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Didn’t feel heard, prioritised who she needed to let know

Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP Meka Whaitiri further outlined her reasons for leaving the Labour Party yesterday but seems to have left at least one major query unanswered. On TVNZ’s Breakfast Whaitiri said she “didn’t feel heard” within Labour, but the...

Dogs have their day in Taupō

The Poverty Bay Dog Trial Centre will have 10 competitors in action in the grand final of the season at the Tux South Island and New Zealand championships later this month. The event will be hosted by the Warepa Collie Club, near Balclutha, from May...

Getting down to BIZminton business

Week 1 of the BIZminton business house league went off with a blast last week. The social grade made up of many new players featured two draws. Woolie Jumpers drew 3-all with newcomers Turanga Health. Jumpers won on a countback of points —...

Lightweight tournament ‘buzzy for us’

Gisborne Intermediate hosted the interschool lightweight rugby tournament last week and it did not disappoint. Eight teams competed in the under-48 kilogram competition which is into its 14th year. Schools travelled from Te Puke, Tauranga, Mount...

Sports draws

Netball The netball draw for Saturday — PAK’nSAVE Gisborne Netball, senior challenge round. Premier/Prem Reserve games are 4 x 15-minute quarters. All other games are 4 x 10-minute quarters. Duty teams to put up goal pads, set up team benches...

Champs YMP flex their muscle

YMP A’s iron grip on the Poverty Bay men’s hockey title does not appear to be loosening. It is only two weeks into the senior club competition but already the A Team are setting a benchmark of quality, as Gisborne Boys’ High School experienced...

Junior pairs glory to Gisborne

Gisborne Bowling Club combinations won the women’s and men’s junior champion of champions pairs titles contested on the Kahutia Bowling Club greens. Karen Pinn (skip) and Adrienne Torrie beat Tolaga Bay pair Delores Woodcock (s) and Jacqueline...

Town v Country fixture resurrected after Covid

Premier grade rugby takes a break this weekend as the annual Town v Country weekend makes a return. Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union has announced the squads for the Saturday match-up to be played at Paddy’s Park in Patutahi, 2.45pm kick-off. The...

Looking forward to season of ‘good cattle’

The bull sale season is “looking good” after the second day of the three-day East Coast Angus Association Bull Walk. Yesterday about 150 animals from Kaharau, Orere and Tangihau and Tawa Hills studs were paraded in front of potential buyers...

Silt removal top of list for recovery aid applications

More than $2.1 million has already been paid out from the $3.4 million of donations to help our region recover from Cyclone Gabrielle. Mayor Rehette Stoltz thanked everyone who applied for financial help and managed to get the quotes they needed...

Funnel cloud forms over hills northwest of Gisborne

This funnel cloud was seen over the hills to the northwest of Gisborne at the weekend, and lasted for several minutes. Funnel clouds are formed by rotating air movements, which pull down a moisture-laden column from the bottom of a cloud mass

Yende’s singing a jewel in the crown

Clive Bibby Nothing compares with music or a beautiful sound given life by a gifted singer in times when we seek inspiration from a world that appears to offer none. While many will have taken other special moments from King Charles’ coronation...

Rampant YMP put OBM to the sword in one-sided premier club game

YMP delivered their best performance of the season to blow away OBM 52-7 in a top-of-the-table premier club rugby clash on Saturday. Defending champions East Coast Farm Vets YMP made it five wins from five matches in this battle of unbeaten sides to...

Ngatapa go the distance against gritty High School Old Boys

Ngatapa were tested but eventually outlasted High School Old Boys in a premier club rugby game at the Oval on Saturday. Larsawn Ngatapa won 42-26 in a hotly contested match from which both teams were clearly hungry to gain maximum points . Ngatap...

Ngatapa, YMP 2 in premier mix up for the Challenge

by Sherrill Beale Ngatapa will join YMP (2) in the Challenge round to help determine the last two places in Gisborne netball’s Premier Grade. They will be joined by the bottom two teams from the first round of Premier Grade play — Gisborne...

Time to discontinue the covid narrative?

The World Health Organisation said on Friday that Covid-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of...