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April sun in Gisborne
Gisborne Herald

April sun in Gisborne

Despite recent rain, the area around Gisborne remains in soil moisture deficit and follows one of the driest Aprils in the past 115 years. Climate records held by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) show it was the sixth...

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Focus on preventing tragic deaths
Opinion

Focus on preventing tragic deaths

There are a number of figures that we should keep in our minds if we want to avoid being thrown into a panic by doomsayers. They are broad, approximate figures and I sometimes round them up or down a bit to make them easy to remember, but they are...

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Hello from Toko
Gisborne Herald

Hello from Toko

More of Tairawhiti’s tourism attractions, and down-to-earth residents, will be encouraging overseas tourists to come here — and the way is open for the whole district to join in. A year-long Tourism New Zealand campaign went live in Australia on...

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Until utopia arrives
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Until utopia arrives

Thank you Heather Marion Smith for your reply of August 18. The lesson in economics is duly noted but until that utopia of plentiful money for pest control arrives, aerial 1080 is the best method available for large-scale ecological restoration of...

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Mahia house wins NZ award
Gisborne Herald

Mahia house wins NZ award

A house built high on a Mahia hill has landed a Gisborne building company a category win in the national Master Builders House of the Year Awards. The category stipulates the house must be a new house valued at between $550,000 and $700,000. The win...

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Keeping Pasifika culture alive
Gisborne Herald

Keeping Pasifika culture alive

A Tairāwhiti-based cultural initiative to strengthen Pasifika identities through performing arts has been funded by the Department of Internal Affairs (Te Tari Taiwhenua).The Pacific Islanders Community Trust (PICT) has been holding Pasifik...

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Gisborne house prices continue to rise
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Gisborne house prices continue to rise

NEW lending restrictions for investors could be having an impact on home values here, with new statistics showing the average price of a house in Gisborne rising almost 5 percent to $246,757. The latest QV house price index shows the average value of...

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Forestry fatality
Gisborne Herald

Forestry fatality

A forestry worker died yesterday when he was struck by a falling tree while working in a forest at Raukumara in a remote area about 20 kilometres inland from Tokomaru Bay. Emergency services were notified at around 12.30pm. It happened in a forest on...

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Sharks storm back for win
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Sharks storm back for win

WAINUI Sharks beat Bohemians 4-3 at Wainui on Saturday, but the scoreline is not even half of this Eastern League Division 1 football story. Bohemians led 3-0 at halftime, then Wainui came storming back. Ricky Boyd scored a hat-trick as the Sharks...

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Jazzing up the Palace
Lifestyle

Jazzing up the Palace

Gisborne's premier — and probably only — jazz collective is stepping under the lights again to treat ears to all shades of jazz this Friday at Smash Palace. The six-piece John Mackill's Jazz Collective is bringing decades of experience to the...

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Exploring our own ‘backyard’
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Exploring our own ‘backyard’

Driving along magnificent stretches of Central Otago highway without a care in the world, the sun streaming down from a clear, blue, autumn sky, my husband Chris and I encountered some extraordinarily-friendly gestures from the occupants of other...

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Titular view
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Titular view

Anne Salmond’s comments on equality have left me somewhat puzzled. She has accepted the title of “Dame” and is addressed as Dame Anne. Surely knighthoods and dameships are leftovers of the class-ridden society of Britain, and reinforce the...

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No more single-use plastic
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No more single-use plastic

My name is Gabriel and I am a student at Campion College. On Fridays we do Impact Projects, around things we have a passion for. This semester I have chosen to take part in a project centred around trying to remove single-use plastic bags and straws...

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Waka facility fantastic
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Waka facility fantastic

Great to see someone finally has the common sense to get the waka sorted in Anzac Park, which will be a tremendous boat facility with rowing and kayaking there as well. However, I strongly disagree with the overload congestion of the Marina Park...

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Setting out on long and winding road
Sport

Setting out on long and winding road

Gisborne footballers Brooke Bennett and Rubi Perano are ready to travel the long and winding road for the next three months. Goalkeeper Brooke, 17, and centreback Rubi, 16, have been selected in the 18-strong Central Football squad for the National...

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Pirates in big upset
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Pirates in big upset

SCOTT Hollinshead was the toast of a Pirates side who upset the form book with a thrilling two-wicket win against High School Old Boys in Doleman Cup 40-over cricket at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. Hollinshead was superb, hitting 11 fours and...

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Adams slots in, ‘Kings’ on its way
Lifestyle

Adams slots in, ‘Kings’ on its way

As soon as Kings of the Gym director James Packman saw Kate Adams he knew he had found the ideal person to play star netball player Annie Tupua in the Kiwi comedy. Annie is Maori, a student teacher in the PE department and a very fit, born-again...

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Colossal jostle
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Colossal jostle

RUGBYFrustration: it’s one of rugby’s essential ingredients. And Saturday’s colossal jostle in the Civil Project Solutions premier-grade match between Enterprise Cars OBM and Larsawn Ngatapa at Patutahi was a tense test of nerve. OBM, the...

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Chance to collaborate and craft
Gisborne Herald

Chance to collaborate and craft

Arts and crafts arose in the wake of the Industrial Revolution and its mass-produced and banal decorative arts. But modern-day practitioners such as Patsy Matete know of the therapeutic value and the camaraderie of arts and crafts. Mrs Matete is an...

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Upset win for Whangara
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Upset win for Whangara

NETBALLWHANGARA Old Girls pulled off the upset of the Gisborne netball season so far when they soundly defeated High School Old Girls at the YMCA last night. Whangara held the lead throughout this Pak’nSave premier grade match and won 48-35. They...