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Daily convoys under way

Three convoys of vehicles are running daily in both directions to and from Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay from today. The piloted convoys are leaving from Tokomaru Bay 4 Square and the Waimata Valley/Back Ormond intersection at 8am, 11am and 2pm...

Waipaoa supply stable, pipeline repair going well

Some level of treated water supply from the Waingake pipeline to Gisborne is on track for the end of March, Gisborne District Council community lifelines director David Wilson says.“The restoration is progressing at pace with the water pipeline...

‘We’re still stuck’

Tokomaru Bay residents frustrated at convoy system delay

Trophies commemorate notable past players

Netball season about to get under way

Developer breached the National Environmental Standards

The district council has been partly successful in its prosecution this week of a developer who excavated and disposed of highly contaminated soil from a Gisborne property he wanted to subdivide. Yannis Kokkosis, 34, is the sole director of Gypsy...

BEST OF BOSTON

The United States' oldest city never forgets its past. Boston proudly wears its history on its sleeve. Just look at its trademark brownstone architecture as you walk along its cobblestoned streets. In the downtown and waterfront, old mingles with...

This week's gig guide

■Smash Palace, Friday March 17, 7.30pm. A celebration of women in music. Well Wahine, free entry.■Smash Palace, rock with Wairoa band Dakilulu. Saturday, March 18, 9pm, $10 door charge.■RSA, Saturday 7pm to 11pm, dress as your favourite...

Semifinalists aiming to peak at the right time

Four teams have to be at their best tomorrow. Ollie Needham, Craig Christophers, Mel Knight and Ryan West have led their teams to Poverty Bay Cricket Association's Senior B semifinals at the Harry Barker Reserve. A place in next week's final is their...

Pipe damage ‘unavoidable’

‘Unprecedented storm’ caused pipeline failure: JNL executive manager

Quiet achievers see team home

Keanu Makiri and Finn Robertson are quiet achievers. Yet these Gisborne Boys’ High School cricketers — more than any of their teammates on Wednesday — saw the Blues and Royals through to the T20 Challenge Cup final next week. Robertson made 29...

Choppered home to help with clean-up

Private Owen Rayner joined the New Zealand Army Reserve Force last year hoping to serve his country. He didn't have to wait long as last month Cyclone Gabrielle pounded much of the North Island, including his home region of Tairāwhiti. He was...

Golden St Paddy’s Day for Gisborne couple

It was a particularly happy St Patrick's Day — to be sure, to be sure — today for Gisborne couple Diane and Don Oates. Fifty years ago, Diane and Don got married. Diane did not want a big fuss made but did tell The Gisborne Herald they had...

Clinical partnership adopts MRI-guided, best-practice method to perform prostate biopsies

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men in Aotearoa and Tairāwhiti has adopted a global best-practice method to perform prostate biopsies. A prostate biopsy is a procedure to remove samples of suspicious tissue from a man's prostate. The...

Ship in waiting for first export ‘kiwis’

The first kiwifruit of the season leave Gisborne by sea early next week on board the freighter C.S. Trust that went to anchor in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay yesterday. It is the first of eight scheduled kiwifruit shipments from here this season —...

It’s the nays by one vote in cyclone response poll

A single vote tipped the scales in favour of the “no” camp in reply to this week's Gisborne Herald webpoll question “do you think the response to the cyclone damage is going well?”From a total of 210 votes, 80 people (38.1 percent) voted...

'Farmy Army' rallies troops to help with massive clean-up effort

The “Farmy Army” has mobilisied again for another mission — helping in the massive clean-up of cyclone-ravaged properties in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay. The Federated Farmers volunteer group was dubbed the “Farmy Army” when it first rallied...

Body in the water report prompts rescue chopper call-out

The Trust Tairāwhiti Rescue Helicopter and another rescue chopper from Hawke's Bay were called out last night after a report from a passing cruise ship about a possible body in the water off Gisborne's coast. Maritime New Zealand initiated the...

Gisborne teams at intercentre

Gisborne-East Coast men’s and women’s teams are in Christchurch competing in the national intercentre bowls tournament that finishes on Sunday. Play started yesterday at clubs throughout Canterbury. Men: Shaun Goldsbury, Malcolm Trowell, Steve...