Re: Kiri Allan resigns after being charged with careless driving, refusing to accompany an officer — July 24 story. Today is a very sad day. An innocent woman who is depressed and hurting, is pushed through a long period of innuendo to the point...
National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis will be in Gisborne on Friday to speak at a public meeting at the Lawson Field Theatre. East Coast candidate Dana Kirkpatrick said the deputy leader had a full day of engagements and would meet with...
A man was flown to Waikato Hospital with serious injuries on Friday after the car he was driving came into collision with the side of a truck on State Highway 2 It happened at the Riverpoint Road corner with SH 2 south at Matawhero. The crash...
Suse Sligo has been volunteering for hospice for the past nine-and-a-half years. She moved from Tauranga to Gisborne seven years ago after looking for an adventure. “I wanted to move somewhere new, quirky and different so after looking around both...
Gisborne Hospital now has two dedicated, passionate and locally-grown cardiology nurse practitioners (NP) working to improve the heart health of the Tairāwhiti community. Kristen Willock joins Tracy Low as two of only 19 cardiology nurse...
by Michael Neilson, NZ Herald Kiri Allan will not be a minister if Labour wins the next election after her late-night Wellington car crash and arrest. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is rejecting claims Labour’s re-election hopes are in tatters after...
The witty words of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It have taken a step away from the fusty theatre stages of old, for the fresh imaginative backdrop of Makauri at the heart of Te Tairāwhiti. Lytton High School is presenting a new and diverse...
A youth worker who lost her job at Oranga Tamariki after she refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19, is fighting for her job back. Hilary Seymour went to The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) with a personal grievance in March last year...
Report highlights shortage of supply and high rents Gisborne rents have risen faster than anywhere else, and rental properties here are also the hardest to find, a new report shows. A study of weekly rental data by BNZ chief economist Mike Jones...
Gisborne Airport and Ngai Tāwhiri last week hosted a native planting day on ground at the entrance to the airport. The community initiative focused on promoting environmental sustainability and biodiversity at the site. “One way of achieving this...
The rapid re-appearance of surface and creeks flooding over the weekend showed the region’s saturated soils cannot cope with even small amounts of rain. This time only the top half of the district had serious amounts of rain. The path of the...
The Green Party’s promise to abolish perpetual leases under a new policy has been welcomed by the beneficiary owner of locked-up East Coast land. Last week the party announced it would abolish the archaic legislation under its Hoki Whenua Mai...
The Eastern Whio Link Conservation Project is benefiting from an association with the Tauranga distillery which makes Blue Duck Vodka. Simply Pure Rarified Spirits is taking on the project as a charity partner. One dollar of every bottle sold, and...
by Andrew Ashton A group of Gisborne Intermediate School students impressed onlookers in Gisborne on Saturday as they pulled a fire truck through the city centre. About 25 pupils aged 11 and 12 took part in the challenge, which was the culmination...
Gisborne Hospital nurses along with their national colleagues employed by Te Whatu Ora (or the former health boards) will strike for 24 hours on August 9 and 10. Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearo...
This year’s Westpac Chopper Appeal Month resulted in a $12,109 donation for the Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust to help keep the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter in the air. That was nearly three times the figure awarded in the 2022...
The Forest Owners Association said the successful judicial review of the workings of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) shows government attitudes and actions are jeopardising New Zealand reaching its greenhouse gas reduction goals. The High Court...
The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter flew two people to Gisborne Hospital on Thursday afternoon after a collision between two utes just north of Anaura Bay Road on SH35. The chopper was heading home from Tauranga Hospital, to where they...
Two brothers watched helplessly as a scooter driver suffered fatal injuries when he drove directly into the back of an unlit truck that was “taking up most of road” in Anzac Street. Russell Kurt Grant, a 34-year-old father of one, was on his...
Contractors Currie Construction have installed a temporary fix by placing steel beams under the damaged bridge pier on the Makarika Bridge No. 2, over the Mata River on the East Coast. They have been working under challenging conditions. “This...
After successfully launching its latest rocket mission earlier this week, Rocket Lab yesterday said it would launch again in a week. The “We Love the Nightlife” mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at Māhia for...
A ship’s captain has been fined for endangering his vessel, crew and the environment by running close to Portland Island, Māhia, during Cyclone Gabrielle. The incident took place on February 14, and the Maritime Safety Authority (MSA) took...
A yarding of 2400 head were presented at the weekly Matawhero sheep sale yesterday and they were mainly a good mix of store lambs and scanned-in-lamb ewes. The best of the male store lambs sold for between $109 and $118, and they came from Waitangi...
Confirmation from Stats NZ this week that New Zealand’s inflation rate is finally taking a downward turn will come as a mixed blessing, especially for the many who are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. The fall has something of a good...
“What we’re seeing is climate impacts that scientists thought would accompany certain temperatures happening far more rapidly, with far more devastating effects than had been forecast,” said Dr Simon Nicholson of the Forum for Climate...
Re: Greens far more democratic, July 18. “Surely you jest” writes Iain Boyle. Who is this “you”? The man should have the manners to address people through the editor, not by childish backchat. (A practice I wish you, sir, would edit...
I have been frustrated for years with a Gisborne radio station continually calling the A&P Show, the AMP Show. The A and P stands for the Agricultural and Pastoral Show. Our radio station has given AMP countless hundreds, if not thousands, of...
A man has been jailed for an incident where his two children watched as he dragged their mother alongside his car during an argument over cigarettes. She was taken by ambulance to hospital after being dragged for about six metres along the road in...
Geotech engineers have confirmed subsidence-damaged sites on Tiniroto Road and in Waihau Road remain at extreme risk. The report to Gisborne District Council on damage on Tiniroto Road at the Hangaroa Bluffs confirm all three bluffs present...
Waka Kotahi NZTA has been keeping a close eye on a number of already-sodden parts of the state highway network in Tairāwhiti overnight and today. The close monitoring is due to the MetService heavy rain warning. “Crews have been on standby...
The first Oscar-winning Pixar film to be re-versioned into te reo Māori — Coco Reo Māori — has been released and celebrates the magic of music and whānau, with a strong connection to Ngāti Porou. Coco Reo Māori is a celebration of Te Reo o...
Tēnā tātou i roto i ngā tini āhuatanga o te wā. Lisa Christensen Re: article on July 13, “Neighbours upset at Huxley Road Kāinga Ora housing development”. As a representative of the neighbours referenced in this article, I would like to...
A Mongrel Mob couple found guilty of murdering Gisborne woman Maraea Smith have been jailed. Ms Smith, 36, was an innocent bystander when she was shot dead in a gang-related incident on Titoki Street about 9.55pm on March 25, last year.
Re: Honouring of stars so sad, July 18 letter. Cormac O’Duffy While I personally think it is good to see so many non-Māori learning te reo and the cultural taonga of the Māori — their creation myths and legends — I think it is so important...