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Dogs dress up for birthday
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Dogs dress up for birthday

All sorts of pets turned up for Gisborne SPCA first birthday fun pet show at Treble Court. One year ago, all SPCA Centres joined into one SPCA. Joining into one organisation means centres like Gisborne get more resource and support. SPCA centre...

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No subject is off limits
Lifestyle

No subject is off limits

Auditions will take place this Sunday for Gisborne Unity Theatre's newest play, The Wolves by Sarah de Lappe. Written in 2016 and named as a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the play chronicles six Saturday mornings in the lives of...

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Sports draws
Sport

Sports draws

SoftballFRIDAY — Waikirikiri Park, men, 6pm: D1, Spartans v GBHS 1. Saturday — Women, 1pm: D1, Rovers 1 v GGHS3pm: D2, Scorpions v Lytton Gems. Bye: Rovers 2. Men, 1pm: D2, GBHS 2 v Tolaga Titans. 3pm: D1, TWK Rams v Steelers. Tolaga Magic girls...

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FAILED TO PROTECT WORKER
Gisborne Herald

FAILED TO PROTECT WORKER

Stevedoring company ISO Limited has been convicted and ordered to undertake significant health and safety improvements in relation to the death of a Gisborne employee Shannon Brooke Rangihuna-Kemp. It must also pay her family $100,000. Ms...

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No meaningful rain since September
Gisborne Herald

No meaningful rain since September

RIVER and stream levels are plummeting, irrigation restrictions loom over the Gisborne Flats and city water use has skyrocketed. The Waipaoa River level has dropped to 0.859 of a metre at the Kaiteratahi Bridge, while Te Arai Stream has dropped by...

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Gisborne grapes in champion wines
Gisborne Herald

Gisborne grapes in champion wines

Wines produced from Gisborne grapes featured in the 17th annual New World Wine Awards that were announced yesterday, with the wines judged champion aromatic, champion pinot gris and champion “bubbles”, from more than a thousand wines. Coopers...

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Continuing his legacy
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Continuing his legacy

Over three decades after his death, a scholarship started in the memory of Steve Crosby, a local lawyer and outstanding sportsman, continues to benefit Gisborne students. The scholarship, founded by his friends after his premature death, aged just...

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Commonwealth Kiwis
Gisborne Herald

Commonwealth Kiwis

Para swimmer Sophie Pascoe lead a 200-strong New Zealand contingent of athletes and support staff at the opening ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast last night. The Kiwis received a huge ovation surpassed only by Australia —...

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Migration compact is scary
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Migration compact is scary

First I want to congratulate Peter Jones for his timely letter regarding the United Nations (November 22). It is scary stuff reading the Global Compact of safe and regular migration. This will mean that peoples wishing to come to your country, in...

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Barleycorn live at St Andrew’s
Gisborne Herald

Barleycorn live at St Andrew’s

When English pop singer Cliff Richard’s band rehearsed in a London cafe across the road from the cafe bass player Brendon Gill’s band rehearsed in during the 1960s, the two once got together to perform Dream, Dream, Dream. The Cliff Richard...

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Law to modify, restrain
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Law to modify, restrain

The laws against cannabis have been a spectacular failure, yet people regularly argue in support of the present law by citing road crashes involving cannabis-affected drivers. Since such crashes occur in spite of the present law, they cannot be an...

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Pre-season tournament a memorial to stalwart
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Pre-season tournament a memorial to stalwart

If there was football at Childers Road Reserve, Geoff Logan would often be there standing by a bin. The co-founder of Sunshine Brewery in Gisborne chipped in to help cover fees for representative teams, adverse weather did not deter his presence at...

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One eye on the horizon
Business

One eye on the horizon

Recently I have been thinking about the role of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce in our region. There are a lot of excellent businesses in our community where people are head down, getting on with business. The local economy is in a good...

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Proud of National’s achievements
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Proud of National’s achievements

I must admit it has been a bit of a roller coaster ride these past few weeks. I would like to extend my congratulations to the new government. It’s a huge privilege and responsibility to be in government, and I wish the new ministers all the best...

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Te Ahi o Maui could live on . . .
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Te Ahi o Maui could live on . . .

The miserable, wet night didn’t put a dampener on the Eastland Community Trust annual meeting last night, with about 100 people in attendance and at least a dozen expressing gratitude for the financial support ECT had given their community...

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Local news in brief
Gisborne Herald

Local news in brief

Big Wednesday claimedTHE unclaimed winning Big Wednesday ticket from last week’s final draw has been claimed. Bought from Ideal Store, the win was claimed at Countdown Gisborne. The ticket was one of three winning $87,272 tickets sold here. The...

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District players in form for Defence Blacks
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District players in form for Defence Blacks

TOKOMARU Bay man Hakarangi Tichborne, former Wairoa College student Zane Douglas and the New Zealand Defence Force rugby team have made a winning start to the International Defence Rugby Competition. They beat the Australian Defence Force 47-35 in...

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Better design for decision-making
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Better design for decision-making

A new Mayor stamping their mark or a planned reorganisation prepared well in advance?It is hard to say, as Gisborne District Council has been making more of its governance decisions over recent years in public-excluded or “workshop” sessions...