Repairs to Gisborne District Council property are taking place during the coronavirus lockdown. The council says it continues to respond to all requests for service while taking precautions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The assurance comes...

Strings opened the week-long Gisborne International Music Competition (GIMC) at the War Memorial Theatre yesterday. Among the 25 New Zealanders and 19 international musicians who arrived in Gisborne last week for this year’s competition was cellist...

Two of a group involved in burglaries at Gisborne’s Portofino Restaurant twice on the same night have each pleaded guilty to charges. Stormy Francis Gail Aroha Waite, 25, admitted receiving alcohol stolen during the first burglary and being...

MASSIVE deterioration of the roads in the Ngatapa area and a couple of near-misses between logging trucks and the school bus were the focus of a community meeting last night. Responsibility for the narrow, windy country roads came under the umbrell...

Hopes are high for a high-quality playing surface at the Oval with major irrigation work under way. Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union chief executive Josh Willoughby said it would be great to see the grounds fully irrigated. It was an improvement the...

SHOCKED residents in the Masonic building at the Gladstone Road-Lowe Street corner have been told to leave their flats because of fire safety concerns. The residents have to be out of the building by next Friday, just two days before...

GISBORNE airport operator Eastland Group is backing Air New Zealand's decision that from mid-December, its domestic passengers must be fully vaccinated or produce a negative Covid test. Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran said the change...

Police seized this property during the execution of a search warrant at a Gisborne property this week.“We suspect the property is stolen and we want to hear from anyone who can identify the property as theirs,” said Detective Sergeant Daniel...

New Zealand has a new Government and is in store for some major changes in direction from the previous nine years of National Party leadership. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has committed to reducing child poverty and caring for vulnerable children...

Eastland Group is employing a record number of interns over summer in roles ranging from an environmental intern at Eastland Port to a qualified commercial pilot working in operations at Gisborne Airport.“As a Tairāwhiti-based infrastructure...

THE approaching warmer months have prompted a series of messages from police around steps people should take to protect themselves from theft, burglary and car crime. Tairawhiti police traditionally observe an increase in those types of crimes over...

It is Chinese Language Week and students at Makaraka School have been getting into the spirit of things by learning a variety of Chinese cultural arts.“We celebrated this week’s Chinese Language Week by inviting the three Mandarin learning...

Firefighters were called to a veterinarian clinic in Ormond Road yesterday morning after a man turned up with a kitten with its head firmly wedged through a steel pipe connector. A fire crew responded at 8.45am.“The kitten had been severely...

Re: What's being preached? December 19 letterTo Laura and Nate, having read your letters I have to say if they were written about Islamic faith or Jewish faith or any other religion they would come pretty close to hate speech. I am a Christian and do...

A party in Poplar Street yesterday went off with more bang than expected, ending with power going out at thousands of homes.“A helium-filled foil party balloon drifted into lines on Poplar St and caused them to short,” an Eastland Network...

:The 2020 wine vintage got under way in Tairawhiti this week, with the first harvests around the district on their way to begin the wine-making process. Winemakers spoken to said the season looks set to be a very good one, among the best seen in...

WAINUI Beach resident Lloyd Hales has his sights on the summit of Mount Everest in the new year and he is doing all the hard yards he can to make sure he gets there. The 64-year-old mountaineer plans to make the climb in April and he is a regular at...

Stair crazy?Gisborne engineering student and volunteer firefighter Connor Mitchell is ascending Kaiti Hill while wearing his firefighting uniform and carrying a 15 kilogram air tank on his back. Mr Mitchell is in training for the 2018 Firefighter Sky...

TUESDAY'S colum, laying out the TEAP operation group's plans for our future, is one of the most disingenuous discussion pieces l have seen from our leaders for some time. It needs to be challenged. But first, a quick comment to set the record...

FARMERS from throughout the country descend on Gisborne next week for the annual general meeting (AGM) of Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the key topics to be covered will reflect the challenges and opportunities facing this country’s red...

The death of Queen Elizabeth II at her Balmoral estate overnight brings to an end a lifetime of service to her country and the greater world from one of the major figures of the 20th century who continued her life's work into this one. After the...

MOANA Road residents angry about new overhead fibre optic cables on their street are contemplating whether they could take their case to the High Court. Chorus began hanging overhead cables to supply broadband internet on Monday, much to the disgust...

A love of history and a childhood fascination with ghost stories inspired author Sue Copsey to set a ghost story on Young Nick’s Head. Dressed in a cartoon ghost-patterned T-shirt, with matching plastic ghost earrings, the award-winning writer...

Marijuana growers who have been doing it undercover for years are being asked to come forward during a Government amnesty, to share their skills, seeds and knowledge for the medical cannabis industry. It will allow illicit growers to share their...

A “critical” shortage of hospitality workers has forced a Gisborne restaurant to stay shut two days a week, leaving the owners “incredibly frustrated”.Breakers Gisborne, in Childers Road, is closed on Mondays but will now also be closed on...

Ngata College student Moananui Higgins has been awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Vocational Excellence. Moana has cerebral palsy but has never let that hold him back. He is skilled with chainsaws, drives 30-tonne diggers, light and heavy...

There are no official meetings this week, but the Art in Public Places committee meet this afternoon and we have a bylaws workshop on Thursday that will consist of a draft Traffic and Parking Bylaw review and a draft Freedom Camping Bylaw 2020...

New East Coast roads contractor Services South East came out combatively last week when its managing director appeared to criticise previous operators HEB and Fulton Hogan. The Victoria-based company took over the maintenance of 886km of roads on the...

Having the freedom to express your opinion is something we perhaps have taken for granted in a world now struggling to define “free speech”. For some, “free speech is a flimsy argument”.Nadine Strossen, author of the book HATE: Why We Should...

by Richard RennieA RECENT report analysing dry-stock farm production and profitability has provided some insights for farmers and consultants alike on what makes the top farms tick and what will help average farms become better in an environment of...