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WEBDog attacks leave more than 50 animals dead: ‘Heartbreaking’ attacks prompt calls for stricter animal control laws. Six dogs have killed more than 50 lambs, ducks and chickens in attacks described as “horrific” and “heartbreaking”. Residents around Gisborne’s Nelson Rd and Campion Rd are now afraid to keep animals on their...
Tairāwhiti news in brief: Gisborne ‘home port’ of sunk navy ship ...
WEB20 hours ago · HMNZS Manawanui, the navy ship that sank off the coast of Samoa at the weekend, and its crew, had called Gisborne their ‘home port’ for nearly four years. The hydrographic survey ship was carrying out survey work near a reef on the southern coast of Upolu in Samoa when it struck a reef. The ship later caught fire and sank.
Welcome to your new Gisborne Herald online
WEBApr 3, 2023 · Welcome to the new-look Gisborne Herald website. We hope you like the new site and some new features — which include an events calendar where organisers can submit details and an image, and a newsletter service starting from today for those who wish to get regular summaries of the latest news, or what’s happening on the arts and ...
Households self-evacuated across Tairāwhiti, emergency crews …
WEBJun 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.
Government plan leaves question mark over future of Gisborne’s ...
WEB2 days ago · As the Government looks to take control of national forestry regulations from councils, questions linger on what it will mean for Gisborne. A research paper released online last month showed that Gisborne region was the only council that developed rules in a “strategic and principled” way after law changes in …
Numbers here reflect fifth wave of Covid - The Gisborne Herald
WEBNov 18, 2023 · Covid-19 numbers are up in Tairāwhiti with 74 active cases, as the country experiences a “fifth wave” of the virus. The latest official figures, for the week up to midnight last Sunday, showed 5942 cases were recorded across the nation.
Gisborne records another Covid death
WEBJun 20, 2024 · Gisborne records another Covid death. A Covid-19-attributed fatality has been recorded in Tairāwhiti for the second consecutive week. The latest Health NZ figures for the week ending midnight Sunday records the Tairāwhiti death, which takes the district’s Covid-19-attributed death tally to 47. There were 43 active cases in Tairāwhiti as at ...
Gisborne drenched, more rain on the way
WEBMay 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.
‘We should be really worried’: Gisborne set to fight NZTA plan
WEBJun 5, 2024 · It will shift the qualifying weather event from a minimum one-in-10-year event to a one-in-20-year event. “We should be really worried about this,” Stoltz said. “What we are seeing is a cost transfer, from NZTA to us.”. Under the proposal, funding assistance rates would drop from 20 to 10 per cent, which means councils would have to pay ...