Eastern District police are warning people to be wary of a WhatsApp scam circulating. In this case, scammers use the messaging system WhatsApp to impersonate family members or friends in difficulty — in particular, needing money.“This type of...
Gisborne District Council is rated among the best performers for dairy sector effluent monitoring and enforcment in a major new report released by Forest and Bird. The report Cleaning Up: Fixing Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement in the Dairy...
“THE best job on the planet” is how Gisborne woman Diana Dobson describes her communications role for the New Zealand Olympic Committee in Tokyo. Dobson, known to many as “Dobbie”, is a press attache for the Games team. It is the third time...
State Highway 35 at Te Puia Springs was blocked for a couple of hours on Friday afternoon after a loaded log truck lost its trailer on the bend just south of the council offices in the township. The spilled logs took out an 11kV power pole and...
THE Tairawhiti Men of the Year Awards are coming up and the call is going out for nominations for inspiring male role models in the community. In its sixth year, the awards showcase and celebrate positive male role models in the Gisborne...
Wow, Wow! . . . . Just where do I start for such a brillant night of dance with the Dancefit Studio Concert held on Friday and Saturday at the War Memorial Theatre — absolutely mind-blowing from start to finish. Advanced level 2 started the night...
July is Pink Ribbon Breakfast month, where Kiwis across the country will come together to raise vital funds for Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand (BCFNZ).Last year, more than 30 breakfasts were held in Gisborne. Forty people are diagnosed with...
The second snowfall in the district this year fell on hills around Matawai and Tiniroto last night, even though it is not officially winter yet. This morning a dusting of snow could still be seen on Whakapunake (out past Tiniroto) and up Rakauro...
Tony Robinson has been elected to Gisborne District Council with 4777 votes, making him the sixth-highest polling city ward candidate. He has also been elected to the district health board, Hauora Tairawhiti.“It feels good,” he said.“I’m...
GISBORNE'S Juken wood processing plant is looking to halve its workforce because of a weak Japanese housing market, affecting about 100 jobs. Yesterday staff from Juken New Zealand’s timber mill here were told of the proposal to cut production of...
Despite Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones again talking up the positives of a rail line to Gisborne, there remains no Government commitment to reopening the line. Just days after the Government’s Wellbeing Budget promised a $1...
A WORKSHOP promoting healthy relationships at Gisborne Girls’ High School was timely, after a petition was handed to Parliament calling for better, more consistent sex education in secondary schools. The Loves-Me-Not programme is designed to...
Hangi after the Covid-19 vaccine, or a kai package to take home and feed the tamariki — was it a ploy to get vaccinated?“No,” said Te Poho o Rawiri Marae chairwoman Charlotte Gibson. “It was just common sense.”More than 200 people were...
Over the next few years there will be many events across the world marking the centenaries of major events during the First World War. Last week, I had the honour of representing New Zealand at two of these events in England and France. World War 1...
Hauora Tairawhiti is on a mission to get more of the community vaccinated against Covid-19. The district health board's pandemic programme coordinator Lissette Hayes says they now know which suburbs have low vaccination rates and will be targeting...
Eastland Port says some ships cannot be fully loaded because of extreme low tides due to high barometric pressure. Which indicates there is not sufficient water between the keel and the harbour floor. We should be raising eyebrows because it suggests...
GISBORNE wool handlers are keeping up their skills to make sure Gisborne wool is some of the best available, after attending a training day at CP Wool in Gisborne. CP Wool wool consultant representative and Poverty Bay A&P Show head steward Ross...
I was public hospital-trained as we all were in those days. I began my training 50 years ago at Christchurch Public Hospital. I graduated as a registered general and obstetric nurse. In 1975 I left New Zealand and did agency nursing at different London...
He won the new home $550,000 to $700,000 category at the 2017 Master Builders House of the Year national and regional awards. Now Sam Bain, of Bain Construction, is in the running for a renovation award in this year’s competition. Architect Eric...
If the number of children being bullied in New Zealand schools had measles it would be a pandemic, says Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon.“Up to 30 percent of our children are bullied. As there are one million children in our schools, this is...
Tension built into the relationship between Eastland Community Trust and its capital beneficiary Gisborne District Council through the ECT Trust Deed is in the process of being smoothed over. A Memorandum of Understanding between the two, adopted at...
A WAIROA man was taken to hospital this morning with a leg injury after a log he was cutting for firewood rolled on top of the lower part of one his legs on a property near the town. The accident happened mid-morning at a place in Awamate Road...
Three-quarters, or 323 of the 418 people who responded to the Gisborne Herald webpoll this week, supported changes to the country’s gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings. The question was, “Do you support the gun law changes...
AN education manager by day, in her other life Malia Patea-Taylor is a writer composer and this week she has combined the two. To help mark Matariki 2016, the Te Wananga O Aotearoa staffer is presenting a theatrical production under the Tautu...
A desktop oil spill exercise has tested out the preparedness of Gisborne's Regional Oil Spill Response Team and it went well. Tuesday's hypothetical spill from Tuahine Point and Tuamotu Island towards Waikanae Beach helped Maritime NZ test the...
POLICE have arrested five more people in the past 24 hours for breaches of the movement regulations during the Covid-19 lockdown period. Police said all of them had previously been warned about being out and about for non-essential reasons.“The...
Re: Fix toilets, add a charge — June 29 letter. Your letter Pam, and mine, could fall on deaf ears. I will share the reason why. It was said to me by a council member that, “It is not the toilets that are dirty, it is the dirty people using...
David Seymour’s End of Life Choice bill, now before Parliament, is similar to legislation and proposed legislation in other countries in that it is restricted to those who wish to die because they are terminally ill or are enduring unbearable...
GISBOsborne trucking operations ground to a halt this morning as more than 200 truckies turned out to demonstrate their commitment to safety by attending a three-hour safety workshop. Aimed at raising awareness of truck rollover and safety issues, as...
For the second year in a row Eastland Group has awarded scholarships to five of the region’s most promising engineering students as they head off to university. Each year, Eastland Group offers one or more scholarships to students from across...
As I wander around the Gisborne Farmers’ Market on Saturday mornings I can’t stop thinking that this is a helpful hint for all of us as to what Gisborne and the Tairawhiti region could become. At the market I see over 50 businesses showcasing the...
Euthanasia and PAS (physician assisted suicide) are just euphemisms for killing/murder — words that we are uncomfortable using. This has now been made legal in some Western countries. Recently I was sitting next to a Maori man coming from Australi...
THE Ministry for Primary Industries estimates the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak could cost about $95 million in tracking and tracing the spread of the disease and paying compensation to farmers. Parliament’s primary production select committee was told...
In response to today's column, it is worth noting that one of Aotearoa's foremost experts on our founding principles, Dame Claudia Orange, told The Gisborne Herald this month that Maori wards should be expected — if the principles of partnership...