Julian Marley, son of reggae royalty Bob Marley, headlines day two of the two-day East Coast Vibes festival which starts tomorrow at the Outdoor Theatre. Marley is one of 32 acts that include homegrown artists East Coast Breevas as well as Friday’s...
The mayor’s reneged rates promise, a disconnected council and fiscal mismanagement were common themes expressed by 81 percent of respondents to the webpoll question about a planned hike in rates. With rates rises signalled at 5 percent on average...
Keeping New Zealand safe from Covid-19 was a priority for the majority of those who responded to this week's web poll question, “Are you OK with the indication New Zealand's borders will remain closed until at least the end of this year?”Out of...
NEW Zealand First leader Winston Peters has come out on top in The Gisborne Herald’s online webpoll that asked readers to vote for their preferred prime minister. Of the options of Bill English, Jacinda Ardern, Winston Peters or Other, Mr Peters...
I heard a lady on the radio the other day, who related how she was having “thinkings” on an “issue” she was “working through”. Last night in the paper I see Activate Tairawhiti’s general manager tourism Adam Hughes saying his...
Re: Need permit to walk line, Sept 7 letter. Hi Deane, sorry, you are dead right, I should have written that someone should get a permit to walk the line. So in future, I will have to walk the river to get to the monument. Although taking into...
Firefighters were called to Herschell Road in outer Kaiti at around 11pm on Saturday after reports a car was on fire.“The car had been set alight and pushed over a bank,” a senior firefighter said.“It was well alight when we arrived.”The car...
IN search of a better standard of living, EIT Tairawhiti student Jinesh Joseph moved from his home in Southern India to Gisborne three years ago. He has also changed his career path. After arriving with a degree in social work, he has now completed...
There has been much to be proud of in recent weeks. We are on top of the sailing world after Kiwi smarts beat one of the biggest software companies in the world, Lorde hit the top of the US album charts, and the All Blacks fought an exceptional...
Only three canaries have been returned to the aviary at the Botanical Gardens since the door was kicked in last week. One was found in Russell Street, another at the childcare centre at Gisborne Hospital and a third across the road from the Botanical...
Uawa Hoturangi maunga yesterday received a new 12m high “beacon of light” at an unveiling ceremony in celebration of Tahitian navigator and priest Tupaia. Te Aitanga a Hauiti iwi welcomed Tahitians from Mahina and Raiatea, the latter being where...
Management of New Zealand’s fisheries has always been a bumpy road, with the underlying potholes of dominant, self-serving corporate fishing companies influencing the government, and too often inept, short-sighted management. The one million Kiwi...
Assisting a mate who had been jilted by his girlfriend to attack the woman’s new partner, led a man with virtually no prior criminal history to be placed on overnight curfew and ordered to pay $1000. Donald Raymond Kirkpatrick, 32, was earlier...
PEOPLE throughout this region went to consultation meetings held by Gisborne District Council (GDC) last month on the proposed Gisborne Regional Freshwater Plan (FWP) and public submissions are expected in the next week. A meeting in Ruatoria drew...
A WOMAN convicted of multiple drugs charges was jailed for three years, nine months. Maria Terina Grace Irwin, 28, pleaded guilty to two Crown-laid charges, supplying and offering to supply methamphetamine, along with police-laid charges of...
Like many thousands of comments in Aotearoa New Zealand, your editorial on Monday rightfully acknowledges Prime Minister Ardern in leading compassion and empathy and indeed practical, “hands on” support for the victims of the Friday massacre...
THE New Zealand doctor who died in a paragliding accident in France worked in Gisborne for three years. Charlotte O'Leary was at Gisborne Hospital from 2017 to 2019. An experienced paraglider, Ms O'Leary was holidaying in Europe with her brother when...
THE Gisborne district still has bitterly cold conditions today following the weekend’s wintry blast that cut power, brought down trees, blew trampolines around and shut roads. On Saturday morning there were two major district-wide power outages...
IT'S a cool way to see the North Island but Gisborne sisters Ellie and Lenka Craft have a bigger agenda than sightseeing. They are biking from Auckland to Wellington to get New Zealanders to start thinking about climate change, and more importantly...
A trial date has been set for a driver charged with the death of pedestrian Kimberly Chaval Phillips in June last year. Jennifer Caroline Te-rina Koia, 22, appeared at a Crown callover fixture in Gisborne District Court yesterday. She was charged in...
I would like to say firstly a big thank you to Sandy Bull, who has left the gates open on the property he manages at Wainui, so the locals can go for a walk and not touch the gates or latches. I would also like to ask The Herald if you would consider...
I was under the foolish misapprehension that we live in a democracy and that MMP was supposed to give even minority groups some say in how our country is run, not control. But I now see that our democracy is only an illusion. New Zealand First claims...
TER five days of competition, Bay of Plenty school Te Kura o Te Teko - Nga Taiohi, has won Te Mana Kuratahi 2017. The national primary schools kapa haka festival wrapped up yesterday at Gisborne’s Rugby Park, after 57 teams from around Aotearo...
THE demand for trade space at the Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show in mid-October has been strong again and as of today 95 percent of the available space had been filled. The response has been about on a par with last year, said show manager Eric...
Gisborne missionary and nun, Sister Cynthia Kearney, received the Queen's Service Medal from Dame Susan Glazebrook at a ceremony at Government House yesterday. She was recognised for her services to missionary work and the community. Sister Cynthi...
A GREATER community response and an ‘‘enormous cultural shift” towards more connectedness, more kindness, togetherness, support and love is needed as the number of suicides rises in Gisborne, says district health board Hauora Tairawhiti’s...
Police have arrested a fourth man in relation to the alleged assault on a man in his Riverdale home last month. The man suffered serious injuries in the attack by a group of people at his Park View Place home on November 19. Police allege the group...
LASER lights, ultraviolet lights and 10,000 glow sticks . . . Fire in the Sky has had a makeover this year. The Walter Findlay Ltd Quality Bakers of Gisborne Fire in the Sky event each New Year's Day has been sponsored by the bakers since 2002. That...
Licences for the 2019 game bird hunting season are on sale from today. A hunting licence means people can hunt waterfowl including ducks, along with upland game birds such as pheasants when the season starts on Saturday, May 4. Licences are available...
THE Gisborne branch of Business and Professional Women (BPW) celebrated its annual candle-lighting ceremony this week. Members lit coloured candles, displayed on a decorated table, to represent the members and countries that have BPW affiliation. BPW...
JUST a month after appointing its first chief executive, Gisborne Chamber of Commerce has announced more changes. For the past nine months, the chamber has been based in the Tairawhiti Business Hub in Childers Road, along with Activate Tairawhiti...
Regards the boats, why did we not have all this fuss at the time of the originals going up? Come on council, get some spine. Put them back. Mike Scandlyn