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Marist Thistle experience the quarter-finals

Aug 17 2023 Updated August 17, 2023

Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

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Smash Palace co-owner bemoans night-time transport options

What’s Gisborne’s nightlife economy worth? “We don’t know because we haven’t tested it,” said hospitality businessman and musician Darryl Monteith during the “Let’s Talk Transport” Hearing on Thursday. Mr Monteith co-owns Smash...

Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

16 Apr 2024

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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...

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...

Long-time supporter falls victim to nature of rescue chopper work

An East Coast resident was supposed to arrive in style to Sunday’s opening of the Te Araroa Aerodrome but saving a life got in the way. Long-time Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust (EHRT) supporter Pia Sanson was to be picked up from Whakarua Park...

Gisborne Herald

16 Apr 2024

Skills festival for para athletes

Gisborne sent four young athletes to the Halberg Games held at King’s College, Auckland, last weekend. The 2024 Halberg Games — a three-day national sports festival for young New Zealanders with physical disabilities — drew 220 athletes...

Gisborne Herald

27 Apr 2024

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Clean-up proves ‘a huge task’

A crew of local surfers teamed up last weekend to clean up a beach accessway at Makorori Point and clear woody debris from Wainui Stream. It was described by group spokesman James Fowell as a “huge task”. “Makorori Headland has a newly revived...

Bailey bridge huge difference for East Coast community

A new Bailey bridge has gone up on the Makarika No. 2 Bridge south of Ruatōrea. It allows contractors to clear debris and begin repairs to the abutment under the bridge and the road approaching the bridge. Gisborne District Council community...

Gisborne Herald

27 Apr 2024

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Hard-working to the core

The last of the apples have been picked in the 2024 harvest in Tairāwhiti and favourable weather over summer has resulted in much-improved fruit quality compared with last season. “Apple growers can now take a mini-break and celebrate their...

Murray Robertson

27 Apr 2024