Strong winds are forecast for much of the North Island, but no warnings have been issued for the Gisborne region. However, the daily weather records indicate the district has entered the drying wind season. So far this month Gisborne has had 10 days...
It’s time to tighten up those shoelaces for The Gisborne Herald Fun Run and Quarter Marathon on Sunday. Start time is 9.30am. Online registrations close at midnight tonight, or you can register at Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti, Level One, 74 Grey...
A High Court judge has voiced her support for “detailed and fulsome” written cultural reports, saying they’re an important part of the sentencing process, “to ensure consistent outcomes”. Justice Christine Grice made the comment while...
A ute left Tucker Road at Makauri on Wednesday night and struck a power transformer pole. The people in the vehicle were lucky to escape injury, firefighters said. The ute ended up on top of the transformer pole and the power lines came down around...
Wednesday was a hectic day for helicopter rescues in the region with the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter backed up by aircraft from outside the district. The day started early for the local team with a 3am call-out to a medical event in...
Rangatahi of Tāiki e Next Gen have created a fun and different way of learning te reo Māori — a new game called Hēnga. It’s Jenga with a twist. The giant blocks have different questions around te reo Māori me ōna tikanga (the Māori...
Coxco staff rolled up their sleeves and got stuck into some beach clean-up work on the city beachfront yesterday as an opportunity to give back to the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa community. The company had 25 staff, including 10 from Wairoa who travel to...
Strikes by senior doctors and dentists who work at public hospitals, as the election approaches, are an embarrassment for the Government but also underline serious flaws in the country’s medical system. The senior doctors point to some desperate...
Re: Enabling race in space between superpowers, Sept 13. Hi Manu, it is amazing to read your letter and the knowledge you have against Rocket Lab. Do you support Sonya Smith and her small group calling themselves “Rocket Lab Monitor”? Do you...
Next Tuesday’s television “head to head” between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon, regarding the policies of the two major contender parties, will make for great TV. At this stage, the polls are showing that Labour’s policies as they now...
A man’s vast collection of objectionable publications included many “so extreme” that a sentencing judge could say little to describe them and asked media to be similarly cautious in reporting the facts.
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is the one week every year that Aotearoa New Zealand has dedicated to celebrating and promoting the language of the land and its people. It is a chance for anyone to share and celebrate different aspects of the language —...
For those wanting to see something different from the flaps, fury and subterfuge of the New Zealand election campaign, the world news is providing a tragic distraction. Within a few days, North African countries Morocco and Libya have both suffered...
Sonya Smith, leader or spokesperson for the Rocket Lab Monitor Group trying to convince New Zealanders that we are being misled by Rocket Lab . . . Sonya, it is your outfit that has been misleading New Zealanders and the Government, and now your...
It sounds like we actually have a Government which is “tough on crime”. Labour plans to increase our police force by another 300 police. We already have 1800 more police than we did six years ago in 2017 and they’re better paid. The extr...
Te Whatu Ora is reporting two more Covid-19 deaths in Tairāwhiti. During the week ending midnight on Sunday, Te Whatu Ora reported 33 deaths across New Zealand, including two in Tairāwhiti. That does not necessarily mean all 33 deaths occurred...
The fire that all but destroyed an implement shed and an attached sleepout on an orchard in Pilmer Road was caused by an electrical fault in a ride-on mower stored in the shed. Fire and Emergency NZ crews responded to the blaze at Makauri at around...
The region’s house prices have bounced back with the nation’s biggest increase, arresting a six month-long slump. Latest statistics from the Real Estate Institute (REINZ) shows the median price here increased by 14.8 percent year-on-year to...
Gisborne Intermediate School is reducing the numbers of “out-of-zone” pupils it enrols to avoid overcrowding, after an “unintentional” increase this year. School principal Andy Hayward advised parents of the situation on a recent social...
From this week dogs are banned from a host of public areas here. Gisborne District Council has introduced eight changes to its dog control policy and bylaw which came into effect this week. Dogs can be walked on a leash around the city’s...
The distinctive A-frame Mihaia Anglican Church at Tolaga Bay is to be demolished to make way for a new church. It is the second church on the site and has lasted less than half the time of its predecessor. The first Anglican church there opened in...
Sophie Cairns is heading to Papua New Guinea tomorrow with a team of five others to set up two school libraries and fill them with books they have collected over the past year. She is part of a charity called From Me which collects donations of...
Gisborne Hospital senior doctors went on another two-hour strike yesterday as they continue to campaign for wage increases that reflect the cost of living. Thousands of senior doctors and dentists who work at Te Whatu Ora public hospitals and health...
A sausage sizzle and memorial motorcycle ride will take place on Saturday, to raise money for charity and mark Motorbike Awareness Month. The Gisborne Road Pirates Social Motorcycle Club (RPSMC) annual Hayden Miller Memorial Charity Run will leave...
Learning te reo Māori helps bring more of an understanding about the culture and people it is from. This is what te reo Māori student Amanda Clarke, 47, feels about learning the language of Aotearoa New Zealand. As a full-time worker, with family...
Residents of a remote East Coast beach community have been forced to purchase additional vehicles to reach town after a part of their road slid down a cliff after a June storm.
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As bad as probably expected, but better than some thought — that would sum up Treasury’s Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update released yesterday afternoon. Pundits have been warning that Prefu, as it has become known, would show a gloomy...
Natasha Baulis, Maxim Institute researcher Reading a recent article by Stuff, I was struck once again by a strong sense of frustration at their “How does this story make you feel?” survey. Frustration, however, was not one of the six options...
Manu Caddie Re: Launch pad disruption, Sept 12 story. Both Rocket Lab and government officials continue to obfuscate the issues. 1. Weapons targeting systems are weapons, despite what Rocket Lab might want to call them. A technology used to identify...
David Seymour has always come across as the affable uncle at a family gathering — jovial, witty and otherwise harmless. As the election nears and he senses real power just beyond his grasp, he has now decided to unleash the beast within. Annoyed...
I had the privilege of watching the Sunday matinee of Jersey Boys, and WOW! I got a last-minute ticket jumping in with friends, as I am not from Gisborne and only here for a week. To say I was absolutely blown away by the talent is an...
Tree Growers Tairāwhiti — formerly known as The East Coast Farm Forestry Association — has two fieldays planned, one at Awapapa Station and the other at the Eastwoodhill Arboretum and Rere. On Wednesday, September 20 Awapapa Station at Hangaro...
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT)will head to Wairoa on October 4 to support flood-affected farmers there by bringing them together for a day out and to supply them with donations of fencing packs. “Don’t let this opportunity pass you by — come and...