A LAKE Waikaremoana iwi will meet today to decide how far it will go to enforce a “ban on activity” at the lake and its surrounds. In the lead-up to having grievances heard in the Wairoa Maori Land Court on June 28, members of the Ngati Ruapani...

A NEW look, a fresh start and a new way of doing things. That is the emphasis at The Doctors Te Whare Hapara. The GP medical centre, formerly known as Desmond Road Health, has opened under its new name and intends delivering health services in a new...

Roberts Tree Surgeons have joined in the effort to restore the Waikanae Stream by planting 100 plants, including kowhai, manuka and harakeke, along the stream bank. Marketing manager Josie Ovenden said the company wanted to contribute to the...

Isn't it disappointing to witness the standard of leadership on Gisborne District Council. How can the Deputy Mayor cast such atrocious, worthless verbal trash upon central Government after Ministerial support that has recently been showered upon...

Most voters in this week's Gisborne Herald webpoll think the Government needs to do more to future-proof Tairāwhiti's state highways. The web poll question came about after torrential rain inflicted serious damage on the East Coast's infrastructure...

'It was just time to move on': manager Andrea Gregory

A 40-YEAR-old lifejacket was just one of more than 80 upgraded in Gisborne on Saturday, in a campaign to improve boating and water safety. More than 120 people took part in Coastguard New Zealand’s Old4New lifejacket upgrade and education...

AN overwhelming 80 percent of people who responded to this week's webpoll question think the CBD needs cleaning up — and quick smart. The question was, “Do you agree that the CBD is a disgrace and the district council should do something to...

GISBORNE job seekers are settling for wages $18,000 lower than the national average and the second-lowest in the country, new data shows. The average Kiwi pay packet for jobs advertised on the Seek. co. nz website increased nearly $5000 in 2014, as...

NEW business statistics show more than 50 business enterprises started up in Gisborne this year, creating employment for about 100 more people in the district. Statistics New Zealand’s business demography statistics show that there are now 4995...

A free surfing event at Northern Makorori on Saturday is designed to get kids and their families to the beach to have fun, says organiser Tommy Dalton.“There are loads of spot prizes for all participants and people can register on the day,” he...

STAFF previously based at the Kaiti policing centre will in future be housed at the central city police station and, while the Kaiti centre will be open as often, it is not going to permanently close. An officer previously based out of Te Wananga o...

BRINGING Maori Television’s number one entertainment show home is an exciting event for Sidewalk Karaoke creator Bailey Mackey and host Te Hamua Nikora. The show will be filming at Gisborne’s Kaiti Mall on Thursday and Friday, December 21 and 22...

IF you are a Gisborne resident with a penchant for art and a desire to tell local stories, Gisborne District Council wants you. The council has put out a call for talented artists who would like to fill the community with colour by decorating the...

Charges now faced by Jason Rewi Arthur Brown dated back to 2009, Gisborne District Court was told. Brown pleaded guilty to failing to remain stopped, driving while his licence was suspended, wilful damage and a breach of bail. Counsel Leighvi Maynard...

Gisborne District Council has applied for, and received, almost $1 million of pokie money to fund projects over the past four years. Grants from the New Zealand Community Trust have gone towards a range of different projects, including the Lions...

The story of British explorer James Cook’s arrival wasn’t a nice one for Maori, said Toihoukura Maori visual art and design school associate professor Steve Gibbs at a talk on Saturday night. Held at Tairawhiti Museum, Oceania and Pacific...

A TOLAGA Bay student has returned from the World Indigenous Games with a gold medal for tug-o-war. More than 30 countries attended the first ever World Indigenous Games held in Brazil, featuring a multitude of cultures and tribes. The games are as...

Puha and Poverty Bay FederationThe last meeting for the year for Puha Women’s Institute was hosted by Jean Mills with President Betty Thompson welcoming 13 members. The Poverty Bay Wairoa newsletter told of the re-designed website...

Evans Funeral Services managing director David Parker and celebrant Dell Buscke prepare for the annual remembrance service on Tuesday, December 3.“Everyone who has lost someone is welcome to come to this service and remember whoever it is that has...

In final response to that busy bunch of critics, Lara and the Meyerites, I have this to say. My observations on science and matauranga Maori were based on a lifetime of reading, study and journalistic practice, and talking to many people. They were...

Murray Robertson's well-researched and informative front-page story on Thursday setting out the parameters for a discussion on the recovery is a welcome contribution to the conversations with Government that will inevitably follow. However, on its...

Gisborne District Council's Te Araroa transfer station was closed today due to the heavy rain.“The rain has flooded the access roads, which will make it virtually impossible to access,” said community assets and resources manager Laird...

Gisborne District Council has a lot of infrastructure investment under way, planned and expected, so ratepayers can forget the “5 to thrive” message of the 2018-2028 Long-Term Plan — preparing us for up-to-5 percent average rates rises for...

BOAT owners fear it is only a matter of time before someone dies if children continue to risk their safety by ignoring warning signs not to swim in the inner harbour. A council bylaw prohibiting diving and swimming from or within 50 metres of any...

Cannabis dealers have turned to selling meth as use of the drug increases in Gisborne and on the East Coast. An anonymous grower has told The Gisborne Herald that police eradication programmes had destroyed a majority of the cannabis supply, making...

A SHIFT towards the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives, particularly by young women, is associated with declining abortion rates in New Zealand, new research has found. The research was conducted by Catherine Whitley, as part of her Master...

Lana Davy has recouped the money she paid for the Graeme Mudge painting of the Irish Rover after huge support from the Gisborne community. The painting was a gift to the Grealish family (who owned the Irish Rover) and painted by the late Gisborne...

TIRED after a day’s work at his marae, a Te Karaka man was cooking and watching his favourite TV show when a stranger knocked at the door, seeking a lift to Gisborne. The Crown believed she was trying to get him to leave so accomplices could burgle...

There are welcome signs that the fight against Islamic State is gaining ground, with the edges of its “caliphate” falling to Iraqi, Kurdish and Syrian forces, its interior blasted by targeted bombing that has squeezed IS finances, and the flow...