The region's fire authorities have no plans to scale back fire restrictions in the wake of the solid falls of rain around the district this week. Before the rain the fire risk had continued to rise steadily across Tairawhiti.“The rain has been...
Three months is all that 33 wannabe boxers have to be fighting fit for the Life Education Trust’s Fight for Life extravaganza 2018. Event organiser Anelia Evans said the group had cleared the first hurdle after 58 applicants initially put up their...
A special magic shone out of a collaborative production of dance, music and spoken word at the Lawson Field Theatre yesterday. Called Tukutuku, the show lived up to its title as Gisborne Girls’ High School special needs students, students with...
Hundreds of Maori leaders and education influencers are at the Maori leaders conference, Te Eketu o te Rangi, which opened at Te Poho o Rawiri Marae yesterday. Rangatahi (youth) are a target audience for the conference, which aims to “inspire and...
THE woman who died in a crash ?on Friday afternoon on State Highway 2 near the Mohaka viaduct at Raupunga, south of Wairoa, was 65-year-old ?Judith Shadbolt from Wairoa. The car she was driving left ?the highway and crashed into a ?bank. She died at...
Forestry industry among businesses that can reopen under Level 3 conditions
Safetree has appointed Wade Brunt, a passionate forestry veteran, to help get forestry workers more actively involved in improving health and safety. Mr Brunt started working on Monday in his new role as Toroawhi, which means “together we create...
Re: November 7 letter. Martin Hanson continues to feel threatened by those who acknowledge that there is a loving Creator who made us for Himself. He has a plan for our lives which belong to Him. Those who believe in the Creator know where they have...
Deane Smart’s letter in The Gisborne Herald of June 6 denigrating the NZ Drug Foundation demonstrates to us a complete lack of understanding of the problems that have been caused as a direct result of prohibition. The one thing we would agree on is...
Pat Seymour, chairwoman of the War Memorial Theatre Trust which drove fundraising for refurbishment of the Lawson Field Theatre, and former Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon share ribbon-cutting duties at the reopening of the theatre on Saturday night. The...
APPLICATIONS are now open for this year’s Prime Minister’s Science Prizes, worth a combined total of $1 million. Five prizes will be awarded to members of the science community that showcase talent, passion and high achievment in their...
Recent storm damage to the closed East Cape Road cut off five households and isolated people were to be choppered out of the area today. Gisborne District Council reported that 13 people had been isolated — the five affected households all located...
Contractors have moved on to the bank of the Taruheru River by the Peel Street bridge to carry out further work on the bank revetments."It's a continuation of the same project," a council spokeswoman said."This is the second section, covering 62...
As barbecue season gets into full swing, New Zealand researchers are investigating whether certain kinds of red meat could actually protect against heart disease. Researchers have recruited men aged 35-55 willing to eat free meat three times a week...
GISBORNE Girls’ High student Rebecca Collier is back from the trip of a lifetime to Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of a Young Enterprise Scheme initiative. She was one of eight student representatives from New Zealand chosen to travel to the South...
Gisborne Girls' High School student Keira Batten Coogan has won the solo/duo section of the Smokefreerockquest East Coast regional competition for the second time in three years. Keira won in 2018 and was second last year.“It felt good to win,”...
A KAI Atua healthy nutrition workshop for people who want to make better food choices was held at Tolaga Bay last week. The workshop is the first in a series for Gisborne, East Coast and Opotiki schools and communities. Healthy Families East Cape...
THE grandson of one of Gisborne’s leading automotive dealers for decades in the 20th century has been in Gisborne to gather information on the history of the Ormonds of Ormond Road. Philip Caesar is the grandson of John Henry Ormond and Mable Cox...
A pig that thinks it is a dog will not end up on a dinner plate. The kunekune-cross pig, nearly two years old, is up for adoption from Gisborne SPCA. SPCA centre manager Lindy Magee said unfortunately the pig grew too big for her previous owner’s...
BONFIRES will be allowed on most beaches throughout the region during the Guy Fawke's season providing smoke from the fires does not drift towards houses. Fires on the city beach front cannot be lit under any circumstances between The Cut and Stanley...
There were songs and tears this week as The Mobility Centre moved into a new home on Kahutia Street and a partnership with two other organisations. CCS Disability Action general manager Colene Herbert for the Midlands Region was unable to hold back...
NEW list MP and East Coast Labour candidate Kiri Allan honoured her mother, her grandmother who was “strapped” for speaking Maori at school and “the voiceless” in her maiden parliamentary speech this week. Ms Allan wore a korowai as she...
A ruling by the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority has reduced the hours granted to the Gisborne Speedway Club by the District Licensing Authority. The club wants to operate longer than the hours contained in the new local alcohol policy. It...
THE 16 units at the former Eastland Motor Lodge are among 2150 transitional housing places that will be created around the country by the end of the year, Minister of Social Housing, Amy Adams said in Gisborne yesterday. Ms Adams visited the complex...
Central government support for some key planks of the Tairawhiti Economic Action Plan launched today are very welcome. The plan itself was only made public as The Herald was going to press late this morning, and will be reported on tomorrow, but the...
POLICE have this afternoon released the name of the man who drowned at Puatai Beach just south of Waihau Beach (Loisels) yesterday afternoon after he got into trouble while snorkelling. He was Tamahou Wanoa, 53, of Wellington. Mr Wanoa had been...
The “resignation election” rolls on with Peter Dunne the third party leader to stand down in just three weeks, as this fascinating campaign winds into full operation across an entirely unexpected political landscape — with just a month now...
GINSENG crops fetching returns of more than $400,000 a hectare could grow here alongside the forestry industry, say those growing ginseng in the central North Island. Ginseng is a Chinese herbal plant. Its roots are highly sought after in Chin...
Government minister Kiri Allan has spoken out about her own experience as a teenager with gay conversion therapy through her church but says she doesn't “harbour any ill-will”.On Tuesday night, Parliament passed a bill at its third reading that...
Congratulations to the Gisborne Orphans Club Band for the great music played by the nine-peice band at the cabaret on Saturday, October 14. A great time was enjoyed by all. Condolences to all who didn’t attend, maybe next time. Mike Scandlyn
Replying to Ken Orr's letter of August 31 wherein he states “our dignity is conferred on us by our creator at conception”. Can he please stop conferring on me the benefit of his skewed perception of the world. He also advises from his superior...
THE Titirangi Mt Everest Challenge was a chance for people to get fit, make friends, and raise awareness for the East Coast Cancer Society. For the seven weeks of the challenge, 1547 participants set out to climb Titirangi maunga to complete the 68...
A new firefighting vehicle, fully compliant with regulations around the use of safe firefighting foam, will be installed at Gisborne Airport next week. Gisborne’s airport was identified as one of several in New Zealand with a fire appliance...
The sisters were ‘‘blown away” by the support of about 20 people who helped them raise $1400. Leah said they were particularly interested in supporting child cancer support services. The two sisters thank everyone who have supported their...