IT was true the teenager was treated like a “bitch” (servant), regularly slapped and punched for no reason and locked in his room at night in a nappy, the young women told a Gisborne District Court jury yesterday. They regretted not being able...
So, you don't intend to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Wow, does that make you feel big and tough? I think it makes you look small, weak and foolish. I realise there are people who, because of health issues, religious ties, peer pressure or...
MATAPUNA Training Centre is the education safety net for Gisborne students who have been kicked out of school, or left without the basic requirements of NCEA levels 1 and 2. Not having items like shoes or breakfast can keep students from attending...
A FARM worker was flown to Gisborne Hospital from Tiniroto on Friday after a chainsaw he was operating hit his leg. The ECT rescue helicopter was called out at 3pm.“The chopper flew to Strathleven Station near Bushy Knoll at Tiniroto,” a chopper...
Perhaps it would be useful to fill in a few of the missing bits in councillor Larry Foster’s November 20 column on the wastewater options:1. The interim results on consultation for the various options show 277 people responded. No one can derive...
A SERIES of hui throughout the district will provide advice and support to Maori landowners this week. Delivered by the Maori Land Service, the hui are intended to offer Maori landowners, trustees and committee members advice and support on land...
THE New Zealand Blood Service is in Gisborne for the next three days at the Cosmopolitan Club. Blood donors can attend between 7.30am and 2pm on Tuesday and Wednesday and from 7.30am to midday on Thursday. Appointments can be booked on...
An online travel agent in Gisborne is taking on global players and following in the footsteps of some of New Zealand’s biggest tech companies, winning awards on both sides of the Tasman. Bookme was last week announced the winner of the Best Online...
A $9 million fund from the the Lottery Grants Board has been made available for community projects that align with the national commemoration of first meetings between Maori and Europeans, with the arrival in Gisborne of explorer James Cook in...
Few governments in New Zealand's history would have faced a decision as difficult as this one does at its Cabinet meeting today, on when to exit the lockdown that has been the country's response to Covid-19. Yes, there have been major decisions in...
Tairāwhiti iwi and Gisborne District Council have come together to create an iwi technical trial that will provide a te ao Māori perspective to resource management. GDC chief of strategy and science Jo Noble says it will be a 12-month trial that...
Ākonga (students) of Te Kura Rua Reo o Waikirikiri this week got the chance to experience different art forms from the very people who create them.“Our kaupapa this term has been creativity and art,” kōkā Ash Maka said. “The tamariki have...
Ravensdown has announced this year's winner of the Hugh Williams Memorial Scholarship and it has gone to Gisborne born and bred Ngahuia Wilson. The scholarship offers $5000 a year for a student studying agriculture or horticulture at Lincoln or...
New Zealanders have had a few lessons in the multiple permutations of post-election scenarios in a mixed-member proportional voting environment in recent weeks. To many conservative voters, who were already much more inclined to dislike the MMP...
It is back to business at the council this week. I hope everyone had some time off in the past month, and the opportunity to relax with friends and family. On Thursday the council has its first official meeting for 2017. It is a Future Tairawhiti...
The Gisborne Herald's production system for putting out the newspaper was failing on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, so we had to focus resources on getting the paper ready for publication and have not loaded the latest stories on to the...
ANOTHER 251,000 tonnes of export cargo was added to Eastland Port’s tally for the financial year last month and with a month to go, the port remains on track to set a new annual export record. February was described as a “good solid month”...
A WOMAN driving a car that came into collision with the rear of a log truck at Pouawa yesterday afternoon was treated at the scene by ambulance officers but did not need to go to hospital. The mishap happened at about 12.50pm and drew a resonse from...
A hydro-electric station at Matawai is one of three power plants bought by a South Island energy company for $15.5 million this week. Southern Generation Limited Partnership (SGLP) consists of a partnership between Pioneer Energy, The Power Company...
A Tairawhiti Youth Council candidate is hopeful young people will have a greater say in decisions made by the district council from now on. Alice Kibble, who ran for Gisborne District Council last year but missed out, is still waiting to hear whether...
The people of Tairāwhiti are being asked for their thoughts on where housing growth should happen in and around Gisborne city. It is a pity we weren't doing this five years ago, but better late than never. Houses are being built in Gisborne at the...
At Saint Mary's School we are a Green Gold Enviro School. We have a river near the school (the Taruheru River) where we plant our native trees and plants. Our problem is that we can't plant more because of the blackberry bushes near the river, and...
Child at centre of frightening pool accident is thriving - and back in the water
Angus Bull Week starts on Monday with the Ratanui Angus sale at Matawhero at noon that day. Excitement is building as the region’s 10 Angus studs are set to present more than 350 young black bulls like this striking bloke (pictured) from Alpine...
Re: Time for Forestry Roading Levy, Nov 10 column. I absolutely agree that we need to sort out a fair and equitable method for funding roading, whether it be rates, levies, fuel taxes or some other means, which was the main point of our submission to...
The Wairoa District Council is unable to invest in getting in marine experts to better understand the Black’s Beach issues, but would advocate to the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council that these considerations be investigated. The council’s chief...
It has been a community effort to get a new ‘‘knowledge house’’ in London Street. The project has been a collaboration with shop owners in the neighbourhood, residents and school students, who have been supported by Shane Kingsbeer from...
GISBORNE’S Hexton Bee Company were a hit at the 2018 Spring Gift Fair in Auckland, taking out the 2018 People’s Choice Awards Winner for best small stand. The company displayed their natural, reusable and compostable beeswax wraps for the first...
The trailer suction dredge Kawatiri has been back at Eastland Port this week carrying out some dredging work in the harbour navigation channel and turning basin. The dredge is scheduled to have the work completed by early December.“We expect it to...
Fresh career prospects, training opportunities and a better work/life balance are among the upsides for those working on the Waipaoa Flood Control Scheme upgrade. The scheme comprises the upgrading of 64 kilometres of stopbanks to protect...
Excitement is building as the region's black cattle stud bull breeders prepare to auction this year's crop of rising two-year-olds, sales that were worth more than $4 million to the regional economy last year. The annual East Coast Angus R2 Bull Week...
A PROGRAMME to upskill surfers in lifesaving rescue techniques piloted in Gisborne last summer has been rolled out to many other parts of the country. Surfers Rescue 24/7 is the result of a Surfing New Zealand (SNZ) and Surf Life Saving New Zealand...