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Trust Tairāwhiti funding round supports bike trail, kapa haka and more

The biggest recipients of Trust Tairāwhiti’s first round of funding in 2025 included a mountain biking club and a kapa haka roopū preparing to represent the region. Gisborne Mountain Biking Club (GMBC) will receive $50,000 for phase one of the...

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Gisborne District Council seeking community input for waste management plan

Gisborne District Council is calling on the community to play its part in shaping the future of waste management in Tairāwhiti as concern rises over landfills and illegal dumping. As part of the development of a new Waste Management and...

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Gisborne Herald

Gisborne District Council says AI ‘game-changer’ for woody debris control

Gisborne District Council has turned to artificial intelligence (AI) to help control the woody debris that covers the region’s beaches after heavy rain events. Council woody debris programme manager Rod Sheridan said woody debris in rivers and on...

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Gisborne Herald

Pottery exhibition, Farmers’ Market birthday and blues trio in Tairāwhiti/ Gisborne this weekend

• Waikanae Surf Lifesaving Club Nippers session. Every Sunday from 9.45am. A programme for building ocean confidence and learning skills and safety. Email the manager for more information. waikanaesurflsc@gmail. com

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Gisborne Herald

Two taken to hospital after Whāngārā crash over the weekend

Two people were taken to Gisborne Hospital after a crash that closed a Whāngārā intersection for over an hour at the weekend. Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust said the road closure at the Glenroy Rd intersection with State...

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Gisborne Herald

Liquidators appointed to Gisborne-based school lunch provider Puku Ora

An award-winning Gisborne business that supplied thousands of lunches daily to local schools is closing its doors after the Government’s new school lunches programme more than halved its contract. The founders of Puku Ora say changes with the...

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Gisborne Herald

The Broccoli Boys represent Gisborne at Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix

The overall winners were the defending champs from 2015 - the last time the derby was held - Red Stag Timber of Rotorua with their Flinstone-themed Yaba Daba Do

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Cyclone Gabrielle tragedy: The questions the probe into 14 deaths wants to answer

By Neil Reid * The answers grieving families of Cyclone Gabrielle victims want answered. * Coroner confirms what will be in scope for the inquest into tragedy deaths, and when hearings will be held. * Energy providers, health bosses, emergency...

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Cyclone Gabrielle Appeal Fund grants to Tairāwhiti

Total Cyclone Gabrielle Appeal Fund expenditure: $14,511,916 Total expenditure for Tairāwhiti: $3,545,380 Grants of $30,000 and over in Tairāwhiti Hiruharama Marae Committee: Flood protection, solar power system – $71,400 Tikapa Marae: Solar...

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Tairāwhiti Matai internships offer unique learning with global experts

Sixteen interns have completed a 10-week summer programme at Gisborne’s Mātai Medical Research Institute, gaining hands-on experience in medical research and leadership training. The programme paired tertiary students with leading scientists...

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Cyclone Gabrielle second anniversary: Revisiting Gisborne’s Fergusson Drive

Homes on a Gisborne street impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle two years ago are gradually being raised for protection from another flood. The Taruheru River rose to extreme levels and flooded homes on the river side of Fergusson Drive in Te Hapara during...

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‘Ready to go’: Community prepared for another Gabrielle

Flood preparedness has become part of Te Karaka Area School’s curriculum - and the community is “ready to go” should a similar emergency to Cyclone Gabrielle strike. Te Karaka was one of the hardest hit areas in Te Tairāwhiti during Cyclone...

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Police urge online care for children

Police have urged parents to be alert to the potential risks facing children and young people who go online for ‘Safer Internet Day’ this week. Detective Senior Sergeant Kepal Richards, officer in charge of the police Online Child Exploitation...

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