PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldGDC staff safety at riskPolice intervention needed as level of abuse intensifies across all departments.05 Jul 08:27 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionOnly 10 days now until MatarikiAnother mid-winter week has started on a bleak note with little to brighten the news scene. Television One’s Sunday programme kicked things off with a sombre message around the damage that has been done here by extreme weather and the massive...04 Jul 11:14 AM
OpinionSwelling bureaucracy, ministerial fumblesJune was a fun month for news outlets, RNZ’s self-inflicted scandal aside. Maryanne Spurdle, Maxim Institute researcher How often does a Cabinet Minister resign, and for entirely preventable reasons? Reactions to Michael Wood’s brazen resistance...04 Jul 11:11 AM
OpinionComment not ChristianWhat on earth are the Gisborne Churches doing? Do you all agree with last Saturday’s Christian Comment? Shame on you! How did you allow this to be printed? Two of the Churches on the page stated “ALL WELCOME”. Bernard Moran doesn’t say which...04 Jul 11:08 AM
OpinionWell looked after at immunisation hubA huge thank you and aroha to the Palmerston Rd Immunisation Hub. We were really grateful for our injections in such a caring and friendly atmosphere. It wasn’t something we wanted but it was something we needed and you all did it painlessly and...04 Jul 11:06 AM
OpinionDegrowth and regrowthGreat letter-exchange on the population problem over the weekend, thank you. Roger Handford told how improved education and family health reduces population growth; Lara Meyer added the factor of contraception. This general effect is known as the...04 Jul 11:06 AM
OpinionFix our rail linePlease wake up and fix the railway line. There are too many holes in the road, and a big election on October 14th. I am a great, great fan of trains and used to travel on the train a lot. I want to see the trains come back to Gisborne for...04 Jul 11:05 AM
Gisborne HeraldCouncil able to help care for wetlandsPlanning a wetland restoration? The Gisborne District Council’s catchments and biodiversity team is working on developing some tools and resources to help landowners and community groups with planning biodiversity enhancement projects. Locals have...04 Jul 08:23 AM
Gisborne HeraldTwo calls to same Elgin house, fire in bedroomFirefighters were called twice to a house at the Elgin end of Childers Road overnight Sunday after a fire started in a bedroom of the property early in the evening. Fire and Emergency NZ sent appliances to the home at around 6pm initially. “...04 Jul 08:21 AM
Gisborne HeraldThe Haka Party Incident: A powerful reflection on race relations, then and nowThe Haka Party Incident may be revisiting a confrontation in 1979 that changed the nation’s race relations forever, but it is just as relevant today. Perhaps even more so ,says Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival chief executive and artistic director...04 Jul 08:14 AM
Gisborne HeraldPīpī Paopao a love letter for tamarikiOne of the region’s favourite sons, Rutene Spooner, is back this week to delight young and old with the show he created, Pipi Paopao. It’s a homecoming that Spooner (Ngati Porou, Ngaruahine and Ngati Kahungunu) always looks forward to. “I find...04 Jul 08:09 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldAlmost total clearance at OrereOrere Angus at Pehiri kicked off the Gisborne component of East Coast Angus Bull Week yesterday morning with an almost total clearance and a top price of $65,000. Ben and Kylie Johnson sold 19 out of the 20 rising two-year-old bulls they put up by...04 Jul 08:08 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldGood start for Angus bull salesA new high price of $68,000 was paid for a bull fairly late in the Tangihau Angus catalogue yesterday as the Rere stud continued the high clearance rate this rising two-year-old bull sale season. The stud also sold one for $62,000. Lot 25 sold for...04 Jul 08:04 AM
Gisborne HeraldCrash victim namedPolice have released the name of the man whose body was found in a car in the Mata River inland from Ruatoria last week. He was 52-year-old Royce Alan Mathieson from Ruatoria. His car went off Matahiia Road and into the river and was washed about...04 Jul 08:03 AM
Gisborne HeraldEmergency sewer valves closed but no fishing or swimming for five daysPeople are advised to stay out of the water, after 12 days of sewer discharges into waterways here. Gisborne District Council confirmed the emergency sewer valves were closed at 3pm Friday. The council advises no swimming, fishing, or gathering...04 Jul 08:00 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldTapping into growing interest in RC vehiclesAn open day to celebrate their new premises in the Ballance Street Village was a great success for Elite Hobbies, with a great number of radio/remote controlled (RC) vehicle enthusiasts joining in the celebrations and fun. Co-owners Daniel Contreras...04 Jul 07:57 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldWinter wave hits Tairāwhiti: Increasing illness presentations at hospital sparks call for higher immunisation ratesMedical professionals are calling for higher rates of immunisation as presentations are increasing at Gisborne Hospital. And it’s only the first wave of winter illnesses which has arrived in Tairāwhiti. Last week, as the second term drew to...04 Jul 07:52 AM
Gisborne HeraldRemembering the Kaimai Range air disaster: Six decades since NAC Flight 441 tragedyThere was a light wind and light rain as the passengers walked out to their plane at Whenuapai airport on the morning of July 3, 1963, but everyone was in a good mood as they were returning to home and family. Their plane, a National Airways...04 Jul 07:35 AM
OpinionDavis accountable for issues at CorrectionsIf Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis was evaluated by private enterprise on the results of the Chief Ombudsman’s report he would be unemployed. The buck stops with him. Ian Gaskin, Tuai30 Jun 06:04 PM
Gisborne HeraldFine weather likely for school holidaysJust in time for the school holidays, the weather gods are finally offering more moderate weather for the next week. Apart from a few showers, the days through to next weekend should mostly be a welcome relief for a region in recovery mode...30 Jun 06:03 PM
Gisborne Herald‘Huge loss’ as breakfast show host ends shiftA familiar voice of East Coast iwi radio will finally get a sleep-in after 27 years of early starts as Radio Ngāti Porou’s esteemed breakfast announcer. Yesterday, Radio Ngāti Porou breakfast announcer Kahu Waitoa — known by his community as...30 Jun 06:02 PM
Gisborne HeraldCouncil looking for community interest in recovery planGisborne District Council is calling on expressions of interest for its new community-led recovery plan following severe weather across the region. The Recovery Coordination Centre — which was set up to ensure a coordinated recovery for...30 Jun 06:00 PM
Gisborne HeraldMakorori Headland reserve, Titirangi among closuresTwo of Gisborne’s favourite spots for recreation — the Makorori Headland reserve and Titirangi (Kaiti Hill) are closed until further notice. The Makorori Headland is unstable in multiple areas with slips causing subsidence. People are asked to...30 Jun 05:58 PM
Gisborne HeraldCoast man killed in car crash, body recovered from vehicle in riverPolice on Thursday recovered the body of a man from a car that had left the Matahiia Road inland from Ruatoria and plunged into the Mata River. They were notified at around 3pm on Wednesday that a car had been seen in the river. Police said it was...30 Jun 05:56 PM
Gisborne HeraldCEO steps down after six yearsTrust Tairāwhiti chief executive Gavin Murphy is stepping down effective July 2023 after nearly six years in the role, says trust chair John Clarke. “After guiding the trust through the amalgamation of the trust to include the economic...30 Jun 05:54 PM
Gisborne HeraldTwo named to join Trust TairāwhitiGisborne District Council has confirmed two new appointments to the governance board of Trust Tairāwhiti “to take forward the good work of departing trustees Dr Jill Chrisp and Kristen Kohere-Soutar”. Mayor Rehette Stoltz acknowledged the...30 Jun 05:52 PM
Gisborne Herald‘Hearts full of thanks’ at assemblyIlminster Intermediate School celebrated Matariki and the upcoming school holidays with a special assembly and concert designed to lift their spirits after what has been a tough term. The celebration focused on recognising the key values of Matariki...30 Jun 05:51 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionCyclone timeline a useful exerciseContrary to what a correspondent said on Thursday’s opinion page, there has not been an external audit of council and Civil Defence actions during Cyclone Gabrielle. An independent third party was commissioned to compile an event timeline, which...30 Jun 05:48 PM
OpinionPutin far weaker than anyone suspectedGwynne Dyer “I said to Putin: ‘We could waste (Prigozhin), no problem. If not on the first try, then on the second.’ I told him: ‘Don’t do this’,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko, long-ruling dictator of Belarus, clearly delighted at having...30 Jun 05:46 PM
Gisborne HeraldPool warming upThe 50-metre pool at the Gisborne Olympic pool complex was heated again from Thursday after wood chip issues were solved, and pool management said the pool would reopen today. The water would be in a “cooler yet swimmable” condition over the...30 Jun 05:44 PM
Gisborne HeraldGisborne’s wettest June in 144 years, with rain on 20 of the month’s 30 daysJune will long be remembered by Gisborne-East Coast folk as the month it forgot to stop raining. The past 30 days have been some of the most testing in the district’s history — Gisborne’s wettest June in 144 years, with rain on 20 of those...30 Jun 05:42 PM
Gisborne HeraldNPO starting shuttle service for health appointments in townA new initiative to help get patients from the East Coast to health appointments in Gisborne city starts on Monday. “There are not many places in Aotearoa that don’t have free health shuttles funded, so it felt like the East Coast was the last...30 Jun 05:41 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldTwo forestry companies opt for jury trialsTwo forestry companies and their directors charged by the District Council for alleged breaches of resource consents, revealed by storm events last March, have chosen to have their cases decided by juries. The companies and their respective...30 Jun 05:39 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldJudge warns man of jail if ‘similar offending occurs’A five-year-old boy stood screaming in fear as his father stormed about their house throwing items, pushing the boy’s mother, and whipping her with an extension cord. The woman had just arrived home from her nightshift work and had cooked...30 Jun 05:39 PM
