A JOURNEY of highs and lows came to an emotional end for Te Aorere Pewhairangi at Pōtaka on Sunday when he completed a mission of walking State Highway 35 to raise awareness of the impact Cyclone Gabrielle is having on Tairāwhiti. Tauranga-based...
“I’m just the aunty with all of the jobs.” That’s how teacher Hoana Forrester describes the situation of creating a kura in her carport for ākonga (students) in Tokomaru Akau (Bay) who have been unable to get to their regular schools due to...
Friday’s ‘Bashed’ by slash headline shows continuing misinformation and bias by media. The eight-week inquiry is not complete and media are turning this into a witch hunt against the forestry industry. Farmers and the council have been very...
Whether the current temporary coastal service continues will be a matter of economics — not wishful thinking. Like many, I would like to see our port thrive, and our roading and traffic problems tackled. However, people should realise that coastal...
On Saturday morning my wife and I watched from our kitchen window as clouds of toxic dust blew up from Vogel Street straight into our home, washing line and deck. We and our neighbours have been putting up with this for weeks with no action from the...
“What do you think of Scott Robertson’s appointment as All Blacks coach from 2024?”
The underwater eruption off Tonga last year has cropped up several times lately as an “explanation” for our recent extreme wet weather. It was a remarkable event that hurled a lot of water vapour into the stratosphere, increasing the global...
The furore around self-proclaimed “women’s rights” activist Posie Parker dominated the weekly news cycle as a campaign was mounted against her anti-transgender views. Forced to abandon her Auckland speech by thousands of trans rights...
A total of $72.1 million of government-funded construction projects will all be completed by the end of the year. Crown Infrastructure Parters, a Crown-owned company, has funded four projects ( either fully or partially to the tune of $66.2m The...
A judge is considering whether a Gisborne man accused of committing a serious assault in Australia nine years ago should be sent back there to face criminal proceedings. After an extradition hearing in Gisborne District Court last week, Judge Warren...
The Tūranga Bal, a community dance workshop weekend scheduled for next month, has been postponed until September. The decision was made in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle to take into account the difficulty visitors might have getting to Gisborne for...
An eighth-time drink-driver was nearly five times the legal alcohol limit for driving when he refused to stop for police, and had to be pursued. Jay Tere McCrae, 34, a manager, is the same driver who, in 2018, injured a constable after failing...
A RUATORIA fundraising effort for Eastland Rescue Helicopter Trust has been described as “incredible”. Organised by Katherine Callaghan and a team of supporters, the event held at Te Puia Springs Golf Club clubhouse raised $25,000 for the trust...
The cooler clutch of autumn arrives on Wednesday, with a forecast southerly change out to deliver the shivers. MetService says southwesterly weather will deliver noticeably lower temperatures, with a top daytime temperature of only 15 degrees on...
A woman charged with dangerous driving causing the death of American tourist Nicholas Simon has made a preliminary court appearance. Mr Simon died after the vehicle he was driving was in collision with another vehicle on State Highway 2 (Matawai...
Building work on the housing project near the corner of Mill and Gladstone roads starts soon. “The project will deliver 21 much-needed, easy-to-maintain homes to the Te Hapara community,” Kāinga Ora East North Island acting regional director...
Rocket Lab successfully launched its 35th Electron rocket from Mahia on Friday. The mission deployed two multi-spectral Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit for BlackSky through launch services provider Spaceflight Inc. The mission took place just...
DON Pearson’s wairua was “set free” in a moving paddle-out at his beloved Makorori Beach yesterday. Around 100 surfers gathered at northern Makorori the day after the life of the surfing stalwart was celebrated at a funeral service at the...
“IT started off as something small. It turned into something not so small.” That was how Margaret and Kara Hull — the Relay Your Way organisers for Team HULLkfit — described their 24-hour event over the weekend, which peaked at 200...
A Gisborne couple tasked with an eye-watering clean-up following Cyclone Gabrielle feel they were neglected by the district council during and after the event. When the Waipaoa River burst its banks on the night of February 13, Ben and Sarah...
A free parking initiative aimed at encouraging shoppers back into town following Cyclone Gabrielle has had the opposite effect, a group of retailers say. Today marked the end of a two-week district council initiative to support local businesses...
A Gisborne man who found out he wasn’t insured after losing thousands of dollars of personal items during Cyclone Gabrielle is still counting himself as one of the lucky ones. The morning after the cyclone hit Tairāwhiti, Waipaoa resident Peter...
A Tairāwhiti education programme that boasts a one-year waiting list has bad news for schools eagerly awaiting their turn to visit. Wild Lab Tiaki Taiao, operating out of Waikereru Ecosanctuary, has been forced to put its popular programme on hold...
Gisborne District Council will not be following Napier’s example of testing floodwater in high-industry areas for contaminants following Cyclone Gabrielle. Last week Napier District Council revealed it was working with industry to resolve...
A Gisborne environmentalist who has spent 20 years trying to improve the state of a local river says her efforts have been decimated by the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle. But Robyn Wilkie is vowing to continue planting trees on the banks of the...
Gisborne families wanting to bury their loved ones at Taruheru Cemetery are in limbo while the district council monitors issues with groundwater at the site. Nobody has been buried at the cemetery since before Cyclone Gabrielle as groundwater levels...
Exhaustion, frustration and an air of sadness could be felt at a Tolaga Bay/Uawa meeting where members of the community shared emotional accounts of the pain they had endured on the back of recent cyclones. The Government’s panel for an...
TAIRĀWHITI continues to have no dedicated government-funded problem gambling service despite proceeds from gaming machines here reaching a record $12.84 million last year. Proceeds from pokies were up $1.48m, or 13.1 percent on the...
TURIHAUA Station’s Paul and Sarah Williams won two of the 12 categories in the East Coast regional Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) last night. The awards were announced in simultaneous functions in Gisborne and Napier...
The bypass to open up State Highway 35 vehicle access at the Hikuwai No. 1 Bridge site between Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay will be officially opened on Monday. It has been named Pourau Road. Pourau Incorporation owns the land on which Kuru...
Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 players took the Rectory field yesterday in jerseys presented to them in honour of former first 15 assistant coach Les Barbara who passed away this week. Les captained highly successful Boys’ High first 15...
EARTHWORKs on the Tihitihi Pā subdivision start on Monday marking the transformation of Wairoa’s housing stocks. The two-hectare, 38-lot development between Kitchener and McLean streets will provide a range of much-needed new housing. The...
THE Gisborne RSA Anzac Day Speech Competition, which debuted last year, is back again in 2023. The topic this year is, “Chunuk Bair and the Anzacs”. The competition is open to Gisborne students aged from 12 to 15. The winner will deliver their...
BUILDING apprentices will battle it out on Saturday, April 1, in the Gisborne regional final of the New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) Apprentice Challenge. The ITM-sponsored competition will require each apprentice to build a fort, the design...