The man found seriously injured under the Okitu Bridge at Wainui 10 days ago has made good progress in Waikato Hospital. Police say they have not found any evidence of foul play at this stage. The 71-year-old was found under the bridge, on the...
Gisborne builders have downed tools and trousers, in a cheeky effort to raise awareness for men’s mental health. New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) Gisborne Region officially launched its inaugural 2024 Charity Calendar, “New Zealand...
Fire crews from the city and rural crews were tied up for a couple of hours on Sunday dealing with a fire in driftwood at the mouth of the Waipaoa River. Fire and Emergency New Zealand received a call about it at around 10.40am that morning. “It...
Due to recent poor weather, contractors require an extra three days to complete resealing works on State Highway 2 in the Waioeka Gorge this week. The new completion date is now Friday, November 3. From Wednesday, November 1, the road will be closed...
Complex site conditions and design adjustments have caused the pre-Christmas opening of temporary Te Reinga Bridge access to be pushed out to early next year. While a genuine attempt is being made to progress the work, the complex nature of the...
The region is in line for more rainas Civil Defence authorities here keep a cautious eye on river levels. The Met Service today issued an Orange Heavy Rain warming for Gisborne, forecasting 130mm to 160 mm of rain, on top of what had already...
Road users throughout Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti are being urged to plan ahead and take care with heavy rain on the way. MetService is forecasting the heaviest rainfall to hit the regions on Monday and Tuesday. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is...
Gisborne’s population increased by 1.2 percent from 52,000 to 52,630 in the 12 months to June 30. This is according to provisional estimates released by Stats NZ earlier this week. The population grew in all 16 regions of New Zealand over the 12...
An unconsented Gisborne seawall which defied council instruction has raised concern about potential impacts to the environment. On October 6, Gisborne District Council issued an abatement notice to former mayor Meng Foon for work he had undertaken...
Five years on from a restructure that saw Juken NZ lay off half of the 200 people working at its mill at Matawhero — as it stopped production of plywood and laminated timber products because of a slowdown in the Japanese housing market, to focus...
I am disappointed in the amount of rubbish on the side of Awapuni Road. Old beds, couches, umbrellas, plastic by the mile, Mcdonald’s leftovers — in fact, whatever you can think of seems to arrive at one time or another. Awapuni Road is a main...
In today’s world of Ukraines and Gazas, it is easy to get a mite discouraged as to whether Homo sapiens as a species is capable of long-term change. Recently, I spent a few hours at the local hospital’s A & E department. I would like to...
John Minto and other misinformed anti-Zionist antisemites fail to understand the objectives of Hamas-ruled Palestinians and those of Israelis. There are great differences. Hamas do not want peace. They want to kill Jews. They don’t want Israel...
Re: Fancy a trout? Oct 27 article. While I personally will always applaud those who wish to teach the art of fly fishing for trout (especially for free), I also believe those in a position of influence such as angling clubs, Fish & Game etc...
Tūranga Gardens have been closed, and will remain closed for the foreseeable future, after multiple erosion sites and signs of asbestos were found at the site. The gardens are situated at the top of Hospital Hill and provide a thoroughfare for...
The harvesting practices of two forestry companies operating in Tairāwhiti are coming under the scrutiny of an international auditor, community group Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti says. Gisborne District Council has successfully prosecuted five forestry...
Diggers will be on site at Waikare Gorge from Monday as the old, collapsed bridge is demolished. A Bailey bridge opened to traffic in May, reconnecting State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier after the concrete structure collapsed during Cyclone...
Scores of jobs are on the line at one of Gisborne’s biggest employers, with forestry giant Juken New Zealand considering closing its Gisborne sawmill after nearly 30 years. In a statement given to The Gisborne Herald, Juken New Zealand Ltd...
If you didn’t already know, the All Blacks play the Springboks tomorrow morning, New Zealand time, for the Webb Ellis Cup in the final of the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Te Wharau School got out in force yesterday dressed in black to support the All...
by Ryan O’Sullivan A new community economic development plan for Wairoa is in the first stages of its preparation. The Wairoa District Council’s strategy, wellbeing and economic development committee convened this week to deliberate on a new...
Gwynne Dyer “If we look at it over the years, one of the main people contributing to Hamas’s strengthening has been (Prime Minister) ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu,” said Yuval Diskin, head of Israel’s Shin Bet security service between 2005 and 2011...
A group of “lifesavers” showed up at Pauline’s place in Tiniroto last week in the form of missionaries from the Seventh-Day Adventist church. They set to work on the house begun some years ago by Pauline’s brother Dennis. He suffered an...
Makaraka School is on a mission to clean up rubbish on the main road outside the school putting a new spin on the Wednesday Challenge. The Wednesday Challenge is about encouraging people to walk to school but at Makaraka School it’s about cleaning...
No 'closed-door' decisions.
Rocket Lab anticipates it will resume rocket launches from Mahia by the end of the year, after it received Federal Aviation Administration authorisation to resume. The authorisation comes after Rocket Lab experienced an in-flight anomaly on...
Police are appealing for information after a pensioner was found with serious injuries in Wainui at the weekend. The 71 year-old man was located in a serious condition on Moana Road, under the Okitu Bridge, around 10.30am on Sunday, October 22. The...
Extra security has been drafted in after a security guard working for a Waka Kotahi contractor was threatened at gunpoint. “Our contractors working at a site on State Highway 35 at Mangahauini have confirmed one of their security guards was...
The community is invited to participate in the second Tairāwhiti Wellbeing Survey (TWS), to help build comprehensive data about how the region is doing. The survey was designed to improve local data to better understand the wellbeing and needs of...
Community grants totalling just over $196,000 were approved in the latest funding round from Trust Tairāwhiti. The biggest recipients were Toitu Tairāwhiti and Te Runanga o Ngāti Porou, which each received $75,000 towards their emergency...
Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village has been crowned Ryman Healthcare’s Village of the Year for 2023 in what has been a true roller-coaster ride of a year for the resilient Gisborne team. Village manager Penny Forrester accepted the trophy at this...
Gisborne residents from overseas became New Zealand citizens this week at a ceremony at Gisborne District Council
One hundred years ago today Gisborne became the home of one of New Zealand’s first radio broadcasting stations. Station 2YM was started by three Gisborne amateur radio operators — Percy Stevens, Ivan O’Meara and Bob Patty — who obtained one...
An old Irish saying goes, ““Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout”. There is something serene about fishing, where time stands still, and the only sound is the swishing of the fishing line being cast and the waters running...
She had invited her ex-partner for a weekend of reconciliation but, high on meth, all that jealous and mentally-unstable Rimu Morrell could dish out was terror — not just for the woman but the general public too. Assaults, verbal abuse, dangerous...