a Wastewater sample taken on Monday has returned a negative result for Covid-19. However, in a statement, Hauora Tairāwhiti said: “due to recent disruption of the Tairāwhiti wastewater system by floodwater, this test result may not have captured...
CO-GOVERNANCE between Turanga iwi and the Gisborne District Council in regard to local authority decision-making will be discussed at a local leadership body symposium in Gisborne tomorrow. The symposium will look into New Zealand’s post-Treaty of...
So Civil Defence is looking for new headquarters less than four years after the council offices demolition and new buiId. I pointed out the vulnerabilities of the council site, even before the previous building was demolished. I spoke of the risk of...
People who do not want the 2016 phonebook delivered to their house have until January 2 to opt out. To do that, visit www. ypgbooks. co. nz or call 0800 803 803. Deliveries of next year’s directory will be made around the Gisborne region from April 1...
Re: Caregivers need mobility, January 18 letter. How pathetic. Do they want to be disabled? Sorry, if you need one go to CCS, pay the fee and go through the assessment process. So there are no qualms about using the disabled space because they do...
Recently I was present when a friend landed a 273kg blue marlin. That is a significant fish — if not a record breaker, since he was using 37kg line. Big game fishing — along with duck shooting and other “blood sports” — is increasingly the...
by Chris TaewaTHEY can’t see it, but Gizzy Hard couple Amy Moore and Stu Watts are well aware it is there. A bloody great dartboard on their back, with a picture of their smiling faces tacked into it. The “darts” have been distributed among the...
The Government today poured $17.27m into bringing “world-leading” food-growing technology to Gisborne and creating more than 100 new jobs for agricultural workers and truck operators. The biggest in a series of PGF funding announcements made by...
Obviously Eastland Group chief executive Matt Todd either needs to go to Specsavers, or everyone who has seen the Waiau river lately, or the numerous photos we took (hundreds of people!), know he is just trying to cover their arse!Front up to your...
Motorists are advised to drive carefully between Tokomaru Bay and Te Araroa, with reports of multiple washouts on State Highway 35. The New Zealand Transport Agency says it is aware multiple sites need repairs.“These sites are all single lane and...
The Waioeka Gorge was reopened to motorists at midday today following last Sunday’s slip, but ony during daylight hours. There is a single lane only at the slip site and stop/go traffic management is in place. The site will be continuously monitored...
A total sprinkler ban remains in place for Gisborne, despite recent rain. The restriction, which came into force on February 12, would be reviewed again this week, based on the city's demand for water over the next few days, Gisborne District Council...
Re: Prevention better than cure for lifesavers, Jan 9 story. A really important aid towards safety would be television marine forecasts that can be clicked onto for your particular area and available any time. Sky TV did that in the past with...
Reading The Gisborne Herald, Hamish Pinkham pat yourself and team on the back for another fantastic festival, they seem to be getting bigger and better. It sounded as though you sucked in some amazing bands/DJs and of course the numbers too. One has...
Parts of Tauwhareparae Road and Arakihi Road will be closed periodically at times next week to give road contractors a chance to carry out further maintenance. Tairawhiti Roads journey manager Helen Harris says Tauwhareparae Road will be closed from...
Yesterday I read of 350,000 people in Auckland getting a dividend payment of $303 each (not the first but one of many) and all because they have contributed towards the upkeep of their power lines . . . what do Tairawhiti residents get? Diddly...
A police cyber-crime unit has been working hard to identify the source of the spate of bomb threats against New Zealand schools this week, including the incident at Lytton High School on Tuesday. Seven schools were targeted on Tuesday and 13 more...
Five more combinations yesterday joined the three Gisborne competitors who qualified on Thursday for this afternoon’s final run-off in the J and T Hickey Charity sheep dog trials at the Riding for Disabled complex at Showgrounds Park. Brend...
I find it hard to understand how this council and our councillors continue to defy the will of the ratepayers as they merrily go about the business of seeking re-election. The list of defiance continues to grow. Each day contributors to this paper...
Gisborne is on alert for possible strong winds forecast from a disturbed westerly flow set to move across New Zealand this week. Several active fronts are likely to bring heavy rain to western areas, and west to northwest gales to eastern parts, the...
A woman has admitted stealing funds from rural school Te Kura o Waikaremoana when she was chairwoman of its board of trustees. Moana Janice Mary Shuttleworth, 48, appeared yesterday in Gisborne District Court, flanked by two co-accused — the...
The partitioning clearly evident within the councillorship of Gisborne District Council and the thrusting being waged on the council benches to challenge and unseat the Mayoress were scuttled last Friday without even a feeble mewl. The battle lines...
GISBORNE workers are suffering on-the-job injuries at a rate equivalent to 50 people a week, at a cost of close to $4 million a year, new data shows. Statistics supplied to The Gisborne Herald by Statistics New Zealand show that the Accident and...
Te Wiremu staff and residents supported the Breast Cancer Awareness and Survivors fundraiser by dressing in pink and bidding in a cake auction
THE MetService says rain and strong southerlies will develop south of Tolaga Bay late this morning, with scattered showers further north. Heavy falls and snow are possible down to 700 metres from this afternoon. Tonight the low is forecast to be 1...
SHEEP and beef farmer confidence dropped to the lowest recorded level since August 2017, according to a survey by Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).The survey by UMR Research found less than half (46 percent) of farmers were confident in the future...
Five million people worldwide have just received the message that the Dome is one of the best dine-in cinemas in the world. International online travel magazine Jetsetter, associated with TripAdvisor, has included the Dome Bar and Cinema in their...
A FREE programme aimed at supporting fathers to have positive involvement in their children’s lives starts on Monday. Tauawhi Men’s Centre is running the four-week Dad and Me programme, which involves weekly night workshops on parenting advice...
THE laying down of the kawa or protocols for Te Urewera has begun with a framework launched at Taneatua. The process has been described as the start of a two-year conversation that will give rise to a unique management plan for Te Urewera. In...
To mark the end of the academic year, Year 9 and some Y10 Gisborne Girls High School students took part in the day which involved doing activities at nine stations and collecting points as they went. Activities included the “slip ’n’ slide”...
YMP player Tyrin Wyllie is pictured in action above, about to score a try in a premier club rugby game against High School Old Boys at Te Karaka. Winter sports codes kicked into action on Saturday, with rugby, netball and football players shaking off...
Re: Last Thursday night’s paper, blessing or cursing. Allow me to draw attention to some passages from the Bible (New Living Translation). Genesis 12 verse 2-3; (God speaking to Abram) I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make...
Ruatoria-based Hikurangi Bioactives has been making good progress on a project to learn more about the ecological and economic value of kanuka. This week, the team is harvesting leaf material to be sent to Wellington for scientific analysis at...