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Racecar chassis on the line
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Racecar chassis on the line

ACTION aplenty beckons at the Gisborne Speedway Club track tomorrow night when a $26,000 Rees Racecars chassis goes on the line for the top prize in the Rees Racecars Superstock Challenge. The 28-car line-up for the challenge has “wow factor”...

Insular and intolerant
Opinion

Insular and intolerant

What a complete and utter disgrace. From violent trans-activists who fantasise Nazis in every shadow, to mainstream media who continue to pedal propaganda and division, to a negligent police force, to a Government that would appear to endorse the...

Facts casually overlooked
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Facts casually overlooked

You write a letter stating facts and scientific truth and the woke left come out, claiming hatred and uneducated opinion. They claim this because they probably have a speck of common sense left and know they’re wrong, that a woman is a woman and...

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Pressure on Government to resolve standoff
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Pressure on Government to resolve standoff

Barring some unforeseen development that does not seem likely so far, the strikes by teachers’ unions look like going on for some time with the parties in what seems to be a sort of stalemate. About 20,000 members of the Post Primary Teachers’...

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Iwi refused leave to appeal
Gisborne Herald

Iwi refused leave to appeal

An iwi battling for formal recognition by the Gisborne District Council as being the owner of fresh water in its traditional territory has been dealt another blow by the courts but is vowing to fight on. This month the trust that represents Te...

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Female weaners sell well
Gisborne Herald

Female weaners sell well

A total of 1002 weaner heifers sold on day two of the weaner cattle fair at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, plus about 80 older cattle. Prices paid were firmer on those paid at the 2022 fair but not quite as strong as the previous day’s weaner...

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Soft pastels Alford’s medium of choice
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Soft pastels Alford’s medium of choice

LightscapeS, a solo exhibition of works by local painter Zoe Alford, opens at Tairāwhiti Museum tomorrow. The collection of new paintings includes images of seascapes, beaches, farmland, a vineyard, Eastland Port, and the old Midway Surf Lifesaving...

Quick wit, comic timing
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Quick wit, comic timing

Get to know Kita Mean, the winner of the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, as she performs her show Delightfully Camp! at Lawson Field Theatre next month. Kita Mean has performed all over the world, from her own backyard to the US...

Resonators bringing a party spirit
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Resonators bringing a party spirit

Join Aotearoa’s “finest family band” for an evening of lively entertainment at the War Memorial Theatre next month. The Harmonic Resonators are touring on the big stage in 2023 to promote their second album Rongo Ki Te Oro (Listen to the...

ROCKING THE PASSION
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ROCKING THE PASSION

Gisborne actor/director James Packman was so persistent in his quest for rights to stage the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, his name reached composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s office in London. Packman had made regular inquiries to...

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Hard-earned win ends tough week
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Hard-earned win ends tough week

One win from four games is nothing to shout about. Yet the manner in which Gisborne Boys’ High School first 11 beat Rotorua Boys’ High School in the playoff for fifth at the six-team Super 8 secondary schools cricket tournament did them credit...

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GOLF ROUNDUP
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GOLF ROUNDUP

Patutahi THE late Bryan Johnson would have nodded his head in approval at the performance that won his trophy at the Patutahi Men’s Open on Saturday. Indeed, Patutahi stalwart Johnson would have been impressed with a tournament that embodied...

Red Cross donates $1.1m to Wairoa
Gisborne Herald

Red Cross donates $1.1m to Wairoa

More than $1 million from the New Zealand Disaster Fund is being provided to people living in Wairoa to help them to recover from the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. The $1.1 million contribution to the Wairoa District Council-led Liveable Homes...

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Arboretum artwork
Gisborne Herald

Arboretum artwork

Artwork made using botanical material from Eastwoodhill Arboretum will be part of an upcoming exhibition by plant enthusiast and artist Felicity Jones and photographer Mark Smith. The pair went to Eastwoodhill to create and photograph artworks which...

Helping those in need of feed
Gisborne Herald

Helping those in need of feed

In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, Power Farming Gisborne stepped up to help those in need of urgent animal feed by collecting and distributing donations of hay from farmers and contractors across the North Island. They worked together with Lucy...

Hay by the truckload
Gisborne Herald

Hay by the truckload

Life ain’t a spectator sport . . . just ask Lucy Bond, who fell into a role helping farmers and equestrians access essential feed for their animals. It all started when she looked to put together a group to buy some hay and truck it in after...

‘I needed to keep busy’
Gisborne Herald

‘I needed to keep busy’

Sue Wilson isn’t one to sit on her hands. Despite her own property and surrounding roads and infrastructure being hit in back-to-back weather events, her first thought was for others. She is the administrator for the Wairoa Community Development...

Two wheels in an emergency
Gisborne Herald

Two wheels in an emergency

Katrina Duncan loves nothing more than to show off the very best of Tairāwhiti to visitors and locals alike, but for now, she’s part of an army of volunteers trying to restore some sort of semblance of normality to the cyclone-ravaged region...

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Heartwarming
Gisborne Herald

Heartwarming

Sandra Faulkner has clocked up a lot of hours — and kilometres — in the past few weeks. Her truck is her office, initially driving on roads that weren’t exactly fit for purpose as she headed out into the rural community to help, chat, and...

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Know where copper is coming from
Gisborne Herald

Know where copper is coming from

by Dr Andrew Cribb, East Coast Farm Vets With the abundance of feed across the district, it’s easy to forget about trace elements, and copper in particular has been on our radar while pregnancy testing cow’s. A national survey in 2021 showed...

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The battle in your brain
Gisborne Herald

The battle in your brain

by St John Craner Environmental challenge is a much wider concept when you think about it. The biggest environmental battle you face is the one inside your own head. It's the environment you live in day in, day out. Author Robin Sharma said, “The...

Thanks NZDF
Gisborne Herald

Thanks NZDF

The New Zealand Defence Force played a crucial role in supporting our rural and isolated communities in Tairāwhiti after Cyclone Gabrielle. They hit the ground running in the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, facilitating the establishment of...