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Roads cash blowout
Wed, May 16, 12 • 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...

Cuppa with the PM
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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‘Fix the line’: Federated Farmers 16 May, 2012 FEDERATED Farmers Gisborne-Wairoa has thrown its weight behind a campaign to get the Napier-Gisborne railway line repaired...
More bad news on economic horizon 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...
Great night out for worthy cause 16 May, 2012 AN art auction to raise funds for the CanTeen East Cape Branch will be held on Thursday...

‘Fix the line’: Federated Farmers

16 May, 2012

FEDERATED Farmers Gisborne-Wairoa has thrown its weight behind a campaign to get the Napier-Gisborne railway line repaired...

More bad news on economic horizon

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...

Great night out for worthy cause

16 May, 2012

AN art auction to raise funds for the CanTeen East Cape Branch will be held on Thursday...

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Olympic coaching role for Sheldrake 16 May, 2012 - John Hill GISBORNE’S Stephen Sheldrake is to join local kayaker Darryl Fitzgerald at the London Olympics after being named one of three New Zealand triathlon...
Patutahi rule fairways 15 May, 2012 - Chris Taewa NUMBER one in name, now number one in status...
PEOPLE PERSON 11 May, 2012 New Zealand Breakers coach Andrej Lemanis has had a busy two days in Gisborne, running a coaching session yesterday afternoon, talking to coaches at...

Olympic coaching role for Sheldrake

16 May, 2012 - John Hill

GISBORNE’S Stephen Sheldrake is to join local kayaker Darryl Fitzgerald at the London Olympics after being named one of three New Zealand triathlon...

Patutahi rule fairways

15 May, 2012 - Chris Taewa

NUMBER one in name, now number one in status...

PEOPLE PERSON

11 May, 2012

New Zealand Breakers coach Andrej Lemanis has had a busy two days in Gisborne, running a coaching session yesterday afternoon, talking to coaches at...

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Guru’s chai tastes just fine 10 May, 2012 - Kristine Walsh ATTENDING the opening of Kiwi play The Guru Of Chai in Los Angeles, artist manager David Lieberman turned up clutching his own bottle of fine wine...
Whiff of glamour about Gisborne studio potter 10 May, 2012 - Kristine Walsh THE value of op-shop “treasures” is, of course, subjective and changing fashions in objet d’art make that even more true. Right now, for example, that...
‘Significant’ taonga tuku iho brought back into the light 10 May, 2012 IT has been more than 50 years since Puha kuia Waioeka Brown loaned a collection of taonga to Tairawhiti Museum on behalf of herself, her late...

Guru’s chai tastes just fine

10 May, 2012 - Kristine Walsh

ATTENDING the opening of Kiwi play The Guru Of Chai in Los Angeles, artist manager David Lieberman turned up clutching his own bottle of fine wine...

Whiff of glamour about Gisborne studio potter

10 May, 2012 - Kristine Walsh

THE value of op-shop “treasures” is, of course, subjective and changing fashions in objet d’art make that even more true. Right now, for example, that...

‘Significant’ taonga tuku iho brought back into the light

10 May, 2012

IT has been more than 50 years since Puha kuia Waioeka Brown loaned a collection of taonga to Tairawhiti Museum on behalf of herself, her late...

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Time to get geared up for tagging 16 May, 2012 MORE than 100 farmers and allied industry personnel turned out to the NAIT national animal identification and tracing (NAIT) road show to express...
Keeping up supply 16 May, 2012 RECEIVING their air tickets for a trip to Europe are Stephany and Allan Smith, on the left...
Knowse on NAIT 5 May, 2012 GISBORNE is to be part of a nationwide series of roadshows helping farmers with all they need to know about the National Animal Identification and...

Time to get geared up for tagging

16 May, 2012

MORE than 100 farmers and allied industry personnel turned out to the NAIT national animal identification and tracing (NAIT) road show to express...

Keeping up supply

16 May, 2012

RECEIVING their air tickets for a trip to Europe are Stephany and Allan Smith, on the left...

Knowse on NAIT

5 May, 2012

GISBORNE is to be part of a nationwide series of roadshows helping farmers with all they need to know about the National Animal Identification and...

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We need to take our medicine but it comes at a cost 16 May, 2012 - Jeremy Muir No one should be denied medical assistance because of cost but there is no escaping the fact that prescripton medicine is expensive...
Paying parents care entitlements for disabled children only fair 15 May, 2012 - Jeremy Muir Caring for disabled people is not an easy job, though it can be hugely rewarding — especially for parents, as they see their children deal with and...
A bit more homework required for young drivers 14 May, 2012 - John Jones Passing the new practical driving test is proving difficult for young learners, about 60 percent of who are failing...

We need to take our medicine but it comes at a cost

16 May, 2012 - Jeremy Muir

No one should be denied medical assistance because of cost but there is no escaping the fact that prescripton medicine is expensive...

Paying parents care entitlements for disabled children only fair

15 May, 2012 - Jeremy Muir

Caring for disabled people is not an easy job, though it can be hugely rewarding — especially for parents, as they see their children deal with and...

A bit more homework required for young drivers

14 May, 2012 - John Jones

Passing the new practical driving test is proving difficult for young learners, about 60 percent of who are failing...

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No train, no gain for district 16 May, 2012 - Kevin Jordan, Wairoa THERE’S an old saying “No pain, no gain”. In the case of the Gisborne-Napier rail line, it’s “No train, no gain”...
Greek default, euro collapse? 15 May, 2012 - Gwynne Dyer LAST year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned: “Nobody should believe that another half-century of peace in Europe is a given. If the euro...
Flood stuff a fraught area 14 May, 2012 - Craig Bauld CRIKEY, I’m glad I’m not a council officer, or even Mayor — they have to be so polite to people. Council officers even have to be polite to...

No train, no gain for district

16 May, 2012 - Kevin Jordan, Wairoa

THERE’S an old saying “No pain, no gain”. In the case of the Gisborne-Napier rail line, it’s “No train, no gain”...

Greek default, euro collapse?

15 May, 2012 - Gwynne Dyer

LAST year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned: “Nobody should believe that another half-century of peace in Europe is a given. If the euro...

Flood stuff a fraught area

14 May, 2012 - Craig Bauld

CRIKEY, I’m glad I’m not a council officer, or even Mayor — they have to be so polite to people. Council officers even have to be polite to...

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Church demolition a disgrace 16 May, 2012 The decision by the Anglican Church to demolish St Barnabas’ Church at Makaraka, for want of $260,000, is a disgrace...
Word overuse 16 May, 2012 I was talking to a friend the other day about what I consider to be the overuse of the word “absolutely”, particularly in response to a question...
Interesting . . . 16 May, 2012 Interest rates are low and will remain so for the next couple of years. People should be making the most of the opportunity to buy a house now...

Church demolition a disgrace

16 May, 2012

The decision by the Anglican Church to demolish St Barnabas’ Church at Makaraka, for want of $260,000, is a disgrace...

Word overuse

16 May, 2012

I was talking to a friend the other day about what I consider to be the overuse of the word “absolutely”, particularly in response to a question...

Interesting . . .

16 May, 2012

Interest rates are low and will remain so for the next couple of years. People should be making the most of the opportunity to buy a house now...

Affco protest enlists Gisborne support...

Farmer of the year.

Wight here for the World's Waka champs...

The Navy nicks off....

Hit a brick wall today?

Transport issues part of our history

Small piece of history must go

Beach life in 19th Century Gisborne

Top Stories

1. Off to the Kermadecs
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3. Prescription fees still cheap but will be felt
4. Two found guilty, rest freed in gang trial jury’s verdicts
5. Brawl ends game, clubs to face judiciary
6. Too easy to qualify?
7. Region’s plea to PM
8. Eel sampling reveals liver abnormalities
9. Posties ride ‘firing line’ of dog attacks
10. Mother and children escape house fire

Off to the Kermadecs

Citizen scientists help to track a right royal visitor

Prescription fees still cheap but will be felt

Two found guilty, rest freed in gang trial jury’s verdicts

Brawl ends game, clubs to face judiciary

Too easy to qualify?

Region’s plea to PM

Eel sampling reveals liver abnormalities

Posties ride ‘firing line’ of dog attacks

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Mother and children escape house fire