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Hip-hop duo do battle in Hastings

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...

Ten-year-old Harry made ‘Junior Ambassador’ in Fred Hollows NZ Humanity Awards

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...

'Play Street' pilot in Mangapapa a hit - and a first for Tairāwhiti

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...

Done and dusted: Titirangi Mt Everest Challenge signs off for another year

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...

Wood becomes art in Tref Roberts’ hands

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...

Asbestos Awareness Week: deadly disease takes years to develop

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...

Echoes of the land exposed in photo exhibition

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...

Show will go on: January 19-20 fair to be held in Wairoa’s town centre

by Doug Laing, Hawke’s Bay Today The Wairoa A&P Society is taking its January show to town after deciding it cannot hold the annual event at its showgrounds because of damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle and other climatic events of 2023. The...

Most whitebait spawning areas hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle

The full impact of Cyclone Gabrielle on the whitebait fishery may not be seen until next year. Department of Conservation (DoC) Wairoa ranger David Mathias said the flooding was significant and quite severe on their habitat. While some whitebait...

MasterChef Māra Kai: Gisborne Intermediate pair Neko and Max rule the kitchen

Gisborne Intermediate School students Neko Dalton and Max Gavin were crowned Māra Kai MasterChef champions after an inter-school cook-off last week. The Enviroschools Māra Kai MasterChef final runs every year at Gisborne Intermediate after...

Police pounce on poacher trying to retrieve hidden crayfish from marine reserve

A Gisborne man who repeatedly poached crayfish from a marine reserve has been sentenced to two months jail for what a judge described as deliberate night-time offending. Duke Matahiki was first observed and then apprehended by police at Tapuwae o...

Woman seriously hurt in Whangara crash

A woman suffered serious injuries when the SUV she was in left State Highway 35 yesterday morning, hitting a large willow tree before coming to rest against a fence down a bank. Emergency services were called to the crash at around 9.30am, and...

Orange rain warning likely

More rain is on the way for the region, as another system sweeps in from the north, off the Tasman Sea. While the rain has not been torrential so far, total accumulation means much of the district is once again saturated. MetService warns a low...

Hidden camera gives real images of POWs

A collection of surreptitiously taken photographs showing life as a POW (prisoner of war), backed by diaries never discovered by German captors, will fascinate any World War 2 buff or descendant of a veteran. Prominent Gisborne farmer Nick Seymour...

Part-funding for Grey Street speed chicanes and one-way changes

Project fitted Waka Kotahi goals to increase number of people using active and low carbon modes of transport . . . Gisborne District Council has already agreed to part-fund a proposal to introduce speed chicanes on Grey Street and make Kahuti...

Jury takes two hours to return guilty verdict in cold case murder trial

Daughter deliberately started fire which burned her father alive, jury finds.

How about a referendum on country’s name?

A referendum on the Treaty has been described as “too divisive”, so how about a referendum on the name of our country: New Zealand or Aotearoa? How could anyone describe this as “divisive”? Martin Hanson

Wall used to be maintained

The disintegrating condition of the sea/road wall in Tokomaru Bay is a classic example of why Big is not Better. Once Waiapu County Council’s priorities were Waiapu County Council’s and the wall was constantly maintained. Under Greater Gisborne...