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Sports draws

Gisborne primary football First Kicks 4v4, Watson Park, 8.30am: 1, Awapuni Green v Mangatuna; 2, Kaiti Paoa v Wainui Mussels; 3, Kaiti Horouta v Wainui Kina; 4, Mangapapa Storm v Wainui Paua; 5, Mangapapa Mist v Wainui Crays; 6, Mangapapa Floods v...

Waiapu, Hikurangi matches ‘only bring out the best in you’: Moana-Baker

‘We know what we are in for’ Families, friends and fierce competitors will make it a big day out up State Highway 35 tomorrow. The H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast men’s and Enterprise Cars NPEC women’s club rugby competitions...

Te Karaka club’s File delivers 84th centre title

by Ginny Sherriff Former New Zealand international lawn bowler David File picked up his 84th centre title when he won the centre men’s singles at Gisborne Bowling Club. Te Karaka club champion File beat Gisborne club champion Malcolm Trowel 21-18...

Thistle feel the bite of wounded Sharks

Thistle Firsts copped the backlash of Wainui Sharks’ loss to clubmates Demons the previous week. Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks beat Property Brokers Gisborne Thistle Firsts 6-2 in an Eastern League 1 football match at Childers Road Reserve on...

Annual Town v Country match a chance to showcase skills

If there was ever a time Heartland Championship hopefuls want to impress Poverty Bay selectors, tomorrow is it. The annual Town v Country match returns to the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union calendar after last being held in 2020. Ngatapa’s...

Chardonnay the star of annual soirée

Gisborne’s place as a major Chardonnay producer will be celebrated on International Chardonnay Day. This year the annual Chardonnay Affair takes place at The Vines at Matawhero midday to 5pm on May 27, rather than over Labour Day weekend. “It is...

GHG offsets ‘damaging’ to East Coast rural sector

New research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil-fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of the world, and it is having a damaging impact on the agricultural sector...

Bar gets the go ahead to open in ‘hospitality area’

Confirmed temporary location of kura a factor in decision A Gisborne bar has been granted permission to set up shop just a few doors down from a kaupapa Māori school, despite strong opposition at a recent hearing. Anjuna Beer Garden will open on...

Dogs destroyed after mauling sheep on farm near Kaiti

The dogs responsible for mauling sheep earlier this week have been destroyed. Gisborne District Council animal control team leader Ross Hannam said a number of sheep were injured or killed after being attacked by dogs on a farm around Kaiti this...

Gisborne's Film Guide

ODEON MULTIPLEX Book Club: The Next Chapter Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen take their book club antics to Italy. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into...

New political era for Tairāwhiti with two independent MPs

Tairāwhiti is in the unprecedented position of having two independent MPs following the resignations of Labour’s Meka Whaitiri and the Green Party’s Dr Elizabeth Kerekere from their respective parties. Ms Whaitiri, formerly the Customs Minister...

River of rain dumps on top of Cape

The Gisborne-East Coast region was lucky that the latest sub-tropic rain event passed speedily to the east. Even so, the overnight “flick” of its tail showed how quickly heavy rain can cause damage. The atmospheric river that dumped on...

Covid ‘long haulers’ double Myalgic Encephalomyelitis numbers

Tomorrow is World ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) Day and is a chance to acknowledge the estimated 25,000 sufferers in New Zealand. ME or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a long-term (chronic), fluctuating, neurological disease that causes symptoms...

Gisborne's Gig Guide

This week ■ Friday Night Karaoke Breakers Jandal Bar, from 8pm to midnight. Free entry. ■ CANCELLED: Midwave Breaks Dome Cinema at The Poverty Bay Club, Saturday. Refunds available ■ ‘Vivo! — Musica Y Baile’ Smash Palace, Banks Street...

'What Music Means to Me' Tairawhiti Music Survey aims to reach a diverse range of artists

May is NZ Music Month and local musicians, bands and music organisations are reminded there’s still time to take part in the formation of the region’s music strategy by completing the “What Music Means to Me” Tairāwhiti Music Survey...

Gisborne artists Michelle Hinekura Kerr, Jody Tupara and Karaitiana Akroyd nominated for Kiingitanga award

Three artists in Gisborne have been selected as finalists in the inaugural Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award. The celebrated artists are: Michelle Hinekura Kerr for Ngā Huna Kōrero, Jody Tupara for Ngā Haututu o te Kāuta and Karaitiana Akroyd...

It’s a business area, give him the green light

The operative word in Central Business District is business. What a dumb idea to locate a school amid all the busy traffic and its noise and toxic exhausts. No playground; kids barefoot on filthy footpaths. Emphatically the man’s business should...

The Greatest Showman . . .

Hear! Hear! to the Maori Party President for converting the House of Representatives into a circus. Facepalm. Raawiri Gilgen