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Quality of stores lifts at Matawhero

The quality of the 2226 store lambs was better this week at the Matawhero sheep sale. Farmers on the Poverty Bay flats are well stocked and buyer demand is steady, in spite of a rising meat schedule. The average price paid rose $18 to $123. The...

Bridge results

Congratulations this week to Caroline Kirkpatrick for featuring in the results each day. Monday, April 17 — Beetham Lifestyle Village Swiss Pairs 3 (Victory Points — after nine rounds) Caroline Kirkpatrick, Robyn Cheyne 109.68 Diana Styche, Joy...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: R Te Kira (Brezz’n Silver); J Noanoa (Rebels); K Arahanga 3 (Stallions); M Reeves (Outlaws); J Campbell-Ratapu, J Horua (Vikings); J Ahuriri (Spartans); M Evans (Spandangles); T Kaio (Done n Dusted). Highest start...

Anzac Champs racing tomorrow

Eastland Kart Club members will hold their Anzac Champs tomorrow. Racing starts at 10am. For weather updates, check the club Facebook page. To find the track, turn into Aerodrome Road off Awapuni Road

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

Individual highlights 180s: Te Kotahi Kaio (Tigers). Highest start (140): Mihi Waihape 2 (Waihape Whanau). Highest finish (132): Ripeka Te Kira (Ruahine Tahi). Most tons, men (15): John Love (Falcons). Most tons, women (8): Mihi Awatere (Ruahine...

Parafed Gisborne Tairāwhiti team ‘attitude’ recognised

HALBERG GAMES Parafed Gisborne Tairāwhiti won the Team Spirit of the Games Award at the Halberg Games in Auckland this month. The award acknowledged the team’s positivity, encouragement, motivation, resilience and winning attitude throughout the...

Pairs title earns star for Rickard

by Horsey Seventeen-year-old Rachael Rickard has been awarded her silver star for winning five Poverty Bay-East Coast Centre indoor bowls titles. She was in top form, partnering Lois Lamont to win the centre women’s pairs event to earn her silver...

On boys being maligned

Patrick Cooper’s letter “Any wonder some young white males rebel?” cannot be dismissed as “a fat load of delusional fear-based crap” as one commenter would have us believe. It seems to me that there is confusion between what boys and young...

Foon family tradition of hedging bets

Take the sacred korowai off, it’s not yours. Make your dodgy moves within the political arena and donations without denegrating taonga Maori. All in, or all out, not a $1 each way. We are surrounded by kupapa tikanga i Te Hurunga o Te Ra. All the...

Potential conflicts in commissioner's donations to local MP

Commissioner Foon ‘comfortable’ with donations to Labour MP Allan Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon is in the gun after revelations he gave significant financial support to Labour MP Kiri Allan in the lead-up to the 2020 election. Ms Allan...

‘In a distant land they lie’

Memorial cards honour WW1 soldiers killed far from home Sacred family heirlooms. That is how Colin Seymour feels about the photographs and postcard-type publications honouring his World War 1 serving relatives who lie “in a distant land”. One...

Relay your Way raised $56k for cancer society

The amended version of Relay for Life 2023 proved a success despite being disrupted by flooding and Covid issues of the recent past. The revamped Relay Your Way raised $55,995 for Gisborne-East Coast Cancer Society, according to the Gisborne section...

Big culvert job nears completion

The $200,000 project (above) to upgrade the Lytton Road culvert through which the Matokitoki Stream runs at Lytton West is nearing completion. Following Cyclone Gabrielle and the rain event at the end of February (right), extensive repairs were...

Large smoke plume from a 'controlled burn-off'

A large and dense smoke plume visible to the northwest of the city yesterday afternoon was from a controlled burnoff. Fire and Emergency NZ said it caused no problems. “We had no calls about it,” a senior Gisborne firefighter said. No further...

Crime spike over the week following cyclone

Daily 111 calls to police doubled in week following Gabrielle Crime levels in the region increased significantly after Cyclone Gabrielle but had returned to normal levels within a week, police statistics show. In the wake of the storm, police...

Wairoa-Napier open by the end of May

HARD work by contractors has seen the two piers that will support the Bailey bridge at Waikare Gorge on State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier now completed. However, it has not been enough to offset a delay to the timeline for opening the...

Thistle without several key players

Gisborne Thistle will be several men down when they play Central Federation League leaders Napier City Rovers Feds in Hawke’s Bay tomorrow. Centreback Matt Smith aggravated a calf injury in the 1-1 draw with Taradale last week, midfielder Cory...

Gisborne Giants superstock team to race in Auckland

The Gisborne Giants superstock team will be in action tomorrow night in the ‘Teams Nationals’ event held at the Waikaraka Raceway in Auckland. They go into the titles in red hot form after two great meetings racing at the Eastland Group Raceway...