Gisborne dogs will have a warmer winter, thanks to the generosity of the carpentry school at EIT Tairawhiti. The carpentry students built five dog homes, which the SPCA will deliver to dogs in the community who do not have outside shelter. EIT...
Re: Explicit details of sex life exposed in trial, August 15 story. What is wrong with our justice system? A man attempts to rape a woman, she presses charges, he hires a high-priced lawyer. The complainant ends up being torn to shreds on the stand...
UPDATED Saturday July 15:A GISBORNE man feared drowned in the Wairoa River and subject of an intensive six-day search is alive and well, and now wanted by police. Ray Taunoa, 54, drove off after police tried to stop him in Wairoa in the early hours...
A TOURING production of Hinepau, a play based on a mythical story about respecting your environment and staying true to yourself came to Te Wharau School yesterday, the first in a series of performances happening in Gisborne over the next few...
By the time Makaraka School students put in their latest application for a grant from the Enviroschools Eastland Port Action Fund, they had already put a huge effort into earning it. When students spotted a problem with the adjacent bike track that...
Mayoral candidate Geoff Milner has stolen a march on potential rivals with his announcement that he will challenge Meng Foon in the local body elections in October. His timing is good — harnessing community disquiet over council decision-making...
The growing methamphetamine scourge is deeply damaging to the East Coast and needs government action, says National candidate Tania Tapsell.“Too many Tairawhiti people are becoming victims of the meth trade.“Addicts are breaking into homes...
The latest weather event has not brought the rainfall levels that forecasters had predicted, though some places have had more than 50 millimetres. The region has got off lightly with rainfall more moderate than predicted.“No further significant...
THE list of potential projects to be included in the coming long-term district plan is too long and a number will have to be taken out, Gisborne District Council’s finance and audit committee was told. These comments came after committee chairman...
A Gisborne lawyer is helping head up a top level independent review into New Zealand's intelligence services. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appointed Sir Terence Arnold and Gisborne's Matanuku Mahuika to undertake a review of the Intelligence and...
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a property in Valley Road on Sunday afternoon after food overheated inside a stove. Fire and Emergency NZ responded to a 111 call about the incident at around 3.45pm and two appliances were sent to the scene.“A woman and...
Health officials are happy after the latest tobacco ‘‘sting’’ operation resulted in no retailers selling the product to minors. Health board Hauora Tairawhiti chief executive Jim Green said retailers deserved much credit for the fantastic...
Nearly three years after the Te Ha commemorations it appears the Hawaiiki Turanga sculpture might finally be installed next to Waikanae Stream. A Gisborne District Council meeting last week revealed the council could gain Three Waters Better Off...
Former Lions governors from around New Zealand enjoyed a visit to Gisborne and finding out about the Gisborne club's work with Gisborne City Vintage Rail. The group enjoyed a morning tea on a carriage of the Wa165 steam train and saw some...
Like healthcare workers, food system workers have been the frontline heroes throughout the fight against Covid-19. While food producers, manufacturers and distributers have been acknowledged as essential businesses, those physically in the harvesting...
Mangapapa School bowled over the judges in a national dance competition to take home the NZ Dance Challenge Trophy. The national dance challenge is an opportunity for students to learn, perform and share a dance routine along with other...
Campion College student Angela Gibson Sam spent a whole year painting a wall of Maurice Allan's house in Lytton West. It wasn't just any old paint job though — she copied an image from a postcard on to the blank wall. She started the mural as an art...
Signatures on the petition opposing the Overseas Investment Office application for the sales of Huiarua and Matanui Stations on the East Coast are approaching 3000. An overseas company has lodged an application with the OIO for the purchase of the...
The time has come for the people of Gisborne, and its council, to back the re-instatement of the railway line. The current Government would give this a fair hearing and have indicated that. The case is good. Transport in the region is difficult...
A social media page promoting healthier choices over a lifetime of diabetes and obesity, has been created in Wairoa. Initiated by Putahi Kani of Wairoa in July, the Facebook group has more than 39,000 members and that number is climbing. Mr Kani, who...
A man admitted two charges of assault with a weapon arising out of an incident in which he threatened his partner while brandishing a baseball bat and axe at her. Comments made by Ben Johnson Kahaki, 29, to the woman during the incident included that...
Do you think the Swiss weren't aware of costs and economic risk when they built the Gotthard tunnel 57km long and 2.3km deep under the Alps? They were, and they still built at unfathomable cost because they did not want trucks polluting their...
High-tech equipment from the United States government department instrumental in developing military stealth technology will be launched into space from Mahia next month. After successful launches from its Mahia launch complex at Onenui Station last...
SECOND CLEAN UP: The city beaches will need to be cleaned again of debris after the storm event last week dumped many tonnes of fresh driftwood along the shore. The stretch of beach from The Cut to just past Midway was only recently cleaned at...
GISBORNE bird watchers are encouraged to be part of the Great Kereru Count from September 20 to September 29. It is called New Zealand’s biggest citizen science project. This project depends on as many people as possible getting out and about to...
In our Gisborne Herald dated 16.12.15, letters to the editor “A silver fern” by NZer Forever; I fully agree with your comment. After myself sending in three flag suggestions then noting an addition of ‘Red Peak’ allowed after cut-off date, I...
PRICES eased considerably on the previous week with the store lamb section in the Matawhero sheep sale yesterday where 3100 head were presented for sale. The sale attracted a small bench of local buyers.“The best of the male store lambs from Amu...
The theatrical education programme Smashed, staged at secondary schools around the country, helped many Year 9 students determine to wait until they are 18 to drink alcohol. This was one finding from an analysis of data gathered before and after the...
Elderly residents are frustrated and feel “further isolated” because of too much digital focus around vaccine passports. Since the Government introduced its My Vaccine Pass digital proof of vaccination earlier this week, Age Concern Gisborne...
POLICE responded to a break-in at the Enterprise Cars Swim Centre in Nelson Road early this morning and a dog team tracked the alleged offenders for two kilometres to make arrests. The call to the burglary came in at 3.55am.“Two people allegedly...
Gisborne Vehicle Testing is likely to be sold to Vehicle Testing NZ. Gisborne Holdings Ltd, the district council's commercial arm, announced at its annual meeting this week that it was in an advanced stage of negotiations with VTNZ regarding the...
A Gisborne woman remains in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital after a two-car crash at Rotoma in the Bay of Plenty on Friday afternoon. The crash happened on State Highway 30 near Braemar Rd just after 2pm. The 31-year-old Gisborne woman was...
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Uri a Maui celebrated Matariki with a night market on Wednesday this week. As part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori we went down to the night market to korero about how te reo enriches their lives