Gisborne’s place as a major Chardonnay producer will be celebrated on International Chardonnay Day. This year the annual Chardonnay Affair takes place at The Vines at Matawhero midday to 5pm on May 27, rather than over Labour Day weekend. “It is...
New research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil-fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of the world, and it is having a damaging impact on the agricultural sector...
Confirmed temporary location of kura a factor in decision A Gisborne bar has been granted permission to set up shop just a few doors down from a kaupapa Māori school, despite strong opposition at a recent hearing. Anjuna Beer Garden will open on...
The dogs responsible for mauling sheep earlier this week have been destroyed. Gisborne District Council animal control team leader Ross Hannam said a number of sheep were injured or killed after being attacked by dogs on a farm around Kaiti this...
Three months after Cyclone Gabrielle, State Highway 2 will finally reopen between Napier and Wairoa this Sunday. The drive, which usually takes around 90 minutes, has been taking over six hours thanks to the lengthy detours currently in place...
Turanga Health continues to receive recognition for its Covid-19 response by being included in two prominent nationwide studies. The health provider was innovative and agile during the first two years of its Covid-19 response, creating...
Warm for this time of year? You betcha! And by an average of more than five degrees so far this month. Normally people are throwing something extra on the bed as May nights cool down, but for the first nine nights of this month, night-time...
Laughter, joy and the sound of bouncing basketballs reverberated off the playground of Whatatutu School yesterday. New Zealand Breakers captain Tom Abercrombie was a popular man as he took about 40 students through drills, games and match skills...
Breast scans at Gisborne Hospital are now more accurate and comfortable. A new ultrasound tomography machine arrived from Sweden last month that is able to detect even the slightest abnormality in the breast. The technology reduces the need for...
Teachers at the region’s secondary and area schools were on strike yesterday (Thursday), as they continue to press for better pay. Post Primary Teachers Association members have been taking part in national rolling strikes over the past week with...
Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon is calling for a more targeted approach to healthcare funding to address poor outcomes for Māori living in Tairāwhiti. The Health Select Committee recently released its 2021/22 review of Te Whatu Ora’s...
Tairāwhiti is in the unprecedented position of having two independent MPs following the resignations of Labour’s Meka Whaitiri and the Green Party’s Dr Elizabeth Kerekere from their respective parties. Ms Whaitiri, formerly the Customs Minister...
The Gisborne-East Coast region was lucky that the latest sub-tropic rain event passed speedily to the east. Even so, the overnight “flick” of its tail showed how quickly heavy rain can cause damage. The atmospheric river that dumped on...
Tomorrow is World ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) Day and is a chance to acknowledge the estimated 25,000 sufferers in New Zealand. ME or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a long-term (chronic), fluctuating, neurological disease that causes symptoms...
The operative word in Central Business District is business. What a dumb idea to locate a school amid all the busy traffic and its noise and toxic exhausts. No playground; kids barefoot on filthy footpaths. Emphatically the man’s business should...
Hear! Hear! to the Maori Party President for converting the House of Representatives into a circus. Facepalm. Raawiri Gilgen
I’ve long said we should become an independent nation. However, I fear that there isn’t the stability or cohesion in Aotearoa to even start to think about a constitution. We have a cohort of selfish people who can’t understand the concept of...
Lara — you can point out all the wrongs in society and use them as excuses why children aren’t going to school. It’s raining, it’s cold, I don’t want to walk, our home is damp . . . Children in parts of Africa and some Muslim countries...
A national survey conducted by the NZ Food Network shows an alarming rise in the number of people needing access to food support, portending a bleak winter for many New Zealanders. The network surveyed 51 food hubs across the country to find 480,104...
Obituary for Michael Dawson Chrisp by Karen Johansen on behalf of the Chrisp family Michael Dawson Chrisp died on the morning of April 16, six days before his 95th birthday and the day before the 95th birthday of his wife, Catherine. This was the...
Future leaders got a lesson in crisis leadership from Mayor Rehette Stoltz. Students taking part in this year’s Aurora Leadership course met with the Mayor at Makauri School. “This year’s programme is called Aurora Leadership For a Crisis: We...
The upcoming 60th anniversary of the Kaimai Ranges NAC DC-3 crash, which killed 23 people including Gisborne residents, will probably be the last opportunity for relatives to grieve together, aviation historian Rev. Dr Richard Waugh says. July 3...
Two days after launching a rocket mission from Mahia for NASA, Rocket Lab has announced another mission for the United States space agency. Rocket Lab has signed a deal to launch NASA’s Starling mission, a multi-CubeSat mission to test and...
An East Coast sports field at the centre of community debate over its urupa status should never have been turned into a recreational reserve in the first instance, an inquiry report reveals. Tokomaru Bay’s Hatea-a-Rangi Memorial Park made...
Monday night’s Milford Foundation fundraiser at Eden Park for regional New Zealand sports clubs and projects directly affected by Cyclone Gabrielle has raised $200,000. The evening, Burgers, Beers and Brilliant Sportspeople, hosted by Jason Gunn...
Police are continuing to investigate consecutive burglaries of local theatre spaces that have left affected owners and production crew heartbroken. Police have no updates at this stage but a spokesperson said they were “continuing to follow lines...
'Trust Tairāwhiti is aware of four suspected fraudulent applications to the Government’s Cyclone Recovery Fund for the Tairāwhiti region.'
Well, to my surprise The Gisborne Herald was out rather early yesterday. Have to say the printing of it is brilliant, there’s more colour. If people thought that there would be no Gizzy news, rest assured it is still there. What I loved was two...
Phil Newdick (May 6) seems to confuse capital gains tax with asset tax. These are quite distinct policies. Under the former, there would be no extra tax to pay when a property is revalued, unless it is sold and the value “realised”, which is the...
by Lara Meyer Re: Education more important than inflation, housing, crime — May 6 column. Dear Tim, Education is very important to ensure that our young people are equipped to engage in a functioning democratic society. You seem to have failed to...
Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP Meka Whaitiri further outlined her reasons for leaving the Labour Party yesterday but seems to have left at least one major query unanswered. On TVNZ’s Breakfast Whaitiri said she “didn’t feel heard” within Labour, but the...
The Poverty Bay Dog Trial Centre will have 10 competitors in action in the grand final of the season at the Tux South Island and New Zealand championships later this month. The event will be hosted by the Warepa Collie Club, near Balclutha, from May...
River silt and sediment from Cyclone Gabrielle has had a major impact on whānau homes and the township, Wairoa District Council says. Around 12,000 tonnes of silt has been stockpiled with much more silt removal needed, especially from under houses...
A community project at Makaraka this weekend is aiming to fill 10,000 sandbags for Tairāwhiti. The joint initiative between Gisborne District Council and the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has attracted a “groundswell of awhi”, says Tairāwhiti...