Eastland Community Trust wants to be more open and transparent, and “we will see some of that at tonight’s AGM”, says chief executive Gavin Murphy. The trust took over the region’s economic development and tourism agency Activate Tairawhiti...

The amount of charitable funding required for redevelopment of the Olympic Pool was questioned by Gisborne district councillor Amber Dunn during long-term planning submissions. The council’s preferred option costed at up to $28 million relies on...

THE Ministry for Primary Industries has extended drought recovery support for farmers still feeling the effects of long-term dry conditions in parts of the North Island, including this region. The large-scale adverse event classification has been...

Health Board Hauora Tairawhiti is expecting “significant disruptions to all services” after receiving notice of a strike on Thursday, July 5 from nurses and healthcare assistants who are members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation...

A MAN'S actions in Gisborne District Court belied claims he made to his lawyer of remorse for his actions and a desire to dissociate himself from gang life. On entering the dock, Jacob Noanoa, 21, on remand in custody, pulled up the sleeve of his tee...

A serious problem of witness intimidation by gang members in this region has been highlighted in a case resulting in three Black Power men jailed for obstructing justice. Crown solicitor Steve Manning told Gisborne District Court the case was...

Minor injuries in ‘Hika crashA WOMAN was treated for minor injuries yesterday afternoon in a crash involving another car at the corner of State Highway 2 and King Road at Waerenga a Hika. Police, Fire and Emergency NZ and St John ambulance were...

MANGAHEIA Station manager Leo Edginton and Deal won the South Island short head and yard title at Omarama in North Otago on Saturday, but slipped back to seventh in the New Zealand final. The pair won the Island title with a score of 95.75 points but...

None of the four Tairawhiti residents diagnosed with Covid-19 were health workers. This was confirmed after an Official Information Act request by the Gisborne Herald to Hauora Tairawhiti via the Ministry of Health. Half of Tairawhiti's four cases...

Sunday night saw one of the most spectacular sunsets seen in the district for some time. This photo was taken in Tucker Road, Makauri. The beginning of the grape harvest is now about a month away and the crop looks “great” this season, Gisborne...

DRILLING has begun on the first of three wells for the $120 million Te Ahi O Maui geothermal power project near Kawerau. Te Ahi O Maui is 100 percent New Zealand-owned via a partnership between Eastland Generation and Kawerau A8D Ahu Whenua Trust. The...

In the weekend I walked the Gisborne Hospital grounds and was shocked and dismayed at what an eyesore it was. Weeds were overgrown along the boundary, broken fittings had been dumped under trees and weeds had grown around them. What was once...

The great kumara pit of Tōrea, Te Rua a Tōrea, is where the name Ruatōrea came from. But for some reason Ruatōrea is officially named Ruatōria. In July this year, the New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) announced 699...

Gisborne’s place in the sun has been given an extra shine with the news the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) has discredited measurements taken at New Plymouth for the past couple of years. Niwa has dumped that city’s...

WHEN his daughter alleged serious offending by another person, Alec Thomson, 30, breached his sentence of home detention by cutting off his monitoring anklet so he could pay the other man a visit. Thomson had been drinking whisky at the time —...

Your headline “Trespass notice for squatters in station” caught my attention because this is another case of social injustice in our own backyard. I think this is a horrible, honky stance that is a disgrace to Maoridom. What is the Rongowhakaat...

Witi Ihimaera was happy to be back with the most special wahine in his life, his sisters, at an invitation-only performance of Nancy Brunning's play Witi's Wahine at Rongopai Marae on Wednesday night. Ihimaera said it was important they honoured...

It is interesting that although this new grandstand at Rugby Park is “shovel-ready”, it has a forecast completion time of 14 months — as opposed to four months for the rebuild in 1965. It seems a bit concerning that although plans were...

THE election results announced yesterday have placed Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou in a position to move forward and progress, says runanganui chairman Selwyn Parata. The final results for the 2015 elections for the runanganui board were announced at...

A Gisborne couple believe they have a solution to the region's housing crisis but red tape means “desperate” people are needlessly going without shelter. Monika and Stephen Lovelock run a mobile cabin building business in Gisborne but are...

What did you think of last week’s change of leadership in the Labour Party?

THE Gisborne International Music Competition is not just a contest. Entrants also see it as a learning opportunity and a way to beef up their credentials before they hit the world of professional musicianship.“But engaging with the community is...

Community generosity has saved Knox Street Kindergarten from spending hundreds of dollars on replacing gas bottles stolen over the weekend. Kindergarten staff discovered their two 40-kilogram gas bottles had been taken, pipes cut and a surrounding...

Freedom of speech versus bigotry — who sets the parameters? Tell me what a wonderful province we live in if we’re sleeping homeless tonight, or, if I criticise $400,000 for a wedding gown, does this make me a bigot?W. Brown

GISBORNE’S civil defence emergency group’s name will change to Tairawhiti, but it first needed a division in the District Council because not everyone agreed. The council had decided not to change the name of the Gisborne group to Tairawhiti but...

FIRE destroyed a residential shed in Kaiti yesterday, and a fence and car parked nearby were damaged. Fire and Emergency NZ responded with two fire trucks and operational support at about 12.20pm in De Lautour Road near the corner of Owen...

A LOG truck driver found fatally injured under the rear wheel of his vehicle on his first day at a new job had little induction and was driving a poorly-maintained rig, Worksafe prosecutors allege. Dallas Wayne Hickey, 51, described as a confident...

A MOTORCYCLIST admitted he was so intoxicated when he collided with a ute towing a horse float, that he could not remember much about it. Stephen Leslie Griffith, 49, farmhand, was driving with a blood-alcohol level of 206 milligrams — more than...

GISBORNE Stroke Support is aiming to lift its profile in the community. The stroke community co-ordinators report presented to the AGM said there was a barrier to accessing services as there was no visible address, no contact details on the New...

Your article on street congestion on Saturday was interesting. I have visited Gisborne twice over the last month and been in the process of writing on this. I have been really taken aback by the full-day congestion in the city — and not only the...