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Gizzy Gig Guide

THIS WEEK Build-a-Band Smash Palace every Thursday. Bring your friends along for a friendly jam session. Free, starts at 7pm. Karaoke Expect a fun evening as patrons belt out the tunes. Share your talent with friends at Breakers’ Jandal Bar every...

Mean Girls gets a musical update

by Jocelyn Noveck, AP The first Mean Girls, that compulsively watchable high-school-based social satire by Tina Fey, came out in 2004. The Broadway musical opened in 2018. Now it’s 2024, and we have a screen adaptation of the theatre adaptation...

Bay’s Nepia taking next career step

Australian clubs are recognising the raw potential of union players in our own backyard and enticing more of them over the Tasman. Poverty Bay and YMP forward Hayze Nepia will depart New Zealand shores in March after finalising a 12-month contract...

Golden glory for Grace, Ruru masters Te Marua

Valerie Grace led the way as Waikohu members made their mark at the 86th Maori National Golf Tournament hosted by Poneke last week. Grace won the 72-hole net title in the golden girls division played on the Te Marua course in Upper Hutt. Her 271...

Well worth the travel

Paddy Stewart travelled all the way from Gisborne to Christchurch to take part in an invitational tournament . . . and won it. He teamed up with an old Canterbury bowling mate, Kerry Becks, to win the Rawleigh’s Stewart Buttar Invitation Burnside...

New format, great atmosphere

Poverty Bay Bowling Club's year got off to a great start with a new format for the Graham Shield Classic Optional Tournament. Fourteen teams of four players entered, so 56 players enjoyed a great atmosphere and good competition on a wonderful summer...

T15 Walker Shield plot-twist as Round 4 begins tonight at Harry Barker

The plot has thickened ahead of Round 4 of the T15 Walker Shield. The plot-twist revolves around Coastal Concrete Old Boys' Rugby — who trailed Bollywood High School Old Boys' Rugby by 118 runs at the end of Day 1, Round 1 in the DJ Barry Cup...

W1 results from Day 4 of the national waka ama champs

Masters 75 women 500m final 3rd, Diane Reilly: Horouta, 3:23.50; 6th, Kathy Sheldrake: Horouta, 3:37.22. Master 70 men W1 500m Final 10th, Dave Langford: Horouta, 3:09.49; 12th, Val Irwin: Horouta, 3:17.05. Master 70 women W1 500m 2nd, Marianne...

Gang member arrested over Māhia assault

Police have made an arrest and charged a man in relation to a serious assault in Māhia during a disorder incident in the early hours of January 1. A 34-year-old man was knocked unconscious and suffered facial injuries after he tried to break up an...

Keeping eye on potential tropical cyclone next week

There are indications a tropical cyclone could be headed towards the North Island at the end of next week, threatening more bad weather for the Gisborne-East Cape region. Climate and weather agencies across the south-east Pacific region are keeping...

It’s a . . . 50 babies born in Gisborne over December

December 14 was a busy day for the district’s midwives with six babies born on that day. They were among 50 pēpi born in December, according to Te Whatu Ora-Tairāwhiti figures. The babies were a perfect split of sex — 25 boys and 25 girls...

EAR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW

Cedenco’s annual sweetcorn harvest has been under way for a week and agronomy manager David Oudes says the crop quality has been “better than expected”. Harvesters were busy at work at Poynter Road in Te Karaka yesterday. “We’ve been in...

Summer Frequencies set to be a sell-out

Tickets are still available for this weekend’s Summer Frequencies music event which the promoter says is one of the most affordable festivals in New Zealand. Headline acts include Kora and Australian hip hop band HP Boyz from Melbourne as well as...

Gisborne-Wairoa checkpoints nab 10 drink-driving offenders from 3000 tested

Drink-drive checkpoints staged around the Gisborne-Wairoa districts last weekend netted just 10 drivers over the limit out of around 3000 drivers tested.

Gisborne Movie Guide

DOME CINEMA The New Boy An Aboriginal Australian orphan boy is brought into a Christian monastery run by a renegade nun. There he begins to question his faith and loyalty to his heritage. Stars Cate Blanchett and Aswan Reid. Two Tickets to Greece...

Fine show, fast racing in 'Champion of Champions' title decider at the speedway

Champion of Champions titles for saloons, production saloons and sidecars produced an outstanding night of hard and fast racing at Gisborne Speedway Club’s meeting on Saturday night. But the saloons definitely took the cake. Daniel Cook, behind...