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5 December 2011 – MONDAY MEMO

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…from Heart of Gisborne acting city manager, Ken Huberts   The week ahead: After an incredibly successful Christmas Parade, we are now focusing our attention on the upcoming late night shopping promotion on 22 December. This is a great opportunity for shoppers to support our participating local retailers who will all be in the festive spirit! We will [...]

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28 November 2011 – MONDAY MEMO

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 …from Heart of Gisborne acting city manager, Ken Huberts   The week ahead: Now that the election is over, we can get back to focusing on all the exciting things that are happening locally in the lead up to Christmas. Our city’s Christmas tree is now up on Sun City’s roof with over 1000 new LED lights in [...]

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21 November 2011 – MONDAY MEMO

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…from Heart of Gisborne acting city manager, Ken Huberts   The week ahead: We have moved! Due to strengthening work needed on our current building, Heart of Gisborne (and Architects 44) have moved next door to 50 Childers Rd. Our office is on the first floor and will be our home for the next 8 months until the work [...]

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14 November 2011 – MONDAY MEMO

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…from Heart of Gisborne acting city manager, Ken Huberts   The week ahead: Congratulations to everyone who took on the challenge of The Gisborne Herald Quarter Marathon and 5km Fun Run yesterday! It was another cracker weekend here in Gisborne thanks to this fantastic annual event, as well as the many other activities on offer such as sampling [...]

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7 November 2011 – MONDAY MEMO

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…from Heart of Gisborne acting city manager, Ken Huberts The week ahead: I hope you all enjoyed another wonderful weekend in Gisborne with races to bet on, beautiful gardens to walk through, music to listen to, and wine to sample! The countdown to Christmas is officially on with Christmas decorations already starting to brighten up shops throughout the [...]

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31 October 2011 – MONDAY MEMO

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…from Heart of Gisborne acting city manager, Ken Huberts   The week ahead: Today is the last day of October, which means it’s just 33 days until the Christmas Parade and only 54 days until Christmas! With temperatures rising and sun hours increasing, summer is well and truly on its way. This is a gentle reminder that we [...]

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25 October 2011 – TUESDAY TRIUMPH

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…from Heart of Gisborne acting city manager, Ken Huberts   The week ahead: What a weekend! I set up a fan zone in my street, invited the neighbours and watched for 80 very nervous minutes until that moment when we knew the Cup was ours. Well done ABs! People watched the game at locations all over Gisborne, including [...]

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17 October 2011 – MONDAY MEMO

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…from Heart of Gisborne acting city manager, Ken Huberts   The week ahead: Last night’s outstanding semi-final performance by the All Blacks has the entire country in high spirits and this is set to continue as the long weekend approaches. Not only do we have all the excitement of the Rugby World Cup final to look forward [...]

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10 October 2011 – MONDAY MEMO

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…from Heart of Gisborne acting city manager, Ken Huberts   The week ahead: Many of the food, liquor and hospitality outlets had a flurry of activity prior to the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals over the weekend, and with the France/Wales and All Blacks/Wallabies semifinal showdowns to look forward to, it’s only going to get better! Hopefully this [...]

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3 October 2011 – MONDAY MEMO

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…from Heart of Gisborne acting city manager, Ken Huberts   The week ahead: After an action-packed weekend of sport, it’s time to get back to work and focus on having a positive and prosperous week! Heart of Gisborne’s committee is in the process of conducting more interviews for our city manager position. We’ve had a great response [...]

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