A WOMAN died in a smash on State Highway 2 just outside of Raupunga south of Wairoa yesterday afternoon. The car she was driving left the highway and crashed into a bank. Emergency services were called to the crash scene about two kilometres south of...

THE man seriously injujred in an alleged assault in Bright Street early on Thursday morning remains in the intensive care unit at Gisborne Hospital in a stable condition. A 16-year-old youth has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm in...

Five GDC projects in the running for Government

The death of former Hawke’s Bay and Wellington woman Kathleen Kawana remains “unexplained”.Police have repeated their plea for information about her movements in this district before her death. Mystery surrounds the cause of her death and how...

WAIROA mayor Craig Little faces two declared challengers for his job in this year’s local body elections. Three-term councillor Benita Cairns and retired teacher Roland Matley announced their candidacy this week. Mr Little was elected in 2013 after...

Judith Collins may have thrown down a marker for the next general election with her comments that the Government is planning to stealthily establish more separate Maori organisations in addition to the one already planned for health. National has...

Re: ‘Put it underground!’ October 28 story. Can you put one down my street Chorus? Internet speed in Elgin is crap. TONY N.A “first world problem” if ever there was one. It’s not blocking any views at all — it’s 5cm wide for goodness...

ROWEN Tuauau Aupouri, 26, shearer, pleaded not guilty to rape and was remanded on bail by Gisborne District Court for a Crown case review hearing on March 9. Counsel Alistair Clarke said Aupouri elected trial by jury. Mr Clarke sought a variation to...

A perfect Poverty Bay morning greeted the first cruise ship visit of the season today when regular caller Golden Princess nosed into the bay and dropped anchor for the day. The first passengers were tendered ashore just after 8.30am in ideal...

Gisborne business owner Barry Foster says conquering his fear of public speaking has opened doors for him he would never have believed. When appointed to a position in the National Beekeepers Association, he knew the role required public speaking...

TWO cows managed to keep afloat for an hour inside a water tank yesterday before emergency officers rescued them. The cows got into their predicament after walking on top of a water tank in Ormond, which collapsed under their weight. New Zealand Fire...

THE council’s consultation process on the transfer of assets debacle continues to be a mockery. We can now add a series of additional breaches to the council’s claims of proper process and transparency. The original breach, back in August 2015...

THE launch of Tairawhiti Voyaging Trust’s educational waka hourua is in sight. There has been great progress with the double-hulled waka named Tairawhiti and over the weekend 30 people keen to be volunteer crew took part in Coastguard training...

Do you have any getaway plans for the two consecutive long weekends?

A new crop of talented university graduates have begun to build careers in New Zealand’s rapidly changing agricultural industry thanks to Ravensdown’s development programme. The successful initiative — now in its fifth year — has supported 39...

Re: Port not wanted on Cape, September 14 story. The Crown Infrastructure Partners should invest in our railway line!The offer of $45 million by Hon Shane Jones, Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Regional Economic Development, for a log...

Tairawhiti Museum was announced last night as the winner of two awards at the Service Q NZ Museum Awards. The Gisborne museum’s exhibition, Taonga Pare-Mata: Mangatu Taonga Returned, won awards in both the Exhibition Excellence Taonga Maori...

'They are taking from a service they may need'

Woolly hats will be the order of the day over the next few weeks for nurse Kelly Norris after she shaved her hair off on Saturday in the Shave for a Cure event for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.“My head is much colder than I expected,”...

ENTHUSIASTIC firewood collectors need to be patient to get access to free wood from gum trees that Gisborne District Council will fell on Kaiti Hill/Titirangi Reserve. A group of gum trees alongside the road is being removed because they are dead and...

As a self-confessed (sometimes vehement) critic of this Government, l find being a supporter of at least one of its major announcements all a bit challenging. I base my support in this instance purely on a belief that criticism is only effective when...

Eastern Whio Link wins inaugural grant from new partnership

HE Pou a Rangi, the Climate Change Commission (CCC), delivered their final advice to the Government at the end of May, and now the Government must release its first emissions reduction plan by the end of the year. The advice outlines how Aotearoa can...

A young Gisborne dancer has been accepted into Australia’s leading commercial and performing arts dance school. Chello Ngata, 17, found out last Thursday she had been accepted into Brent Street Studios on Australia’s Gold Coast — which is like...

A meth dealer’s boasts to an undercover cop triggered a new police investigation into his father’s financial affairs and a three-year legal battle over $10 million and 15 commercial properties in Gisborne. More than $10m and a commercial property...

AN independent board member will take part in the code of conduct process initiated by Gisborne District Council to investigate a remark claimed to have been overheard by a councillor, that a colleague said “not enough were killed” during the...

Another New Year’s is behind us as we start to turn our attention to the demands and opportunities that 2019 will bring . . . and that comes with a feeling that this year’s break has been a successful one. After a wet and sometimes gloomy start...

I would like to congratulate Alice Kibble on standing for council. She is an extraordinary young woman with a great love for this community and its people. From an early age she volunteered for organisations, doing anything she could to make...

Muriwai farmer Geoff Tombleson was awarded Life Membership of the Gisborne A and P Show Association at the association's annual general meeting on Thursday night.“Geoff has been active in support of the Spring Show for more than 40 years,” said...

Beetham Lifestyle Village went into “lockdown” yesterday after a number of residents presented with gastroenteritis. A district health board spokesman said the lockdown was “normal procedure” in such cases. The situation was being closely...