Around the motu: James Pocock in Gisborne

Gisborne doctors are on a second 24-hour strike this month for funding and worker rights, it will be up to six months until repairs on one of Gisborne's 'most challenging' roads are done, and submissions to oppose 'encroachment' of Napier into East Coast electorate are under proposal. James Pocock is the Gisborne Herald Editor.