Organisers of today’s freezing workers reunion now expect close to 200 people to attend the first get-together of former Gisborne Refrigerating Company workers since the works closed in late 1994. The reunion starts at 2pm this afternoon in the...
Gisborne District Council voters will have a referendum at the 2025 local body election to decide whether to retain the Maori ward. That is the result of a policy announcement made yesterday by the newly sworn-in coalition Government. The policy...
Yesterday was an exciting day for new East Coast MP Dana Kirkpatrick as the National-led coalition Government was sworn into office. Ms Kirkpatrick is eagerly looking forward to delivering her maiden speech. “I have been thinking about my maiden...
A Tongan national has admitted three historical sex offences, involving a girl under 12 years old. Leimoni Raymond Taofi was helped by a court-appointed interpreter to enter his guilty pleas during a Crown call-over fixture in Gisborne District...
People here have been signing the White Ribbon Pledge to help reduce violence to women. The Violence Free Network yesterday held a signing session ahead of White Ribbon Day (today), encouraging men to sign a pledge committing them to one of eight...
Redundancy letters have been given to more than half of the 80 employees at the Juken mill at Matawhero. In a statement late yesterday afternoon, Juken NZ managing director Hiroyuki Kawado said, it was with regret that the redundancy letters had...
A trial date has been set for a group of men accused of attacking a 61-year-old in his Riverdale home. Mana Wimutu, 27, Iras Tipene-Brown, 22, Mohi Apanui, 23, and Israel Benjamin Peri, 28 , had allegedly been stealing alcohol from shops on...
Gisborne’s horizon just got greener with the launch of Te Ihi o te Rā, for now the largest operational solar farm in New Zealand. Spanning 6.1 hectares and equippped with 8000 bi-facial solar panels, the 5.2-megawatt Te Ihi o te Rā solar farm...
MetService issues orange rain warning; heavy rain expected to continue through to Sunday.
Nineteen communities across the region are about to receive specialist emergency equipment that will enable them to initiate a community-led response if they are cut off after a catastrophic event, thanks to a united effort led by the Tairāwhiti...
Re: Oil-producing nations accused of stalling plastic pollution treaty, Wednesday page 12 story. Amongst other things, this AP article pointed out that some of the more than 390 million tonnes of plastic produced annually gets into the human food...
There are a small number of people who write to this paper incessantly to advise and inform us with their knowledge and opinions on a wide variety of topics. Woe betide anyone who questions them as their replies are ridiculed and insulted in a very...
Dave Read The Juken New Zealand mill in Gisborne is the 56th mill to close in the past 20 years. We need to ask why our government has promoted the planting of more land when the result has been lost jobs.
Hasn’t Winston Peters done well? The NZ First leader nixed National’s plan to lift the ban on foreign home ownership for houses that sell for $2m or more, as expected — likewise, the age for superannuation eligibility stays the same; he...
Gwynne Dyer There are really three parties to the “pause” — nobody is officially using the word “ceasefire” — that brings at least a temporary end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip. Two of the three parties, Hamas and the United States...
by Monique Steele Prices for log exports are slowly improving, but a forestry consultant says the sector must find new international markets to reduce its reliance on China. Export prices have firmed this month, with sales to New Zealand’s largest...
A new telehealth service for rural areas hopes to improve access to primary healthcare for nearly 900,000 New Zealanders. Ka Ora Telecare was co-commissioned by Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority. It...
The Husqvarna North Island Farm Forester of the Year winner Rangitoto Station at Porangahau in Hawke’s Bay will be showcased in a Field Day next Thursday. The themes for the day will be climate resilience, the protection and enhancement of...
Waitangi Terrace Station at Kanakanaia sent down 2343 store black face lambs to the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, the sole vendor of store lambs for the weekly sale. The lambs had been well prepared and drafted, but sold on a slightly weaker...
The Top 2 Inches seminar at the Bushmere Arms provided farmers, growers and local business people with valuable information applicable to their own businesses and lives. The November 9 event, staged by AgFirst and the Westpac Bank attracted around...
It has been a big week for 10-year-old Harry Newman from Motu School who has been recognised for his passion and environmental action by the Fred Hollows Foundation. Harry was named a Junior Ambassador in the Foundation’s annual New Zealand...
Tertiary students considering a career in the red meat sector are encouraged to apply for the Meat Industry Association (MIA) 2024 scholarship programme before applications close very shortly. Up to four new scholarships, a mixture of undergraduate...
Pleasing to read Grey St changes will include a disabled park outside Ocean Dental, but, one is not enough. There needs to be at least two disabled parks for that busy Grey St area. Barbara Barwick
On Friday November 17, Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti released information via Facebook and the Herald announcing approval for a new MRI scanner. These articles suggest patients requiring prostate and cardiac MRI are sent out of town for imaging. This is...
Jason Heale Maxim Institute You’ve probably heard that Chloe Swarbrick chanted, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at a pro-Palestine protest. Criticism was swift. David Seymour demanded she apologise. A Jewish woman told...
A report for councillors last week on council activities for the five months to the end of October included a breakdown on how it will spend the vast majority of the $125m for road and bridge repairs coming its way via the Government cyclone...
I’m enduring it.” That was the response from first term Gisborne district councillor Colin Alder when asked if he had enjoyed his first year on council. The Herald approached Cr Alder, who along with fellow first termer Cr Teddy Thomas, has...
Gisborne hip hop duo 98 Cents have followed up their world championships performances with individual success at the Battle in the Bay in Hastings last weekend. Paul Hawaikirangi was first in the open solo section while his 98 Cents partner Kylah...
Harry Newman from Motu School has been recognised for his passion and environmental action this week. The 10-year-old has been named a Fred Hollows NZ Humanity Award Junior Ambassador. Harry has done what has been described as an “epic” job in...
The Gisborne District Council in collaboration with Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti, hosted the first “Play Street” in Tairāwhiti. Play took over Edward Street, a cul-de-sac off Mary Street in Mangapapa. The road was cordoned off so that around 20...
The annual challenge to climb the equivalent height of Mt Everest has wrapped up, after 130 people successfully completed it. The Titirangi Mt. Everest Challenge ran from Monday October 2 to Sunday November 19. An iconic event for the region, it...
A leading woodcraft artist will demonstrate woodturnng decoration and embellishing in Gisborne later this month at an open meeting of the Gisborne Woodworking Club. Tref Roberts, president of the National Association of Woodworkers NZ, has been...
This week is Asbestos Awareness Week (November 20–26). As New Zealand’s number one workplace killer, asbestos is responsible for approximately 220 deaths each year due to related diseases. Now is a great opportunity to educate and remind tradies...
by Ann Revington, Wairoa Star The latest exhibition at Wairoa Museum is a photographic journey of sites of significance around Tūranganui-ā-Kiwa/Gisborne. Mike Spedding — a former director of the Wairoa and Tairāwhiti museums and now an art...