by Joseph Los’e Labour has named former East Coast Rugby CEO Cushla Tangaere-Manuel as its candidate to take on Meka Whaitiri, who jumped waka from Labour to join Te Pāti Māori for the 2023 election. Tangaere-Manuel’s confirmation as the...
A man sentenced this week for possessing 60 unlawfully taken crayfish was just a minor player in a much bigger black market racket discovered during a sting on poaching at Mahia Peninsula. Tei Nohotima, 50, was fined $1500 on Monday in Gisborne...
A Gisborne medical centre has been forced to close after torrential rain forced raw sewage back up its pipes into toilets and sinks. On Monday, The Doctors sent a memo to all patients saying it could only do phone consults this week due to health...
Gisborne District Council road and utility crews are working their way through reconnecting communities, where they can. The council has asked for patience from rural road users. As of yesterday, 89 local roads were still closed, restricted or with...
The sound of rain has become a nightmare for many, says Whangara farmer and Federated Farmers national board member Toby Williams. “It’s hard not to cringe when you hear rain falling now and that’s for town or country people in the region.”...
Nedine Thatcher Swann, Gisborne District Council chief executive I am really disappointed The Gisborne Herald placed criticism of Civil Defence, Council and the Mayor on its front page during the State of Emergency. The timing and content of the...
Few weeks in local history can have started on as bleak a note as this one as our rain-drenched district struggles to return to even a fraction of normality. While the weekend rain was not quite as heavy as predicted, it was enough to make a bad...
Gwynne Dyer Russia was in a state of acute crisis up until late afternoon Moscow time on Saturday, with Yevgeny Prigozhin pulling his “Wagner” arm y of mercenary soldiers out of Ukraine and sending some of them racing up the highway towards...
When you have a panel of five making decisions that affect the community and one of the panel lives in Wellington and three others have a combined total of approx. eight years in our region, what would they know about the history of our district and...
Not too long ago wildfires weren’t really a topic of conversation around the dinner table but now those discussions are unavoidable. The thing about wildfires is that they wreak havoc in every which way and are very, very difficult to put out...
Turanga Health nurse Riaana Higgins is passionate about hapori whānau nursing and is studying to become a prescribing nurse in the community. After a year working in Oranga Hinengaro Māori Mental Health in Manawatu, the 28-year-old has returned...
A man sentenced this week for possessing 60 unlawfully taken crayfish was just a minor player in a much bigger black market racket discovered during a sting on poaching at Mahia Peninsula. Tei Nohotima, 50, was fined $1500 on Monday in Gisborne...
The Olympic Pool complex remains closed until tomorrow at this stage, with a further update expected in the morning. It has been closed for more than a week now due to water heating issues. “We are currently waiting on a part to fix the...
It’s that time of the year again when thousands of Kiwis head into their garden to count the birds they see and hear as part of the New Zealand Garden Bird survey, which started on Saturday. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research (MWLR) social science...
Gisborne police have been investigating multiple reports over the past week of vehicles being stolen from residential addresses, along with the theft of valuables from unlocked vehicles. Acting Sergeant Rangi Kingi from Community Policing said in...
Cyclone Gabrielle’s impacts continue to be felt, with a new report listing Gisborne’s regional economy as the nation’s poorest. The latest ASB Regional Economic Scoreboard report which assesses 16 regional economies every quarter, puts...
Te Karaka fire chief Jamie Simpson has called on Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to do something about the road at Nisbett’s Dip which floods every time there’s a fresh in the Waipaoa River. “The flood-prone spot, four kilometres south of Te...
Civil Defence in Tokomaru Bay have expressed concern for around 40 families in surrounding areas who have been cut off over the weekend due to flooding and slips. Inland Tokomaru Bay has been slammed in the past week, with Gisborne District Council...
Rain-weary residents of the Gisborne-East Coast region may be wondering why ordinary winter rain turned into such a devastating event over the past week. While not as intense as the four-day Cyclone Bola disaster, the rain event over recent days was...
Girls’ High band Eleventh Hour’s exhilarating performance helped them secure first place in this year’s Smokefreerockquest Tairāwhiti regional final at the War Memorial Theatre on Saturday. The venue was almost at full capacity with parents...
The state of emergency was lifted in Tairāwhiti at midday on Sunday and while there have been no reports of homes flooded, in the words of Civil Defence the rain has left behind a “sodden and exhausted community”. There are concerns for...
Newspapers are now frequently featuring articles regarding the desperate plight of our healthcare and hospital services due to understaffing and poor working conditions. Even now, however, neither politicians nor healthcare authorities will say if...
The state of emergency has been lifted in Tairāwhiti but widespread damage remains on a sodden and exhausted community. Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz lifted the state of emergency this afternoon, effective from 12 noon Sunday 25 June. Torrential...
Heavy rain overnight has created slips and sewage issues around the city and State Highway 2 north is closed due to severe cracking on Otoko Hill. Less rain fell than was forecast, however the sustained rainfall over the past three days has made the...
Gisborne residents are being asked to reduce water use as the wastewater system is at capacity for the city. Tairāwhiti Civil Defence Controller David Wilson says our pipes are overwhelmed with the volume of water and this has coincided with high...
Heavy rain continues to threaten a sodden Tairāwhiti and its rain-weary residents, although the risks from this latest severe weather look to have peaked on Thursday afternoon. Ongoing wet weather developed into a 24-hour deluge from Wednesday...
Clive Bibby A progress report on one of the region’s most needed projects and an online response by a former councillor attempting to discredit my own observations on necessary land-use changes are currently masquerading as fair comment about...
It has been known for a long time that vulnerable land in Tairāwhiti is unsuitable for harvested tree crops and livestock. These soils are too fragile, catchments are steep, streams are short and fast-flowing in rain, dead and dying wetlands still...
In virtually all myths, there’s a reluctant hero who, when faced with a life or death challenge, goes in search of a saviour, only to find in the end that he is the one — that the force to overcome the challenge is within himself, and that he...
Two men accused of breaking into and stealing building materials from a shipping container at a De Lautour Road property, have appeared in court. AJ Breland Garrett Pohatu and Rex Tyronne Waite, 37, each face two counts of burglary, to which they...
Space debris will be better monitored if a new space mission from Mahia is successful. Rocket Lab this week announced it has signed a dedicated launch deal with Spire Global to deliver its first four Space Situational Awareness (SSA) satellites to...
A planning process is under way to remove some of the silt from around trees in Anzac Park to try to save them from death or serious dieback. Gisborne District Council parks and reserves team is working on a plan to save the affected trees there...
The Waipaoa Station Farm Cadet Training Trust is reviewing its options for the future and has decided not to offer places to new cadets in 2024 as it completes a strategic review of what it is offering cadets, the farming sector and its sponsors...
Members of the community playing key Civil Defence roles in areas north of Gisborne say although the Coast is holding up in the face of severe weather, people should stay ready. MetService’s red rain warning remains in place until midday Sunday...