Latest from Gisborne Herald

Dad and Me programme at Tauawhi centre starts Monday

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...

Big vision in Te Urewera plan

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...

Girls just wanna have fun

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”...

WINTER SPORT UNDER WAY

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...

God’s way, or mankind’s?

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...

Analysing the value of kanuka

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...

Activity at Eastland Port ramping up

Eight log ships came calling in December and took away a total of 180,000 tonnes of timber from the region. Another two log ships have already visited in January and Eastland Port expects another eight before the end of the month.“The log yard...

Minister Jones way out of line

Re: Jones Slams ‘hapu’, July 11 front-page story. Is it really necessary to insult Ngati Oneone and the iwi coalition exercising their legal right under the Resource Management Act to challenge the proposed port extension? Jones is no statesman...

Rocket Lab chooses Mahia for space launches

A DECISION by Rocket Lab to make Mahia its priority launch pad site is “fantastic news” and an “amazing opportunity”, community leaders in the Gisborne-Wairoa district say. Auckland-based Rocket Lab said yesterday its decision was partly...

Keen to see an upgrade

I fully understand and appreciate your reply to my letter Wanda and Barry, along with your explanation of how comfortable you are with the lifestyle that you obviously enjoy, but that is not going to benefit the general appearance of the main street...

Voters urged to ‘have a voice’

The number of people who have voted is down from the local authority election three years ago. So far 4675 votes have been received — only 14.38 percent of the 32,508 residents of voting age in Tairawhiti. At the same time in the last election in...

Screams alert neighbour to ferocious fire

A HOUSE in Muir Street in Elgin was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The family living in the large older home escaped the flames without any injury. Fire and Emergency New Zealand sent two crews to the scene at about 2.30pm.“We saw the cloud...

Tractor burned but the garage is saved

A TRACTOR under repair in an engineering garage on an orchard at Ormond caught fire late yesterday afternoon but resolute work by the property owners, then firefighters, stopped the fire spreading to engulf the workshop. The fire service received...

Stairs wash out at Tuahine Cres

A SET of stairs at Tuahine Crescent fell victim to a combination of high tides and east swells this week. The sea slams into the southern end of the beach and the sand below the stairs eroded before the stairs slipped into the sea, leaving a 2.5m...

‘Fairly low’ rate of drink-driving pleases police

THE drink-drive rate detected in Tairawhiti has been low so far this festive season and the police hope the good behaviour continues. Police had random stops going in the lead-up to Christmas and then on Christmas Bay and Boxing Day.“The amount of...

Tackling inner harbour parking, mortuary waste

Unenforceable parking restrictions at Gisborne city's redeveloped inner harbour have prompted the district council to bring forward a bylaw review. The council says it has received several complaints about the misuse of car parks set aside for boat...