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Crash at Ruakituri

Police are investigating after two people were injured when a vehicle crashed at Deep Creek Bridge at Ruakituri and dropped 20 metres. The crash was reported at about 11.50am on Saturday, a police spokesman said. “Of the two occupants, one...

Arrest over attack on Wairoa veteran

Police have arrested a 28 year-old man suspected of attacking an elderly Wairoa man in his home last week and a cellphone that was taken, containing the last photograph taken of the man’s late wife, has been recovered. The alleged offender was...

Builders going hammer and tongs on repairs after Cyclone Gabrielle

Gisborne builders are cracking on with cyclone repairs as a rise in demand for repair work coincides with a slowdown in the industry, Master Builders chief executive David Kelly says. Mr Kelly was in Gisborne last week to cast an eye over repair...

Apiata auction raises $200k for Ngati Porou

Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata and former New Zealand Defence Force colleagues have raised more than $200,000 for the people of Ngāti Porou hit by Cyclone Gabrielle on the East Coast. Personnel from Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and New...

Lytton reunion: it was the summer of ‘61

The “final” reunion for the foundation students of Lytton High School, 1961, has been so successful, they’re going to do it again. Organiser Bernie Priestley said 41 former students and 13 partners attended, including one couple who flew from...

Senior 1, school rugby results

Results of Week 3 games in Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 rugby — Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic 10 (Jordan Biddle, Moss Doran, tries) Roseland Tavern Tapuae 29 (Iowane Filimoni 3, Wayne Hema, Kyoni-Tyrese Te Amo-Poki, tries; Te Amo-Poki 2...

Result ‘gone in 60 seconds’

Gisborne Thistle went from a goal up to a goal down in the space of a minute on Saturday. The game-changing minute started in the 57th, and the score stayed at 2-1 to Palmerston North Marist till the end of this Central Federation League football...

Waikohu go on scoring spree

Ethine Reeves scored a hat-trick and KC Wilson picked up a double as Waikohu ran rampant on Saturday. GT Shearing Waikohu beat Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys 59-24 and scored nine tries to four in Poverty Bay premier rugby at Te Karak...

Another OBM win clouded by injury blow

OBM made it four from four in a 24-7 premier club rugby win over Ngatapa on Saturday but it came at a price. Star utility back Moses Christie is out for several weeks with a dislocated elbow — a huge loss for the unbeaten side, particularly as...

Daily average number of Covid-19 cases on the decrease

The latest Covid-19 update from Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Tairāwhiti shows case numbers are trending downward with the daily average at just over 12.3. Between eight and 23 cases were reported as of Friday last week. No one was in Gisborne...

The New Zealand Army Band: bringing it to Gisborne, for free

The New Zealand Army Band is hoping to lift the spirits of the Tairāwhiti community after Cyclone Gabrielle, with a free concert at Gisborne Boys’ High School on Thursday. The family-friendly live show encompasses popular music, musical theatre...

Public provides colourful debate over dog control policy

Penguin protector in one corner; responsible dog owners in the other Wild animals doing what they’ve been doing for thousands of years versus the rights of responsible dog owners. There were not exactly howls of protest but the public provided...

Go figure . . .

Hee hee, looks like I got under someone’s skin a bit. For the record, I am not in the slightest bit interested in the editor’s alarmist figures trolled off the internet. I am a New Zealander. I trust our own Ministry of Health figures which...

Rich get richer under Nats, poor miss out

I think there’ll be a huge sugar hit to housing investors if National ever becomes Govt. If they own a house with a loan of $400,000 at an interest rate of 7 percent, they will get an additional tax rebate of $10,920 each year if they’re on a 39...

Covid deaths per head of population around world an unarguable reality

It is a pity there isn’t a vaccine against stupidity — but if there was, those most in need would no doubt refuse on the grounds of their right to remain so. As the person whose letter to the editor kicked off the latest outburst of Covid-19...

Predators, parenting and privacy: what’s at stake in the encryption debate

by Sisilia Teu, Maxim Institute communications coordinator The internet has become an essential part of contemporary life, connecting billions of people while revolutionising how we interact, work, and access information. Over the years, the web’s...

ETS settings make NZ too reliant on planting trees: climate commission

Two news items last week related to the climate crisis deserve some extra attention, especially the latest report of the Climate Change Commission which was critical of the Emissions Trading Scheme. In effect the commission says that a new path is...

Plenty of entertainment in Saturday sport

Saturday sport produced plenty of entertainment with the start of the Poverty Bay club hockey season adding to the action. Defending premier women’s champion YMP A began their 2023 campaign against clubmates YMP B on the turf at Harry Barker...