Victor Walker received his New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) from Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro in Wellington this week. Mr Walker was recognised for his 35 years of service to the Māori community in Tairāwhiti. Uawa-based, Mr Walker has...
My thanks to the nurses in the day surgery and theatre who took care of me during my day surgery at Gisborne Hospital recently, as well as the surgeons and the anaesthetist. I was treated with care and attention during the whole procedure. Thank you...
The rain-catcher sculpture at the Botanical Gardens is broken but the damage was not done by vandals.“The sculpture broke after a branch fell from a nearby gum tree last Thursday,” a Gisborne District Council spokeswoman said. However, more...
Two Tairawhiti women and another who has whakapapa here have taken out three of the top awards at the 2018 Maori Sports Awards, which were held on Saturday night in Auckland. Horouta Hoe Waka coach Kiwi Campbell of Ngati Porou, Tuhoe and Te Whanau...
Catherine Gillies thinks all abortions are bad; therefore in her counselling she frames all psycho-social distress as a consequence of abortion, even up to the third generation later, according to her op-ed on August 6. This is frankly ridiculous...
The Farmers’ Market is a very pleasant outing on a Saturday morning and the chance to stock up with fresh fruit and vegetables, have a cup of coffee with friends while listening to music. Why do people find it necessary to bring their stinking dogs...
THE decision by the owners of a Gisborne campground to welcome all visitors regardless of vaccination status has been described as “crazy” by an epidemiologist. Tatapouri Bay Oceanside Accommodation owners Nathan and Shanti Foon in a statement on...
A retaining wall and stormwater catchment system are nearing completion as part of Eastland Port’s wharfside log yard development. The 1.8ha log yard will be able to store 10,000 tonnes of logs eventually, meaning fewer truck movements through the...
Our region and all New Zealand has been let down enormously by Immigration NZ. A cancer specialist from Houston USA has spent recent years in the Palmerston North cancer treatment clinic as well as Gisborne Hospital, Dunedin Hospital and Otago...
FRANK Burgess from Poariki Station at Pehiri will be remembered as a thorough and good farmer, a great husband, father and grandad, but he was also a poet, a writer, a sometimes aviator and radio ham. Above all the “man of few words” was...
GISBORNE company McCannics will not be allowed to take part in the tender process for the $5.5 million H.B. Williams Memorial Library extension after an emergency meeting of Gisborne District Council refused to reverse an earlier decision. But the...
How the forestry industry pays a fair share of local spending on roads, and what that might be, is set to be a hot topic during consultation for the Long-Term Plan early next year. A big step-up in funding is needed to make local roads, in...
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises Gisborne District Council started emergency wastewater work on State Highway 35 Wainui Road today. Work started at 10am and will continue until Saturday.“This emergency work is required to remove...
This car left the road at the Mangapapa Road-Oswald Street end shortly before midnight on Friday, went through the fence of a property at the corner and struck a tree. Police said one person in the vehicle was reported to have been complaining of...
Gisborne Girls’ High School student Sam Booth has won the MAINZ Best Musicianship Award At Tangata Beats for vocals and drumming in the band Salem. Sam had to learn the drums at the last minute when the band’s regular drummer could not make the...
This week we asked people walking along Gladstone Road what they thought of former All Blacks Dan Carter and Ali Williams being in the headlines recently for drink-driving and alleged cocaine use
Gisborne’s KFC fans had to go elsewhere for their dinner last night as staff went on strike at 5pm. Restaurant Brands, the owner of KFC, was notified of the nationwide strike action by the Unite union yesterday morning. Unite said for the past week...
THE Gisborne branch of the BNZ returns to extended hours from today. Previously, the branch was only open for two hours a day following Delta Covid-19 Level 2 restrictions.“BNZ's priority remains on protecting customers and staff, and it encourages...
A BOY was taken to Gisborne Hospital yesterday afternoon after he suffered a neck injury when he dived into the Waimata River at Anzac Park. A fire service crew on the way back to the city from the car crash at Turihaua were diverted to the park at...
Gisborne health board Hauora Tairawhiti is making final adjustments to contingency plans for strike action by nurses tomorrow. Chief executive Jim Green said there would be significant disruptions to all services.“We have a very experienced...
HEALTH authorities are advising the public to take precautions with a stomach bug circulating in Tairawhiti. The health board’s Facebook page says the bug is affecting rest homes, primary schools and early childhood centres. Medical officer of...
WHY do I want to be on the council?If I can be honest, it is a good little earner. Poverty has me in its grasp, as I have bought a house in town. Paying a high price for that I could do nothing about, BUT I can try to do something about the large...
Rose growers Hamish Cheetham and Ruth McLennan scooped up the lion’s share of prizes at this year’s Poverty Bay Horticultural Society Rose and Iris Show. Prize listRose Caughey Cup, champion: Hamish Cheetham. Innesfree Perpetual Trophy: Fay...
Not many people can say they have lived long enough to see five generations of their family. Lassie Mihaera (nee Rangihuna), 87, is one of the lucky ones. Last December she went to Brisbane Australia, as she does every year, to visit her family. This...
Today is a big day for Tairawhiti. The national Covid-19 vaccination programme started in Gisborne this morning with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being administered to border workers. The local roll-out of the vaccine “signals an important milestone...
HELICOPTERS and health providers from Bay of Plenty have been called on to maintain health services on the flood-ravaged East Coast. Speaking at this week's health board meeting, Hauora Tairawhiti district health board chief executive Jim Green said...
A Mahia man authorised to issue customary fishing permits for the peninsula has been fined $750 for enabling two known poachers to take paua. He was refused a discharge without conviction at an earlier hearing. Morehu Shane Cooper, 54, pleaded guilty...
Organisers are expecting a riot of colour and fragrance at the annual event at the Farmers Air Gisborne Event Centre this weekend. Rose and iris blooms will be on show along with other garden plants, produce and floral arrangements. An additional...
GISBORNE lived up to its reputation as a sporting paradise at the weekend. The city hosted major surf lifesaving and equestrian events in ideal, if challenging, conditions and its teams performed up to and beyond expectations. The three-day Bay...
Former Gisborne man Gordon Mead is in the running to be the Fieldays Rural Catch for 2019. The competition started today at the annual Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton. Up for grabs is $20,000 in prizes and the Golden Boot Trophy. Gordon, 29, was...
A baby with a tummy bug died at Gisborne Hospital in what is believed to be a tragic case of sudden infant death after co-sharing a bed with his mother, instead of sleeping in a cot offered by a nurse. While no one is to blame for the 12-month-old...
Spark customers in the Gisborne-East Coast and Wairoa area were affected by an outage from 4.30pm yesterday. The outage affected all broadband, including fibre and landlines until 3.30am this morning. A Spark spokesman said he was unable to give...
A RETURN to warm northerly conditions overnight meant no frost this morning. This was in contrast to the previous two mornings, which delivered glazed windscreens courtesy of the hardest frosts of winter so far. Sunday morning saw the air temperature...