Gisborne HeraldStrongest lightning storm since the 1940s delivers more than 400 bolts across region over a 24-hour periodThe frightening and furious power of nature hit the Gisborne-East Cape region with full force at the weekend, as the fiercest thunder and lightning storm in many years hit the region. Records indicate it was the strongest lightning storm since the...19 Jun 04:47 PM
Gisborne HeraldGreenpeace documentary Down Stream tells the story of destruction in Tairāwhiti from two cyclonesGreenpeace has released a short documentary featuring Tairawhiti’s Tui Warmenhoven (Ngāti Porou), who is a community leader, lawyer, researcher and the Greenpeace Aotearoa board chair. Warmenhoven has witnessed the terrible impacts of cyclones...19 Jun 04:46 PM
Gisborne HeraldLast call for heritage grantsA final call is being put out for owners of heritage properties in Gisborne to apply for grants through this year’s National Heritage Preservation Incentive Fund. The annual fund provides financial incentives to encourage the conservation of...19 Jun 04:41 PM
Gisborne HeraldBoost for rescue chopper crewsThe arrival of two new team members brings the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team of critical care flight paramedics up to the optimum number needed to operate in the region. The news gets even better. The service on Friday learned it...19 Jun 04:39 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldSupport for Slash for Cash workshopMore than a dozen community members were given full training on how to create activated biochar and smokeless briquettes at Tolaga Bay Innovation Hub last month. After their recent success of placing second in Tairāwhiti’s Start-up Weekend event...19 Jun 04:37 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionProcess under way to protect at-risk propertiesMitigating flood risks to future-proof properties across Tairāwhiti is a mammoth task for authorities and the many affected residents that will take time to work through and implement solutions at both the community and property level. For anyone...17 Jun 11:18 AM
OpinionWe’ve always lived in ‘a time of consequences’Simin Williams I should have saved my “hypocrisy reeks to heaven” heading for this news item “Shaw advocates for solar energy” (June 14), or maybe we can make a regular column under that heading as we head into election season! Let’s first...17 Jun 11:18 AM
OpinionTake a break indeedReferencing Simin Williams’ response to the advice to “take a break and breathe deep”, in her letter of Thursday, June 15. What would you call someone whose obsession with Jacinda Ardern, attributes to her all the woes of the country? What...17 Jun 11:15 AM
OpinionRemediating erosionLike Lara Meyer, I would like to know how Peter Jones believes our region should address eroding land and keeping people employed. There are a vast number of anti-pine critics out there who haven’t a clue of the scale of erosion or downstream...17 Jun 11:14 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldDrove with EBA level of 1360mcg“Staggering” she could even have stood up with that much alcohol in her system before she got in the car: Judge A woman was nearly five and a half times over the legal alcohol limit for driving when she hit a parked car on Lyell Road...17 Jun 11:13 AM
Gisborne HeraldAin’t no sunshine . . .With more rain in the pipeline for the Gisborne region, it is no surprise the first half of the month has been woefully short on sunshine. After the first 15 days of June, sunshine at Gisborne totalled a miserable 42 hours. The latest 30-year...17 Jun 11:10 AM
Gisborne HeraldSunair to start daily flights between Gisborne and Napier from June 26Wairoa and Gisborne mayors have welcomed news of a new air route linking Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay. North Island airline Sunair Aviation is launching a new weekday service connecting Napier and Wairoa, and Napier and Gisborne, starting at the end...17 Jun 11:07 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldCall goes out for MIST volunteersSt John has put a call out for people to join as a Major Incident Support Team volunteer — a team who provide a world-leading response to major incidents and large events across the country. MIST, as it is known, requires non-clinical people to...17 Jun 11:05 AM
Gisborne HeraldNZSO’s take on revolutionary composerA grandiose, dramatic and energetic display of baroque music is on offer when the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra returns to Tairawhiti on Tuesday. The Gisborne performance is part of the NZSO’s Baroque Innovations tour directed by orchestr...17 Jun 11:03 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldMedian house price down 9.8pcHouse prices here continue to fall but realtors do not expect the market’s mid-winter blues to last much longer. Latest data from the Real Estate Institute (REINZ) shows the region’s median price is down $65,000 from a year ago. “Gisborne’s...17 Jun 11:02 AM
Gisborne Herald$70,000 boost to Wairoa cyclone clean-upA $70,000 grant from the New Zealand Disaster Fund is supporting crews as they go door-to-door in Wairoa to help clean up homes. Nearly half of the funds raised by the New Zealand Disaster Fund have been issued in the form of grants from the New...17 Jun 11:00 AM
Gisborne HeraldSH2 between Matawai and gorge to close for asphaltingDue to wet weather expected next week, planned asphalting work on State Highway 2 will start on the evening of Wednesday, June 21, or the next fine night. The area between Matawai township and Waioeka Gorge will be under a full road closure, with no...17 Jun 10:59 AM
Gisborne HeraldVolunteer Spotlight: Ana Naden's inspiring journey in Surf Life Saving and brownie bakingTe Kiwi Tuaro a-Motu-National Volunteer Week runs from Monday to Saturday of next week and among the many organisations that rely heavily on volunteers is Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLNZ). Leading up to the week, SLSNZ has profiled a number of...17 Jun 10:51 AM
Gisborne HeraldDozens involved in collapse, removal of Te Reinga BridgeThe 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...17 Jun 10:46 AM
Gisborne HeraldBest male store lambs sold wellThere 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...16 Jun 05:55 PM
Gisborne HeraldFoon resigns over undisclosed conflict of interestRace 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...16 Jun 05:51 PM
OpinionPopulism: end of an era — or just a pauseGwynne 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)...16 Jun 05:04 PM
Gisborne Herald50 flipping yearsGisborne Trampoline Club's head coach Doug Callahan has been coaching since 1972. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air16 Jun 11:31 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionWorking their charms at FieldaysThis 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...16 Jun 08:55 AM
OpinionThwarting choice, trashing climate targetsGrant 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...16 Jun 08:53 AM
OpinionShattered for our very own Comet Swimming Club“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...16 Jun 08:50 AM
Gisborne HeraldDedicated eye surgeon fondly rememberedTe 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...16 Jun 08:46 AM
Gisborne HeraldResilience enhancements and asphalting works to cause overnight road closures on SH2Motorists 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...16 Jun 08:41 AM
Gisborne HeraldWairoa's recreation area restoredWairoa’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...16 Jun 08:39 AM
Gisborne HeraldLUCAS joins rescue chopper teamEastland 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...16 Jun 08:36 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldMan jailed for beating womenDon’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...16 Jun 08:35 AM
Gisborne HeraldDiversity within DownerThis 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...16 Jun 08:32 AM
Gisborne HeraldWhāngārā Farms' podcast initiative ensures flow of informationWhāngārā 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...16 Jun 08:26 AM
Gisborne HeraldHere comes the rain againThe 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...16 Jun 08:23 AM
