Master woolhandler Joel Henare clocked-up another milestone in Christchurch on Thursday when he became the second person to complete a treble of the three pre-Christmas national Open woolhandling titles. The 28-year-old Gisborne woolshed maestro...
Report recommends reduction to 30kmh for multiple inner city streets
Indigenous rights advocate Tina Ngata is calling on Gisborne District Council to consider the role racism played in its since-overturned decision to put up Endeavour models in downtown Gisborne without public consultation. The decision prompted an...
The search resumed in Wairoa this morning for the fourth day for a man who went missing on Wednesday after a dinghy capsized near the mouth of the Wairoa River..Two men were in the 2.5-metre-long aluminium dinghy when it flipped but only one managed...
IT'S back to school for children all over New Zealand this week. In Gisborne it was a delayed start due to Auckland Anniversary on Monday. Some schools were back on Tuesday while others, including Mangapapa School, started their school year today
Plans to build a marine access facility west of Te Araroa have progressed with the release of cultural, environmental and commercial impact assessment reports showing minimal impacts to mitigate. That latest update came to the community through...
ALEX Hills and Brian Shepherd have been awarded Ministerial Gold Awards for their contributions to Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM).Mr Hills, community emergency manager for Patutahi, and Mr Shepherd, community emergency manager for...
OWNERS of some historic buildings in the Gisborne district have been urged not to delay applying for government grants if they need help meeting the cost of mandatory earthquake-strengthening work. Following changes to the Building Act, which defines...
It’s business time for Rocket Lab, with the first fully commercial flight to be launched next month. The American launch provider has confirmed that an Electron satellite launch vehicle will be shipped to the Mahia launch site in coming weeks. On...
“New roads entity might be needed” is the August 29 editorial headline. Page 2 news informs us a consultant has reported to GDC that they “see the heavy vehicle traffic situation worsening in Gisborne city, on local roads that already carry...
THE average price paid for store lambs continued to rise yesterday at the weekly Matawhero saleyards, up to $129 from $124 the previous week. There were 1243 sheep yarded, down 600 from last week. The lowest price paid in the prime pens was $153 for...
Beware before you sign up for a student loan. 1. There’s no guarantee of a job at the end of your course. 2. In some cases you’ll be in debt to the government (Inland Revenue Department) till the day you die. 3. You could suffer undue stress and...
One million New Zealand workers will need IT training in the next few years, and money is on the table for businesses who give it, says a new report on digital skills. Building Digital Skills for the Changing Workforce, a report commissioned by...
Last Saturday I phoned the emergency services to report several children who had got caught in a rip off Wainui Beach. The lady on the phone was brilliant, she kept me on the phone monitoring the situation which at times was quite confusing with the...
THE Golden Princess ended its cruise season to Gisborne on a high yesterday and attention now switches to a new ship on the horizon tomorrow. The Noordam from the Holland America Line should make its maiden visit to Poverty Bay tomorrow...
An 'exceptional' storm front that crossed the district on Saturday afternoon produced 436 lightning strikes. This made Gisborne the third most active region storm-wise in New Zealand on a day on which 3009 lightning strikes were recorded nationwide...
The weather could be said to be matching New Zealand's sombre mood over a weekend of driving rain, snow down to Lake Wanaka level in the South Island and the prospect of more rain for this district. Setting everything off was the return of Covid-19...
A former student of Lytton and Gisborne Boys' High schools has won a global award to continue his efforts to conserve energy in Nigeria. Treigh Akuhata Christy was awarded the Global Enterprise Experience Award at a ceremony at Kahungunu Marae in...
SEVERAL people have told me that they would be nervous travelling alone in other countries, but over the years I’ve become used to it, and I enjoy the combination of independence and company that I usually achieve. My lone travels have been mainly...
A Gisborne teenager was taken to hospital by ambulance last night after the vehicle he was driving left State Highway 35 and crashed nose first into a roadside drain. It happened at around 7.30pm Sunday night near Mangatuna Road north of Tolag...
POLICE have released the name of the man who died in the crash in Lavenham Road on Friday night, when the car he was driving left the road and struck a tree. He was 30-year-old Tawiti Mokaraka Mokai Ruru, who lived in Patutahi but was originally from...
Re: Have fun kids, January 11 letter. Sometimes you cannot ignore stupidity, B. Brown. The last time I checked we had water to burn, bridges (the signs banning jumping have even gone) and the railway bridge set up so youngsters can jump and enjoy. Now...
Heavy rain overnight has left already saturated land on the Poverty Bay Flats under more floodwater than it has carried in years. Rivers and streams have become torrents while many drains are blocked, paddocks have turned to lakes and roads are...
After much boatie consternation and council deliberation, the much-anticipated $3.7 million redevelopment of Gisborne’s inner harbour will soon get under way. Phase one construction works will be in the road reserve and carpark areas, which the...
How fortuitous that we have had the council elections to talk about, we can now put behind us the debate on the sale of Eastland Network and the possible sale of Tauwhareparae Farms. How quickly we forget the important issues with diversion and...
Gisborne has been discussing heavy traffic freight routes “for years” and the process must be kept moving to develop east-west routes to the port. That is the view of Gisborne district councillor Pat Seymour who recommended to fellow councillors...
Simon Bridges is pretty much a goner. That’s the majority response from the latest Gisborne Herald webpoll, which asked voters if they thought the National Party leader would still hold his position by the 2020 General Election. An overwhelming 81...
Is there a place to recycle soft plastics in Gisborne?Much of our large family’s rubbish for the weekly kerbside collection is non-recyclable soft plastics from food packaging. We try to minimise the rubbish we create each week by composting...
Plea for patience as state of emergency is lifted
THE driftwood build-up on the city beaches is minimal this year as summer and the annual beach clean-up approaches. Long-time driftwood remover Trevor Jukes believes the debris on the sand is the lightest in five to seven years. Gisborne District...
The Poverty Bay A&P Show started this morning for competitors in the Tux Yarding Challenge. There will be up to 250 runs, culminating in a 15-dog final on Saturday morning.“We hope to get through more than 75 runs today,” said head steward Rod...
THE woman driving the school bus that crashed on Hereheretau Road at Whakaki on Monday afternoon remains in a serious condition in Hawke’s Bay Hospital. She is in the hospital’s intensive care unit. The woman, aged in her 50s, was badly injured...
The announcement of a memorandum of understanding between Labour and the Greens to work together towards the 2017 election should lift their chances of becoming the government, but it is not a without some problems. Going on recent polls, the two...
Another 61 cases of Covid-19 were reported yesterday, as the number of people dying with Covid here rises to 21.“We had 73 cases of Covid reported on Friday, 36 on Saturday and 35 cases on Sunday,” a Health NZ Tairawhiti spokeswoman...