A strong wind watch for the Gisborne region has been declared by MetService as the deep low that was Cyclone Gretel passes by the North Island. A severe weather watch is in place for the entire north-east of the North Island, from Northland, down to...
Swells off the Gisborne-East Coast region could rise up to four metres one Monday morning before slowly easing that evening. The potential big seas are associated with the passage of Cyclone Dovi, expected to travel down the Tasman Sea towards the...
Hot off the press during Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori (Maori Language Week) is bilingual signage by Tairawhiti company ThinkSafe, shown in the picture above by ThinkSafe staffers Sally Dalrymple and Michelle Knight. Company director Andrew Burns said te...
Final results from the October 8 local body election show Rehette Stoltz was elected Mayor with 8009 votes, followed by Colin Alder on 2943, Rhonda Tibble on 2583 and Darin Brown on 969. In the general ward Josh Wharehinga was the highest polling...
The biggest game fishing contest in Gisborne starts tomorrow with hundreds of anglers out to catch the heaviest tuna or marlin and net the $10,000 cash prize. A briefing will be held at Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club tonight at 7.30pm. Then it is four...
If the puzzle about community boards is what powers and functions they will have, the answer might be in the structure of regional councils elsewhere, and their distinction from district councils. According to environmentguide. org, “Regional...
THE talents and language of some of this district’s young Maori speakers will be showcased on Maori TV children’s programme Pukana. The Pukana crew were here last week to film three kura (schools) that will feature on the show later in the year...
I am sure that no one will argue with me that council agendas are usually on the boring side. Not this time around! I can assure you that every single item on our Future Tairawhiti agenda for this Thursday is interesting, very important and possibly...
The Sunrise Foundation's endowments have grown to $5.2 million in the five years since the fledgling charity was set up. Sunrise chairman John Clarke says it is due to the support of the local community that Sunrise has become the fastest growing...
SEVERAL dog triallists from this region were knocked off leaderboards yesterday at the Tux North Island New Zealand championships in Northland but several others came on. At the 4pm call yesterday afternoon Manutuke’s Ruie Bridge and his dog Max...
The specially-marked police car that appears in this region from time to time turned up at Kaiti School yesterday as part of Maori Language Week . . . “and the children loved it", said school community constable Carolyn Hodgkinson.“A key for...
MetService this morning upgraded its “orange warning” to “red” and says the weather has “the potential of an extreme event”.It warned the district could expect a further 150 to 200 millimetres of rain on top of what had already...
Planet Sunshine, the children’s ward at Gisborne Hospital, will benefit from this year’s rainbow-themed Midwinter Swim. Organised by Tracey Schwass the ice-plunge fundraiser will be held at Waikanae Beach on the Sunday closest to the winter...
Gisborne chess legend Noble Keelan has been recognised for his work in promoting the game and his work with youth in Tairawhiti. Noble is best known for his role in establishing the Eastern Knights Chess club, which he co-founded in 2000 with the...
A year ago today our front-page lead story was on Meng Foon confirming his retirement as mayor at that morning's council meeting. There was also news of eight people being killed at a school shooting in Brazil. Not the United States, for a change...
YEAR seven and eight students from Te Kura o Hiruharama Kura near Ruatoria spent yesterday at Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve at Pouawa. The reserve is home to eight marine habitats, including inshore reef, rocky intertidal platforms and...
Rocket Lab is back in action after receiving authorisation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to resume launches. The approval comes less than three weeks after Rocket Lab experienced an anomaly during its 20th launch from Mahi...
AS a supporter of “keep our Tauwhareparae Farms”, I am somewhat dismayed at how the council voted to grow a new commercial company with the farms as a key element. This holding company will include Tauwhareparae Farms as its base asset and...
Fire broke out at the back of a Valley Road home yesterday afternoon at around 4.30pm but no one was injured from the incident. A resident in the Mangapapa area recalls hearing three loud explosions and looked out of their window to see black smoke...
IN Waimuku their hosts spelled out their name in bunting flags. In Whangarei the venue was a riverside theatre with a golden parquet floor. The stage they played on in Auckland was flanked on three sides by boards bearing inspirational phrases. In...
Abraham Lincoln believed in having a “team of rivals” — a group of advisers with divergent thinking who would openly disagree with his viewpoints. For Lincoln, contrarian views were essential; responsible dissenters provide opportunities for...
As the number of people made redundant as a result of Covid-19 rises, there is ever-increasing pressure on the Government to fix it. The Government started strongly by throwing $12 billion of wage subsidies at the problem, but this massive...
Coxco Farming and Horticulture Ltd and CARE Tairawhiti will receive $2.25 million as part of the latest Provincial Growth Fund allocations designed to support people into work. Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones yesterday announced...
Whānau moved into four new homes in Oxford Street this week as work continues “at pace” to address the region's public housing crisis. The four homes are among the first new public housing developments to be built in Kaiti since the 1980s. The...
Jonathan Franzen has seen the light. Unfortunately, it has blinded him. The distinguished American novelist and essayist has a piece in the current issue of The New Yorker titled ‘What If We Stopped Pretending?’ Stop pretending that the climate...
THE 16 secondary school students involved in the annual Tairawhiti Youth Emergency Services (YES) programme have graduated and funding has been secured to repeat the programme next year. The students completed 20 hours voluntary work this year before...
It looks like President Trump is trying to get rid of aliens. Is it because they are of a different colour (not orange), or speak a different language (English) or because he fears they might take him back to his home planet?Dennis Fitzgerald, Vic
In a courtroom scene from the movie A Few Good Men, a military lawyer played by Tom Cruise says “I want the truth!” to which Jack Nicholson as Colonel Jessup replies “You can’t handle the truth!”With our local body elections heating up and...
The leaders of Tairawhiti can be credited with convincing the Government to support the region with its $44 million Covid-19 packages announced yesterday, says Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford. Those leaders, including Gisborne District...
The Peel Street toilets will end their days in the next four years but the building will remain standing. The 97-year-old Edwardian building in the centre of Peel Street is protected because of its heritage status but the amenities inside it will...
BUSINESSES here can expect more support from some of New Zealand’s larger chambers of commerce, following a new agreement to share resources between all 30 chambers. Gisborne Chamber of Commerce marketing manager Suzanne Winterflood said she had...
The Poverty Bay dog trial Centre runoffs held at the Ngatapa dog trial club last weekend saw titles taken by Henry Gaddum, Leo Edginton, John MacPherson and Allen Irwin with some solid scoring. Gaddum won the long head with Ming, Edginton and Larry...
BEEF and Lamb New Zealand have planned a ‘Farm Plan' workshop to be staged at Otoko next week, subject to what happens with the Alert Level 4 lockdown. B+LNZ have partnered with Gisborne District Council to raise awareness and understanding of Farm...