The behaviour of a few beachgoers in the city and at Wainui at the weekend has concerned surf lifeguards, with some ignoring rip warning signs and verbal swim safe advice. The Riversun Wainui patrol on Christmas Day noted a few people swimming near...
Am I the only one to be less than impressed by the handling of delivery, or rather non-delivery, of our Census documents? And how many other Gisbornites are affected?Expecting delivery as per TV advertising at the start of last week, I finally...
The Vintage Car Club (VCC) of New Zealand will stage another Daffodil Rally for Cancer later this month and the Gisborne branch will be involved with a rally from the city up to Tolaga Bay. Club branches from North Cape to Bluff will be involved in...
MP Meka Whaitiri is ‘‘chasing up” the New Zealand Transport Agency over the $137 million Tairawhiti roading package. Government MPs needed to work hard to meet the ‘‘year of delivery’’ expectations set by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
A motorcyclist came into contact with a motor vehicle near Gisborne Hospital yesterday afternoon but suffered no significant injuries. Police and St John ambulance were called to the incident on the Ormond Road-Lytton Road corner shortly before...
Work will begin next week to upgrade the mountain bike trails at Whataupoko Reserve. The project will create new mountain biking trails and upgrade walking and dual-use trails. Gisborne District Council has been working with Gisborne Mountain Bike...
Ngati Porou uri (descendants) came out in force at this year's Ngati Porou inter-marae sports festival, more commonly known as Pa Wars. Around 4000 people went to Ngata Memorial College in Ruatorea yesterday to compete and enjoy the day within the...
One upon a time I was a country kid from Patutahi who dreamed of being a teacher, a mum and a farmer. The life I mapped out for myself was pretty straight forward and what most people would define as “the norm”.However that all changed the day I...
Last week's so-called explanation and justification for the closure and sale of the council-owned vehicle testing station by the chairman of Gisborne Holdings Limited is sheer bunkum. The blather by GHL chair David Mullooly (January 27 story) pitched...
Re: Uber anyone? May 6. Kevin, was there an event in Gisborne which meant all taxis were busy, or just a lack of taxis on the road? I wonder whether Uber is not available in Gisborne because there just isn’t enough work to support more...
A “GLIMMER of hope” remains that the Turanganui Bridge may yet be built in time for Te Ha commemorations in 2019. The Future Tairawhiti committee, comprising all Gisborne District councillors, yesterday decided to take concept plans for the...
Josh Wharehinga obviously moves in different circles than I do, which is entirely understandable. I immigrated to New Zealand barely 11 years ago from the UK; his whakapapa probably extends back hundreds of years, to long before James Cook called in...
A GROUP of girls have been testing their gymnastic prowess as part of Gisborne’s first cheerleading clinic. Organiser Jaclyn Smith has had a lot of positive feedback from the budding cheerleaders and their parents, and would like to see it become...
Smartphone app could provide test result in 15 minutes
DISCOVERING a 100 million-year old bone from an extinct marine reptile was the last thing on Gisborne woman Suzanne Orchard’s itinerary while visiting her nephew in Canada. During her trip at the end of August Ms Orchard, who has a strong interest...
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was felt by hundreds of people this morning. The moderate tremor at 8.25am was epicentred 15km northwest of Gisborne at a depth of 19km. More than 500 people reported they felt the earthquake on the GeoNet website
GISBORNE District Council is trying to track down the owners of a house that has been left derelict since 2016. The property is located at 22 Glasgow Crescent and GDC environmental services and protection director Helen Montgomery said the...
A big thank you to Gisborne District Council for the same-day response and clean-up of graffiti at the Stockroute entrance, Wainui Beach. Resident
A POSITIVE chapter has begun for the Whakaki Lake and the issue of flooding over neighbouring farmland, according to Hawke’s Bay regional councillor for Wairoa, Fenton Wilson. It was a positive story they were working on now following discussions...
The climate deal reached in Paris at the weekend is as historic as the effusive comments from world leaders suggest — for the first time they have all signed up to an agreement that recognises the risks to life on Earth from man-made climate...
Facebook's Australia and New Zealand boss William Easton says it is with a “heavy heart” that the social media giant has responded to a proposed law, which would force it to pay publishers for news content, by blocking its 18 million active...
Reply to Ray Hill, April 18 letter and W Brown, April 20 letter. Ray, your letter was pretty immature I felt. You're clearly in the 86 percent from the Gisborne Herald poll wanting the Gisborne to Wairoa line repaired. W. Brown, I am questioning the...
Maurea Ann Elena Kora, 22, admitted eight charges in Gisborne District Court — driving with blood containing evidence of a controlled drug, careless driving (on Stout Street), three counts of driving while unlicensed, receiving (a vehicle valued...
Re: New bylaw needed to control stock on highways, May 10 story. Back in the day, from about 2000 to my retirement in 2012, all stock control costs on state highways in the district were covered by the New Zealand Transport Agency. Gisborne District...
TAIRAWHITI businesses and employers can play their part in the national vaccination campaign by making it easy for staff to be well-informed and fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The Turanga Health team has had great results working directly with...
An injured female mountain biker from Auckland was flown out of the Lake Waikaremoana area on Wednesday after the Rescue Coordination Centre responded to an emergency locator beacon signal. The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Helicopter Rescue team were...
The main ewe flocks on farms across the region have just started to give birth to their new arrivals. Most early mated ewe mobs had now lambed, said AgFirst consultant Peter Andrew.“Pasture growth and feed levels have been positive for the lambing...
HAUORA Tairawhiti continues to produce elective surgery at a level above targets set by the Government. Chief executive Jim Green, speaking at the latest board meeting, said elective discharges in January were 110 percent of target, or 136 surgeries...
TOP marks to the citizens of Gisborne and the visitors for turning up in droves to have a ride on the Wa165’s first public trips since the closure of the line. Up to 340 adults and children enjoyed the rides to Muriwai and it was great Gizzy...
Stuart's and Mara's attempts (in online comment trails) to justify the presence of white supremacy, anti-Semitic signs and violent rhetoric amongst protesters reminds me of other such blatant dismissals of responsibility. When discussing women's...
I experienced a less than satisfactory experience at Gisborne Hospital (Hauora Tairawhiti) recently and a letter of complaint about my treatment in the surgical ward was emailed to the health board chair Kim Ngarimu on the 2nd of March 2021. I am...
I came home at the start of December 2018 to rest. I had two strokes in 2015, but continued working in Auckland. It all caught up on me, though, so I had to leave my job and come home. The Gisborne Stroke Support Group here is an amazing group of...
TURANGA iwi representative Ian Ruru told the wastewater management committee this week that the iwi are adamant that turning off the wastewater outfall pipe into Poverty Bay is “not negotiable”.Mr Ruru was presenting the committee with...