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OBM snatch late cup win

High School Old Boys had one hand on a treasure they have hunted for high and low. But Rikki Terekia’s Enterprise Cars OBM came from 14-19 down at halftime, to pip their arch-rivals 29-24 and retain the Peter Martin Cup. The derby clash for the...

YMP make a premier point

YMP turned the tables on defending premier grade netball champions Whangara Old Girls at Victoria Domain on Saturday and ran out convincing winners in a rematch of last year’s grand finalists. Other premier winners on Saturday were Clayden’s...

Two from two for defending champs

Shayde Skudder’s crew are on track. Lee Bros Shield holders East Coast Farm Vets YMP have followed up their 49-15 win on Tiny White Opening Day by beating GT Shearing Waikohu 31-10 in Week 2. YMP trailed OBM 14-15 en route to victory in the season...

Slim lead to Patutahi at Oligoi Jug

Patutahi (1) have the narrowest of leads after the first two rounds of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub golf pennants. Only two points separated the top five teams at the end of the rounds held at Tolaga Bay Golf Club on Saturday. Patutahi (1)...

Tough lessons for young players in 10-goal beating

Call them the Cramer Kids, if you like. It doesn’t have the ring of, say, the Busby Babes, but it gives you an idea of the nature of the team. They’re young, inexperienced and the best rebuild option available to Electrinet Gisborne Thistle...

Stabbing spree at Bondi mall horrific

Some weekends are best forgotten as they seem to hold nothing positive and as far as the news cycle is concerned, the past one was a classic bleak weekend. A vicious stabbing spree in a Sydney mall kept many people glued to their televisions from...

A pantomime crisis, not a real war

Gwynne Dyer Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s “Supreme Leader”, is embarrassed and humiliated by the complete failure of his drone and missile attack on Israel, but does US President Joe Biden have the empathy to feel sorry for his old adversary?...

Chivalry alive and well here

I would like to say a big thank you to the man and lady who stopped to help me outside Mitre 10 on Saturday afternoon, to get my wife into the car when she became unwell. It proves that chivalry is alive and well. On numerous occasions other people...

Cross with ‘crossing jumps’

I am disturbed and saddened by the continuation of money wasting by our local council. Efforts to install traffic calming measures do not seem to take account of the road use by emergency vehicles. The installation of raised pedestrian crossings...

Missing man investigation development: Beach search near Esk River

Police and excavators were at work in Eskdale yesterday amid the investigation into the disappearance of Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri, 1News reported online yesterday. “Police are making inquiries as part of an ongoing investigation into the...

Footpaths a nightmare for disability scooter riders

The challenge has been issued. Long-serving disability advocate and former deputy mayor Nona Aston has challenged Gisborne district councillors to ride her disability scooter on a city footpath. She told councillors some carriageways and footpaths...

District council systems frustrate trust as Grey Street project drags on

The Tai Uehā Grey Street project is behind schedule and Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust blames Gisborne District Council. The trust’s Amy Spence, speaking to the Gisborne Regional Transport Committee hearing on the Regional Land Transport Plan...

Community comes together in a kaleidoscope of culture at Colour Run for Diversity 2024

Nature provided a perfect autumn day at Marina Park on Saturday for the much-anticipated Colour Run for Diversity 2024 hosted by Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC). Several hundred eager people of all ages, and from a variety of cultural and...

GP funding crisis: Three Rivers underfunded by more than 200 percent

The GP sector is in a crisis with practices such as Three Rivers, which serves a high-needs population, underfunded by more than 200 percent.

Gisborne Herald 16.04.24

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At home in Ūawa

Thabiso Mashaba from Botswana in southern Africa moved with his whānau to Ūawa Tolaga Bay. He talked to kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. Moving to Tairāwhiti is one of the best decisions Thabiso has made in his life, he says. Thabiso...

A thriving enterprise focused on waste minimisation, conservation, biodiversity and education

Gillian Cowperthwaite looks into the not-for-profit Tairāwhiti Environment Centre which operates a thriving enterprise focused on waste minimisation, conservation and biodiversity and education for the community. The Tairāwhiti Environment Centre...

Seafaring adventure

Seven-year-old Viggo Mikkelsen Steele shares his final adventure tale from the trip, filled with Caribbean wonders and heartfelt farewells. Hello, it’s Viggo again. Since I last wrote a lot has happened. My dad crossed the Atlantic Ocean in our...