16 May, 2012
- Sophie Rishworth
TWO storms that battered the Gisborne region in March and April blew more than the entire year’s Gisborne District Council flood damage budget...
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16 May, 2012
FEDERATED Farmers Gisborne-Wairoa has thrown its weight behind a campaign to get the Napier-Gisborne railway line repaired...
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16 May, 2012
- Roger Handford
BERL stands by its report that says Gisborne’s economic performance ranking took a downward plunge in 2011 and a spokesman for the firm says it is “a...
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16 May, 2012
AN art auction to raise funds for the CanTeen East Cape Branch will be held on Thursday...
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16 May, 2012
Prime Minister John Key enjoyed morning tea with about half of the Beetham Lifestyle Village residents this morning, including Trish Fenn...
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15 May, 2012
THE Waioeka Gorge is under threat of closure again as the clean-up of the landslide is expected to reach $10 million dollars...
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15 May, 2012
WAIKOHU and GMC rugby clubs face a judicial committee after their senior one rugby match was called off because of a brawl on Saturday...
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15 May, 2012
- Mark Peters
INCREASED prescription charges planned by the Government will definitely have an impact on some people — particularly those in low socio-economic...
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15 May, 2012
- Mark Peters
THE LEGACY of an oak tree Barbara Barwick collected acorns from in the 1970s now lives on in the shape of a family heirloom, created by Gisborne...
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15 May, 2012
- Alice Te Puni
GISBORNE Boys’ High School deputy head prefect Logan Candy has been selected for the inaugural Young Blake Expedition to the Kermadec Islands...
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14 May, 2012
- Sophie Rishworth
SOMEONE is going to die if the qualification standards for tradespeople are not tightened, says a Gisborne businessman...
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14 May, 2012
- Andy Chapman
ONE of Gisborne’s landmark buildings is set for a major facelift, says its new owner...
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14 May, 2012
- John Gillies
TUHOE chief negotiator Tamati Kruger is keen to have informal talks with Wairoa district councillors on issues they have in common...
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14 May, 2012
- Alice Te Puni
THE monarch is the long-distance champion of butterfly migration but very little is known of its travels or habits in New Zealand during the cooler...
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14 May, 2012
Community support to fix and keep the Gisborne to Wairoa railway line open was shown by “bums on seats” behind Gisborne’s iconic steam locomotive...
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12 May, 2012
- Mark Peters
TAIRAWHITI is one of the districts to benefit from a $12 million boost to the national campaign against rheumatic fever...
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12 May, 2012
A GISBORNE farm forester’s quest to reduce erosion and maintain the viability of his steep hill country property has earned him a prestigious...
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12 May, 2012
- Alice Te Puni
EARTHQUAKE repair and strengthening costs will force closure of the quaint St Barnabas’ Church at Makaraka . . . and the brick building will have to...
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11 May, 2012
- Sophie Rishworth
THE latest unemployment rate for Gisborne is 9.9 percent, yet despite the large number of jobless some employers are surprised by the low number of...
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11 May, 2012
- Alice Te Puni
YOUNG orators competing in the Nga Manu Korero competition yesterday delivered inspirational and thought-provoking speeches peppered with flair and...
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11 May, 2012
- Andy Chapman
GISBORNE has returned one of the highest national monthly “spending dips” in new figures released by Paymark...
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11 May, 2012
EDUCATIONAL sessions with young athletes from the 2012 Tairawhiti Rising Legend (TRL) squad went really well, said sports nutrition and dietetics...
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11 May, 2012
- John Hill
GISBORNE might no longer have a second division basketball team but, thanks to the efforts of Sport Gisborne’s new community adviser in charge of...
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10 May, 2012
- Sophie Rishworth
RUATORIA residents are refusing to pay the majority of the new rate for the Waiapu River protection work and say it should be paid by the main...
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10 May, 2012
WITH less than a month to go until the transit of Venus on June 6, Gisborne’s hotels are booked out from June 5 to June 9 as excitement builds for...
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