THE fire risk across the district has crept up as the weather has heated up and fire authorities are urging the public to obey the total fire ban. The total ban introduced before Christmas has so far been well supported. It prohibits fires in the...

A CASH-strapped Oxford Street man peddled his home-brewed spirits to neighbours, vagrants and alcoholics in exchange for money or valuables, Gisborne District Court heard. He was not licensed to sell the alcohol, which was often as concentrated as...

Innovation and growth was the focus of a business workshop held in Gisborne. The Pakihi – Whanaua: Business Innovation workshop was the second in a series of workshops being delivered in Tairawhiti this year. Pakihi is an initiative that provides...

AVIATION fans in the district get a last chance this weekend to “save Astro” and keep the rare and historic Tiger Moth aircraft in Gisborne. Astro — DH82A ZK-ANL — is the last crop-spraying Tiger Moth in the world. The aircraft has been...

A special award for “epic drops”, the name for the aerial artist's plummet while spinning at speed in an unravelling length of silk, went to 16-year-old Lani Crick at the inaugural New Zealand Aerial Youth Championships on Saturday. Coached by...

A restaurant scenario and a flower planting story were among allegories former American Public Health Association president Camara Jones used in a presentation last week. In a talk at Gisborne Hospital titled Metaphors for Racism, Dr Jones focused on...

There were two short power outages in Gisborne’s central business district yesterday morning. Eastland Network’s Brent Stewart said an 11kV cable fault between the Plunket and library substations meant parts of the CBD were briefly without...

Fieldays was another big success this year with a total 128,747 visitors through the gates across the event, and there were 1067 exhibitors across 1559 sites, from 11 different countries. More than 860 school-leaver-aged students from 41 schools took...

Housing and job training for youth are crucial issues for National's East Coast candidate Tania Tapsell. She has visited Makaraka School and EIT's trades academy with the party's Waitaki MP Jacqi Dean. Ms Tapsell said she had enjoyed meeting the...

Power consumers in Gisborne and Wairoa will face just a small increase in the amount they pay to local lines company Eastland Network from April. Eastland Network today announced its pricing schedule for the period April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020. The...

Police have arrested and charged two people over the death of a Gisborne toddler in January of this year. A homicide investigation began shortly after 19-month-old Casino Ataria-Wharehinga died in Starship hospital on January 10.A spokesperson for...

SIDESHOW alley is under construction ahead of the Spring Show on Friday and Saturday. Paul Mahon from Mahons Amusements is pictured at work on the Gravitron. His uncle John said it was good to be back in Gisborne again.“This weather is great and...

GISBORNE is not part of the nationwide wastewater testing programme rolled out by police to help them better understand the extent of drug consumption across the country. Gisborne District Council has declined to take part in the trial, although it...

The torrential rain that hit the area around Tolaga Bay at the weekend has left huge impacts and a likely clean-up bill of more than $10 million. Farms, roads and bridges were damaged when vast quantities of forestry slash and logs washed down from...

PARENTS and whanau raising children with disabilities have the chance to attend free Parent to Parent NZ workshops and meet others who share their experience. Parent to Parent is a charity that has supported the families of loved ones with...

THE flow of log ship traffic through Eastland Port keeps on keeping on. The Glorious Sunlight continues to load cargo today, with six other ships to follow in the next two weeks. The Glorious Sunlight will sail for China late tomorrow afternoon. The...

A robbery case took a twist during a defended hearing in Gisborne District Court yesterday when a key prosecution witness claimed everything he had said in a statement to police last year was a lie. Judge Warren Cathcart declared the man a hostile...

Last night I had the privilege of attending the Tairawhiti Rainbow Action “meet the candidates” evening. As a candidate standing for council, I was somewhat surprised by comments from some current councillors who attended this event, in terms of...

The Metservice has issued a strong wind warning for Gisborne from tomorrow afternoon with gusts predicted up to 120kmh. The forecast applies to the area of Hawke's Bay north of Wairoa and eastern Gisborne, south of Tokomaru Bay.“The southerly winds...

GISBORNE Volunteer Centre would like to thank our Mayor, Meng Foon, for hosting a Morning Tea with the Mayor for Volunteers on Monday to get National Volunteer Week under way. Volunteers from a variety of organisations gathered together in...

Not everyone gets a card from the Queen, Prime Minister and Governor-General, but not everyone is Sheila Gerrard. Sheila turned 100 yesterday and was celebrating at home with a glass of Moët in a house flooded with flowers when The Herald came to...

CEDENCO Foods have agreed to a partnership with the Government and Gisborne District Council to lead an investigation into developing a large water recycling plant as part of the regional growth programme. It will also look at waste management. The...

SIX major national organisations and three based in Gisborne have lodged appeals in the Environment Court against the Gisborne Regional Freshwater Plan. Gisborne District Council adopted the plan in August, the first in the country under the...

Firefighters were busy for about three hours on Saturday afternoon dealing with a grass fire at the mouth of the Waipaoa River. The fire was fanned into driftwood by strong winds. Fire and Emergency NZ sent four appliances, including city and rural...

Meredith, I am so proud of you for having the courage to try to stamp out this racial scourge. Watch this space

RE: A poor display, December 17 letter.“Anon”, it's quite obvious that you're not a citizen of Gisborne. How dare you call it a poor display on Gisborne's behalf to worry about the health and wellbeing of our residents. Thus far, we have had no...

It has been a pretty quiet summer so far for the region's surf lifeguards with no significant rescues by either the volunteer or paid guards to date. The paid patrols will operate weekdays through until January 22 at Wainui, Waikanae and Midway...

WORK to realign the road at the blowhole dropout end of Black’s Beach is likely to begin in a couple of months. The main coastal route into Mahia has been reduced to one lane over the past year after slipping and a significant crack across the...

That the six councillors who sought to revoke a decision made in public-excluded to convert most of the council’s biggest forestry asset to natives are all on the finance and audit committee, and included its chairman, is instructive. So is the...

Police have made two arrests over a spate of high-profile tagging incidents in the city in recent weeks that have caused “significant distress” for business owners affected. The arrests were made on Friday night after they were spotted allegedly...