4 Feb, 2012
- Jeremy Muir
Ten years ago a nondescript Korean log vessel brought Gisborne to the attention of the world’s media, and kept residents enthralled for 18 days...
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3 Feb, 2012
- Jeremy Muir
Letters today about impatient, rude drivers in Gisborne will strike a chord with some people...
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2 Feb, 2012
- Jeremy Muir
Good on Russel “Gimmie my flag back” Norman for opposing the sale of farmland to one of the world’s most celebrated movie directors...
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1 Feb, 2012
- Jeremy Muir
Councillors have decided on a repair job for the Cenotaph rather than a full restoration — which they have put in the 10-year plan — because of other...
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31 Jan, 2012
- John Jones
The fact that the Citrus Grove project at Makaraka has not died with Gisborne District Council’s decision to decline the original private plan change...
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28 Jan, 2012
- Jeremy Muir
That the Waipaoa Flood Control Scheme was no longer the insurance policy that it should be, and the Flats and possibly even Gisborne were at risk from...
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27 Jan, 2012
- Jeremy Muir
At the end of a long, circuitous debate, the “Yes” in favour of a $240,000, insurance-paid repair job for Gisborne’s iconic Cenotaph was a...
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26 Jan, 2012
- Jeremy Muir
Labour leader David Shearer has weighed into the foreign ownership debate, saying the $200 million bid by a Chinese company to buy the 16 Crafar...
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25 Jan, 2012
- Jeremy Muir
Of all the capital projects the council is considering, none is more urgent than repairing the Gisborne Cenotaph...
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24 Jan, 2012
- Jeremy Muir
Staff recommendations to the council this week to upgrade the War Memorial Theatre and repair and strengthen the cenotaph show a dose of realism...
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