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Aquila’s Journey as a Female Apprentice in the Mechanics Industry

May 25 2023 Updated May 25, 2023

Ben Cowper

1 min read

Aquila's Journey as a Female...

Aquila breaks gender barriers as she pursues her apprenticeship as a mechanic in a male-dominated industry. After leaving school, Aquila found her passion in the mechanical and electrical industries. Despite facing gender stereotypes, she continues to strive toward achieving her goals.

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...

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...

New-look Gisborne Herald starts next week

The Gisborne Herald undergoes a design and content refresh from Wednesday, May 1. As you will have read in March, The Gisborne Herald is now owned by NZME (New Zealand Media and Entertainment). NZME publishes five regional daily newspapers, 15...

Demolition work begins on site of the Olympic Pool Complex

Demolition contractors moved on to the site of the Olympic Pool Complex yesterday morning and their heavy machinery made short work of the administration centre. Demolition has been pending since the Olympic Pool Complex closed last year to make way...

Gisborne Herald

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Being the Prime Minister

A real groovy pension, but plenty of tension You fly cheap for your life, don’t see much of the wife You’re boss of the caucus, but it gets kind of raucous You’ve got all sorts of wheezes, have to put up with greasers You can be stabbed in the...

Opinion

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Letter

ED suggested for patient with history of cancers . . .

In my opinion, we are losing the mainstays of a healthy society such as quality healthcare and good law and order. The administrators in these areas claim that Covid, environmental problems and the general world situation are responsible for our...

Opinion

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Letter

Challenge to make it work

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Opinion

26 Apr 2024