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Port offer deeply offensive
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Port offer deeply offensive

Re: Port not wanted on Cape, September 14 story. The Crown Infrastructure Partners should invest in our railway line!The offer of $45 million by Hon Shane Jones, Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Regional Economic Development, for a log...

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Midway, Waikanae win gold
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Midway, Waikanae win gold

SURF LIFESAVINGGOLD medals to Waikanae beach sprinter Chloe Kapene and Midway board rescuers Jack Lepper and Tyron Evans were Gisborne highlights from Day 1 of the Ocean Athletes New Zealand junior surf lifesaving championships at Mount Maunganui...

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Kelly’s No. 1 for a good cause
Gisborne Herald

Kelly’s No. 1 for a good cause

Woolly hats will be the order of the day over the next few weeks for nurse Kelly Norris after she shaved her hair off on Saturday in the Shave for a Cure event for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.“My head is much colder than I expected,”...

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A rare backing of Government actions
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A rare backing of Government actions

As a self-confessed (sometimes vehement) critic of this Government, l find being a supporter of at least one of its major announcements all a bit challenging. I base my support in this instance purely on a belief that criticism is only effective when...

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In the trenches, backs to the wall
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In the trenches, backs to the wall

Uawa just picked up their first win of the season — 28-27 against Ruatoria City on Saturday. The score at Enterprise Cars Whakarua Park in Ruatoria was as true a measure of City's courageous match-effort as it was of Uawa's rugby nous and ability...

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Decisions on emissions
Gisborne Herald

Decisions on emissions

HE Pou a Rangi, the Climate Change Commission (CCC), delivered their final advice to the Government at the end of May, and now the Government must release its first emissions reduction plan by the end of the year. The advice outlines how Aotearoa can...

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Chello hits the big time
Gisborne Herald

Chello hits the big time

A young Gisborne dancer has been accepted into Australia’s leading commercial and performing arts dance school. Chello Ngata, 17, found out last Thursday she had been accepted into Brent Street Studios on Australia’s Gold Coast — which is like...

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Properties remain frozen
Gisborne Herald

Properties remain frozen

A meth dealer’s boasts to an undercover cop triggered a new police investigation into his father’s financial affairs and a three-year legal battle over $10 million and 15 commercial properties in Gisborne. More than $10m and a commercial property...

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A good holiday break, and mood
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A good holiday break, and mood

Another New Year’s is behind us as we start to turn our attention to the demands and opportunities that 2019 will bring . . . and that comes with a feeling that this year’s break has been a successful one. After a wet and sometimes gloomy start...

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Composite side outgun Tairawhiti in opener
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Composite side outgun Tairawhiti in opener

The National Maori hockey tournament started in Gisborne last night with a hard-fought and entertaining encounter between a Tairawhiti men’s team and a Nga Hau e Wha composite side. Nga Hau e Wha won 4-2. This is the first time the tournament has...

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Introducing . . . the George Bridge Shield
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Introducing . . . the George Bridge Shield

Primary school rugby has a new trophy to play for — the George Bridge Shield. It is designed to be a smaller-schools counterpart to the Weka Ball, which is Poverty Bay primary school rugby's equivalent of the Ranfurly Shield. The inaugural game for...

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My vote and best wishes
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My vote and best wishes

I would like to congratulate Alice Kibble on standing for council. She is an extraordinary young woman with a great love for this community and its people. From an early age she volunteered for organisations, doing anything she could to make...

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New Life Member
Gisborne Herald

New Life Member

Muriwai farmer Geoff Tombleson was awarded Life Membership of the Gisborne A and P Show Association at the association's annual general meeting on Thursday night.“Geoff has been active in support of the Spring Show for more than 40 years,” said...

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Start-ups: Tips to take on board
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Start-ups: Tips to take on board

Starting a new business venture can be both an exhilarating as well as stressful time for many entrepreneurial Kiwis. The brave decision to “dip one’s toes” into the world of business should never be taken lightly. It requires everything from...

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Care much appreciated
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Care much appreciated

My thanks to the nurses in the day surgery and theatre who took care of me during my day surgery at Gisborne Hospital recently, as well as the surgeons and the anaesthetist. I was treated with care and attention during the whole procedure. Thank you...

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Strong support for abortion reform
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Strong support for abortion reform

Catherine Gillies thinks all abortions are bad; therefore in her counselling she frames all psycho-social distress as a consequence of abortion, even up to the third generation later, according to her op-ed on August 6. This is frankly ridiculous...

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Not for dogs
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Not for dogs

The Farmers’ Market is a very pleasant outing on a Saturday morning and the chance to stock up with fresh fruit and vegetables, have a cup of coffee with friends while listening to music. Why do people find it necessary to bring their stinking dogs...

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Guide Briefs
Lifestyle

Guide Briefs

“The Man is a modern jester who holds court in the park and reaches out to his fellow citizens by questioning everything,” says the unnamed comedian/actor behind The Man. Inspired by London's Speakers' Corner, The Man blends stand-up and theatre...

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Waikohu raring to go
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Waikohu raring to go

RUGBYWAIKOHU are the Poverty Bay club rugby champions but they haven’t had a win on the park against their first 2019 opponents, High School Old Boys, in more than a year.“We can’t wait to play HSOB,” Waikohu premier coach Jason Tuapaw...

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Wharfside log yard taking shape
Gisborne Herald

Wharfside log yard taking shape

A retaining wall and stormwater catchment system are nearing completion as part of Eastland Port’s wharfside log yard development. The 1.8ha log yard will be able to store 10,000 tonnes of logs eventually, meaning fewer truck movements through the...