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Township upgrades or city cycle and walkway?

Gisborne district councillors have spoken strongly in favour of boosting township upgrades at the expense of a shared path extension in the city. At a full council meeting on Thursday, a council staff update on Three Waters Better Off Funding...

Young Guns to go Hard at it

Up-and-coming youngsters of the North Island speedway scene will be in action at Gisborne Speedway Club’s annual Youth Ministock 100 tomorrow. The night will conclude with a 26-car demolition derby and Santa will be doing the rounds on the track...

PB paddlers produce first summer results

CANOEING Paddlers with Poverty Bay Kayak Club produced a string of outstanding results at their first regatta of the summer season at Lake Tikitapu this month. The regatta, an annual event, brought together clubs from a wide area to race in...

Taylor, Corrin ready for Iron series

Gisborne surf lifesaving athletes Cory Taylor and Olivia Corrin begin their quest for Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman Series glory at Manly Beach in Sydney this weekend. Taylor and Corrin, who compete with Australian club Northcliffe and also with...

Midway lifeguards to tackle Mount Monster

Gisborne will be represented this weekend in the gruelling Mount Monster long-distance “iron” surf lifesaving event at Mt Maunganui. Run by the Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service, it entails a 12-kilometre ski leg, 5km run, 1.5km ocean swim and...

Sweeping to the finishing line

by Rockin’ Robin Luca Vita stamped his mark on Eastland Kart Club's third points meeting of the season. He won all three races of the A Group — the club's fastest — and at the end of the meeting he finished at the head of a 12-strong field...

Rampant Coastlands put PB to the sword

Poverty Bay had their moments but suffered defeats in a Bay of Plenty double at the Emerging Rangatahi Northern Districts under-19 tournament here yesterday. The PB bowlers were put to the sword by a rampant BoP Coastlands side at Harry Barker...

Doleman Cup forces to collide

Tomorrow two powerful teams could lay on one of the best club cricket finals in recent history. Doleman Cup holders Bollywood High School Old Boys will defend their title against Coastal Concrete Old Boys Rugby. The final of the Premier Grade’s...

‘Māori David Attenborough’ named as semifinalist in 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards

East Coast conservationist Graeme Atkins has been named a semifinalist in the 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards. Mr Atkins (Ngāti Porou and Rongomaiwahine) is one of 10 people named in the New Zealand Environmental Hero of the Year Te...

‘Smoke chaser’ used to fight out-of-control cooking fire

Firefighters were called to the end of Kaiti Beach Road on Wednesday night after a small cooking fire a man had lit in trees and scrub got out of hand. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews there at around 8pm. A Senior Station Officer said they could...

Coast toxic algal bloom worse

A two month-long safety warning about poisonous shellfish here remains in place as toxin levels continue to worsen. New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle yesterday said their advice to not collect shellfish in affected...

Speedway 'rapt' with funding injection as it eyes future as a multi-use complex

Community grants of nearly $900,000 were approved in the final funding round of the year from Trust Tairāwhiti. The biggest recipient was Gisborne Speedway Club, which will receive up to $267,000. The money is going towards a new toilet block at...

Artists ‘go big’ with Kiwiana Christmas at the library

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. But instead of a traditional Northern Hemisphere scene featuring fake snow and Santa’s sleigh, think the usually big man in red in a Christmas-themed matching shirt and shorts, sitting beside...

Judge rules Urewera hut destruction decision-making process unlawful

A High Court judge says the iwi managers of Te Urewera and the Crown acted unlawfully in a decision that led to the demolition of more than half a network of backcountry huts. Twenty-nine of an overall 53 huts in Te Urewera were burned down last...

Adel Salmanzadeh: Blending cultures

Adel Salmanzadeh came to Aotearoa from Iran as a Baha’i refugee youth in 1989. He met his Maori Samoan wife Maxine at the refugee camp in Mangere, Auckland, and they married in 1998. His two children Carmel and Haami share his passion and talent...

Choral Society to lead Christmas carol choir

A concert of the traditional nine lessons and carols for Christmas will feature a galaxy of local readers, a 14-piece band and a 25-voice choir, at St Andrew’s Church on Sunday evening. The ancient telling of the Christmas story will be recounted...