For the first time a faith pavilion will be part of COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to inspire ambitious goals and call for concrete commitments on climate change. The Pope is attending the opening. Shane Goldie, a 22-year-old...
by Hamish Barwick Three years ago, Glenn and Carolyn Prebble on the Whakarau Road took the plunge into running Cashmere goats in their sheep and beef operation and are now reaping the benefits of weed control, Cashmere fibre and meat. The...
A Gisborne district councillor has called the local authority’s risk management practices into question, earning a request to apologise in the process. At Tuesday’s audit and risk meeting, Colin Alder said the council needed to add “another...
The clean-up of debris on the city beaches brought in by the weekend storm was likely to begin today or tomorrow, with contractors to initially clear driftwood away from in front of the Waikanae and Midway surflife saving clubs. The council...
Even before Lynne Martin was found guilty of murdering her father Russell Allison, police were getting ready to recover $225,000 she received from his estate after he died. Martin, 63, was found dead in a police cell the morning after jurors...
Tolaga Bay Area School junior students came to town this week for a careers day outing. They visited The Gisborne Herald where managing director Michael Muir gave them a tour of the business. “What a great opportunity for our tamariki to visit...
Learning Support students and teacher aides are well ahead of their fundraiser target in the Cancer Society’s Marathon for a Month. The Gisborne Girls’ High School group can often be seen walking on the return trip from the Beacon car park to...
Former Gisborne district councillor Meredith Akuhata-Brown says the National-led Government’s referendum policy on Māori wards shows it “panders to the few that don’t really like Māori”. The new policy restores the right to hold referendum...
The fourth cruise ship visit to Gisborne this season went off without a hitch yesterday when the National Geographic Orion came calling again. Orion nosed alongside the new Wharf 7 at Eastland Port at around 6am yesterday and stayed until about 6pm...
Clinical trials of psychedelic medicines are on the cards for the middle of next year, as the marae-led project to cultivate Psilocybe weraroa clicks up another gear. The native fungi was discovered by chance on whenua within Rangiwaho Marae. It...
'We are part of the problem and a massive part of the solution' — Eastland Wood Council chair.
“Revisiting these events and the trauma related to the cyclone will be challenging for some and, as an important reminder, there is support available to those who may need it: hbemergency. govt. nz/cyclone-gabrielle-review/where-to-get-help
She ploughed through the gates of a business in a stolen vehicle, drove dangerously, taunted and assaulted police, threw rocks and threatened to blow up Gisborne police station. Marie Eileen Brown, 47, might normally have been jailed for all that...
The new Government wants to crack on with important work but it will find itself dealing with distractions if third-time deputy prime minister Winston Peters keeps grouching at the media and entertaining conspiracy theories. The sooner he jets off...
Clive Bibby It may seem somewhat ironic suggesting that we are are still in charge of our own destiny, given the challenges that have emerged during this last year — Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle with their unprecedented damaging effect on the...
Re: No reason to fiddle with major city road, November 28 column. Roger, my word, you seem to have a bee in your bonnet around change. If you haven’t noticed (but you more than likely have, apparently) our city is in dire need of some aroha. This...
I note with interest that the speed restriction signs, that were never legally compliant, have been removed on Wharekopae Road. Should we assume that the huge potholes that remain on the road are no longer dangerous enough to warrant restrictions...
I want to thank the general public of Gisborne for supporting our peaceful gatherings to show solidarity with the marginalised people of Palestine. As we stand in absolute grief and distress for the loss of 14,000 Palestinian lives, over 6000 of...
Te Hapara School students have been exploring the wonder of energy this term as part of Engineering New Zealand’s Wonder Project. The free nationwide programme for schools is designed to get young Kiwis excited about science, technology...
Official figures for the week up to midnight, Sunday, show 69 Tairāwhiti residents have Covid-19. The country recorded 41 deaths from Covid in that week, but none from this district as the “fifth wave” of Covid-19 continues to strike New...
A control plan for asbestos at the Olympic Pool complex is under review ahead of demolition works beginning next year. Both the 50 metre lap pool and administration building are set to be levelled at the complex following the September opening of...
Residents in the inner city area around Aberdeen Road and Cobden Street who experienced discoloured water coming out of their taps last Tuesday have had an explanation from the council. The issue was contained to that area. Council water manager Leo...
A Hawke’s Bay police sergeant has received national honours for his efforts in rescuing a man at risk of drowning in the Wairoa River on New Year’s Eve two years ago. Sergeant Willie Tran was presented with a Royal Humane Society Bravery Award...
A man accused of burgling Gisborne’s Zambrero Restaurant twice in one night and twice burgling a beauty business a few days earlier, is on bail again. After being arrested for the alleged offences in October, Aidan Wesches, 40, was initially...
Gisborne District Council has confirmed the last emergency sewer valve was closed at 5.30pm on Monday and all sewage discharge into the city rivers has stopped. “For the next five days we advise no swimming, fishing or gathering shellfish in...
A new initiative to help restore, enhance and plant 2.1 million hectares of diverse indigenous forest across New Zealand over the next decade has been announced by Pure Advantage. Called Recloaking Papatūānuku, it is guided by the wisdom of...
The cruise ship Noordam made an impressive sight out on Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay yesterday and the city centre was busy with passengers who came ashore for the afternoon and evening. Noordam became the third cruise ship to visit Gisborne so far...
Getting outside to teach is a vital part of education and the most important thing we can do for humanity and our planet, says outdoor education expert and naturalist Ruud Kleinpaste. Ruud and fellow nature expert John Lawry ran workshops in...
21-year-old battled terrifying five-metre swells and 50-60km/h winds.
In the latest setback in what seems to be an endless winter, the Gisborne and Wairoa districts have yet again been pummelled by more severe weather. We entered the weekend faced once again with what seems like a never-ending series of rain warnings...
Roger Handford So a behind-the-scenes alliance of council, the NZTA and a skateboard group is to take over and “remake” Grey Street. I don’t know about other ratepayers, but I am sick and tired of interest groups and the council creating...
Mātai is shaping the future of medical research and innovation. What an incredibly informative and inspirational symposium they held at the War Memorial Theatre last week, with so many distinguished speakers. Mātai Medical Research Institute has...
Re: “Play Streets”. I’m confused. Are roads/streets for vehicular travel or children’s playgrounds? Are we now teaching our children that it’s a good idea to play on the road? Perhaps Health and Safety might have an opinion about this...
Bob Hughes New Zealand has a new Government with a new leadership team. Sadly, Simon Watts will be Climate Minister outside the Cabinet. Unlike the previous Labour government with the Green Party’s James Shaw as its representative, climate change...