How private organisations and the private sector impact on the actions of indigenous peoples will be the focus of Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman's research at Harvard University. Dr Aikmam, 31, is the recipient of the Fulbright-Nga Pae o te Maramatang...
Saturday, July 9St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale, 9am – 12 noon in car park behind church, access off Childers Rd, $5 per car (paid on arrival, set-up 8.30am). Ph Val 868 8226. Wide variety of realistically-priced goods. Gisborne Artists & Potters...
WAIROA remained quiet and calm over the weekend as the Mongrel Mob gang members who died in the Mohaka crash were farewelled in separate funerals, police say.“It was just like any other weekend,” police said this morning. The funeral service for...
I was disappointed that you would give so much breath to Richard Prebble in our great little paper on the last day of a horrible year that was 2020, dominated by Covid-19. Prebble would always relish any chance to criticise the Labour Government...
Travel agency the Flight Centre has closed the doors to its Gisborne retail office for good. Flight Centre New Zealand managing director David Coombes last month said the ASX-listed company made the “incredibly difficult decision” to stand down...
Primary healthcare nurses and other associated staff held stopwork meetings in Gisborne and around the county today to discuss their employment contracts which see them get paid less than their hospital colleagues. More than 3400 primary health care...
Your editorial suggesting “Negative views will be proved wrong”, relating to the Navigations Project, will I believe long-term see you proved wrong, and the majority who voted in the negative proved right. Problem is there is no way of measuring...
RESTORING a large degraded river like the Waimata is a bit like eating an elephant — it’s an overwhelmingly huge task best tackled one piece at a time by as many people as possible. With a portion of Donner’s Bush scenic reserve newly fenced...
My fault really. Part of why I write is to make some of the weirder aspects of council plain. But I’ve never really thought of explaining our interest rate conundrum, and I’ve only just realised, courtesy of a query, that people will quite...
To beg or not to beg . . . that is the question. Last week there was an article reporting comments made by myself and others about the regular occurrence of “begging” in our shopping centre, especially around the vicinity of money machines. It...
Play Week 2021 kicks off next week with seven days of fun-filled action for the whole family. The nationwide initiative aims to encourage whānau, rangatahi and tamariki to “Say Yes to Play”.Led by Sport New Zealand Ihi Aotearoa, Sport Gisborne...
THE Motu Trails Charitable Trust was thrilled that so many people got on their bikes and joined its fundraising ride last Sunday. About 100 people turned out to take part in the trust’s Rere Falls Trail Adventure Ride and MTCT executive officer Jim...
Winter has officially begun which means more people will be stoking up the fire to keep warm. Smoke from wood burners adds to smog and that is not good for anyone's health “especially for our tamariki and pakeke, or anyone with underlying health...
In a sometimes angry atmosphere, Tolaga Bay residents last night told the forestry industry to accept responsibility and clear the land and beaches of slash and other flood debris. About 100 people went to a public meeting in the township last night...
An international team of scientists set off last weekend to place earthquake monitoring instruments along New Zealand’s largest fault, the Hikurangi subduction zone. About 40 instruments will record seismic movement and information that will help...
Firefighters were called to a smoke-logged house in Karaka Street, Elgin last night after neighbours heard smoke alarms sounding and called 111. Fire and Emergency NZ responded at about 7pm.“It turned out to be another unattended cooking...
Some serious heavy lifting was needed this morning after a contractor's vehicle carrying a massive rock crusher overturned as it negotiated the Waipaoa River roundabout. The big rig tipped on to its side after one of the tyres on the truck's tractor...
THE flicker of flames on a front porch alerted a Ranfurly Street resident last night, who went outside in time to find a couch against the wall of his home on fire. The incident is considered suspicious. The fire service received a 111 call from the...
Tolaga Bay, Kaiaua and Gisborne beaches are likely to be first in line for clearing of hundreds of thousands of cubic metres of wood debris from the June flooding. A Gisborne District Council newsletter says there is no quick or easy solution to...
Comments made in New York last week by Te Araroa woman Tina Ngata have reignited debate about how the anniversary of Lieutenant James Cook’s landing here should be acknowledged. Ms Ngata has advocated a boycott of the “celebrations” being held...
Work is under way to improve the shared Wainui walking and cycling routes by extending the path. The extension will connect the existing pathway, which finishes at Endcliffe Road, to the intersection of Wainui and Crawford roads. In addition to the...
A POST-mortem examination will be conducted tomorrow to determine how a Tokomaru Bay man died, as part of the ongoing homicide investigation that continues in the coastal settlement today. The 48-year-old man was found in the burning lounge room of...
How does a neutral referee keep order and remain impartial in the roughest, toughest Heartland Championship rugby derby of the lot?The wooden answer to that question is “without fear or favour” but with Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay set to...
Five trustees are being sought to serve on a reactivated Gisborne and Districts War Memorial Trust. Trustees should be ex-servicemen or women eligible for membership of the RSA. Gisborne RSA and Gisborne District Council will appoint two trustees each...
Eastland Community Trust is farewelling a good chairman who was the right man for the times, after the council chose not to reappoint Richard Brooking to ECT — instead appointing former mayor and retiring Eastland Group director John Clarke to the...
A Black Power affiliate claims he was acting in self-defence when he stabbed a rival gang member during a fight on a residential Wairoa street. The complainant suffered an eight-centimetre-by-two-centimetre gash to the side of his stomach. He stayed...
GISBORNE's 100-year-old MV Takitimu will be out on the water on Sunday. The former pilot boat will be sailing each Sunday, weather permitting, right through to about Easter providing joy for Tairāwhiti residents and visitors alike. Gisborne MV...
TEAM Yellow might need a rear-view mirror and body armour on the site of The Block NZ this week. The knives are out. Having clocked up yet another Room Reveal triumph on the TV3 reno reality series, their three rival teams are unanimous in agreement...
GISBORNE children were treated to a performance yesterday by The Travelling Tuataras as part of the ECRead’N Winter Warmers series at the H.B. Williams Memorial Library. Rotorua entertainers Jill Walker and Brian Potiki brought stories to life...
About 100 residents inland from Tolaga Bay, near Ruatoria and further up the East Coast could be without power over the weekend and possibly into the beginning of next week. This is due to multiple major faults caused by two recent storms. Trees have...
Re: An egalitarian society? Are we close? Oct 11 column.“Am I my brother’s keeper?” No, my brother is a free man. I care for him and pray for him, but in the end God gave him freedom of choice. Scott MonseesKansas City