Tairawhiti youngsters will be snuggly and warm in their pyjamas over winter, thanks to the community's best-ever Jammies 4 June fundraiser. J4J Gizzy received 768 brand new pairs of PJs and over 200 other items, including blankets, beanies, socks...
For the first time I'm aware, Whataupoko Reserve is closed to all walkers because the council's land clearing has stripped decades of stabilising vegetation. Mud has sloughed down slopes from 7kms of high-density cycle-trails. I would have thought...
MULTIPLE shearing champion John Kirkpatrick has bounced back to winning form after a year off with injury. The 45-year-old Napier gun returned to original home Gisborne territory to win a four-man, 15-sheep open final at the Poverty Bay Show on...
NEARLY 100 dogs have been desexed so far through the Fred Lewis Enterprise Foundation desexing project. Enterprise Motor Group last month committed to donating $600,000 over the next five years as the major sponsor of the foundation for the programme...
Seal season is here. Leave them to rest. That is the message from East Coast Department of Conservation. DoC biodiversity ranger Jamie Quirk says while seals are marine mammals, they spend a lot of their time on land, particularly between June and...
I would like the train back. I always used to see the train come to Gisborne and I am missing it dearly. I attend Rail Action Group meetings and I am a great fan of trains. I will never give up. There are too many trucks on the roads. They wreck our...
Thistle massive can almost put the champagne on ice after the penultimate Saturday of Gisborne Championship Division 1 football. Thistle drew with Wainui Demons 5-all on the field but won the match off it after Central Football upheld...
Re: Kind lady saved the day, December 3 letter. This is a really lovely story of what can happen in our little town. We would all agree, this is the difference between what we are and the other places around the world and New Zealand that are...
Covid-19 vaccination rates here are waning at the wrong time, Health NZ says. A Health NZ Tairāwhiti spokeswoman said there were 80 cases of Covid-19 reported on Friday, 33 on Saturday and 54 cases yesterday. Six people with Covid-19 were in...
A monthly series of concerts by musicians and student pianists has provided a welcome respite from winter chills at Professor Jack Richards' Okitu residence, Tiromoana. In conjunction with Musica Viva, the local chapter of Chamber Music New Zealand...
THE First Light Kai street food festival will be staged again in the New Year at the same time and the same place as the highly successful inaugural event in January this year. Businesses interested in being part of it have been encouraged to...
Even though there are no official meetings this week, there is a lot happening around town. It is all go with the resealing of Gladstone Road so, if possible, park closer to the town clock side of town this week and walk to the shops closer to Peel...
It was a fire drill with a difference for the children at Matawai School yesterday, who got to experience what it would be like to get out of the building when there is limited visibility due to smoke. Six crew from Matawai Volunteer Fire Brigade...
'I was absolutely terrified but I told myself not to panic'
Rocket Lab's most controversial Mahia launch to date is scheduled to take place from tomorrow. The US-based space company will open daily launch windows from 11.20am tomorrow through to March 31. The mission, dubbed They Go Up So Fast, will deploy...
A LIFE-LONG passion for textiles and fabrics has led to the award of a prestigious medal to former Gisborne woman Raechel Laing. As director of Otago University’s clothing and textiles centre, Professor Laing researches the structure and...
This region has already gone through a total change in land use for environmental reasons, aimed at protecting our diminishing resource base. We are now having to look at helping to save the planet through “world-first” agricultural emissions...
Nine more log ships, two more cruise ships to arrive this month
Receiving medications proved a problem for East Coast patients and pharmacies during last week's storm. Horouta Pharmacy and Gordon's Pharmacy both deliver prescriptions twice a day to various Coast locations, but the service was disrupted when State...
WAIKIRIKIRI School has been busy upskilling staff ahead of a complete school modernisation next year. More than half have completed the National Aspiring Principals Programme (NAPP) and more than a third have completed the Mind Lab post-graduate...
RESPONDING to the anger caused by its plans to use an overhead cable to bring Ultra Fast Broadband to Okitu, telecommunications company Chorus today announced it was putting a temporary halt to planned work. A resource consent review of the plan to...
There are no official council meetings this week, but the council's Regulatory Hearings committee will be hearing submissions on the draft Freedom Camping Bylaw 2021 on Wednesday. Consultation on this bylaw ran from March 1 to April 5, 2021...
Fresh from $152.7 million of Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) spending announced for this region, and with projected costs for the Waipaoa Flood Control Upgrade now double the $16.4m budgeted in the Long-Term Plan — after river modelling refinements...
GISBORNE rugby fans are holding their breaths for tomorrow's big match and showing their support for the team. What's likely is that just like last week's match against France, the streets will be empty when the teams meet tomorrow morning our time
Some Gisborne-East Coast residents have expressed concerns about risks to the environment after the government-initiated consultation process on future oil and gas exploration in northern parts of the East Coast Basin. These concerns relate to the...
A WOMAN pleaded guilty to three driving charges in Gisborne District Court, and the court was told the driving with excess blood alcohol charge was her fourth and the most serious of the present charges. Andrea Lyn Dawn Eva Paul was charged with...
THE occupant of a house died in a fire in Wairoa last night. Police and Fire and Emergency NZ staff were called to the house in Kiwi Road, Wairoa. The scene was guarded overnight. Examination of the house remains will be undertaken again this...
Whether the council proceeds with its office rebuild or opts to have the information this decision was based on reviewed comes down to three councillors. If just two join the five who signed up to a notice of motion to revoke the decision, that would...
Gisborne has seen a big rise in sales of houses worth $1 million or more, data from the Real Estate Institute shows. The Million Dollar Price Report, released by REINZ this week, shows that in the first half of 2019 eight “million-dollar” houses...
Hospice Tairawhiti staff have moved into their new $3.2 million building after an early morning blessing this week. Covid restrictions meant the blessing — done by Morehu Pewhairangi from the Ringatu church with the assistance of Wirangi Charlie...
A Wairoa man has been jailed for 12 months after violently attacking his dog, smashing its leg in several places. Serrin MacPherson, 29, was sentenced in Wairoa District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to wilfully ill-treating his dog Rock...
Re: The Botanical Gardens playground. What a wonderful addition this is to this area. The numerous times I have been there with my grandson, the place is bustling with kids of all ages. I am however very disappointed that there is so much rubbish...