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Poverty Bay - East Coast golf roundup
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Poverty Bay - East Coast golf roundup

Poverty BayTHE pundits are picking a William Brown-Andrew Higham senior men’s club championship final . . . but there are a few players planning to defy the favouritism. Glenn Morley, who qualified 14th, provided the upset of the champs so far...

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Sallies announce major book sale
Gisborne Herald

Sallies announce major book sale

SALVATION Army Family Store manager Heidi Parkes says the store has been donated so many quality household items that there is an urgent need to make some space.“We have about 4000 to 5000 books in one of our storage sheds, so we are going to have...

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Awarua open to public on Monday
Gisborne Herald

Awarua open to public on Monday

GISBORNE District Council staff will be moving into their new administration building, Awarua, over the next two months. It will be open to the public from Monday. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said the staff move from the other buildings...

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True account worth reading
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True account worth reading

I have just completed reading Into the Unknown: The secret WWI diary of Kiwi Alick Trafford, No. 25/469. For those interested, it is so well worth reading this documented, true account of what was endured. Our Dad was a veteran of World War One and...

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Ecstasy to agony
Gisborne Herald

Ecstasy to agony

DRUGS, particularly Ecstasy or E, were the major concern for police and St John ambulance staff at the Rhythm and Vines music festival. Police said alcohol was not such a major issue this time. Of the 15 people taken to Gisborne Hospital with severe...

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Passengers full of praise
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Passengers full of praise

As an “Ask Me” volunteer for the cruise ship passengers yesterday, we received so many compliments about Gisborne it made you aware of just how lucky we are to live here. While I thanked him personally, I would also like to acknowledge the part...

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City plants mostly from local growers
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City plants mostly from local growers

Love all the new plantings going on around the district. Could the council please tell us where these plants have come from? I have a sneaking suspicion they have not come from local growers. Am I wrong?Wendy LintonFootnote from GDC contracts and...

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A health system under strain
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A health system under strain

Just as the ball seems to follow a fielder in a cricket match, the political spotlight followed Labour Cabinet Minister Andrew Little last week and the focus was not always welcome. Little's main portfolio of health was in the news during a week in...

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Fuelling creativity in school
Gisborne Herald

Fuelling creativity in school

CREATIVITY is not optional, but crucial, say the Jarratts and they have created a programme to fuel it. They just need the community’s help. Jarratt Create and Educate is husband-and-wife team Ellen and Peter Jarratt, who are originally from...

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GD's famous biscuits
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GD's famous biscuits

Granny Dear agrees to share the chocolate chippie recipe she’s been making for 60 or so years. Justine Tyerman tells the story of the famous biscuits . . .When the bride-to-be requested chocolate chippies for her wedding last year, her grandmother...

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Graduate starts dream nursing job
Gisborne Herald

Graduate starts dream nursing job

AFTER 14 years as a stay-at-home mother of four, Bronwyn Scanlan wanted to help other people’s children too. Now she is an EIT Bachelor of Nursing graduate and has secured her dream job at Gisborne Hospital, starting next week. When her second...

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Father-son combinations to the fore
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Father-son combinations to the fore

CRICKET Time is precious — and short. Four father-son combinations made the most of a rare opportunity to play club cricket regularly together this season. The Trowells (Malcolm, 42, and Nathan, 14), Fosters (Mike, 41, Matthew, 15, and Dylan, 13)...

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‘Honoured, energised’
Gisborne Herald

‘Honoured, energised’

A special magic shone out of a collaborative production of dance, music and spoken word at the Lawson Field Theatre yesterday. Called Tukutuku, the show lived up to its title as Gisborne Girls’ High School special needs students, students with...

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Amber extends the sporting line
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Amber extends the sporting line

SIXTEEN-year-old Amber Phillips is showing the type of football ability that thrust her father Neal into a champion Gisborne City team straight from school. Amber lives with her parents Neal and Wendy in Ashhurst, just outside Palmerston North...