News Gisborne kiwifruit on mice-infested ship Fruit from Gisborne growers was on board refrigerated ship Crown Garnet where a mice infestation was found among its Sungold kiwifruit cargo when it arrived in Belgium. Zespri executives have been grappling with the possibility the first shipment of... Gisborne Herald 26 Apr 2024
CRIME News Nūhaka thefts ‘hurt our whānau’ Thousands of dollars worth of property, including poles that had been embedded in concrete, has been taken from a rebuild site at Nuhaka School in northern Hawke’s Bay. Hit in the apparent brazen theft at the weekend were both the community of the... Hawke's Bay Today 27 Apr 2024
News Proposed alcohol changes for Gisborne under fire by Neil Reid Gisborne District Council will today respond to submitters over a planned contentious new alcohol crackdown - a proposal that some submitters claim has the potential to kill the city’s hospitality industry and turn the CBD into... Gisborne Herald 02 May 2024
News Kiwa Pools staff in Gisborne receive de-escalation training after abuse by Neil Reid Staff at Gisborne’s Kiwa Pools have undergone “de-escalation” crisis training after being targeted by abusive behaviour from members of the public. The $46 million Gisborne District Council-owned pools opened to the public in... NZ Herald 01 May 2024
Letter Comments and questions Some comments and questions about the “new look” Herald: 1. The rural paper no longer comes in a plastic bag. Well done at last! 2. It’s jazzed up and dumbed down, mainly by meaningless coloured pictures on every page. I hope that expense... Gisborne Herald 07 May 2024
Letter Cass Review caveats Martin Hanson cites me briefly in his column on the Cass Review, but not the reasons why there is widespread disagreement amongst clinicians in the disciplines of pediatrics and developmental psychology over this document. One of the primary caveats... Gisborne Herald 07 May 2024
Letter Colonisation ‘no excuse for terrible behaviour’ It has long been the convention to refrain from direct criticism of members of the judiciary. The reason for this is to protect judges from harm and abuse as they fulfil one of society’s most difficult tasks and to protect them from political and... Gisborne Herald 07 May 2024
Letter Leave Grey St alone Re: Grey St Project Concerns (April 27 letter). I referred to the Resource Management Act and the resource consent process that the Gisborne District Council (GDC) must follow — Section 6 Part 2. I see part of it is now starting to be followed: on... Gisborne Herald 07 May 2024