GISBORNE District Council will investigate water metering as part of long-term measures to reduce demand on the city’s water supply. This is one of several scenarios established by the Future Tairawhiti Committee after a review of infrastructure...
Farmers in areas still affected by the dry autumn could have their prayers answered with rain forecast between now and Thursday. The likes of these hills at Ngatapa and a pond at Eastwoodhill Aboretum (both pictues shown in the gallery above) are...
The use of rahui in the form of a reduced speed limit has been suggested in the aftermath of fatal road accidents. Community adviser Barney Tupara made the suggestion yesterday to Gisborne District Council' s regional transport committee,Raising the...
Saturday, November 14St Andrew's car boot sale, 9am–12 noon, in carpark behind the church (access off Childers Rd). Bring goods and have a boot sale yourself, $5 per car. Ph 868 5395 or 868 8226. Yoga workshop 'in the company of women' with Nicky...
A house in Hauiti Road in Tolaga Bay township was extensively damaged by fire late yesterday afternoon. Three young people in the home suffered the effects of some smoke inhalation. Fire and Emergency NZ sent appliances from Tolaga Bay, Tokomaru Bay...
Less than 24 hours remain for people to nominate worthy Tairāwhiti residents for the annual Kiwibank Kiwi of the Year awards. The awards gives people a chance to nominate the Kiwi, from all walks of life, who makes them proud to call New Zealand...
A 31-year-old man jailed yesterday for the rape of a six-year-old girl told pre-sentence report writers he had an upbringing like a “horror movie”.He had suffered sexual abuse from the age of four from people who were close to him, Gisborne...
As the 2020 Gisborne navel orange season draws to a close First Fresh NZ managing director Ian Albers said growers have had their fair share of trials and tribulations due to Covid. Just the late navels and the summer citrus varieties remain to be...
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance” . . . and the shadows certainly danced in the inaugural Te Tairawhiti Poetry Competition run by The Gisborne Herald during lockdown. With over 100 poems inspired by the competition theme “Spring”...
I RECENTLY saw an article online about the Environment Minister offering grants for tyre recycling ideas. It made me think about possible opportunities for Gisborne. To help with unemployment and with our projected economic decline in the future due...
The New York Times recently reported that after 21 years as a cartoonist for the magazine Farm News, the services of Rick Friday, an Iowa farmer, would no longer be required. The offending cartoon merely stated that in 2015 the chief executives of...
THE weekend's Hot Rod Club Show And Shine had the magnificent motors out in force
Re: Answers to mystery of WW2 hero. Acting Lieutenant Commander Archibald Ronald Richardson was my uncle, only son of my maternal grandparents, A. and W.E. Richardson of Gisborne. The UK and NZ family branches have maintained close ties through the...
It was very disconcerting to watch a recent Covid vaccination advertisement on television. We have a pregnant woman informing us that she has done her research and that the vaccine is entirely safe for pregnant “people”. So this Government is...
FORMER Minister of Education Hekia Parata is passionate about te reo Maori, so much so that she and her family moved back to Ruatoria so her daughters could be brought up speaking the language. At the opening of Te Wero Maori Education Conference Mrs...
Gisborne surfer, musician, and now almost a pensioner, John Minogue is turning his 65th birthday into a way to raise money for the Wainui Surf Life Saving Club. Tomorrow night everyone is invited to the Super-annuitants Music Night at the surf club...
Gisborne’s newest tourist attraction, Gisborne Railbike Adventure, is offering a refreshed “locals week” at discounted prices. For locals week, GRA manager Geoff Main is offering Gisborne people a one-hour return ride from Awapuni...
A JOINT project between Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) and NIWA with Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) co-funding mapped a part of the seabed known as the Wairoa Hard. The Wairoa Hard covers just over 300 square kilometres of northern...
The Spirit of New Zealand and the waka Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti (Tauranga) and Haunui (Auckland) departed from Eastland Port today. The vessels along with the Tahitian va’a moana Fa’afaite will join up with the HMB Endeavour and the rest of the Tui...
Churches holding Easter services online this year are encouraging worshippers to bring their own wine or grape juice and bread for communion. With churches temporarily closed and congregations in lockdown at home during Alert Level 4 restrictions...
TRACTOR enthusiast Andrew Teesdale will have a nearly-100-year-old “pride and joy” on display at the Poverty Bay A and P Spring Show this week. Mr Teesdale’s 1918 Fordson machine will be part of the Huff and Puff engines display in the Trades...
I had no thought of altering my stance on writing to the paper on these issues until I read Roger Handford’s missive in Tuesday night’s paper. What a wonderful questioning letter he wrote. Will Roger’s request be another that is treated with...
Age Concern Gisborne wants the care of people over 70 with disabilities and health issues and those living rurally to be prioritised during lockdown.“We hope changes can be made to accommodate this client group and create a seamless process for...
ENTRIES are being taken now for the annual New Zealand Ewe Hogget Competition with the nationwide competition now into its 23rd year. Organisers hope to see a further lift in entries from the North Island. The unique hogget competition gives farmers...
GISBORNE firefighters were flat out on Saturday night when they received four callouts in the space of just over half an hour that included a road accident and a grass fire. The accident call in 6.02pm involved an SUV that left State Highway 35 and...
AN extension of the period during which objections and appeals to Gisborne District Council’s final representation proposal for the next local body elections has been announced. Submissions and objections were to close at 4pm yesterday but the...
Gisborne used to have a rush minute rather than a rush hour. Not any more
TURIROA Angus near Wairoa enjoyed a total clearance of their line of rising two-year-old bulls on Wednesday afternoon and achieved a top price of $15,000 for an animal sold to stud. The Powdrells’ sale wrapped up a very successful Angus Bull Week...
The Government has made its predicted move to try to rein in surging house prices in Auckland and increasingly other cities such as Hamilton, Tauranga and Wellington, but the question remains — will it be effective?It released a new national...
Strewth, the diggers went in after dark on Friday to remove the entranceway to the council’s new offices. When will we see them back in removing other parts of the building that are non-compliant?Remember, the two-storey building signed off by...
GISBORNE is about two weeks away from a call for a drought declaration. Rain and showers at the end of the 10-day forecast for Gisborne cannot come soon enough for croppers, pastoral farmers and households on tank water supplies. Federated Farmers...
THE fuel emergency disrupting airline travel in and out of Auckland has so far not appeared to have had much impact on domestic or international travel plans of Gisborne people, other than longer long-haul flights. Travel agents The Herald has spoken...