POLICE believe they have made a “significant impact” on the “P” trade in this region with the arrest of seven people on methamphetamine supply and possession charges. Raids were mounted on houses in Gisborne and Wairoa on Sunday night and an...
Despite recent rain, the area around Gisborne remains in soil moisture deficit and follows one of the driest Aprils in the past 115 years. Climate records held by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) show it was the sixth...
There are a number of figures that we should keep in our minds if we want to avoid being thrown into a panic by doomsayers. They are broad, approximate figures and I sometimes round them up or down a bit to make them easy to remember, but they are...
GISBORNE has been placed in the high seismicity zone in new earthquake legislation but the decision means that owners of earthquake-prone buildings here have five more years to bring them up to standard, the District Council environmental planning...
More of Tairawhiti’s tourism attractions, and down-to-earth residents, will be encouraging overseas tourists to come here — and the way is open for the whole district to join in. A year-long Tourism New Zealand campaign went live in Australia on...
Thank you Heather Marion Smith for your reply of August 18. The lesson in economics is duly noted but until that utopia of plentiful money for pest control arrives, aerial 1080 is the best method available for large-scale ecological restoration of...
The Te Araroa Dog Trial Club have cancelled their centenary trial, which was to have been held on February 18 and 19, due to Covid and the red traffic light requirements around gathering numbers. This will be a major disappointment for the club that...
THOUSANDS flocked to Wairoa’s showgrounds for fun in the sun on the last day of the annual A and P Show on Saturday. People had a taste of shearing, rodeo, showjumping, bouncy castles, food and more during the final day of the three-day show, which...
A house built high on a Mahia hill has landed a Gisborne building company a category win in the national Master Builders House of the Year Awards. The category stipulates the house must be a new house valued at between $550,000 and $700,000. The win...
A Tairāwhiti-based cultural initiative to strengthen Pasifika identities through performing arts has been funded by the Department of Internal Affairs (Te Tari Taiwhenua).The Pacific Islanders Community Trust (PICT) has been holding Pasifik...
Community involvement will be key to the process
A forestry worker died yesterday when he was struck by a falling tree while working in a forest at Raukumara in a remote area about 20 kilometres inland from Tokomaru Bay. Emergency services were notified at around 12.30pm. It happened in a forest on...
THE future of the SeniorNet Gisborne computer tuition group is uncertain as membership and tutor numbers continue to fall. The organisation’s options are to be discussed at its annual meeting this Tuesday. SeniorNet Gisborne was formed in 2000 to...
Panel discusses stigma, and implications for medicinal users
Anne Salmond’s comments on equality have left me somewhat puzzled. She has accepted the title of “Dame” and is addressed as Dame Anne. Surely knighthoods and dameships are leftovers of the class-ridden society of Britain, and reinforce the...
My name is Gabriel and I am a student at Campion College. On Fridays we do Impact Projects, around things we have a passion for. This semester I have chosen to take part in a project centred around trying to remove single-use plastic bags and straws...
Great to see someone finally has the common sense to get the waka sorted in Anzac Park, which will be a tremendous boat facility with rowing and kayaking there as well. However, I strongly disagree with the overload congestion of the Marina Park...
SOME Gisborne district councillors are unhappy with what they perceive as a lack of progress concerning the Joint Management Agreement (JMA) with Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou. Councillors agreed at their full council meeting to appoint the mayor or...
Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti allocated $136,141 of the $211,000 available locally through the Community Resilience Fund — an exercise SGT chief executive Stefan Pishief described as a privilege. A total of 47 sports clubs and organisations received...
AS the number of solar-powered homes in the Eastland Network's region has doubled in the past six months, Eastland Network has launched its own solar research trial to challenge the claims of solar panel manufacturers. The trial will collect real...
Willows are the 'workhorses’ of Gisborne’s rural landscape and often the unsung heroes, said Plant and Food senior scientist Ian McIvor, who is general manager of the Poplar and Willow Research Trust.“Every day, willows are working on our...
Arts and crafts arose in the wake of the Industrial Revolution and its mass-produced and banal decorative arts. But modern-day practitioners such as Patsy Matete know of the therapeutic value and the camaraderie of arts and crafts. Mrs Matete is an...
At least 40 sheepdogs will go under the auctioneer's hammer on Saturday in the Whatatutu Dog Trial Club's annual sale. The auction takes place on Otara Station with viewing from 10am and the sale under way from midday.“Each dog will be put through...
For the eighth year Tokomaru Bay Heritage Trust is selling calendars to help fund the wharf restoration project. The aim is to collect $6 million to fully restore the wharf. Trust member Lois McCarthy-Robinson said the calendar sale was an annual...
Yesterday’s nationwide emergency phone alert test has been hailed a success — even though two-thirds of phones did not get the message. Tairawhiti Civil Defence and Emergency Management training assistant Paul Stuart said while the outcome of the...
Gisborne's online housing market remained much unchanged last year, bucking the national trend. Figures from realestate. co. nz show new listings remained low in almost all regions last month compared to December 2021. Year-on-year only Taranaki and...
It is a national disgrace that gifts and other incentives are being offered to get people to get vaccinated. Maybe an injection of moral fibre might also help. Keith watts
Locals can now read as they walk along the Taruheru River with Tairawhiti's first Hīkoi Kōrero StoryWalk along the riverbank as part of Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival. The Hīkoi Kōrero is a series of storyboards that tell the story of Taniwh...
Gumboot-sucking, shin-deep, gluey mud is what mandarin pickers are working in after flooding hit Murray and Wendy Burgess’s Blue Willow Citrus orchard at Te Karaka, and Mr Burgess could not be more proud of his workers.“This is it, our yearly...
Quick action by a surfer prevented a possible tragedy at the southern end of Wainui Beach early Saturday evening after strong winds blew two children on an inflatable toy out to sea. A witness said the north-westerly blew the youngsters at least 100...
A 3D virtual reality experience that would give visitors to Gisborne “an epic ocean voyage” in a giant waka simulator is being proposed as part of a series of ambitious plans to help boost the region’s tourism industry. Speaking on the final...
It is interesting to hear that our Prime Minister is not happy that a vast number of our citizens went without power and suffered from the cold. It is also disappointing to hear that they are still investigating why, after 10 years of continuous...
A MAN died, another suffered serious injuries and two others suffered minor injuries last night when the small van they were in rolled on the side of Awamate Road in Frasertown near Wairoa. Police, St John Ambulance, the Wairoa volunteer fire brigade...