The spirit of the old house band, when bar patrons danced the night away, makes a comeback with jazz trio Ol’ King Cole’s performance in Gisborne on Wednesday. Made up of Louis Thompson-Munn on piano and vocals, guitarist Callum Allardice and Tom...
GISBORNE district councillors have farewelled another retiring councillor, Karen Fenn. At the last full council meeting before the election last week, Graeme Thomson and Brian Wilson, both elected to council in 2011, were farewelled. Mrs Fenn could...
With local government elections getting closer, I have concerns about the council’s financial position following Meng Foon’s artificial 2 percent rates freeze. Through your paper, could the mayoral candidates comment about this and the council...
Police have an inquiry under way into a drive-by shooting in which shots were fired at a parked vehicle in Oxford Street in Kaiti on New Year's Eve. At around 7.20pm a vehicle pulled up outside an address and fired two shots at the parked...
Imposition of a further 10 percent cut to commercial catch limits for tarakihi has drawn a mixed response from Gisborne Fisheries and Ngati Porou Seafoods. This time last year the Ministry for Primary Industries set a 20 percent reduction for New...
AN absence of tourists has been blamed for a reduction in bus services here. From March 8, InterCity will operate four services a week instead of daily services in each direction between Gisborne and Napier. Sam Peate, from NZ Coachlines, said...
TICKETS have gone on sale for the annual Take a Kid Fishing trip to the Ngongotaha trout hatchery near Rotorua on August 5 and organiser Murray Ferris expects the seats on the bus to go quickly again.“The day trip to the hatchery has been going...
Tables produced by the Taxpayers Union on Gisborne District Council rates are not a fair comparison, says GDC chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann. She was commenting on the tables released by the Taxpayers Union, which show Gisborne has less debt...
And how can you get there?What was once known as the ‘quarter acre dream’ may not be the same dream that today’s generation is chasing. You might envision owning a five-bedroom house in central Auckland surrounded by city life, or...
A temporary roundabout will replace the Gladstone Road traffic lights on Sunday morning. Scheduled network maintenance at the Gladstone Road traffic lights will take place between 8am and 12 noon.“Eastland Network will be working on the Gladstone...
Parafed Gisborne Tairawhiti will hold open days next month to showcase what the disability group has to offer the community. Among the special guests will be members of the New Zealand wheelchair basketball team. Parafed Gisborne Tairawhiti replaced...
THE cause of a fire that destroyed a small cottage on a property in Stainton Road, between Ruatoria and Tikitiki, has not yet been determined. The two-bedroom building was destroyed in a blaze seen by a neighbour at about 2.30pm last Thursday...
What do you think of the council's decision to send one Endeavour model to Uawa and investigate one going to the Tairawhiti Museum?
Tolaga Bay Area School students have created signs to remind beach-goers to watch out for New Zealand dotterels/tuturiwhatu while on the beach. Teachers have been showing children at the school what impacts the slash and movement on the beach have on...
Once more the proposed cycleway is bringing much correspondence to your office. An issue that does require thought before any decision is made is the fact Aberdeen Road has several establishments catering to many residents who are retired, infirm or...
More than 1000 children are expected to turn out tomorrow for the More FM annual pirate treasure beach dig. A Facebook video showing what to expect at the beach dig had been seen by 4000 people, said Wainui Lions director of publicity Ian Stewart. He...
Young and not-so-young raced on horseback and on foot at the Tolaga Bay Beach Picnic Races on Saturday. Tolaga Bay Event Cup (sponsored by East Coast Farm Vets): Trudy Arnold on Marley 1, Paul Winitana on Blackie 2, K'Lee Tidy on Blue Boi 3, Richard...
The log boat Portland Bay was alongside the Eastland Port wharf this morning ready for departure at around 11am to load further cargo in Tauranga. Her place at the wharf was to be taken around midday by the logger ES Venus which has been at anchor...
OVER 1000 daffodil blooms were shown off in Gisborne at the weekend. Poverty Bay Horticultural Society hosted the North Island National Daffodil Show at Showgrounds Park Event Centre where 1098 blooms were displayed on 120 metres of three-tier...
Waste Management staff are this week applying stickers to recycling bins to inform the community what can go out with kerbside recycling. From June 1, only grades 1 and 2 plastics can be recycled. Grades 3 to 7 need to go in with general rubbish. With...
I was away for a time and on return thought the speed limit on Stout Street, from Roebuck Road to MacLean Street, had been increased from 50kmh to 70kmh. Apparently not, officially. I am prepared to pay for installation of a speed camera at the...
A showcase of excellence in visual arts, music and dance opens in Tolaga Bay next week as part of Te Ahikaa (Tuia 250 commemorations).The exhibition Te Haemata — “seeking excellence, something that stands out above all else” — will feature...
Life has become more complicated since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Massively so for many people. New Zealand is now on a fast-track to unwinding the complications via the simple (for us) solution of mass immunisation with a safe and highly-effective...
Gisborne has been chosen as the honorary home port for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newly-bought dive and hydrographic vessel. Minister of Defence Ron Mark announced the purchase of the 85-metre Edda Fonn, a 15-year-old survey and light...
Well, who would have thought? Not only have I been able to get a letter regarding the mandated-out nurses having to be rehired printed in the NZ Herald (24/10/22), but that paper itself is now questioning the efficacy of the current vaccines, which...
BIG toys for the boys. That's how steam locomotive enthusiast Trevor Jukes describes the motivation and fun for the team of volunteers behind Gisborne City Vintage Railway Society (GCVRS).Their pride and sense of history is keeping Wa165 operating...
A charity event on Halloween will be going to the dogs. Harry and Sam pet boutique and grooming salon has organised the “Howl-o-ween” fundraiser for Gisborne nonprofit organisation Mutts and Moggies.“It’s a Halloween party for you and your...
Gisborne shot to the top of the temperature table yesterday with a high that was well above the norm for the time of year. Yesterday’s maximum hit 25.5 degrees, rounded up to 26C on television, and was the top temperature of the day for New...
An employment pilot to restore river catchments in Tairawhiti will be celebrated with a post-Covid lockdown Matariki whanau planting day on Saturday. The eight-week pilot Tairawhiti Agroecology Recovery Project (TARP) was made possible by Covid-19...
A Gisborne project aimed at getting the community on their bikes has taken home one of the major awards in a national competition. Connext Trust’s Bikes in Schools Tairawhiti Project was announced as the Bikes at Work and School Award winner at the...
The “Friends of the Emergency Department” (FEDs) have marked 10 years of support and comfort for patients in the emergency department at Gisborne Hospital. FEDs Gisborne operates with 20 St John volunteers who provide their voluntary time in...
THE Golden Princess came and went yesterday and more than 2000 passengers who came ashore had a memorable day. As one of them put it, “thank you so much, we’ve enjoyed your city”.The huge cruise liner lifted her anchors and sailed from Poverty...