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Can the Youth A team outshock the Shockers?

Shockers Gold have taken the early lead in Eastern League first-division football but face a genuine test against Gisborne Thistle Youth A tomorrow. A second-division team last year, Shockers have started their league campaign with two wins — 2-1...

Taming inflation beast, slowly . . .

Inflation isn’t down on the canvas yet. But it is on the ropes. News this week that annual inflation dipped to 4 percent in the first quarter (from 4.7 percent), was welcome — although, as economists have pointed out, there were some worrying...

On rewriting the definition of hate speech

Clive Bibby During one of the rare occasions l was home in time to watch the lunch-time news, l was intrigued to note the main headline for the day being a call to update legislation governing the crime of hate speech. Perhaps because l am somewhat...

Keep NZ nuclear free

Re: Aukus, Gaza on agenda plus Full-scale war ‘now a real possibility’ — April 13 articles. No mention here of the 1984-1990 Labour government’s South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone law. Yet Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters slammed...

Busy summer for Gisborne's lifeguards

Tairāwhiti surf lifeguards were kept busy over summer with multiple rescue situations and assists, hundreds of preventative actions and many first aid situations. The summer season patrols concluded on March 24. “There were challenges around...

Six60 in the house in Tairāwhiti next week

Kiwi band Six60 are making their way across small-town New Zealand on their Grassroots Tour and that road will bring them to the East Coast early next week. The band’s shows at Te Puka Tavern in Tokomaru Bay on Monday and War Memorial Theatre in...

Wounded while helping in dog attack on the Coast

A man who intervened in a dog attack in Tokomaru Bay on Wednesday morning suffered moderate wounds to a hand and an arm. The incident happened at the Waimā end of Tokomaru Bay at around 8.30am. Another man, who was first on the scene after the...

Aratu Forests loses FSC certification

A second Gisborne forestry company within the space of two months has lost its sustainability accreditation. Aratu Forests’ (formerly Hikurangi Farm Forests) Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certificate was suspended on March 28 by Swiss auditing...

Named among Adam finalists

Gisborne artist Tyler Wray is a finalist in the prestigious Adam Portraiture Award after being selected from a record-breaking number of entries. The 19-year-old has always loved to draw and paint but said the portrait was the first large scale...

Taking the audience on a journey

A new performance piece by celebrated musician, producer and innovator Tiki Taane(Ngati Maniapoto) and multidisciplinary artist Kereama Taepa (Te Arawa, Te Ati Awa), Mai te Uira, combines digital visual art with music in a progressive and...

Inward-looking US a global concern

Ewan McGregor The 20th Century was rightly known as the American Century as it became the industrial powerhouse of the world. However, it was not until World War 2 that it became the absolutely dominant political force. It emerged from the war with...

Visionary? Or an old pipe dream?

Picture the scene: a capital city with pedestrianised streets, bustling shops, affordable housing sprinkled through inner laneways while a mega underground tunnel diverts noisy traffic away. It’s hard to deny the appeal of such a major...

Intensification paradox

Kiwis should not live on productive land and enjoy a “useful” amount of space — because, relatively speaking, they don’t “produce” much that the market values. That’s exactly where Kiwis should be living because it “produces”...

Fixing Corrections

Corrections — should we correct Corrections or not? I leave it to the readers to decide. In the 1980s the National Party did some very good work with Sir Doug Graham as the Minister of Justice. Having met with him many times, we were able to...

MPI should share crayfish pot survey data

Can anyone tell me why commercial crayfishers are allowed to take crayfish 2mm smaller than amateurs? Do people know the juvenile catch is down 80 percent? That means the adult catch will be down in approximately four to five years. Why can’t MPI...

Event chance to show skills in care

The public appreciate the skills of Gisborne Hospital staff but an inaugural “skills-a-thon” by staff provided for the benefit of other staff has proved popular. Staff across the spectrum of medical disciplines took part including from ostomy...