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Double the usual rainfall in record year

Weather is the year’s dirty word in Tairāwhiti — a year which has set a new standard for the word “wet”. As Christmas draws near, residents from East Cape to Wairoa and Napier will be hoping for a dry and sunny spell for the festive season...

2027 date for Waikare bypass

by Doug Laing A highway deviation costing about $250 million to bypass the site of a slip that again closed the road between Napier and Wairoa this week is unlikely to be open before 2027. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency estimates it will take three...

Paid lifeguards selected

The team of paid surf lifeguards to protect the Gisborne and Tolaga Bay beaches on weekdays during the peak of this summer have been selected. The lifeguards will undergo an induction course on December 18 and 19, and then commence work on December...

Operation Pinocchio under way

Gisborne Woodturners Club want to share the Christmas festival spirit with deserving young tamariki who have had a tough time. President Lynne Boulter has started distributing wooden toys made by club members during the year and the first recipient...

Teenager facing GBH charge over gang member shooting

Police have arrested a Black Power associate in relation to the October shooting of a rival gang member in Gisborne and seized firearms and ammunition at gang addresses across the city. A police operation targeting firearms and gangs was carried out...

Father tried to 'cover his tracks' after maiming son in firearm incident

An East Coast man waded into the sea desperately trying to find phone service after his carelessness with a loaded rifle he was not allowed to have seriously wounded his teenaged son. The 16 -year-old is permanently maimed and no longer has one of...

Busy weekend for Santa in countdown to the big day

The Christmas spirit ramps up this weekend with the man in red to appear in Wairoa’s Christmas Parade today and at the Grey Street Christmas Festival in Gisborne tomorrow. Wairoa’s parade starts at 2pm this afternoon and the theme is...

Can you cuddle kittens, walk dogs, or do grounds work? SPCA needs more volunteers

SPCA Gisborne centre manager Melissa Bennett started her new role in the midst of a kitten boom and she is loving every minute. “It’s been a busy month but I’ve landed myself in a pretty good team,” she says. “Everyone has a lot of...

Ambulance called to crash on Gladstone Road

St John Ambulance staff checked over the occupants of two cars that collided in the city yesterday morning. No one was significantly injured in the crash. It happened at the Gladstone Road-Desmond Road corner at around 8.50am. It was reported as...

Yachtsman Seth van Mechelen aiming to set sail from Gisborne next week

Stricken solo yachtsman Seth van Mechelen has an eye on the weather as he prepares to sail away from Gisborne early next week. The 21-year-old battled five-metre swells and strong winds when he and his boat Luna hit the southerly storm that lashed...

Christmas market on this Saturday

The Gizzy Monthly Market Christmas series kicks off this Saturday at Marina Park. Sixty stalls will be set up for the four-hour event which starts at 9am. “Come and support our local creators and their amazing products by joining us at our first...

Silver Muse set to anchor on Monday

The Silver Muse will be the next cruise ship to visit Gisborne and, weather permitting, the Silversea Cruises ship will go to anchor in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay at about 10am on Monday. The ship arrives from Tauranga and will sail for Napier...

Well Child clinic a one-stop shop

A central city drop-in immunisation clinic is making it easier for parents and caregivers to catch up on their children’s immunisations. Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti’s Well Child Service has opened a drop-in immunisation clinic at 295 Palmerston...

Burning rubbish, car fire keep FENZ crews busy

Firefighters reponded to burning vegetation at Makorori and to a car on fire on the outskirts of the city overnight Wednesday/Thursday. They responded with a fire appliance and a water tanker to the fire at Makorori after a passerby reported what...

Smoke inhalation after pot catches fire on stove

A man was taken to Gisborne Hospital for treatment yesterday after suffering smoke inhalation after a pot of oil overheated and caught fire on the stove at a house in Russell Street. Fire and Emergency NZ responded to the incident a few minutes...

Footpath repair programme under way

A massive footpath repair programme has started around Gisborne and will continue until May of next year. Gisborne District Council’s Journeys operations manager Libby Young said there was a big push to respond to an increased number of faults...