Wow. Doesn’t the National Party grand plan to build a four-lane 382km highway from Whangarei to Tauranga sound wonderful? I can’t imagine how they will deliver it for $6 billion, though, considering that a 2km road in Tauranga was to cost $70m...
I am worried about our rail line, but the holes in the road need to be fixed first. I am a great fan of trains and I will never give up trying to get them back, just like the Rail Action Group. We are going to have a big election and the Green Party...
A school trip to Rotorua for a Year 11 class from Wairoa College was a chance to experience some joy after the devastating impact of Cyclone Gabrielle. College head of English Margaux Scott said that after a challenging start to the year, the class...
July’s weather figures have again indicated the Gisborne-East Coast region is heading to warmer, sunnier winters. Last month added to the trend of warmer than usual months, and gave further proof of the long-term trend with its mean temperature...
The Poverty Bay Dog Trial Centre held their annual prizegiving on Friday night, wrapping up what was described as a challenging season. Cyclone Gabrielle made her presence felt and subsequent rain events impacted on a number of competitors, farms...
The region’s best grape vine pruners were put through their paces in the annual Gisborne Silver Secateurs Awards at the Ashwood Estate property at the Makaraka racecourse on Monday. It was rescheduled to that day because of the heavy rain on...
Gisborne winemaker Geoff Wright was on the money with his forecast this week, bringing in a frost fan to protect this year’s grapes. “Our Ormond Valley vineyard is known as the Grand Cru appellation of Gisborne. This location produces...
“Managed degrowth” is the subject of a public address to be given by leading environmental scientist and fresh-water ecologist Dr Mike Joy, in Gisborne next Tuesday. The talk will be in the St Andrew’s Community Centre, Cobden St, at 7.30pm...
Vendors are gearing up for what they expect to be another successful Gisborne Home & Lifestyle Expo this weekend. Event coordinator Andy Searle said the event was “jam-packed” with exhibitors from Gisborne “and all over New Zealand” who...
More new homes here have been opened up for their new residents. Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities east north island regional director Naomi Whitewood, (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi) said 12 new public homes were blessed by kaikarakia Morehu...
Overnight closures on State Highway 2 at Trafford’s Hill, north of Gisborne, will be in place next week to complete asphalt resurfacing. The stretch of SH2 between Matawai and the Waioeka Gorge will close at 7pm on Monday (August 7) and reopen at...
The National Party’s newly-announced East Coast Resilience Transport Package will include the priority upgrading of State Highway 2 between Napier and Gisborne, says East Coast candidate Dana Kirkpatrick. In the months following Cyclone Gabrielle...
Eastland Port had a quiet July with only six ships berthed, taking more than 125,000 tonnes of logs out of the region. An Eastland Port spokesperson said there was a fair amount of weather delay. “Also a lack of cargo coming in, which reflects the...
Gisborne District Council says it will be in a position to take a proposal for cost sharing and the buyout of Category 3 homes to the community in the next couple of weeks. This follows the Government’s announcement this week on the Hawke’s Bay...
Gisborne District Council’s finances are in worse shape than expected, a new report shows. A draft full-year summary financial report provided to GDC’s finance committee revealed that for the 11 months ending May 31, 2023, GDC had a net surplus...
For the second time in 10 days, pregnant sheep have been killed by roaming dogs in the district, this time in a paddock alongside Whatatutu Road on Amua Station. Nine heavily in-lamb ewes were killed there on Monday night. This follows the slaughter...
Impacts from Cyclone Gabrielle mean council’s trading arm cannot pay declared $2.5m dividend.
After the disastrous start to last week, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Labour would have been pleased to start this one on a positive note by announcing that Tāmati Coffey will contest the East Coast seat. Hipkins could have been excused for...
I searched for a media update on #nznationalparty MP Dr Reti but can’t find any new stories since last week. Surely his breach of privacy and ethical principles should top a rumour of more than a year old and a remark about a cry baby or a bike...
Re: Worship Services page, July 29 Christian Comment. I challenge Esther Henderson’s Saturday Christian Comment opinion on Genesis’s Biblical account of creation regarding, “Be fruitful and increase in number”, stewardship, exploiting the...
I have a problem with my power supplier, Contact Energy, which has been estimating — not reading my power meters — since last December, despite emails sent to them. My farm is located in Waerenga-o-Kuri. I would be grateful to hear from anyone...
The organisers of a new hunting competition are hoping it will encourage hunters to target feral goats. The Department of Conservation (DoC) and New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) have teamed up to launch the nationwide competition, which...
Police continue to look for the driver of a vehicle involved in an incident in the city yesterday morning in which a vehicle was struck at the Derby Street-Gladstone Road roundabout. At around 8.45am yesterday police in an unmarked patrol car...
Rocket Lab’s latest launch from Mahia has been delayed, after Sunday’s launch was aborted on ignition. “In the final seconds before lift-off, Electron’s flight computer actively monitors a wide range of vehicle performance parameters, and...
The weather is once again about to take a turn for the worse, with a cold, south-west blast forecast to hit the district mid-week. MetService has issued a number of watches and warnings, with a cold and strong south-west flow predicted to spread...
A new project, looking at how the severe weather that hit many parts of the North Island earlier this year has impacted the wellbeing of young people, starts today. The Extreme Weather Survey is being led by the Waipapa Taumata Rau University of...
by Neil Reid, NZ Herald Ahead of the resumption of the private search for missing father-of-eight Joseph Ahuriri, his aunt has revealed he had undertaken his fateful drive during the peak of Cyclone Gabrielle on a mission to “flog” her expensive...
Labour’s hastily chosen new East Coast candidate Tāmati Coffey wants to put the “mighty” back into East Coast. Mr Coffey, first elected to Parliament in 2017, planned to retire from politics in 2023. But the sudden demise of rising Labour...
Robyn Wilkie writes about her years of planting on the banks of the Waimata River — and the day friends came to help after Cyclone Gabrielle
State highways in Tairāwhiti, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Coromandel and Northland damaged in this year’s cyclones are the first to benefit from a $6 billion climate change resilience fund. Minister for Cyclone Recovery Grant Robertson yesterday...
Forest & Bird has honoured Gisborne’s Grant Vincent for his exceptional services over 48 years. He was named as the winner of the Old Blue Award, Forest & Bird’s most prestigious award, at the organsation’s centenary conference in...
$8.5m to rehabilitate 11.3km route had been considered best value for money, but new issues with slips at Blacks Beach by Ryan O’Sullivan, Wairoa Star Spending an estimated $40-50 million on a new road or continuing the indefinite cycle of repairs...
The residents of a Kainga Ora house in Miro Street in Elgin lost most of their household possessions in a blaze that gutted their home on Sunday morning. Fire and Emergency NZ sent four appliances to the property, and called the Manutuke volunteers...
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