Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has welcomed the appointment of two new statutory Deputy Commissioners and one of them is former Eastern District Police Commander Tania Kura. The other is Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming based in Wellington...
Gisborne Herald photographer Liam Clayton took the photos above of the woody debris on the main city beachfront. The first shot shows the beach clean-up at Waikanae Beach late last month as contractors made good progress. But after the weekend rain...
A motorist was seriously injured in a crash on Rutene Road caused by a man driving recklessly to evade police. Emergency services had to cut the injured driver from the wreckage of his car, which was shunted in the crash on to the verge of...
A judge has ordered a Gisborne man to be extradited to Australia to face a serious assault charge arising from an alleged incident more than eight years ago. Judge Warren Cathcart delivered his reserved decision last Tuesday, after a hearing in...
A recidivist burglar seen by a member of the public inside a woman’s house while she was gardenng in the backyard has been jailed for 19 months. Keau Jan Leach, 25, had 21 prior convictions for burglary, and was on prison release conditions for...
A cricket fundraising event in Queenstown last month raised almost $27,000 which is to be donated to sports organisations affected by Cyclone Gabrielle in Tairāwhiti and the East Coast. The event, called Bat for the Bay, was organised by...
Tairāwhiti and areas hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle in February are to receive special visits from the Black Falcons — the Royal New Zealand Air Force aerobatic team. The Black Falcons are scheduled to perform in Gisborne on Friday at 12.30pm and...
Eastland Wood Council has called for the identification of land to be retired from forestry in its submission to the ministerial inquiry on land use in relation to forestry slash issues in the region. The submission outlines mitigations EWC member...
Two teenage hunters missing in dense bush in the Raukumara Forest Park inland from Opotiki were found safe and well yesterday. The 15-year-olds from the Bay of Plenty had gone hunting on Sunday and were due out late Monday morning. When they failed...
The Chief Ombudsman says he expects a rise in complaints on the back of extreme weather events but it could take some time for frustration to boil over into a noticeable spike. Peter Boshier was in Gisborne yesterday for the first day of a week-long...
A truck driver suffered moderate injuries yesterday when his vehicle flipped over on State Highway 2 north of Te Karaka, spilling the load of silt it was carrying all over the highway. Emergency services were alerted at around 12.35pm. The crash...
Tim Wilson, Maxim Institute executive director Before he was actually indicted, AI-generated fake images of Donald Trump scuffling with the NYPD during his “arrest” swiftly accumulated millions of views — proof again that Artificial...
What is generally regarded as the final warm holiday of the year before winter, Easter has been a disappointment for this district and in keeping with a summer which will be best forgotten by most. After a generally dismal first three days, however...
Autumn is the season teams go out looking for inanga eggs. Inanga is a native fish and one of five whitebait species in New Zealand. Te Ngahuru Tikoitikoiere team from Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust have been monitoring three significant sites for signs of...
Police believe their operation targeting gangs and organised crime in the region has been having an impact, particularly in relation to firearms incidents and methamphetamine supply. Operation Kotare’s aim was to prevent gang violence and disrupt...
A search and rescue operation resumed this morning for two hunters missing on the Bay of Plenty side of the Raukumara Forest Park on the East Cape. Police were notified at 11.10am yesterday about two people overdue from a hunting trip. “They went...
Sleep for many would have been hard to come by last night, with a warm night and high humidity at the end of unsettled weather over Easter. After morning rain, yesterday delivered a high of 25 degrees and warmth which persisted into the night, with...
Great direction from people on the ground helped the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter make a safe landing in a sea of silt during a mission last week. The medical event callout was to a property at the end of Matairau Road, over the...
CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR ALL: Shoppers at the Salvation Army Family Store were invited to join manager Heidi Parkes (far left), Mayor Rehette Stoltz (second left) and staff to share in the shop’s 50th birthday celebrations with chocolate cake. Ms Parkes...
Firefighters were called to a property in Howarth Street, Mangapapa, on Saturday night after sheds caught fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted at around 11.15pm. “A single garage shed and a small adjoining shed were well involved in...
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is leading a series of targeted engagements here in the wake of recent extreme weather events. Mr Boshier is starting his programme in Tairāwhiti and Hawkes Bay this week. “I have a strong personal connection with...
A submission by residents group Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti is calling for an end to the forestry practice of clear-fell harvesting on erosion-prone land. The submission reviewed more than 150 scientific publications and public policy documents using an...
Space company Rocket Lab will launch Nasa’s cyclone-tracking TROPICS satellite constellation from Mahia next month. The TROPICS constellation (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Small...
Tairāwhiti’s first “Brickshow” was so successful over Easter weekend, organisers want to make it an annual event. Organised by Gisborne Lego Users Group, the show ran for two days in Te Wharau School hall. “It was absolutely fabulous,”...
A family already outraged that the Gisborne woman responsible for the death of their elderly relative was spared prison have been told the Crown will not appeal her sentence of home detention. Stella Inia Maru, 26, was sentenced last week to 12...
by Neil Reid, NZ Herald Napier — As heavy rain battered Hawke’s Bay in the darkness of the morning of February 14, a white Toyota Hilux pulled into a near-deserted truck stop on the outskirts of Napier. CCTV footage shows the vehicle’s lone...
Ravensdown has launched a software tool called HawkEye Response to help farmers map and deal with slips on “effective” farming areas of their properties impacted by cyclones Hale and Gabrielle. The tool can also identify erosion-prone areas...
The New Zealand Growing Future Farmers organisation won the New Zealand Community Leadership award at the Rabobank Client Council event held in Sydney last month. Growing Future Farmers’ (GFF) aim is to accelerate a graduate’s farming career...
Re: Robust debate at times degenerates, April 4 editorial. It is not possible to have reasonable debate when people “debate” with conspiracy theories and a lack of basic respect for human rights. For too long a certain group of...
Coordinated regional leadership on the big issues is something the Tairawhiti has done well in recent years — getting the leaders of key organisations around the table, including government agency representatives, and pooling resources efficiently...
Students impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle were able to take their minds off the disaster at a wellbeing day at Eastwoodhill Arboretum this week. Sixteen schools were represented at the event organised by Aurora Education Foundation. “We explicitly...
Getting back on to campus for staff and students at EIT | Te Pūkenga Tairāwhiti has provided a welcome sense of normality in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, says campus manager Waata Shepherd. Staff and students were ready to come back by the...
Not enough resources on the ground: Fed Farmers. by Murray Robertson THE additional $23 million for initial cyclone recovery work on farms and for croppers across the country has been welcomed, but a lot more money will be needed, Federated Farmers...