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05 Nov 2024. 64 Gladstone Road (PO Box 1143), Gisborne, New Zealand. Ph +64 6 869 0600. 64 Gladstone Road (PO Box 1143), Gisborne, New Zealand. Ph +64 6 869 0600. Website and daily print publication for the Gisborne region. One of only four independently owned daily newspapers in New Zealand.
Tairāwhiti news digest: Busy weekend for firefighters; luxury cruise ...
2 days ago · Firefighters spent several hours on Saturday afternoon putting out a fire in driftwood and grass at Browns Beach at Muriwai. Fire and Emergency NZ was alerted at 2.15pm. Crews from the Gisborne brigade, Eastland Fire and Manutuke volunteers were mobilised. A helicopter with a monsoon bucket was also ...
Gisborne’s 1000-year bridge nears completion, December 12 date …
5 days ago · Photo / Wynsley Wrigley. The long wait is nearly over with Gisborne’s 1000-year bridge set to be “physically” completed by December 12. Gisborne District Council infrastructure manager Dave Hadfield, speaking on Thursday to councillors sitting as the Operations Committee, said the completion date would be confirmed with the contractor ...
Gisborne roads to convert from sealed to unsealed amid budget cuts
5 days ago · Council director of sustainable futures Joanna Noble said the policy provided a “bigger strategic context” for decision-making before going to the community-led conversations. According to the report, reverting Totangi Rd will cost $129,000 and Russell $89,000. Most of the costs are associated with drainage improvements and top-up aggregate.
Gisborne residents transform main street with art and teamwork
Nov 5, 2024 · Gisborne’s main street has been “spruced up” and “revived”, with local artists painting bright colours to uplift the community. About 30 residents swept the streets, painted over unwanted graffiti, and cleaned up rubbish, and the outsides of shop windows as part of the Spring Clean on Sunday.
Hard work pays off: Gisborne high schools celebrate top students
6 days ago · Gisborne city high schools’ top scholars have been named and all four are heading to university next year with a focus on science and psychology. The respective duxes of the city’s four main secondary schools for 2024 are Marcus Bull (Gisborne Boys’ High School), Joanna Burn (Gisborne Girls’ High School), Melissa Lamb (Lytton High ...
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Three cyclone destroyed bridges to not be replaced, two others …
Oct 11, 2024 · Gisborne District Council director of community lifelines Tim Barry said on Thursday that two of the lost bridges had been indicatively endorsed for replacement, while two others required further economic and design considerations. “Three of the destroyed bridges will not be replaced,” he said. The Hollywood Bridge on Bushy Knoll Rd, one of ...
Households self-evacuated across Tairāwhiti, emergency crews …
Jun 26, 2024 · Welfare/evacuation centres in Gisborne have been opened at Te Poho o Rāwiri Marae and the House of Breakthrough. Homes self-evacuated by the Waipaoa River overnight included those in Te Karaka, Lavenham Rd and Branson Rd. There were also evacuations in Ūawa and in Gisborne, with residents on Thompson St and Fergusson Drive leaving their homes.
Gisborne drenched, more rain on the way
May 21, 2024 · A “Tasman Sea Special” drenched Tairāwhiti today with more than 120 millimetres of rain falling on parts of the East Coast in 24 hours and floodwaters closing sections of State Highway 2 south and SH35. The heavy rain eased for a while around midday but it returned as forecast thunderstorms persisted at times into the afternoon.