One News coverage last week of Gisborne’s “P epidemic” made many people uncomfortable and some angry at the negative light our place was cast in, once again. Just to be clear for those who felt this way, the story was initiated by One News in...

Ritchie Civil director Derek Watson is pictured above checking out the finished product, after the company finished work on a new staircase to connect the inner harbour with Titirangi and the Puhi Kai iti Cook Landing site. The stairs, located at the...

Hope is the meaning behind the new mural painted by street artist Graham Hoete (Mr G) on the wall of the Tokomaru Bay Four Square. Mr G visited Tokomaru Bay this week as part of the Tūmanako project — a kaupapa where he identifies small towns...

Tairawhiti police have been trialling the use of e-bikes this summer as part of increased accessibility and visibility in the community and they say it has worked a treat. In 2020 police trialled the e-bike patrols in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin...

KAITI residents are invited to attend the Whanau in the Park - Design Our Playground event at Waikirikiri Park from 3pm to 6pm on February 23. Gisborne District Council will replace the old playground, partially dismantled for health and safety...

Re: IwiRail launched on public empathy and a wild dream, July 13 editorial. Commendable as it is that a political party should wholly endorse investment in rail, that support needs to be ?based upon a sustainable reality and not political...

THE staff at Specsavers are supporting their Gisborne community by backing the Kids off the Kerb recycling project. Dispensing partner Bridgette Donnell said staff had recently received new uniforms and decided to donate their old uniforms to Kids...

HAAMI Tutu admitted assaulting a woman by punching her when he appeared in Gisborne District Court. Tutu, who is awaiting trial in custody on another matter, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within the next 12...

CHORUS has announced an ultra-fast broadband roll-out for Tolaga Bay, Makaraka, Ruatoria, Manutuke and Te Karaka. The townships will have UFB from November in Tolaga Bay, through to Te Karaka the last to come online in January 2021. Makaraka and...

The biggest turnout one long-time volunteer had ever seen made the most of the East Coast Museum of Technology yesterday. On offer during the day was the opportunity to ride in a covered cart drawn by Clydesdale horses, watch a model train set in...

More than 1100 young people took part in the 2019 Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon at Churchill Park yesterday. For the second running, the event included a beach swim at Midway Beach, a cycle along Centennial Marine Drive and a run around Churchill Park. The...

GISBORNE District Council is to be among the first to voluntarily put its work forward for independent marking. Local Government New Zealand president Lawrence Yule confirmed that Gisborne District Council was one of 21 councils from across New...

THE first of the field days as part of the Ahuwhenua Trophy Te Puni Kokiri Excellence in Maori Farming competition takes place at Whangara Farms on Thursday April 4. The farms and Kiriroa Station at Motu are two of the three finalists in the...

COUNCILLOR Pat Seymour is holding a Makorori community meeting on Sunday to discuss the potential for a beach management plan. Mrs Seymour said the community had sought the meeting in the hope that Gisborne District Council could restrict vehicles...

FARM consultant Peter Andrew has told the the council’s Future Tairawhiti committee that farming would be the best place for the government’s $1 billion regional development funding to be invested. Farming in this district was in great heart but...

Growing pains of the forest industry in this district were on display in yesterday’s paper, where a report from Tairawhiti Roads to the council noted a “massive increase” in complaints over road use by log trucks and other forestry...

Future leaders met to discuss issues effecting the region at a special youth symposium on Monday. Hosted at Gisborne Girls’ High School, the symposium brought together secondary school students, who discussed what they would like their Youth MP...

A gang of eight charitably-minded Gisborne residents are putting themselves through their paces to prepare for a trailwalking challenge designed by the British Army's Gurkha regiment. The group will form two teams in the annual Oxfam 100km...

Ten East Coast forestry companies charged with causing flood-borne debris damage in Tolaga Bay and surrounding areas have all entered not-guilty pleas in the Gisborne District Court. It is the first time the companies have appeared in court since...

The Gisborne region took a hammering from gale-force winds yesterday but appears to have escaped without serious damage. Maximum gusts topped over 100 kilometres an hour in places exposed to the north-west blast. In Gisborne city itself, the district...

Many residents will likely be surprised and some upset at the council’s decision yesterday to proceed with a complete revamp of what is now the Cook Plaza at the top of Titirangi/Kaiti Hill. It is Gisborne’s most iconic tourist destination and...

Confidence in the ability of Deputy Mayor Rehette Stoltz to take on the role of mayor from August 22 was expressed by fellow councillors as they unanimously voted for her to take the reins. Mrs Stoltz was the only nominee for the role, which starts...

THE strong demand for trade space at the Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show in mid-October keeps on keeping on and most of the exhibitor sites have now sold. A Show spokeswoman said the few remaining sites still left are in the House and Garden Pavilion and...

Vandal arrives at Crook Cook, climbs statue, paints on underwear and paints face. Time involved, half an hour; cost, $10 for spraypaint. GDC informed of problem, department holds a health and safety meeting to outline all hazards and actions to...

Calla’s mother Nardia Pineaha said the girls had the idea and she wanted them to learn a lesson in kindness.“It is good for them to give something instead of receiving. They had 16 bags in total and once they were finished, I rewarded them with...

Is anyone else as fed up as I am with National Party negativity? All this fuss about some mistakes made over Kiwis returning home and not always being as carefully checked as they should be. People make mistakes — get over it!National couldn't...

Work ethic, character and a good skill set has earned Gisborne glazier Asher Takao the Allan Sage Memorial Award for apprentice excellence in the glass industry. Mr Takao topped trade school three years in a row and two years ago was judged most...

Changes to the way funeral services can transport people who have died were decided yesterday as new rules emerged during this country's Covid-19 alert Level 4 lockdown. Evans Funeral Services owner David Parker said the new information was given to...

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little has expressed his “utmost concern” at the continued closure of Te Urewera national park. Te Urewera was closed by Te Urewera board at the beginning of Covid-19 Alert Level 4 this year. In November, Te Urewera board chair...

The mamae (hurt) that has been carried by Nga iwi o Turanganui a Kiwa for 250 years has finally been acknowledged by the British Government through two formal expressions of regret for the impact of Captain James Cook’s arrival here. British High...