More details emerge of ‘senseless killing’ in Centennial Crescent

THE large number of patients presenting at Gisborne Hospital and the high bed occupancy rate explains why Hauora Tairawhiti just missed achieving the Government’s emergency department (ED) health target, says chief executive Jim Green. The target...

NEARLY 1700 students across the Gisborne region will find out today if they passed their NCEA 2015 exams. Results for senior high school students were released this morning for the 693 who sat level one exams over November and December, 589 who sat...

September’s mix of hot and cold, wet and windy was typically capricious spring weather for Gisborne . . . but might also be the first sign of an El Nino gathering strength. While earlier forecasts were for a weak El Nino, the past few weeks have...

CANCER Society stalwarts Margaret and Graeme Lundon thought they were going to farewell drinks and nibbles when they were honoured with life membership. The couple have been involved with the Gisborne-East Coast Cancer Society from its earliest days...

GISBORNE is setting the pace in the “world cup” final with 76 percent of the vote against Napier. Today is day one of Today FM's World Cup Final of New Zealand Cities. Tova O'Brien will announce the winner at 7.30am on her Friday radio...

A sunnier, drier and warmer-than-usual July continued the weather trend for the year. Analysis of data records kept by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) shows the past month was second only to 2017 for Gisborne’s...

Many areas of the Poverty Bay flats are under water from the overnight heavy rain, which caused one local family to self-evacuate this morning. The family, who live in the Back Ormond Road-Snowsill Road area, self-evacuated after floodwaters...

WITH the end of school near, scholarship season has begun and very few are as sought after as the Walter McLean Scholarship. The scholarship, administered by the Public Trust, takes on five new applicants each year, providing them with $3500 annually...

Yes, the Tolaga Bay Inn still needs a lick of paint. But like people, it’s what’s inside that counts and the heart of Tolaga Bay Inn is working well. The intervention and help being given to local people to get their own businesses off the ground...

‘Demoralising, heartbreaking' — one of the most poignant headlines I have ever seen in The Gisborne Herald. Good to see the NZNO coming forward to publicly back local nurses over the issue of a provisional improvement notice from Ward 5, over...

Rather than a Gisborne Wine and Food Festival, a host of the district’s wineries, chefs, producers and others are putting on a smorgasborg of events this Labour Weekend that will keep alive the tradition of this much-anticipated holiday kicking...

Being a responsible citizen, I hire taxis when required. On Sunday night I was told we would have to wait 30 minutes. This is in Gisborne for goodness sake!My grandfather was a well known taxi driver and in the early ’60s he then was worried about...

Alzheimers Gisborne Tairawhiti is encouraging 400 spuds to sprout for this year's Spud in a Bucket competition but there are 200 problems.“Every year we lose a proportion of our buckets when people don't come in for the weigh in, either because...

Saturday, July 2Art exhibition (through to July 31), featuring local artist Krystle Kelly, Verve Cafe, Gladstone Road, during opening hours. Free. Jewellery and art exhibition, 10am-2pm, The Aviary, PBC, 38 Childers Road. Free. Dancefit Studios...

Funding to purchase science resource kits will help Gisborne students think like scientists. House of Science Tairawhiti (HoST) have received a $2000 grant from the Mazda Foundation in their latest funding round. This money will contribute to the...

School's out for summer (nearly)

Mixed reaction to Government rebate scheme

Elisha Bain has been waiting for 12 years to honour her long-deceased relatives. The Hamilton woman and her children travelled to Gisborne on Sunday in anticipation of the unearthing of 88 headstones buried 36 years ago at Makaraka Cemetery...

WAKA Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises motorists that bridge-strengthening work on State Highway 2 through the Waioeka Gorge will be taking place from early January. Omaukora Bridge, Gibson's Bridge, Sandys Bridge and Owhiritoa Stream Bridge will...

As the council delivered a clear message last week for Activate Tairawhiti and Tourism Eastland to “get on” with amalgamation and deliver a unified voice to promote the region and develop opportunities, two councillors touched on an issue that...

Out in force over Easter weekend

They scooped, they scraped, they raked with bare hands the sandpit running track next to Churchill Park in search of “pieces of eight”. But by the end of the day every coin-finder was a winner. Hosted by Gisborne Wainui Lions and More FM, the...

There is no shortage of information to give for this week's “What's on in council?” column. Last week we had deliberations for the Long Term Plan and that whole process has been hard but I really enjoyed it. I am grateful to every submitter —...

A move by EIT to train road construction workers is welcomed by Gisborne contractors in the face of the massive increase in regional road funding announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last week.“We are going to need a lot more people,” said...

New research shows there is a strong desire for the Fruits and Vegetables in Schools (FIS) initiative to be expanded, with many low-decile Tairawhiti schools testifying to the benefits of the government-funded scheme. There are 38 schools in the...

THIS year’s script has been prepared by Emma Maguire, who will also direct the play. The event has been held every year for several decades. Organiser Judith Wright says Mary and Joseph will be played by new parents, with their new-born playing...

Infestations of Harlequin ladybirds in the Gisborne district could pose a threat to the horticulture and viticulture industries. From Asia, the invasive species was first reported to the Ministry of Primary Industries in Auckland in 2016 and has...

Toitu Tairawhiti chairs are delighted with yesterday's marae improvement announcement. The Provincial Growth Fund money is a major capital injection for 59 Tairawhiti marae and the Saint Mary's Church in Tikitiki. Sixty of the 66 Tairawhiti marae...

Gisborne online student Ella Arthur was “overwhelmed with emotion” after receiving a prestigious $20,000 scholarship to further her studies. Ella found out she was one of five winners of a Te Ara a Kupe Beaton Scholarship announced at a Crimson...