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Listed below are some recent news items. Click an item for more detail. |
  'Vindicated' by survey of highway
There it is, chaps: After being locked up for asking contractors to stop installing fibre optic cable on Whareongaonga Block 5 land, of which he is a trustee, Rulon Kahuroa says he has been vindicated by a survey showing the area is Maori land as he originally claimed — not Transit highway reserve as Downer claimed. Picture by Rebecca Grunwell |
Ngati Porou win $90m cash and right to land
A comprehensive agreement with the Crown that redresses historical grievances will see Ngati Porou receive a cash sum of $90 million, with the possible right to buy back forest land and other commercial redress including the possibility of purchasing Tauwhareparae Station at a fair price. |
Own your own bug's life with a custom cave complete with crawly characters
For sale: One bug cave, complete with computer animation to teach children about insects. One careful student owner. |
Actor wins recognition as laureate
MORE than four decades after he left his family's East Coast farm, singer/actor George Henare has been named one of five 2008 arts laureates by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand. |
Treaty agreement is a second major triumph
A high-level agreement with the Crown establishing the key elements of a settlement of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims is a second major triumph for Ngati Porou within a week and sets the foundation for a better future for the iwi. |
Heading for the sun: Races blending under Gisborne's clear blue skies in Gisborne
On a stiflingly hot day at Gisborne's Lytton High School, two 14-year-old boys link arms behind their backs for a ball-carrying race - one of those silly things that teachers love to make kids do in the closing days of term.
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New Zealand NZ in the South Pacific - a perfect vaction place
The Bay of Plenty and Gisborne areas are rich in natural landscape while having great cafe's restaurants and accommodation choices. |
There's money in that Gisborne mud
The East Coast has had a tad too much mud lately, but Gisborne company Parehaka Minerals is about to make money from people putting its mud on their faces.
From NZ Herald |
Landscape Design and Landscpe Gardening Resource
The Landscape Industry Portal covers ALL aspects of garden and outdoor design plus construction, maintenance, products and accessories. |
Gisborne - Fresh idea aids shelf life of fruit
Gisborne firm Clarke Refrigeration has developed innovative technology that increases the shelf-life of fresh-cut produce throughout the world.
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The Gisborne Wine Region
All the information about the Gisborne Wine Region |
Snubbed cider now the apple of Brian's eye - Gisborne's own cider
Brian Shanks remembers the day he was able to waltz into the local working man's pub, order a cider and sit down for a drink without being teased. The "weasel piss" had come of age.
From www.stuff.co.nz |
Tribunal says Te Papa exhibit was stolen
One of Te Papa's star Maori attractions was acquired in a clear Treaty of Waitangi breach and there is a "real question" over whether the museum legally owns it, the Waitangi Tribunal has found. |
Store owner signs up for te reo
Looking for paraoa, miraka or pata (bread, milk or butter)? Then check out the Tokomaru Bay Four Square. |
Gourmet road trips: Chardonnay, and lots more in Gisborne
Gisborne is the self-proclaimed chardonnay capital of New Zealand, so summer visitors to the region should set aside plenty of time to indulge in the food and wine on offer.
From NZ Herald |
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