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Rogers dives in at The Deep End

"Picasso once said there is nothing original in art, whether it is the work of another artist or the problem raised by an artist’s previous work, the possibility of a new work has been sparked. That has been the process that has led to the...

Brodsky Quartet team up with didgeridoo virtuoso

The pairing of didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton with the musicians of the Brodsky Quartet is a sensational combination and a first for New Zealand audiences. They will play at the War Memorial Theatre on March 14. The programme unites icons of the...

Capturing coastal light

For Gisborne artist Veronika Lambert, her immediate environment of Okitu provides ample inspiration for her landscape oil and acrylic paintings. “I like to capture a mood or atmosphere in my paintings and the ever-changing light on the coast...

Blow for democracy as well as NZ media

New Zealand’s diminishing media landscape suffered a further major rupture yesterday with the news TV3 owner Warner Bros. Discovery plans to shut down its news operations at the end of June — having failed to turn the business around in the face...

Rhetoric ‘bashing’ beneficiaries needs to end

It is relevant to wonder why the people of this country are so incensed by the mention or utterance of sympathy for those who need the support of society. Those on minimum wage make more than beneficiaries, except, perhaps, in the most extreme of...

Very sad, should apologise

Re: We’re out: Te Aitanga a Māhaki withdraw from agreement with council, February 24 story. This is one of the saddest stories our region has ever faced. Willie Te Aho says Te Aitanga a Māhaki has withdrawn from an agreement with the District...

Religious protection equal

Re: Look back to forebears, February 17 letter. I can’t help but wonder, Mr Best, what your problem is. Is it a stupa on Kaiti Hill, or is it that it is Buddhists who want to build it? And why bring the Christian missionary William Williams into...

Can’t be rebuilt cheaply

Re: Highway repairs vs rail, February 27 letter. Hello Niall. On behalf of your National Rail Advocacy Collective you also had letters to the editor on December 13, 2023, “Rail benefits outweigh costs”, and December 21, “Costs that deliver...

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Sizeable crowds wowed at North Island Stockcar Champs, held in Gisborne

Crown goes to Palmerston North’s Hey; Mulcahy the best of Gisborne's drivers.

Minister floats GST share on new builds

A possible sharing with councils of GST revenue from the construction of new houses was warmly received by the local body sector yesterday, after Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop told Wellington’s Chamber of Commerce he was contemplating this...

Only Biden can stop the Israel-Hamas war

by Gwynne Dyer More than four months into the sixth Arab-Israeli War, with about 1500 Israeli dead and 30,000 Palestinian dead, all the major local actors are stuck. Only the United States can stop the killing — if it chooses to. Gwynne Dyer The...

Footpath hazards reported years ago, still waiting . . .

I follow with interest the articles and letters about roads, etc. The barrier we hit is disinterest. As I use a wheelchair, my focus is footpaths. The council doesn’t want to repair and maintain existing footpaths. They want to build nice new...

Health a citizenship right

Surely health, like education, housing, justice, employment, transport ki era atu ano hoki are Article 3 citizenship rights under the Treaty of Waitangi. Lady Moxon and her time-wasting mates know this, but choose to confuse and divide New...

NZ has to reach ‘smoke free’

Thirty-four years with the Cancer Society working to keep our communities free from the triggers that decimate our bodies and minds with cancer — years of advocating and standing firm, until at last our voices were heard. Hope came in the words...