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New bid for bus subsidy
Sat, Mar 08, 14
ANOTHER attempt will be made to change a Ministry of Education policy that means Kaiti children have to pay to use school buses while those from...

Toko poets sweep Seaweek
YOUNG East Coast writers are heading to the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier today to present their winning Seaweek poems...

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Major review of the wastewater system 8 Mar, 2014 A MAJOR report with a huge bearing on Gisborne city’s wastewater disposal system will be presented in a few months...
‘Present policies not helping exporters’ 7 Mar, 2014 MANUFACTURERS and exporters are in a tight squeeze because government policies are not meeting their needs, says New Zealand Manufacturers and...
Longboarding in the first light 7 Mar, 2014 NOW in its 19th year, the Makorori First Light Surfing Classic will be held at a Gisborne beach this Sunday...

Major review of the wastewater system

8 Mar, 2014

A MAJOR report with a huge bearing on Gisborne city’s wastewater disposal system will be presented in a few months...

‘Present policies not helping exporters’

7 Mar, 2014

MANUFACTURERS and exporters are in a tight squeeze because government policies are not meeting their needs, says New Zealand Manufacturers and...

Longboarding in the first light

7 Mar, 2014

NOW in its 19th year, the Makorori First Light Surfing Classic will be held at a Gisborne beach this Sunday...

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Gold and silver for local paddlers 7 Mar, 2014 WAKA AMA...
Ready to lock wheels with the Aussies 5 Mar, 2014 GISBORNE youth ministock racer Hamish Moore headed out of town this morning bound for Australia to represent New Zealand in a transtasman test...
Reid on track for worlds 5 Mar, 2014 GISBORNE triathlete Tayler Reid’s silver medal at the Oceania championships last weekend has all but guaranteed him a place in the New Zealand team...

Gold and silver for local paddlers

7 Mar, 2014

WAKA AMA...

Ready to lock wheels with the Aussies

5 Mar, 2014

GISBORNE youth ministock racer Hamish Moore headed out of town this morning bound for Australia to represent New Zealand in a transtasman test...

Reid on track for worlds

5 Mar, 2014

GISBORNE triathlete Tayler Reid’s silver medal at the Oceania championships last weekend has all but guaranteed him a place in the New Zealand team...

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Instruments of creativity 6 Mar, 2014 OTIS Frizzell’s sports bag has had a life — its handles so well handled that they’re glutinous with disintegration; its vinyl body so softened with...
Ruha steps out from kapa haka umbrella 6 Mar, 2014 AN East Coast artist is hitting the “world” music charts as he gears up to release his debut EP...
Gisborne music contest all go 6 Mar, 2014 DATES for the 2014 Gisborne International Music Competition have been confirmed, with the first round recitals starting on December 1, running...

Instruments of creativity

6 Mar, 2014

OTIS Frizzell’s sports bag has had a life — its handles so well handled that they’re glutinous with disintegration; its vinyl body so softened with...

Ruha steps out from kapa haka umbrella

6 Mar, 2014

AN East Coast artist is hitting the “world” music charts as he gears up to release his debut EP...

Gisborne music contest all go

6 Mar, 2014

DATES for the 2014 Gisborne International Music Competition have been confirmed, with the first round recitals starting on December 1, running...

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Quality cattle make the money 12 Feb, 2014 - Barrie Gordon IT MAY have been a small cattle sale at Matawhero yesterday but the offering was a reflection of a very good season...
WANTED: manuka land 12 Feb, 2014 A MAJOR seminar on manuka honey will be of interest to honey producers in the Gisborne-East Coast region later this month...
Bark on vines being trialled 25 Jan, 2014 A DRIVE towards more sustainability has led to a new initiative at Eastland Port’s debarker and Gisborne growers could benefit...

Quality cattle make the money

12 Feb, 2014 - Barrie Gordon

IT MAY have been a small cattle sale at Matawhero yesterday but the offering was a reflection of a very good season...

WANTED: manuka land

12 Feb, 2014

A MAJOR seminar on manuka honey will be of interest to honey producers in the Gisborne-East Coast region later this month...

Bark on vines being trialled

25 Jan, 2014

A DRIVE towards more sustainability has led to a new initiative at Eastland Port’s debarker and Gisborne growers could benefit...

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Is widening the Motu Bridge this region’s top roading priority? 8 Mar, 2014 - Jeremy Muir Most Ministers visiting Gisborne over the past decade, especially those who have had anything to do with transport or economic development, have been...
Manufacturing sector’s calls for change heard by Left of politics 7 Mar, 2014 - Jeremy Muir Next week the Reserve Bank is set to start lifting the Official Cash Rate from its record low of 2.5 percent, the only question seeming to be whether...
ACT needs to get back to founding principles to have any impact 6 Mar, 2014 - John Jones Faced with a massive rebuilding task, the ACT Party seems to have missed a chance at its weekend conference to establish itself as a partner for...

Is widening the Motu Bridge this region’s top roading priority?

8 Mar, 2014 - Jeremy Muir

Most Ministers visiting Gisborne over the past decade, especially those who have had anything to do with transport or economic development, have been...

Manufacturing sector’s calls for change heard by Left of politics

7 Mar, 2014 - Jeremy Muir

Next week the Reserve Bank is set to start lifting the Official Cash Rate from its record low of 2.5 percent, the only question seeming to be whether...

ACT needs to get back to founding principles to have any impact

6 Mar, 2014 - John Jones

Faced with a massive rebuilding task, the ACT Party seems to have missed a chance at its weekend conference to establish itself as a partner for...

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Grieving whanau need answers 7 Mar, 2014 by Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia...
Think first of the good we have 6 Mar, 2014 by Amber Dunn, city councillor...
Best to build railcars ourselves 5 Mar, 2014 by Tony Barnby...

Grieving whanau need answers

7 Mar, 2014

by Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia...

Think first of the good we have

6 Mar, 2014

by Amber Dunn, city councillor...

Best to build railcars ourselves

5 Mar, 2014

by Tony Barnby...

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Vacant HNZ flats vandalised, an eyesore 8 Mar, 2014 I would like to thank Housing New Zealand for leaving two-storey flats across from my house empty for over a year...
Unoccupied 8 Mar, 2014 Re: Court news...
Well said . . . 8 Mar, 2014 Re: Think first of the good we have, March 6 column...

Vacant HNZ flats vandalised, an eyesore

8 Mar, 2014

I would like to thank Housing New Zealand for leaving two-storey flats across from my house empty for over a year...

Unoccupied

8 Mar, 2014

Re: Court news...

Well said . . .

8 Mar, 2014

Re: Think first of the good we have, March 6 column...

Pa Boys Singing Competition - Song Casualty of love

Pa Boys Singing Competition Winner - In the still of the night

Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Uri - officially opened and blessed

The New Zealand Model T Ford Club in Gisborne

Gisborne Girls' High School swimming sports

The Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids Tryathlon Gisborne

Fletcher (salt4life) Stevenson 2014 - After the Storm

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7. Torched flat, breached sentence, sent to jail
8. New pool rules set to cause a splash
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10. Call for cycle access ‘vision’

Man in court after drug raid

Mother loses life in bid to save her boys

Found guilty of throwing boiling water at his boss

City of sundials

Selfless mother ‘saved my boy’

‘THE ART OF EIGHT LIMBS’

Torched flat, breached sentence, sent to jail

New pool rules set to cause a splash

Fitting setting to celebrate a Sunbeam’s 50th

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Call for cycle access ‘vision’

Sambar — Santorini style T he oddness of it appealed to me — Kiwis eating Indian food on a Greek island. My husband Chris came bounding up the steep steps to our villa in...
Well-healed The power of suggestion . . . or the power of healing? A busload of lively, not particularly spiritual Kiwis and Aussies felt soothed and tranquil...
Choose to cruise Gisborne weather and sea conditions performed magnificently for cruise ship visitors this week after misbehaving badly the last time the MS Oosterdam ...
‘Pendanostimo’ —five times tasty Crete is a land of legends . . . and legendary hospitality, and one sublime summer night in Elounda, we were treated to both...

Sambar — Santorini style

T he oddness of it appealed to me — Kiwis eating Indian food on a Greek island. My husband Chris came bounding up the steep steps to our villa in...

Well-healed

The power of suggestion . . . or the power of healing? A busload of lively, not particularly spiritual Kiwis and Aussies felt soothed and tranquil...

Choose to cruise

Gisborne weather and sea conditions performed magnificently for cruise ship visitors this week after misbehaving badly the last time the MS Oosterdam ...

‘Pendanostimo’ —five times tasty

Crete is a land of legends . . . and legendary hospitality, and one sublime summer night in Elounda, we were treated to both...

New leaders at the helm LYTTON High School’s 2014 prefects have a strong skill set and offer a high level of leadership, says principal Wiremu Elliott...
SUPER SCHOLAR LYTTON High School 2013 dux Corey Croker shares insightful words of wisdom to inspire young scholars. Corey closes the final chapter in this Super...
GOOD TIMES CAMPING AT KAIAUA AN ANNUAL WHANAU TRADITION Te Puke teenager Bobbie Paki spent the summer in the district. She shares her camping experiences on the East Coast with the Voice...
SUPER SCHOLAR GISBORNE Boys’ High School 2013 dux Gavin Hedley from Ruatoria has insightful words of wisdom to inspire young scholars. Gavin shares the school’s...
Cadets fly in style to camp FOR 60 young Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne military cadets getting to the 150th anniversary national camp being staged at Waiouru required a very special...
Thriving in the World of Coffee and Cafes EIT Tairawhiti café services graduate Jasmine Tuapawa has a new-found confidence thanks to her successful studies...

New leaders at the helm

LYTTON High School’s 2014 prefects have a strong skill set and offer a high level of leadership, says principal Wiremu Elliott...

SUPER SCHOLAR

LYTTON High School 2013 dux Corey Croker shares insightful words of wisdom to inspire young scholars. Corey closes the final chapter in this Super...

GOOD TIMES CAMPING AT KAIAUA AN ANNUAL WHANAU TRADITION

Te Puke teenager Bobbie Paki spent the summer in the district. She shares her camping experiences on the East Coast with the Voice...

SUPER SCHOLAR

GISBORNE Boys’ High School 2013 dux Gavin Hedley from Ruatoria has insightful words of wisdom to inspire young scholars. Gavin shares the school’s...

Cadets fly in style to camp

FOR 60 young Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne military cadets getting to the 150th anniversary national camp being staged at Waiouru required a very special...

Thriving in the World of Coffee and Cafes

EIT Tairawhiti café services graduate Jasmine Tuapawa has a new-found confidence thanks to her successful studies...

Poll

The Regional Transport Committee has voted to spend possibly all the district’s remaining R funds (from a petrol tax) on making the Motu Bridge on the main highway north a two-lane bridge, at a cost of $4 million to $6 million. Do you agree with their decision?

Please read: Opposition to Motu Bridge patch-up job

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THE GUIDE AS AT FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Never mind the “forefathers” of the blues, what about the “foremothers”? US singer/songwriter Ruth Wyand (pictured) will be at The Dome Room on Friday...

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