Voters in this week's Gisborne Herald web poll came down against the Government's Fair Pay Agreement, but there was not much in it. A total of 221 responded to the question, “Do you support the new Fair Pay Agreement system?”By the time voting...
Re: Caught in the dumping act, January 24 story. Good on you guys for catching these thugs who dump their rubbish on our beautiful beach. Shame on them. Cath fox
MANY people escape to the tropics for their winter holidays, but not Mike Butler. With his dogs Toby and Idol he has embarked on a 1204-kilometre hike from Auckland to Wellington, aiming to arrive in the capital on Daffodil Day, August 26. They began...
WAIKOHU will meet YMP in the Poverty Bay premier club rugby grand final this Saturday. Defending champions GT Shearing Waikohu crushed Larsawn Ngatapa 64-5 and East Coast Farms Vets YMP beat Enterprise Cars OBM 22-7 in the semifinals on Saturday. Both...
MORE flexible measures on water quality and quantity were the key themes in submissions from commercial interests at the freshwater plan hearing this week. In its submission before the panel yesterday during the second day of the hearing, Federated...
I want to put a question to the “town planners” and so-called experts in organising tourist events in Gisborne. Why have all of you ignored the most focal, vacant and ugly piece of land in the district?I am going to leave out the old prison at...
When the chairman of Eastland Community Trust Paul Reynolds was asked at the 2019 AGM whether they supported restoration of the Gisborne-Napier railway, his answer was that they had already supported it by contributing to the cost of the BERL...
Night-time road closures will be in place in Gisborne city centre from tomorrow as a $3.3 million asphalting programme comes to an end. Asphalt road works will take place at four locations from 7pm to 6am. Work starts at the Peel Street and Palmerston...
IF YOU have a social or community enterprise idea you want to put into practice you have just a day left to apply for a new programme that starts in Gisborne in July. Thrive Tairawhiti, a four-month development programme for up to 14 people...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern kicked off the nation’s commemoration of 125 years of women’s suffrage this year, taking up the role of guest speaker at a special breakfast event co-hosted by Gisborne Business and Professional Women’s Federation...
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a rental property in Churchill Crescent, Te Hapara, yesterday afternoon after a pot of food on the stove overheated. The family living in the home were alerted to the problem by smoke alarms and called 111. It happened just...
What a great day the Blues & Roots on 35 community Music and Arts Festival was on Saturday, but what a shame there was such poor attendance from our community. Barnardos, Violence Free Tairawhiti Network members, Tauawhi volunteers plus a selection...
A SEED exchange in Manutuke tomorrow is designed to get more people in Gisborne to grow their own food. The Manutuke Community Garden group is hosting the event and invites anybody to come along, exchange seeds, meet other like-minded people, share...
A Gisborne woman has made a passionate plea for the return of a treasured piece of clothing stolen in a burglary at her home — a clothing item that belonged to her late daughter. Police would also like information about the burglary and the stolen...
O’Shea Mead-Cadore was enjoying his Easter holiday at Waikanae Holiday Park until his skating longboard was stolen on Sunday night from outside his tent.“I was staying there to be closer to the surf and also I like carving it up on the pavements...
A service which helped seven Gisborne Pasifika whānau become home owners last year opened a branch in the CBD this week. Vahefonua Tonga Methodist Mission Charitable Trust (SIAOLA) — a social service committed to empowering, strengthening and...
FIRE broke out in the Whatatutu waste transfer station near the settlement yesterday afternoon and firefighters had to work hard to stop it spreading up a nearby hill and threatening houses and the local school. The fire broke out at around 4pm and...
My husband, son and I attended the Hospice Night of Laughs on Friday, our first live comedy show. What a great fundraiser for a very worthy cause. The venue was fabulous and the audience really got into the show. I loved Urzila, thought the magic of...
Donner’s Bush Scenic Reserve had a spruce-up thanks to Student Volunteer Week. Ten students from the Turanganui-a-Kiwa Activity Centre, Gisborne Boys’ High School and Campion College put on their gumboots and mucked in to help with maintenance on...
Police say there is no clear evidence that a fire that badly damaged a unit in a two-storey duplex building in Munro Street on Thursday night was arson. A fire started in a vehicle parked in a car port adjacent to the building, and spread from there...
I wonder how many impatient drivers would stop for the elderly, disabled, mums with children and others who need a pause in traffic to negotiate their way from the Peel Street bridge into town, or from town to the bridge, with a permanent roundabout...
The driver of a car that left the Whatatutu Road yesterday afternoon and struck a power pole was fortunate to escape significant injury. It happened at around 3pm, with police and St John ambulance called to the scene.“The pole snapped off and the...
Having argued the case for a smaller council governance team, it was interesting to read the Local Government Commission’s support for the existing number of 13 councillors as it determined that the status quo was the appropriate representation...
THE luxury cruise liner Insignia made her debut visit to Gisborne yesterday and the latest cruise ship visit “could not have gone better” — especially when it came to getting 600-plus passengers ashore. The 180 metres-plus ship anchored in...
Once most heavy freight trucks are off the road when the rail is reinstated, these are the organisations and people who will benefit:First, the NZ Transport Agency will save hugely on the maintenance and upgrading of highways. Next, the decrease in...
Tolaga Bay dog triallist Leo Edginton won the South Island straight hunt title yesterday and became top qualifier for the New Zealand final in that event this afternoon in Blenheim. The Mangaheia Station manager and his dog Robert scored 97.5 points...
Animals suffering from the damage inflicted by last week's torrential rain were rescued by emergency response teams over the weekend. Otaki-based Helping You Help Animals charitable trust sent a team of four to Tairawhiti/East Coast to help. The team...
TAIRAWHITI Voyaging Trust has been granted Gisborne District Council funding of $40,000, but a divided council supported the application eight votes to five, with opponents concerned about procedure and deficits. The one-off funding will support the...
THE next generation of Gisborne surfers enhanced their skills and technique when the Art of Surfing’s high-performance coach Matt Scorringe visited over the weekend. Junior surfers in the Gisborne team that will host the National Scholastic...
THREE people were fortunate to escape with only minor injuries early this morning when the car they were in left State Highway 2 in the Waioeka Gorge and plunged 20 metres down a bank. It happened near the bottom of Traffords Hill on the Opotiki side...
A Kahikatea tree estimated to be 600 to 800 years old was discovered in the Waingake Waterworks Bush by Gisborne District Council workers. GDC senior land management officer Melanie Cheetham shared information about the work being done in the...
INCORRECT disposal of rags impregnated with Danish oil started a fire that destroyed the contents of a shed and lean-to on a property in Huxley Road yesterday that included a vintage Mini Clubman car. The devastated property owner discovered the fire...