks continue to dry out, it is time to bring in the Enhanced Taskforce Green teams, says Tairāwhiti Rural Support Trust coordinator/facilitator Vicki Crosswell. These trained workers...

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History repeats 35 years later
Gisborne Herald

History repeats 35 years later

SHORTLY after Cyclone Bola, Ginny Sherriff, who farmed at Ngatapa with husband Tim in 1988, wrote a poem that summed up the devastation and challenges that came with that major event. It was printed in The Gisborne Herald that year. Ginny brought...

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Sights of Savai’i
Lifestyle

Sights of Savai’i

Travel writer Mike Yardley spent a few days on Savai’i, the largest island in Samoa. Take a ferry ride aboard MV Lady Samoa III across the Apolima Strait, from Upolu to Savai’i, and the passage of time feels turned back 30 years. Suffused with...

Israel: the fascists and the fanatics
Opinion

Israel: the fascists and the fanatics

Gwynne Dyer Imagine that Donald Trump had been the president of the United States, in office and out and in and out and in yet again, for more than half of the past 25 years. What would the US look like today? Well, that’s about what Israel does...

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Pears the powerhouse of fruit
Lifestyle

Pears the powerhouse of fruit

Pears are not only juicy and delicious, they are also packed full of nutritional benefits. They are rich in fibre, antioxidants and vitamins. So, if you do happen to use them in a treat such as a cake, you can tell yourself not to feel too guilty...

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Brilliant blooms
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Brilliant blooms

Now that summer is in retreat, it’s time to think about planning and planting the winter/spring garden. Whatever your favourite spring-flowering bulb is, it’s time to start planning and planting. A little preparation now will result in much...

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Fond farewell
Lifestyle

Fond farewell

Joanne Mador Joanne Mador is leaving behind a 35-year career in teaching when she finishes up at Makauri School this week. She talks about what brought her here, what made her stay and why it’s time to leave. When Joanne Mador flicks off the...

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And the band played on
Lifestyle

And the band played on

Gisborne Civic Brass Band is set to celebrate its 150th anniversary over Easter in three days of music-making. Avneesh Vincent looks back at the band’s beginnings. Records show the Gisborne Civic Brass Band formed on April 5, 1873. It was called...

‘GET ON WITH IT’
Gisborne Herald

‘GET ON WITH IT’

A Gisborne farmer upset over the district council’s lack of care for a frequently flooded river is calling for action in the wake of devastation from Cyclone Gabrielle. David Clark’s Opou Station backs on to Te Arai River — a 32-kilometre...

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Covid cases up slightly
Gisborne Herald

Covid cases up slightly

COVID-19 is still present in Te Tairāwhiti, including two people who are in hospital. Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti has reported that cases are up slightly in the district with a daily average of 12.6. Between three and 22 cases have been reported every...

‘Igniting youth potential’
Gisborne Herald

‘Igniting youth potential’

Mentors wanted for Big Brothers Big Sisters programme The world’s largest volunteer mentoring network is coming to Gisborne and the search is on for potential youth mentors to be part of it. Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand (BBSS) is...

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Anger, frustration at Tokomaru Bay
Opinion

Anger, frustration at Tokomaru Bay

John Jones The final community hearing on the ministerial inquiry into land use highlighted anger and frustration in Tokomaru Bay at the forestry industry and how its practices and its waste had exacerbated the impacts of extreme weather events...

Am I a transphobe?
Opinion

Am I a transphobe?

Nelson Before I begin, we need to get one thing sorted. My dictionary defines a “phobia” as “a fear, aversion, or hatred, especially (if it is) morbid or irrational”. The Merriam Webster dictionary says it is “an...

More learning disruption
Opinion

More learning disruption

Sometimes there is good reason to strike — however, the timing of the strike this week by secondary school teachers was disappointing. Students have already lost a lot of time at school with Covid-related shutdowns. Here in Gisborne and Hawke’s...

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Out to turn ‘L’ into ‘W’
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Out to turn ‘L’ into ‘W’

GISBORNE senior netballers face their second game of the 2023 season at Victoria Domain tomorrow and both premier grade encounters coud be be close contests. The Pak’nSave-sponsored competition features Whangara Old Girls 1 against Gisborne Girls...