Gisborne District Council has detailed and updated some of the road maintenance that has been going on around the region as the reinstatement work continues in the wake of the cyclones. “It’s going to be a busy summer with planned work including...
Tākitimu block a place for sport and the creative arts as school works to transform culture using a tikanga Māori lens Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri has opened two new wellness spaces to help students with their overall wellbeing as part of their...
Gisborne-based retiring list MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere has delivered a wide-ranging valedictory speech in the House which included an expected attack on the leadership of her former party, the Greens. But the one-term MP who resigned from the Green...
Creating a nicer environment for the kids is what Cobham School relieving principal Paul Cornwall had in mind when he asked students to write him a letter. Mr Cornwall asked two classes to let him know what they wanted done to make improvements...
Controversial changes to who controls Gisborne’s water infrastructure will become law but the National Party promises to scrap the changes within 100 days if it wins October’s General Election. This week, Parliament passed The Water Services...
Getting a driver’s licence will be cheaper from October 1, but obstacles will still remain for Tairāwhiti learner-drivers. The Government says the average driver will save $86 when they successfully move through the graduated driver licensing...
“Gray’s Bush by Night” proved to be a popular event, attracting about 200 visitors to the Department of Conservation reserve on Wednesday night. Young families, headlamps in place, explored the scenic paths, enjoying the native forest after...
Gisborne Boys’ High School students have been busy learning new skills and helping out in the community, with the Stroke Foundation just one of the organisations to benefit from their help. “They learn skills that they don’t learn anywhere...
Cyclone-related roading recovery has been pared back in Tairāwhiti as Gisborne District Council waits on central government to stump up on promised funding. Local Democracy Reporting has obtained a copy of an email from Nigel Pollock,
Re: ‘We can’t keep shooting dogs’, August 12 Weekender story and the public deposition at Rangiwaho Marae, Muriwai by Warwick Stevens. Warwick and other farmers were dissatisfied by the increase in the number of wandering and worrying dogs...
I am the Mum/Nan of basketball fanatics the Tapsell whānau, who with their partners, children and friends give their unconditional and dedicated time, commitment, passion and joy to the beautiful whānau sport of basketball. The strength...
Why does Turanganui a Kiwa need an indoor recreation facility? You could also ask, why does Gisborne need a new swimming pool? You already know the answers, but only one of these things is days away from becoming a reality. Our region does so well...
As a local basketball player for the past 30-plus years, I would have thought a three-court stadium in Gisborne years ago would have benefited the whole region — not just for basketball but almost every indoor sport. I really hope we get the...
If anyone wishes for the Friends of Gisborne Botanical Gardens to be reinstated, could they please contact me at 021 111 5551 or 06 867 6199. Thank you. Dot McCulloch
It is no surprise that National Party leader Christopher Luxon doesn’t want to talk about Winston Peters. Most recent political polls have delivered numbers that have National able to form a coalition government with Act, but only just. At the...
Maryanne Spurdle, Maxim Institute researcher Education is firmly on political parties’ radars this election. As the ink dries on the Government’s pay agreements with teachers, the Māori Party is campaigning for every school to have at least one...
Firefighters were called to the carpark at Holy Trinity Church mid-morning n Tuesday after a car went out of control and collided with the side of the church hall. FENZ sent a crew to the scene at around 10am. “The elderly woman driving the car...
Police have been conducting a training exercise at the War Memorial Theatre in Gisborne since early this morning. The exercise began at around 7am today and was to continue until 5pm. “It involves members of the Armed Offenders Squad training in...
The trailing suction hopper dredge Albatros will be visiting Eastland Port later this month. Due to arrive on August 28 and depart on September 7, the dredge will work to clear the naturally accumulating sediments along the shipping channel, turning...
Firefighters were called to Awapuni Road near the Pacific Street corner late on Sunday night after a stolen car was set alight. The call to the burning vehicle came into Fire and Emergency NZ at around 11pm that night. “It was fully involved when...
The Crown is furthering its efforts to have a Gisborne man extradited to Australia to face an assault charge that dates back to 2014. In June this year, the man successfully appealed to the High Court to quash an earlier district court decision...
Only five schools across the country were chosen to win a TREEmendous Education Programme for 2023, and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mangatuna, East Coast is one of the five. The school’s winning ticket was establishing Whenua Wenerei or Landmarks...
The Rapid Relief Team, operated globally by the Brethren Church, have a “Farmers Community Connect” planned for Gisborne on September 1. They aim to bring 300 Tairāwhiti farmers together for the event. “The farming industry are doing it tough...
Matapuna Trust’s special interest fund set up this year with the Sunrise Foundation is expected to benefit their students for years to come. The fund is the 50th to be seeded with Sunrise. The education centre’s trust board could see that...
House prices here are still falling but realtors say “green shoots” and encouraging signs are starting to emerge. Latest sales data provided by the Real Estate Institute (REINZ) for last month show the median price in Gisborne decreased by 8.6...
The tight-knit Tiniroto community has shown its support for tamariki at a heart-warming Whānau Āwhina Plunket event. Despite the area still being severely impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle, local whānau gathered at the Tiniroto Community Hall this...
September is World Alzheimers month but for Alzheimers Gisborne Tairawhiti it is not quite the glitzy, high profile month they were hoping for. Alzheimers Gisborne Tairawhiti has had to cancel its proposed major fundraiser on September 2, due to...
Every week, 42.8 percent of what Gisborne households throw away in their kerbside rubbish is food waste, a new survey shows. “That adds up to a whopping 37.4 tonnes every week of uneaten food that we then pay to truck out of town to a landfill,”...
The front doors of the Kwangchow Takeaway shop in Wainui Road were demolished on Tuesday afternoon when a car went out of control and smashed into the store. It happened at around 3pm, much to the shock of takeaway shop proprietors Sam and Jaia Su...
I write in support of the high need for an indoor sports event centre. Tairāwhiti is recognised across the nation within many sporting codes, yet at this time our region does not have many, if any, indoor facilities to cater for our sports. Our...
All mandates to fight Covid have been removed — apparently anything goes when it comes to trying to hold on to the treasury benches following the election. From now on those who test positive will not be required to isolate, and people visiting...
Long Tan Day or NZ Vietnam Veterans Day this year falls on Friday, August 18 and marks 57 years since that historic battle. D Company 6 Royal Australian Regiment contacted and fought off a large enemy force in a rubber plantation near Nui Day, with...
by Gavin Maclean On Tuesday night last week the hall at St Andrew’s Church was crowded for an address by scientist Mike Joy, on degrowth and climate change. Clear, factual and consistent, it was a marked contrast to the muddled and contradictory...
Mask wearing and isolating when sick to help stop the spread of illnesses and thereby protect others, especially the vulnerable, are two of the enduring health lessons we should take from the unwanted infectious diseases education and challenges of...