PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldBusy weekend for Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue HelicopterThe 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...04 Oct 07:00 PM
Gisborne HeraldVoting numbers well down on 2020 figuresAnother 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...04 Oct 06:58 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldJudge praises woman's efforts to change: "It's not going to be easy"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...04 Oct 06:57 PM
Gisborne Herald‘Waste is gold’ — from Africa to UawaAn 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...04 Oct 06:54 PM
Gisborne HeraldCar burnt out in suspicious circumstancesA 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...04 Oct 06:52 PM
Gisborne HeraldFarming Expo dates, venue locked in for 2024The 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...04 Oct 06:50 PM
Gisborne HeraldTwo honoured in Lifekeepers awards for workplace mahiThe 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...04 Oct 06:47 PM
Gisborne Herald‘Ecstatic’ about Hear4U new HQHear4U 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...04 Oct 06:44 PM
Gisborne HeraldNo gym? No problem for MatawaiA 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...04 Oct 06:40 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldA&P Spring Show team's preparations on trackThe 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...04 Oct 06:37 PM
Gisborne HeraldTown Clock part of ‘chain of light’ as world marks Meningitis DayToday 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...04 Oct 06:34 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne Herald‘Bronze medal’ on ASB scoreboard as region's cyclone recovery continuesEconomic 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...04 Oct 06:33 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne Herald'Cruel blow' makes Tiniroto Road impassable‘This is just another cruel blow for that community’.04 Oct 06:27 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionA chance to talk, a foregone conclusionConsultation 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...04 Oct 06:26 PM
OpinionClimate crisis: lessons from the pastby 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...04 Oct 06:24 PM
OpinionDanger of falsehoodsWith 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...04 Oct 06:22 PM
OpinionCome in for a Coffey . . .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...04 Oct 06:21 PM
OpinionRespected, never shotDogs 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 Dixon04 Oct 06:20 PM
OpinionWhy Hollywood?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. Barwick04 Oct 06:16 PM
Gisborne Herald'Cruel blow': Gisborne road closed again by massive slipA 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...04 Oct 11:05 AM
Gisborne HeraldNew Bailey bridge across Hangaroa River ‘another step toward healing, recovery’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...04 Oct 05:22 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionPolitics trumping principles, hopeEarly 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...03 Oct 08:18 PM
OpinionHappy to talk about Grey Street projectRe: 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...03 Oct 08:17 PM
OpinionEntitled to explanationThe 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...03 Oct 08:16 PM
OpinionFeeding our spiritual sideI 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...03 Oct 08:15 PM
OpinionWorkers’ rights to voteI 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...03 Oct 08:14 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldFrom office junior to national award-winnerLearning on the job from a passionate team helped Three Rivers Medical operations manager Lisa Hamblin to a national award. She was named practice manager of the year at the Practice Managers and Administrators Association of New Zealand (PMMANZ)...03 Oct 08:13 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldWitness to fatal shooting in Titoki Street found with firearmA fortnight before giving evidence in court against the gunman who shot and killed a woman on Titoki Street, a nearby resident was herself found with a firearm. Lena Mae Perrett, 45, gave evidence on May 18, this year, in the High Court jury trial...03 Oct 08:07 PM
Gisborne HeraldNational's Kirkpatrick among 56,557 Kiwis casting early votesNational Party candidate for East Coast Dana Kirkpatrick cast her vote at the polling booth in Treble Court on Monday. She was one of 56,557 Kiwis who voted on day one of advanced voting. That compares to 105,489 votes cast on the first day of the...03 Oct 08:05 PM
Gisborne HeraldLatest Covid-19 numbers in TairāwhitiThere are 20 active cases of Covid-19 in Tairawhiti. The latest Te Whatu Ora figures, up to midnight on Sunday, show no reported deaths from Covid in Tairāwhiti in the past week. In all, 20 deaths and 25,280 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in...03 Oct 08:01 PM
Gisborne Herald'A great victory for people power' - Mana Taiao TairāwhitiNew rules for exotic tree plantations released yesterday, have been welcomed by Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti, the group responsible for the Government commissioning a Ministerial inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti. Changes to the National Environmental...03 Oct 08:00 PM
Gisborne HeraldInvestigating ‘everything to do with the pandemic’A Royal Commission seeking to strengthen the country’s response to future pandemics has paid an action-packed visit to Tairāwhiti. Te Tira Ārai Uratā (NZ Royal Commission Covid-19 Lessons Learned) was in Gisborne last Thursday to hear feedback...03 Oct 07:57 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldWeather hampers seabed post-cyclone researchScientific research into Cyclone Gabrielle’s effects on the seabed around the Gisborne coast has been largely thwarted by more bad weather. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) is studying the ocean off Tairāwhiti and...03 Oct 07:55 PM
Gisborne HeraldGDC begins repairs on damaged wastewater outfall pipeGisborne District Council contractors have started repairing its wastewater outfall pipe, at popular surfing spot The Pipe, at Midway Beach. The pipe was damaged in Cyclone Gabrielle. Silt build-up around the discharge ports and excess pressure from...03 Oct 07:53 PM
