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Everyone’s Santa at Wairoa parade

Registrations are rolling in for the Wairoa Christmas Parade being held on Saturday, December 9. The theme of the fun and festive afternoon is “Everyone Santa”. The whole town is encouraged to demonstrate the spirit of Christmas by dressing up...

Plenty of interest in St John recruitment hīkoi

Hato Hone St John’s recruitment hīkoi around the East Cape next month looks set to draw a strong response from the community if interest shown for the Te Kaha event can be taken as an indication. Whakaōrite Whiwhinga Mahi, the organisation’s...

Man's offending against child catches up with him 40 years later

A man has been jailed for child sex offences he first committed as a teenager in the early 1980s. Now in his late 50s, the man cannot be named because it would risk identifying the victim, whose details are automatically protected by law. She was...

Lifeguards on duty from tomorrow

Full surf lifeguard volunteer weekend patrols begin at Waikanae, Midway and Wainui beaches this weekend. Lifeguards will be on duty each weekend into mid-March. Surf lifesaving clubs have already been patrolling during their nippers gatherings on...

Confused by EWC claims about ‘massive change’

Sustainable land use advocates are calling for Gisborne District Council to clarify its position on the future of land-based activities in the region. Responding to comments from chair Warren Rance, chair of Eastland Wood Council, at a council...

Man suffers serious burns in sleepout fire

A man was taken to Gisborne Hospital yesterday morning with serious burns after the sleepout he was in, on a property at the Scott Street and Haldane Street corner in Elgin, caught fire. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews to the scene at around 9am...

80 rams on sale as season starts

The first of the major ram sales of the season happens today at the Matawhero saleyards when Mark and Rose Candy from Mangahauhau Hampshires auction off 80 of their strapping young fellows. The Hangaroa stud enjoyed a total clearance in their 2022...

Trapped in an elevator: four people 'very relieved' after rescue

Firefighters were called to the rescue yesterday morning when some people found themselves trapped in an elevator at the former Adairs Building in Grey Street. FENZ were called in around 8.50am. The four people in it were very relieved when the fire...

Apology for comment while challenging GDC to do better

A Gisborne district councillor has called the local authority’s risk management practices into question, earning a request to apologise in the process. At Tuesday’s audit and risk meeting, Colin Alder said the council needed to add “another...

Woody debris on beaches a case of déjà vu for region

The clean-up of debris on the city beaches brought in by the weekend storm was likely to begin today or tomorrow, with contractors to initially clear driftwood away from in front of the Waikanae and Midway surflife saving clubs. The council...

Police go after dead murderess's ill-gotten inheritance

Even before Lynne Martin was found guilty of murdering her father Russell Allison, police were getting ready to recover $225,000 she received from his estate after he died. Martin, 63, was found dead in a police cell the morning after jurors...

Careers day outing to The Gisborne Herald, NZME radio station

Tolaga Bay Area School junior students came to town this week for a careers day outing. They visited The Gisborne Herald where managing director Michael Muir gave them a tour of the business. “What a great opportunity for our tamariki to visit...

Girls’ High Learning Support students clock up the kilometres for Cancer Society fundraiser

Learning Support students and teacher aides are well ahead of their fundraiser target in the Cancer Society’s Marathon for a Month. The Gisborne Girls’ High School group can often be seen walking on the return trip from the Beacon car park to...

Dismay over Māori ward referendum policy

Former Gisborne district councillor Meredith Akuhata-Brown says the National-led Government’s referendum policy on Māori wards shows it “panders to the few that don’t really like Māori”. The new policy restores the right to hold referendum...

Boutique Orion follows the giant Noordam in fourth cruise ship visit this season

The fourth cruise ship visit to Gisborne this season went off without a hitch yesterday when the National Geographic Orion came calling again. Orion nosed alongside the new Wharf 7 at Eastland Port at around 6am yesterday and stayed until about 6pm...

Funding of marae-led project to cultivate weraroa confirmed for next 18 months

Clinical trials of psychedelic medicines are on the cards for the middle of next year, as the marae-led project to cultivate Psilocybe weraroa clicks up another gear. The native fungi was discovered by chance on whenua within Rangiwaho Marae. It...