Having farmed through two El Nino droughts, I learned to heed advice early and not procrastinate, hoping. Unlike fire and floods, droughts develop and can be farmed, even in the low-rainfall front country. There are three elements to successfully...
It’s 250 days since a #newsroom expose on the National Party’s #BarbaraKuriger. Since then, media have mostly been silent and in the meagre one or two articles, have called her only an “embattled” MP. Even knowing about the misuse of her MP...
Re: Clive’s column on Wednesday. Tena pohehe tena! Translation: that’s a load of rubbish! Nga mihi Geraldine Oliver
Re: Pushing back on nonsense, August 29 letter. Nice one, Lara. I’ve been rolling my eyes back since the first one she wrote. About time someone called her out on the rubbish she writes. Eddie Rare
The training suction dredge Albatros has started a 12-day campaign clearing naturally accumulating sediments along the Eastland Port shipping channel, turning basin, Wharf 7 and Wharf 8. “So far the Albatros crew have worked in the Wharf 7 berth...
The daily limit for recreationally caught pāua will reduce to five of each pāua species per fisher to support the sustainability of stocks in the central and lower North Island, and that includes this region. The new rules take effect on September...
The fire that destroyed an old three-bedroom home on Putere Road at Raupunga south of Wairoa on Monday morning was caused by some sort of electrical fault. Two men living in the home were woken from their sleep by a passerby who saw the fire...
A sleep-deprived hitchhiker, high on methamphetamine, hurled large rocks at vehicles when drivers wouldn’t stop to give him a ride. Jade Smith, 35, smashed windows and dented doors in eight vehicles during an incident on State Highway 2, north of...
The annual St Andrew’s Parish Monster Garage Sale returns tomorrow, with plenty of bargains on offer. Setting up on Thursday, parishioner Marilyn Matthews said there would be something for everyone. “We’ve got lots of bargains, from furniture...
Gisborne has set a new weather record on reaching the end of the eighth month in what has been a bizarre and devastating year for weather. With no rain over the past few days, it means it has been the driest August on record for Gisborne, going back...
The dog attack slaughter of sheep has continued this week in the Patutahi area and the affected farmers have made a plea to the owner of the “ringleader” dog to surrender it in the hope the carnage can end. Seventeen fattening lambs were killed...
Burials have been back on in recent weeks in sections of the Taruheru Cemetery and the council hopes to soon be able to resume burials in other parts of the cemetery. High groundwater levels have disrupted interments at Taruheru since Cyclone...
Entries have been coming in steadily for the competition sections of the annual Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show in October and so far would be on a par with previous years, according to Show association general manager Erica McNeil. As of Wednesday...
The district council needs to do better, starting today. That was the blunt message from Te Poho o Rawiri Marae chairwoman Char Gibson as she voiced the adamant opposition of Ngāti Oneone to the granting of a lease of heritage reserve land to...
A group of Gisborne surfers led by Holly Quinn and Ricardo Christie will begin a fundraising drive this weekend to establish Kegged, in a move to create surf events that develop youth in the region and ignite a sense of community among surfers. The...
A Gisborne theatre group is looking for answers in an ongoing lease saga with the district council that has no clear end in sight.
The Year 5 and 6 students ran a 3000 metre course and the Year 3 and 4s ran a shorter course of 2000m
National has released what will likely be the key element of its election campaign — a tax policy designed to bring relief for the group it calls the “squeezed middle”, with other entitlements and tax reductions aimed at minimum-wage workers...
It is the unhappy lot of judges to be criticised for the sentences they impose. There is nothing wrong with that. Robert Fisher, KC New Zealand is an open, democratic society. Judges are ultimately answerable to the public. It is right that...
Aotearoa New Zealand’s first-ever security strategy document was unusually frank in its assessment of the geopolitical threats facing us. It went so far as to state that “an increasingly powerful China” was “pos(ing) challenges to existing...
Re: Paper boy remembers, August 26 article. What an interesting, well-written, enjoyable feature from Chris Taewa, retired paper boy. It made me think of in the past, prior to decimal currency, how the paper girls and boys used to call at our home...
Some people seem to have very short memories. Life isn’t perfect for too many but it’s a darned sight better than it ever was under a National and Act government. Do you remember that the minimum wage was only $15.75 an hour in 2017? It’s now...
Friends who nurse together get surgery together. That was the case for Jess Saxby, Tai Lolohea and BJ Taare, who now have more than a nursing degree in common. The three close friends have lost more than 200 kilograms between them. BJ had a partial...
An Antarctic leopard seal intrigued beachgoers at Māhia on Tuesday after it was first spotted by an early riser at Whangawehi Boat Ramp. A photo that person shared to a local community Facebook page, of the seal resting in the darkness, piqued the...
A landslide dam on Tauwhareparae Road has been assessed as low to minimal risk of failure. The dam formed after the heavy rain event in June when landslides caused massive damage to the rural road that sits inland between Uawa and Whatatutu...
National Party health spokesman Dr Shane Reti QSM will be in Gisborne today to discuss the health system and to meet with health entities Tūranga Health and Mātai Research. A free public meeting will be held at the Holy Trinity Church Hall from...
A car with three adults and a baby on board hit a tree alongside State Highway 2 just south of Te Karaka late on Tuesday night. When fire crews arrived they found an injured woman had been left alone in the vehicle. FENZ crews from Te Karaka and...
A hunter’s firearms licence has been revoked and his .22 rifle forfeited after he left it with an unlicensed friend whose house was subsequently searched by police during a family harm callout. Henry Richard Jerome Lee-Broughton, 27, who had no...
Sessions set down for the opening to the public of the new Kiwa Pools this weekend have been booking fast, according to Gisborne District Council. The pool will be open for two hours at a time with a limit of 200 people per session. The session...
Good news on the tropical cyclone front — the latest outlook is for a normal cyclone season. The agencies responsible for analysing cyclone potential in the Pacific have just issued an updated outlook for the season ahead. The August 2023...
Iwi have joined with the forestry industry and government agencies to launch a new collective to improve forestry culture, hauora and health and safety for kaimahi in Te Tairāwhiti. The Forestry Community Health and Safety Alliance, known as Te...
Two local wāhine-led businesses have joined forces to create a new event for women here. Empower You is promoting the experience for women to come together and “re-energise their wairua”. The event is set to host more than 200 attendees for...
Business owner feeling the pinch of some of the highest rates in the North Island
The Poverty Bay Horticultural Society's annual Spring Show featured prize-winning displays of daffodils and camellias. Robin Simmons, of Te Puke, came to judge the blooms. Verlie Shepherd took home the trophy for champion daffodil