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Partnership promotes positive values
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Partnership promotes positive values

DRIVING positive values into the hearts and minds of New Zealand school children came by way of a Vodafone Warriors truck in this district on Tuesday. The Mac Superline emblazoned with the Warriors logo is New Zealand’s biggest mobile classroom and...

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Our contribution to saving the planet
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Our contribution to saving the planet

This region has already gone through a total change in land use for environmental reasons, aimed at protecting our diminishing resource base. We are now having to look at helping to save the planet through “world-first” agricultural emissions...

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A rosy outlook
Lifestyle

A rosy outlook

THE last month of spring is a busy one in the garden with beautiful roses in bloom, ripening fruit, vegetables and herbs growing rapidly, and lush green lawns. November is a lovely time to pick fresh flowers from your garden. Alstroemerias last for...

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Medication delays when roads closed
Gisborne Herald

Medication delays when roads closed

Receiving medications proved a problem for East Coast patients and pharmacies during last week's storm. Horouta Pharmacy and Gordon's Pharmacy both deliver prescriptions twice a day to various Coast locations, but the service was disrupted when State...

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Bridge results
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Bridge results

TUESDAY, November 5 — Turanga Pairs 1North/South East/WestJoy Marden, Diana Styche 56.25 John Hudson, Vicki Taylor 56.79Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 55.42 Helen Kerisome, Pippa Williams 54.64Jean Bennett, Robin Bennett 53.33 Ann McCombe...

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Cuba . . . a dream destination
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Cuba . . . a dream destination

Rosa Briant is a Gizzy girl and former teacher who sold up and dedicated her life to travelling the world. Currently on her fifth continent her goal is to step foot on all seven and share the experiences, the growth, the ups and the downs, through...

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PGF application for flood scheme
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PGF application for flood scheme

Fresh from $152.7 million of Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) spending announced for this region, and with projected costs for the Waipaoa Flood Control Upgrade now double the $16.4m budgeted in the Long-Term Plan — after river modelling refinements...

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Hearing for camping submissions
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Hearing for camping submissions

There are no official council meetings this week, but the council's Regulatory Hearings committee will be hearing submissions on the draft Freedom Camping Bylaw 2021 on Wednesday. Consultation on this bylaw ran from March 1 to April 5, 2021...

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Quake risk from drilling tiny
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Quake risk from drilling tiny

Some Gisborne-East Coast residents have expressed concerns about risks to the environment after the government-initiated consultation process on future oil and gas exploration in northern parts of the East Coast Basin. These concerns relate to the...

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GISBORNE DISTRICT COURT NEWS
Gisborne Herald

GISBORNE DISTRICT COURT NEWS

A WOMAN pleaded guilty to three driving charges in Gisborne District Court, and the court was told the driving with excess blood alcohol charge was her fourth and the most serious of the present charges. Andrea Lyn Dawn Eva Paul was charged with...

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Death in Wairoa house fire
Gisborne Herald

Death in Wairoa house fire

THE occupant of a house died in a fire in Wairoa last night. Police and Fire and Emergency NZ staff were called to the house in Kiwi Road, Wairoa. The scene was guarded overnight. Examination of the house remains will be undertaken again this...

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Cream of $10.2m crop
Gisborne Herald

Cream of $10.2m crop

Gisborne has seen a big rise in sales of houses worth $1 million or more, data from the Real Estate Institute shows. The Million Dollar Price Report, released by REINZ this week, shows that in the first half of 2019 eight “million-dollar” houses...

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Hospice building blessed
Gisborne Herald

Hospice building blessed

Hospice Tairawhiti staff have moved into their new $3.2 million building after an early morning blessing this week. Covid restrictions meant the blessing — done by Morehu Pewhairangi from the Ringatu church with the assistance of Wirangi Charlie...

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OBR openers key to Shield T20 chances
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OBR openers key to Shield T20 chances

OBR openers Craig Christophers and Kieran Venema will be key players in tonight’s Walker Shield T20 cricket final at Harry Barker Reserve, from 5.30pm — when Bain Construction OBR take on Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates. Both players have been in...

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Jailed for violent attack on dog
Gisborne Herald

Jailed for violent attack on dog

A Wairoa man has been jailed for 12 months after violently attacking his dog, smashing its leg in several places. Serrin MacPherson, 29, was sentenced in Wairoa District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to wilfully ill-treating his dog Rock...

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Rubbish, vandalism sad
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Rubbish, vandalism sad

Re: The Botanical Gardens playground. What a wonderful addition this is to this area. The numerous times I have been there with my grandson, the place is bustling with kids of all ages. I am however very disappointed that there is so much rubbish...

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It’s not for faint hearts
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It’s not for faint hearts

SURF LIFESAVINGTHE day in late January that four 14-year-old girls from the Wainui Surf Life Saving Club decided they wanted to have a go at surf canoe turned out to be a happy day for them, and a gift for me, their ageing coach. Sofia Zame, Olivi...