THE top student from the latest wing to graduate from the Royal New Zealand Police College is to work in Wairoa. Of the 78 new police officers to graduate from Wing 326, two are coming to this region. Constable Aaron Harris will start work in Wairo...

GISBORNE people have donated gifts to Women’s Refuge to help support women and children who suffer the consequences of the Christmas “festive season”.People often over-celebrate and spend more money than they can afford over Christmas, causing...

JOHN Clarke, the East Coast-raised former race relations conciliator, has been appointed chief cultural adviser - Maori, for Asthma and Respiratory Foundation New Zealand. Mr Clarke, Ngati Porou and Ngapuhi, originally from Te Araroa, served as...

The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) has been used to deliver a mini-Maori Budget in the lead-up to Waitangi Day this year. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday that up to $100 million was being allocated from the PGF to unlock the economic...

POLICE have restrained nearly $40,000 in cash after the High Court found it was likely to be the proceeds of crime in relation to cash and cannabis seized from a former Wairoa man. In March 2018, officers conducting a road policing operation, stopped...

A NEW training programme with hopes of healing the whenua (land) through educating rangatahi was launched at Ruatoria on Friday by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage. Also present was Employment Minister Willie Jackson. Ka Hao Te Rangatahi has been...

Water restrictions have been lifted this morning now city reservoirs have been replenished to a good level. A Gisborne District Council spokeswoman said this followed “a fantastic effort” by the community to conserve water over the past few days...

A sexual health education evening at Tautua Village was the first of its kind in the region, providing a positive forum for open discussion on the subject. Youth who attended had the opportunity to informally explore contraception and protection...

WHEN Matawai man John Fisher’s ute was stolen from him after he stopped to help at an accident scene last Friday morning, it happened at the worst possible time. Two years ago he and his wife separated. He had a heart attack a few months after and...

STAFF have finished moving as Gisborne District Council gears up to demolish its existing Fitzherbert Street administration centre. In the lead-up to the demolition, which the council says will not start before July, staff have moved in three stages...

Rutene Road between Harris Street and Hirini Street will be closed for seven days from Monday (May 4) while contractors install a new stormwater pipe and service lid. The Gisborne District Council 4 Waters team said detours would be in place during...

THE moustached men of Woodward Chrisp agree with the sentiments of a Daily Mail poll, which shows 80 percent of women admit to loving “a tache’’ on a man — or at least when its grown for charity. Michael Gordon, Adam Simperingham, Noel Gray...

Turiroa Angus near Wairoa celebrated 75 years as a stud this rising two-year-old bull sales season. They did it in fine style last week with a top price of $40,000 and an average on a par with 2018. Their celebration of 75 years breeding pedigree...

New Zealanders like to think that religion and government are quite separate, but in view of the right-to-die vs. right-to-life debate, one is entitled to wonder. One reason is that Simon O’Connor, National MP for Tamaki has, for the past two...

Through your column I would like to emphasise what a great year this has been for Gisborne Boys’ High School, being awarded two Prime Minister’s Scholarships. People I have spoken to were aware of these scholarships but not of their significance...

A GP who provided care to students at three Gisborne high schools is concerned young people could come to harm now the DHB has pulled funding for the service. Free GP appointments at Gisborne Boys', Gisborne Girls' and Lytton high schools have come...

GISBORNE District Council is under fire from the community for allowing its waste collection contractor to work near schools at peak traffic times. This is only weeks after six-year-old Carla Neems died on May 2, after a collision with a recycling...

THE driver of a stationwagon escaped injury this morning when his vehicle went out of control in the Gisborne main street and collided heavily with a palm tree in the middle of the road. The accident happened just west of the Gladstone Road-Peel...

A BRAND new veterinarian came to Gisborne under MPI's Voluntary Bonding Scheme for vets and Kaitlyn Fake has been having a challenging but great time since she got here. The 24-year-old from New Plymouth came to Gisborne earlier this year and has...

There are no street lights on Kaiti Hill after a power cable was disturbed during upgrade works. A Gisborne District Council spokeswoman said power to the street lights had been turned off until further notice. Upgrade works to the fitness steps...

ASHES from a fireplace started a fire that badly damaged a van on a property at Wainui last night, 24 hours after they had been taken outside to cool down. Fire and Emergency NZ sent an appliance and a tanker to the Lloyd George Road property at...

As Rocket Lab starts to build a new launch pad in the United States, its Mahia launch complex is already in the midst of an upgrade. Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 at Onenui Station is still the world’s only private rocket launch pad and three...

No surprise that John Key is standing again, when he virtually has no opposition and has railroaded the country from day one in office. He promised not to increase taxes; GST went to 15 percent in his first term. He promised every New Zealander $50...

In Monday’s editorial, the writer salivates at the prospect of a Trump impeachment. Interestingly, the Democratic Party in America have similar fantasies but they daren’t mention them. To do so would be to invite electoral suicide in the...

Support from all corners to seek solutions to violent incidents

Like others, I am seriously concerned about the relatively poor levels of Covid-19 testing occurring in Te Tairawhiti. One thing I learnt during my time as a member of the Hauora Tairawhiti Aged and Disability and Community Public Health Advisory...

Like most Kiwis, I have just returned from an enjoyable family holiday over the Christmas break. With much of the world suffering either because of wars, inflation, the spread of new Covid variants or forced global political realignments, New...

THE Warehouse carpark will be evacuated on Sunday to make way for a new type of activity, a Children’s Day event like no other. From 10am to 1pm the area will be buzzing with stalls, games, giveaways and entertainment. More than 30 local community...

THE East Coast's minor party candidates have praised the way all candidates ran a clean campaign across such a big electorate, spanning Gisborne and parts of the Bay of Plenty. NZ First candidate Julian Tilley, who recorded the electorate’s third...

The spokesman for Right to Life has waded back into the discussion on the End of Life Choice Bill, currently before the Justice Select Committee, on the coat-tail of the submission by the Disability Commissioner. It’s a shame he didn’t actually...