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Apr 26 2024 Updated May 4, 2024

Gisborne Herald

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‘Speechless’: Family goes from living in tent to a new home

One family lived in a tent during the cyclone. Another ended up in emergency housing and even slept in a truck one night. And a couple had nowhere to go so lived with family for two years. These are the stories of those who now have new affordable...

Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

06 May 2024

PICKLEBALL

Sport

Gisborne pickleball players fly the flag proudly in Albany

A Gisborne contingent of 25 players competed in the Albany Pickleball Tournament – the biggest annual competition of its kind in New Zealand. Over 250 players from all over the country took part over three days. Team events and singles were on the...

Gisborne Herald

11 May 2024

News

Indoor sports centre ‘dead in the water’ without council backing: CEO

Gisborne District Council needs to show some support for a proposed all-purpose indoor sports centre otherwise the project is “dead in the water”. That is the claim of Whiti Ora Tairāwhiti (formerly Sport Gisborne-Tairāwhiti) chief executive...

Wynsley Wrigley

17 May 2024

News

What’s going on in Gisborne

This Weekend Saturday, May 18 ●Matawhero Art Gallery — Flight exhibition A new exhibition by artist Justine Hawksworth is on display with a selection of paintings of realistic and detailed iconic New Zealand flora and fauna in acrylic and...

Gisborne Herald

17 May 2024

Cost of living a daily struggle for many, relief in Budget later this month

by Dana Kirkpatrick. National MP for East Coast I have heard from East Coast constituents that the cost of living is a daily struggle. I have been listening to stories from people who are having to make hard choices, with some struggling to pay the...

Opinion

18 May 2024

Column

Early action needed to remove woody debris

Paul Mullooly and the Marion Drive/Graham Road group are right on target with their drive for early intervention in removing woody debris from the Gladstone Road bridge in heavy rainfall events. This must be the first lesson learned from Cyclone...

Gisborne Herald

18 May 2024

Column

Judges will manipulate Three Strikes Mark II

One of the supposed reasons for the extensive modifications proposed by the coalition Government to the former Three Strikes law is to make it “more workable”. David Garrett The law passed in 2010 was absolutely workable and indeed worked just...

Gisborne Herald

18 May 2024

Column

The absolute necessity of reducing consumption

Gavin Maclean In last Friday’s opinion column, Dr Bryce Wilkinson misrepre-sents the issue of climate change and reinforces the myth that economics is all about money, when of course money is merely a tool to manage the distribution and...

Gisborne Herald

09 May 2024