I love the old saying: Good things come to those who wait. I experienced it first-hand recently when we officially blessed and closed the “old” library, with builders getting ready to kick off the renovations in mid-March. Woohoo. The first major...
YEAR 13 students said goodbye to high school this week and an elite group of them ended it on an academic high as dux of their school. Top honours went to Kaitlin Abbott of Lytton High School, Hayden Jeune of Gisborne Boys’ High School and Emm...
Not much is built to last these days, but Ford Model A cars sure are. Over 100 Model As were on display at the Showgrounds Park yesterday for the 15th National Model A Ford Rally. Over 240 folk came to town for the rally, held in Gisborne for the...
I recently met Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp at my home during a TV3 interview. I found him to be an articulate, well-educated and very likeable person. His knowledge of Maori history was very apparent, as was his desire that should we change the name...
What a lot of crap on yesterday's opinion page. All this writing in on stuff that has got nothing to do with them. No wonder there is so much trouble in the world. Rex Holdsworth
“At one location in Greenland the temperature rose to 36 degrees C higher than the usual average for that time of the year (February).”Gwynne Dyer’s column in the Weekender on Saturday really disturbed me. To read that mid-winter temperatures...
Re: Eastland Group powers to profit of $20.1m, July 2 story. More good news from Eastland Group — a glowing end-of-year financial report and not a negative word. Not so much from the electricity sector this year. Much more about the triumph of TOAM...
In his comment on my recent column “Lives or Souls?”, John Fricker says: “Normal, sane people are well able to disagree with one another, remain friends and not feel the need to resort to physical violence to get their way.”Who could...
Hello, I am a 13 year old at Campion College. I'm here to spread awareness of the issue I am most concerned about — racism. Racism in New Zealand is very bad because it affects peoples' mental and general health. Many people who are victims of...
IF YOU'RE looking for things to do with the kids next week in Gisborne, the HB Williams Memorial Library has it covered. On Monday from 10.30am, it’s Snakes Alive! featuring stories followed by a snakey craft activity. Tuesday sees the start of the...
A house on marae land at Te Reinga, inland north of Wairoa, was destroyed in a fire yesterday afternoon. There was nothing firefighters from Wairoa and Ruakituri could do to save it. Fire and Emergency NZ was called out at about 1.45pm.“The house...
The multipurpose sand track removed from Centennial Marine Drive to make way for the new Kiwa Pools is being re-established at a nearby location. The big “sand pit” was used for events at surf lifesaving carnivals, as well as beach netball and...
Three trees at the Grant Road Reserve met with chainsaws after complaints from residents, but another member of the public is disappointed with the process. Barbara Barwick has lived in Grant Road, off Riverside Road, since 1968 and says one of the...
Several taonga stolen by the police during the Crown invasion and sacking of Maungapohatu a century ago have been returned. The return was set to coincide with the rededication of the wharenui, Tanenuiarangi, which has undergone extensive...
Re: Barge port proposal wrong in many ways, July 20 letter. Kia ora, the descendants of beloved Henare Akuhata-Brown — Wayne, Lynda, Jason and Marcus — strongly oppose any barging in our sacred awa and are disappointed the board chair has not...
Intermittent showers were not enough to deter a team of 25 volunteers who picked up rubbish and cleared weeds from native plantings along Waikanae Stream banks on Sunday. Organising team member Jason Akuhata-Brown said that despite the weather, the...
GISBORNE and the East Coast has witnessed a surprisingly consistent number of earthquakes every year for the past five years, with more than 9000 quakes recorded since 2011. Speaking to The Gisborne Herald, GNS Science public information officer...
Sewage overflows seem to be happening all over New Zealand, causing dangers to the public. Councils are getting away with this — it should be a top priority. There would be a hell of a cry if some industry was doing this. Come on Gisborne council...
Gisborne-based waka hourua Tairawhiti set sail from Tauranga on Thursday, destination home. The Tairawhiti kaumoana (crew) were in the Bay of Plenty for the inaugural national waka hourua festival, Te Hau Komaru, from May 19 to 22.“Four waka houru...
NEW Zealand and Israel remain good friends despite recent political differences, and Kiwis should feel safe going there, says Israeli ambassador Dr Itzhak Gerberg. The ambassador was in Gisborne after accepting a church invitation to speak about...
The Trust Tairawhiti rescue helicopter was called out last night to assist at the scene of a vehicle crash at Minginui near the Whirinaki Forest Park in the Bay of Plenty. Tairawhiti's rescue chopper was mobilised at around 7.20pm last night.“There...
Te Karaka Area School made a stand against bullying yesterday by donning pink and baking up a storm. Students and staff wore pink to show they were against bullying in all its forms. Pink Shirt Day is a global day that celebrates diversity and creates...
Many local residents will have been surprised by the sudden intensity of last night's brief downpour. Measurements from rain gauges in the city and out to Te Karaka confirm the intensity. The MetService gauge at the airport recorded just under 10mm in...
KIWIBANK in Gisborne is developing a stand-alone branch and NZ Post is looking for a new home in town. New Zealand Post head of retail, Mark Yagmich said NZ Post was now actively looking for a local business, to work with to deliver postal services...
KiwiRail expects to start moving logs on the Napier-Wairoa line in spring, says chief operating officer Todd Moyle. The forestry sector had had a strong recovery as Covid restrictions eased, said Mr Moyle. There was a significant “wall of wood” to...
MOTORISTS have been reminded of the consequences of reckless and unsafe behaviour on Tairawhiti roads as police point to 40 vehicle impounds in the first three months of the year. The vehicles were among 215 impounds across the Eastern police...
GNS Science declined the opportunity to respond to letters published yesterday — one seeking further information than provided in a GNS letter that ran in Saturday’s paper (Quake risk from drilling tiny), the other critical of the letter, its...
A regular eyesore of dumped cars and whiteware outside a business in Stanley Road has been cleaned up again. Neighbours complained after up to four derelict cars and more than a dozen pieces of whiteware, mainly refrigerators, were left outside East...
A 36-year-old Gisborne woman knocked unconscious by a flying wheel from a trailer, says she will never walk on the main road again. Lena Walsh was walking along Wainui Road on Wednesday morning at about 11.15am when a wheel came off a trailer being...
PROSPECTIVE Gisborne house buyers should insist on a narcotics test because of property ‘‘contamination’’ caused by the growing prevalence of methamphetamine or P labs, say staff at law firm Nolans.“We are encountering a significant...
GISBORNE NET, a company established to provide internet to the Poverty Bay Flats, is now a key link in a $140 million Government plan to provide internet to rural communities. About $1 million in grant money will come here as part of the Government...
In this age of “fake news”, obfuscation, distortion and downright mendacity from political leaders all over the world, it’s harder than ever for us to search for and arrive at the truth. Take for example Simon Bridges’ utterance on the...