The scale of work to remove flood-damaged Te Reinga Bridge near Wairoa this week is unlike anything else Wairoa-based Quality Roading and Services and other contractors have worked on. The 300-tonne Te Reinga Bridge was collapsed into the river on...
There were 1977 sheep sent for sale at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, where buyers are still prepared to pay good money for the best of the store male lambs, but expressed caution on the store ewe lambs and smaller sorts. The 46 prime sheep sold...
Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon resigned from his role yesterday over an undisclosed conflict of interest. Foon, who previously spent six terms as mayor of Gisborne, was appointed by the Labour Government to the role of Race Relations...
Gwynne Dyer We’re going to miss the populist “big beasts” now that they’re gone. Who will now tell us that “Voting Conservative will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3”? (Boris Johnson)...
Gisborne Trampoline Club's head coach Doug Callahan has been coaching since 1972. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air
This year’s Fieldays in Hamilton have provided some light amusement for farmers and the rest of the country as the leaders of the two main parties, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and National’s Christopher Luxon, exchanged barbs . . . behind which...
Grant Dodson, Forest Owners Association president Labour’s commitment to tighten the rules around farm-to-forestry conversions will thwart land owners’ choice on where they can plant trees and mean that Aotearoa New Zealand will fail to reach...
“When the council chooses an international company where all the profits go abroad, over our very own COMET SWIM CLUB, whom have been doing an excellent job teaching our community how to swim and survive in the Tairāwhiti for over 65 years to run...
Te Whatu Ora-Tairāwhiti nurse leader and radiology manager Debbie Cordiner pays tribute to ophthalmologist David Sabiston who passed away two weeks ago. David helped so many people in Tairāwhiti to see again, she said For those of you who remember...
Motorists who intend to use State Highway 2 north next week are reminded that there will be overnight road closures on a section of the highway starting on Monday (June 19). Waka Kotahi NZTA has plans for up to four weeks of overnight closures from...
Wairoa’s Destination Playground and skatepark are back in business. The riverside play area and neighbouring skatepark by the river were flooded during Cyclone Gabrielle, with a significant layer of silt left covering the facilities...
Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust has taken delivery of a piece of equipment they hope they will not have to use much — a new chest compression machine. Called a Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System (LUCAS) device, it arrived on base to...
Don’t kill my mother!” That was a young boy’s plea to his mother’s partner as the man repeatedly punched her in the head and face, even after she fell to the ground unconscious. Paora Kupenga was jailed last week for 15 months for that...
This time last year Brodie Henry was preparing to finish at Gisborne Girls’ High and weighing up her career options. She had some childcare experience so that was an option, but when she attended a Girls With Hi-Vis (GWHV) event at Downer...
Whāngārā Farms are ready to premiere a new podcast series as an innovative way to share what is happening on the farms to those connected to the whenua. Whāngārā Farms has 2500 shareholders and more than 6500 who are part of the hapū, iwi and...
The rain returns. Like a series of horror movies, the Gisborne-East coast region faces yet another episode of rain. In its latest outlook for the region — covering East Cape down to Mahia and Hawke’s Bay — MetService has moderate confidence of...
The owner of a Gisborne property located precariously close to a frequently flooded stream is calling on urgent council maintenance as fears mount over the next big rain. Matt Clark bought his Massey Road house in March 2022. He was told by the...
The creation of a controversial new barge facility in a small East Coast town has received a setback after failing to obtain a special government consent. Since 2015, Te Rimu Trust has been trying to establish a marine facility in Te Araro...
Google News Showcase launched in New Zealand in April last year, providing a new way for publishers to curate and share some of their top stories online and for more people to access the latest national, regional and local news from around Aotearo...
Rob Campbell The declared intent of National/Act to abolish Te Aka Whai Ora is a mistake from many points of view. When, some months ago, I discussed this with Christopher Luxon he said they would establish a Māori unit in the Ministry of Health to...
The definition of the word projection in psychology is the process of displacing one’s feelings on to a different person, animal or object. When it comes to Donald Trump, he is the master of projection. When he describes others he is attacking as...
A key milestone in the recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle was achieved yesterday, with all state highways in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti open, following completion of the Hikuwai Bailey bridge, Associate Transport Minister Kiri Allan says. “This is...
The Gisborne Herald has joined a host of New Zealand publishers in reaching agreements to join Google News Showcase, a programme paying publishers to curate content and build deeper relationships with readers. Other national, regional and local...
Rongoā Māori and natural health product manufacturers are to be exempt from regulation under the Therapeutic Products Bill after months of public hui and submissions calling on the Government to exclude it from the Bill. Cran Gage, of Cran Gage...
Work continued this week on removing the 100-metre-long Te Reinga Bridge at Ruakituri. The bridge was severely compromised during flooding in early 2022 and closed to heavy traffic. It was then critically damaged in Cyclone Gabrielle in February...
A Gisborne woman living with stage four lung cancer has successfully petitioned the Government to make changes to a proposed law change impacting her chances of survival. Theresa Zame currently imports medication Tagrix from Bangladesh at a fraction...
Tairāwhiti has suffered 34 Covid-19 deaths, according to the latest Ministry of Health figures. The ministry’s statistics, dated to 1pm on Monday, shows there are 91 active cases in Tairawhiti and a total of 9855 cases since the pandemic started...
Forestry Minister Peeni Henare says changes about getting the right tree in the right place The Government is tightening up rules on farm-to-forestry conversions by giving communities greater control over the planting of forests. Forestry Minister...
Mission organisation Far East Broadcasting Corporation (FEBC) has enlisted the help of Mangapapa Church to deliver emergency “clever radios” to isolated communities in the Gisborne region. Clever radios have many charging options and uses, and...
This week is the country’s second National Blood Donor Week, but Gisborne residents will have to wait until early August before they can give blood. New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is calling for 40,000 more New Zealanders to “Find their Why’...
Those seeking answers on the recent category labelling of their flood-affected homes in Tairāwhiti will be given an opportunity to put questions to the council in the coming days. Gisborne District Council is running drop-in sessions tomorrow and...
Arriving at the local supermarket, I encountered a young fella who had just finished shopping and was heading back to his car. He held out his hand, saying “Here’s something to buy lunch for you and your wife” (or words to that effect). In his...
So, in a week when Hipkins visited a partially complete bridge over the Hikuwai River, he must have had visions of his Labour caucus in a bus driving off the end of it. We’ve had Wood and his Machiavellian handling of his airport shares, we’ve...
All political parties claim to want a better future, and higher incomes, for NZers but I’m happy to support the one that has put our tax money to good use on our behalf. I firmly believe that education is the key to better jobs and we have a Govt...