2 Sep, 2010
- Shaan Te Kani
THREATS and ongoing disputes are carving up hopes of a positive agreement between Wairoa’s Affco meatworks and the New Zealand Meat Workers’ Union...
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2 Sep, 2010
- Martin Gibson
GISBORNE will be a net winner from the emissions trading scheme, promises Climate Change Minister Nick Smith...
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2 Sep, 2010
- Shaan Te Kani
EAST Coast Regional Science Fair winner Maia Ihimaera has created an epic sequel...
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2 Sep, 2010
- Shaan Te Kani
YOUNG scientist Hugo Robinson might be only 12 but already he is getting fuelled up for the future...
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2 Sep, 2010
PATIENTS booked for elective surgery or requiring X-rays at Tairawhiti District Health will be affected by a 24-hour strike by radiographers next...
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1 Sep, 2010
- Jessica Wauchop
LITTLE Lucas Ward was yesterday laid to rest next to his warrior uncles...
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1 Sep, 2010
- Jessica Wauchop
AS the family of Lucas Ward yesterday laid their beloved four-year-old to rest, they acknowledged the “tremendous support” they received from the...
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1 Sep, 2010
- Chimene del la Varis
A GOVERNMENT review into the Crown Minerals Act looks set to put Government at cross-purposes with East Coast iwi once again...
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1 Sep, 2010
- Chimene del la Varis
WHETHER the needs of the few should give way to the rights of the many was the question being asked at last week’s Waitangi Tribunal hearing...
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1 Sep, 2010
ATARETA Poananga, counsel for nine claimants before the Waitangi Tribunal judicial conference, has called for a Crown proposal to adjourn or defer...
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1 Sep, 2010
THE process of establishing a mandate to represent Ngati Porou began in October 2007. Tribal members were canvassed by postal ballot and asked to say...
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31 Aug, 2010
- Jessica Wauchop
LUCAS Ward was laid to rest this morning at the marae of his ancestors at the little East Coast settlement of Tikapa as hundreds gathered to honour hi...
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31 Aug, 2010
- Marianne Gillingham
CONTACT Energy customers in this district face an electricity price hike of over 6 percent on October 1, rising to more than 8 percent with the GST...
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31 Aug, 2010
IT was a sweet day for the SPCA yesterday, with more than $1000 raised on Cupcake Day — the major fundraiser for the year...
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31 Aug, 2010
DO you have a story to tell, a home with a history or a dish so good it should be shared?...
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31 Aug, 2010
A FORMER Gisborne woman who fatally stabbed her partner in the chest with a kitchen knife has been sentenced to eight years in jail...
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31 Aug, 2010
KNOW your neighbour and help reduce Gisborne’s high burglary rate, says Senior Sergeant Lincoln Sycamore...
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30 Aug, 2010
A GISBORNE woman who robbed a mobility scooter-bound 88-year-old of her wedding ring, and selected and offended against other “vulnerable” elderly...
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30 Aug, 2010
- Jessica Wauchop
THE music was catchy, the glitz and glam was undeniable and the attraction evident as people turned out in their hundreds to Dancing with the Stars –...
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30 Aug, 2010
THE region glowed yellow on Friday as thousands of dollars were raised for the Gisborne East Coast Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day...
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30 Aug, 2010
JOSSIE and Wiremu Kaa knew each other as children growing up on the East Coast but it was not until they bonded over a mutual love of teaching that...
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30 Aug, 2010
A PRELIMINARY post-mortem report shows four-year-old Lucas Ward died by drowning...
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28 Aug, 2010
THE confiscation of Rodney George Elliott’s $485,000 Okitu home was punishment enough for his part in an indoor cannabis-growing operation, a High...
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28 Aug, 2010
- Chimene del la Varis
GRUNT, “a pig of a musical”, opens at Gisborne Intermediate School on Monday and students are hoping the community gets behind the event...
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28 Aug, 2010
- John Jones
GISBORNE District Council is missing the chance to save ratepayers $900,000 by committing itself to extend stormwater and drainage infrastructure in...
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