A haka tribute was paid to All Black, Poverty Bay and Ngatapa legend Ian Kirkpatrick after the Heartland Championship rugby game at Paddy’s Park at Patutahi on Saturday afternoon. Kirky has spent endless hours behind the scenes supporting...
The voting public doesn’t appear all that enthused about either of our major party leaders, when asked in surveys who their preferred prime minister is, but there has been a significant shift in polling this month in the balance of preferences —...
In the past two weeks I have witnessed two incidences of dogs attacking young seals on Wainui Beach. The first was a small tan and white terrier attacking a seal pup resting on rocks at the beach opposite the Okitu Store. The owner ignored the...
Re: Happy to talk about Grey Street project, October 4 letter. Kia Ora Haimona. Thank you for your explanation which gives more background information about the Grey Street project. Congratulations to you and the adventure trust for your great work...
“Ancient one’s birth democracy. We nurture it.” Madness is sweeping over us in the form of the national elections. To vote or not to vote, that is the question. A Prime Minister with hair or no hair? To take the bait of race baiters or become...
Re: Hollywood Bridge. Hollywood was a landowner in the area in the early 1900s . He also owned a farm on the Pipiwhakao Road at Patutahi which was purchased from him by my grandfather in 1916. Bob Burgess
I guess that there are a few politicians who suspect that the TVNZ reporters and mediators who interview them are somewhat less than neutral in their questioning. In my opinion, Winston Peters could be excused if he so believed. Up until now the...
Firstlight Network aims to instal a temporary line within 10 days to restore the link lost between the Pehiri and Patutahi sub-stations after a massive road slump at Tiniroto. Firstlight Network operations acting manager Linda Broughton said the...
The meaning of providing 24/7 service, 365 days a year came into play when the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter rounded out the weekend with two missions, both under cover of darkness. For the first, at 1.30am on Sunday morning, the team...
Another 70,000 electors cast their vote on Tuesday, day two of early voting for the general election. The total of 71,134 votes was down on the 101,438 votes cast on the second day of the 2020 election, but up on the 48,238 votes cast on the same...
A woman who bottled a partygoer in the head during an unprovoked attack at a 50th birthday celebration has been praised by a judge for trying to turn her life around. Elsie Kiri Collier, 29, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment by Judge Turite...
An Edmund Hillary Fellow and social entrepreneur from Botswana has teamed up with EIT | Te Pūkenga to help the Tairāwhiti and Wairoa communities eliminate slash and create business opportunities through a simple scientific method and co-creative...
A car was burnt out in suspicious circumstances on the Wharekopae Road in the early hours of yesterday morning. Police have an inquiry under way. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews from Gisborne and Patutahi at around 4am.“The car was fully involved...
The East Coast Farming Expo will be back in 2024 and the Wairoa Racecourse will be the new venue. It will be held there on February 21 and 22. The popular expo was cancelled this year due to Cyclone Gabrielle. It is usually held at the Wairo...
The suicide prevention work of two Gisborne residents has been recognised by a national suicide prevention training programme Lifekeepers. Each year the programme announces their Lifekeepers C.A.R.E. Heroes Awards, acknowledging the often-heroic...
Hear4U are about a month away from moving into their new headquarters at the rear of the McCannics complex in Awapuni Road and they are really excited about it. The men’s mental health, community wellness and suicide prevention team have operated...
A Matawai fitness group without a gym battled a town-based team in a circuit challenge last weekend. The town and country clash was supported by the Hear4U charity advocating for better mental health, wellbeing, and suicide prevention. Matawai’s...
The A&P Spring Show team are on the final countdown as preparations begin to gather momentum for the annual town and country get-together next week. All competition section entries have now closed. “Equestrian entries are down due to a clash...
Today is World Meningitis Day. To mark the occasion, a global movement has created a “chain of light” symbolising the aim of the World Health Organization’s Global Road Map to Defeat Meningitis by 2030 and to remember those who have died or...
Economic activity in Tairāwhiti is picking up in the wake of the cyclone clean-up operation, a new report shows. ASB’s Regional Scoreboard, which ranks all 16 regions, shows Gisborne has shot up 13 spots from last place after the first quarter of...
‘This is just another cruel blow for that community’.
Consultation now under way on the Government’s $204 million cyclone recovery package for this region is an exercise in local democracy that will no doubt have some benefits — a korero on important issues is always going to be worthwhile for...
by Bob Hughes In my online answer to John Kape’s “GDC regulatory system remains broken” column, I commented that climate change is here to stay, and our infrastructure is ageing. Bob Hughes Sea levels are rising and the frequency of heavy...
With so much written opinion and a myriad of reporting on a broad spectrum of social, political and economic affairs, how do we distinguish between fact and fiction? The Oxford dictionary defines truth as the quality or state of being true. In order...
Kia ora Gordon, We are thrilled that you have noticed our Labour Party Hub — it is in a great spot don’t you think? Come on in for cup of Coffey! We can assure you that Tāmati is very committed to this electorate. Wouldn’t you agree that...
Dogs picked up by the GDC should be treated with respect, delivered to the SPCA, bathed and fed, and made available to the public. Never shot!!! Sarah Dixon
Interesting to read of the opening of the longest-span Bailey bridge in New Zealand but what is the history behind the name, Hollywood Bridge? Can anyone help? Barbara N. Barwick
A large landslide swept away a section of road between Wairoa and Gisborne on Tuesday night, cutting off about 1500 residents in the Hangaroa area. Police said the section of Tiniroto Road between Rockhill Road and Parikanapa Road is impassable. The...
The new Hollywood Bridge connecting residents at the start of Bushy Knoll Road was officially opened by Mayor Rehette Stoltz on Monday. The wide single-lane Bailey bridge spans the Hangaroa River and replaces the old Hollywood Bridge. It has...
Early voting is under way and passionate people are frantically trying to drum up support for their side, even when the polls suggest it’s a lost cause, in what has been a controversial and sometimes bitter and divisive campaign where politics has...
Re: Doing what they want? September 26 letter. Bonjour Simin. Let me deconstruct this scenario for you, and also some other disgruntled readers — Tahi: TAT (Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust), as a volunteer charity, built and own the skatepark and pump...
The matter of a dog being wrongly put down cannot be simply swept under the carpet by a settlement between the district council and the dog’s owners. Irrespective of whether the enormous publicity of this incident was out of all proportion, the...
I recently took a walk around the light show installation down by the museum/council and later went to see it at night. This was very well done. Humans are very imaginative in terms of concepts and their interpretation and I found this reflected...
I think there are many workers who don’t know about their right to take time off to vote, if necessary. The Electoral Act 1993 states: “Subject to the provisions of this section, on the polling day at any election every employer shall allow...