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Highway toll shocking
Sat, May 25, 13 • John Jones
THE main road north must have one of the worst records for fatalities in the country, the regional transport committee was told this week...

Sweet smell of success
GISBORNE rose breeder Mike Athy has made his mark on the international scene with outstanding results in the USA’s biggest rose trial...

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Awards three-peat 25 May, 2013 VILLA Maria’s Reserve Barrique Fermented Gisborne Chardonnay completed a hat-trick last night with its third consecutive supreme title at the...
The ‘magic of theatre’ brought to you by the letter E 25 May, 2013 - Mark Peters A HIGH-energy theatrical production designed to transport children into the heart of the seasonal calendar is coming to Gisborne next month...
Web poll majority support bombing platforms 25 May, 2013 - Sophie Rishworth IT is only a matter of time before young bridge jumpers land on a boat, debris or someone below and building safer “bombing platforms” for them was...

Awards three-peat

25 May, 2013

VILLA Maria’s Reserve Barrique Fermented Gisborne Chardonnay completed a hat-trick last night with its third consecutive supreme title at the...

The ‘magic of theatre’ brought to you by the letter E

25 May, 2013 - Mark Peters

A HIGH-energy theatrical production designed to transport children into the heart of the seasonal calendar is coming to Gisborne next month...

Web poll majority support bombing platforms

25 May, 2013 - Sophie Rishworth

IT is only a matter of time before young bridge jumpers land on a boat, debris or someone below and building safer “bombing platforms” for them was...

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Team proud to be targeted 24 May, 2013 - John Hill RUGBY - NGATAPA coach Steve Ward says his team will wear their targeted status with pride as they prepare for tomorrow’s premier rugby clash with...
Girls’ High push NHEW all the way 23 May, 2013 - Alice Te Puni NETBALL - NGA Hau e Wha clawed their way back from a halftime deficit to beat Gisborne Girls’ High School (1) 50-41 in premier-grade netball at the...
Juggernaut gathering momentum 22 May, 2013 - Ben O’Brien-Leaf BASKETBALL - UNBEATEN East Coast are fast becoming a club juggernaut in the 2013 Liquorland men’s basketball league...

Team proud to be targeted

24 May, 2013 - John Hill

RUGBY - NGATAPA coach Steve Ward says his team will wear their targeted status with pride as they prepare for tomorrow’s premier rugby clash with...

Girls’ High push NHEW all the way

23 May, 2013 - Alice Te Puni

NETBALL - NGA Hau e Wha clawed their way back from a halftime deficit to beat Gisborne Girls’ High School (1) 50-41 in premier-grade netball at the...

Juggernaut gathering momentum

22 May, 2013 - Ben O’Brien-Leaf

BASKETBALL - UNBEATEN East Coast are fast becoming a club juggernaut in the 2013 Liquorland men’s basketball league...

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When Noble met Noble . . . 23 May, 2013 - Kristine Walsh FILM - FOR Noble Keelan, being a consul-tant and advisor on the feature film Genesis — about his friend and fellow Eastern Knights Chess Club founder...
Let the battle (of the bands) begin 23 May, 2013 IT’S on. Tomorrow is the final of Gizzy Band Wars 2013 and the organisers reckon it’s going to be an interesting — or at least an entertaining —...
Wairoa gigs mark album launch 23 May, 2013 - Marino Harker-Smith ENTERTAINMENT - “A PERFECT mix of R&B and reggae” is one way to describe the sound of up-and-coming Wairoa band K/Line, says lead singer and founding...

When Noble met Noble . . .

23 May, 2013 - Kristine Walsh

FILM - FOR Noble Keelan, being a consul-tant and advisor on the feature film Genesis — about his friend and fellow Eastern Knights Chess Club founder...

Let the battle (of the bands) begin

23 May, 2013

IT’S on. Tomorrow is the final of Gizzy Band Wars 2013 and the organisers reckon it’s going to be an interesting — or at least an entertaining —...

Wairoa gigs mark album launch

23 May, 2013 - Marino Harker-Smith

ENTERTAINMENT - “A PERFECT mix of R&B and reggae” is one way to describe the sound of up-and-coming Wairoa band K/Line, says lead singer and founding...

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Resilience at Raukura 25 May, 2013 - Murray Robertson EXPERIENCED heads and sound decision-making steered the Raukura Station monitor farm through the drought, and nitrogen has made the difference since...
Not a bad sort of a sale 25 May, 2013 - Barrie Gordon FACED with over 5000 store lambs the bench at the Matawhero sheep sale did not get too excited on Friday...
Groundwork for cadets 11 May, 2013 - Murray Robertson THE Tairawhiti farm cadets school at Green Lakes station at Tiniroto is an excellent programme, with a good crew of boys all keen to learn, farm...

Resilience at Raukura

25 May, 2013 - Murray Robertson

EXPERIENCED heads and sound decision-making steered the Raukura Station monitor farm through the drought, and nitrogen has made the difference since...

Not a bad sort of a sale

25 May, 2013 - Barrie Gordon

FACED with over 5000 store lambs the bench at the Matawhero sheep sale did not get too excited on Friday...

Groundwork for cadets

11 May, 2013 - Murray Robertson

THE Tairawhiti farm cadets school at Green Lakes station at Tiniroto is an excellent programme, with a good crew of boys all keen to learn, farm...

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Food in schools is a small but important part of the equation 25 May, 2013 - Jeremy Muir It goes without saying that children cannot learn properly on an empty stomach. If they are full of junk food, they will struggle to concentrate too...
Labour has chance to save us all hundreds of millions of dollars 24 May, 2013 - Jeremy Muir The Labour Party has an opportunity to save the nation hundreds of millions of dollars and at the same time patch-up its recently-damaged reputation...
Contributors with political bent have to front up 23 May, 2013 - Jeremy Muir Gary has decided to tango with Meng again. Larry’s back it seems, Alan and Allan have served up new perspectives on the farms, and Manu has turned up...

Food in schools is a small but important part of the equation

25 May, 2013 - Jeremy Muir

It goes without saying that children cannot learn properly on an empty stomach. If they are full of junk food, they will struggle to concentrate too...

Labour has chance to save us all hundreds of millions of dollars

24 May, 2013 - Jeremy Muir

The Labour Party has an opportunity to save the nation hundreds of millions of dollars and at the same time patch-up its recently-damaged reputation...

Contributors with political bent have to front up

23 May, 2013 - Jeremy Muir

Gary has decided to tango with Meng again. Larry’s back it seems, Alan and Allan have served up new perspectives on the farms, and Manu has turned up...

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Disputes have to be resolved 25 May, 2013 - Deborah Hart ACCORDING to the latest official figures, New Zealand has over recent years become a less lethally violent country — with one distressing exception...
Projects for today and future 25 May, 2013 - Pat Seymour, GDC councillor and chair of Environment and Policy THE council’s annual plan, three-year plan and 10-year plan cycles are all opportunities for our residents to put forward new ideas or modifications...
An independent Maori voice 25 May, 2013 - Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia THE Maori electoral option and the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election highlight the absolute need for our people to enrol on the Maori electoral roll and...

Disputes have to be resolved

25 May, 2013 - Deborah Hart

ACCORDING to the latest official figures, New Zealand has over recent years become a less lethally violent country — with one distressing exception...

Projects for today and future

25 May, 2013 - Pat Seymour, GDC councillor and chair of Environment and Policy

THE council’s annual plan, three-year plan and 10-year plan cycles are all opportunities for our residents to put forward new ideas or modifications...

An independent Maori voice

25 May, 2013 - Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia

THE Maori electoral option and the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election highlight the absolute need for our people to enrol on the Maori electoral roll and...

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GDC should be guardian of Gisborne’s trees 25 May, 2013 I have only lived in Gisborne a few years but have come to have a huge appreciation of its trees. Gisborne trees in all their variety are marvellous...
If Foxton can do it . . . 25 May, 2013 Re: Cycleway city . . ...
Parekura missed in Paris 25 May, 2013 I am deeply affected by the passing of Parekura Horomia, a man whose stature far exceeded the borders of New Zealand...

GDC should be guardian of Gisborne’s trees

25 May, 2013

I have only lived in Gisborne a few years but have come to have a huge appreciation of its trees. Gisborne trees in all their variety are marvellous...

If Foxton can do it . . .

25 May, 2013

Re: Cycleway city . . ...

Parekura missed in Paris

25 May, 2013

I am deeply affected by the passing of Parekura Horomia, a man whose stature far exceeded the borders of New Zealand...

the 2013 home expo

The New Zealand Floral Art Society.

Meet the council....

Scott Cully - pumpkin carver...

Tragic fire in car...

Top Stories

1. Truck driver killed in ‘horrendous’ accident
2. Driver killed in East Coast truck crash
3. Call for ‘bombing platforms’
4. Names of drivers in fatal truck crash released
5. Crew ‘hanging out’ for Gisborne shoot
6. Gisborne athlete’s EBA let-off overturned
7. Screaming child alerts mother to house fire
8. Disgust at paua plundering
9. Cenotaph soldier revealed
10. Keeping up the rhythm . . .

Truck driver killed in ‘horrendous’ accident

Driver killed in East Coast truck crash

Call for ‘bombing platforms’

Names of drivers in fatal truck crash released

Crew ‘hanging out’ for Gisborne shoot

Gisborne athlete’s EBA let-off overturned

Screaming child alerts mother to house fire

Disgust at paua plundering

Cenotaph soldier revealed

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Keeping up the rhythm . . .

AMAZING AMAZON We took a 30-minute flight from Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, to the town of Coca, gateway to the Ecuadorian Amazon...
Walks-for-wine Justine Tyerman manages to leave Waiheke with her limbs intact after spending Easter — but not a fortune — on the island with her family...
Night Vision I’m in a trance, half awake, half asleep. It’s very late at night and my fingers freeze on the keyboard — my eyes not fully believing the vision...

AMAZING AMAZON

We took a 30-minute flight from Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, to the town of Coca, gateway to the Ecuadorian Amazon...

Walks-for-wine

Justine Tyerman manages to leave Waiheke with her limbs intact after spending Easter — but not a fortune — on the island with her family...

Night Vision

I’m in a trance, half awake, half asleep. It’s very late at night and my fingers freeze on the keyboard — my eyes not fully believing the vision...

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11.1 °C

Rainfall today: 0.0 mm

Barometer: 1003.5 hPa

Conditions at local time 03:10 on 26 May 2013

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ENTERTAINMENT

THE GUIDE LISTINGS AS AT MAY 23, 2013

While half of Gisborne is this weekend galloping around town making their shorts for the 2013 48Hours Furious Filmmaking contest, we’ll be enjoying...

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