PRINCIPAL rural fire officer Ray Dever is “comfortable” with the rural fire risk in the region at this stage but he can see a need for rural fire restrictions before Christmas. There were predictions several months ago that the onset of El Nino...
My congratulations to Chris Taewa for his column in Saturday’s Weekender. As I have said, a name is just a name. Our title of Poverty Bay in no way describes the affluence of our land or the bounty we receive from it. Just ask any farmer or...
Competition turned into a sweet treat for children at Gisborne Hospital this Christmas Eve. Tereza Kalinova from The Gisborne Herald got into the holiday spirit and donated a gingerbread village to the team at Planet Sunshine, the children's ward at...
TWO teenagers appeared in the Gisborne Youth Court yesterday charged in relation to the alleged robbery of the Five Star Food Market in Wainui Road on Sunday. Police say two youths, aged 17, entered the shop at around 6.45pm on Sunday night and...
As she has done so regularly over the past two years, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern dominated headlines last week — this time with the announcement that she and partner Clarke Gayford are engaged. It is the kind of feel-good news that will throw...
Super Saturday — the day dedicated to boosting the country's vaccination numbers — is only two days away and volunteers are needed in Tairawhiti. Teams are planning a wide range of entertainment at vaccination clinics, including DJs, karaoke...
Re: Service Centre closure ‘a shame', February 3 story. There was no consultation, people were just told it was closing. If they had consulted properly then there may have been time to put other options in place to retain some sort of service in...
It seems that both mayoral challengers will be taking a pro-rail stance into the election in October — with Tony Robinson likely to make it a centrepiece, and Geoff Milner saying he won’t commit ratepayer funds but will try to persuade central...
With just over 30 boats in the water and 80 people on the beach, the Te Puka Hunting and Fishing Hapuka Hunt was a big success, organisers said. Held earlier in the month, the second day was a challenging one for the boats as conditions deteriorated...
What an impressive grasp of New Zealand political history National's Shane Reti seems to be claiming when he attempts to ridicule the essential health reforms made by the Government and protests that this is “the worst time in a century”. This...
A BOER War-vintage Webley revolver, recently sold at auction, has been linked to a prominent Gisborne family after the buyer found a 100-year-old letter in the weapon’s grip. The Webley Mark 111 was sold at Carvell’s, a specialist firearms...
THE weather affected trade through Eastland Port last month and what looked like being another record month at one stage ended up being an average one. The port exported 214,000 tonnes of logs on 10 ships and received 2400 tonnes of fertiliser in...
THE main road south out of Gisborne was closed because of a crash but has now reopened. State Highway 2 was closed near Devils Elbow, at 11.39am. No detour was available. The NZTA updated its website at 2.33pm, saying it was still closed and did not...
NO SALE: The weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards was cancelled yesterday due to a lack of sufficient stock numbers, and difficulties associated with the extremely wet weather the district has endured since Wednesday. The sale returns next...
The Salvation Army food bank shelves in Gisborne are short of four items in particular as demand increases over winter months. Soup, tea bags, peanut butter and jam are needed for food parcels. Salvation Army national director of community ministries...
Re: Parking exemption will help port development, October 31 story. Firstly, on the still unanswered question of the 50-year tenure for car and trailer parking — can all councillors confirm this 50-year tenure that was a requirement to secure the...
REMINDER: Wensleydale Farm at Whangara (pictured) will host a farm field day on November 24 - Tuesday - with the focus being ‘Trees for all Seasons on Farmland'. The property is at 901 Waiomoko Road off SH 35. It starts with morning tea in the...
As a student of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (they hadn't invented the term “STEM” in those days) I was familiar with the laws of Physics, including the well-known “Energy can be neither created nor destroyed” — it is simply...
The open correspondence (TGH 22 Jan) between GDC and me continues. I will not be gagged. This unhelpful advice to me by email came Friday, January 29: “Given the late receipt of your submission at Council Offices which was made well outside the...
ON OUR Facebook page two weeks ago we asked for submissions of your best summer shot to update our cover picture. We were overwhelmed by the response, with more than 300 pictures taken all over the region posted.“It’s easy to take pictures for...
PRINCIPAL rural fire officer Ray Dever has joined the call for the community to be extra vigilant around reserve areas and beaches after four suspicious vegetation fires in two days. There have been two grass fires on Centennial Marine Drive near...
More than 100 cars and motorbikes helped raise money for the Cancer Society on Sunday before heading off to Tolaga Bay in convoy. The annual Daffodil Rally for Cancer is organised by the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand. Gisborne branch chairman Rod...
If Ross Meurant becomes Mayor I fail to see how he will open the railway line to Wairoa, as he stated he has committed to do. Some time ago I wrote to the Prime Minister regarding her promise to reopen the railway line. She advised that my enquiry...
FOUR long-serving leaders of civil defence in this region has been recognised with long service awards presented by the New Zealand body. Former Gisborne Mayor John Clarke, Ian Hunter from Gisborne, James (Pop) Milner from Tolaga Bay and Ian Smith...
TORRENTIAL downpours swept across Gisborne as a thunderstorm and associated cloudburst hammered the Flats early yesterday afternoon. The downpour struck from about 1.50pm to 2.20pm and its intensity overwhelmed roof gutters and surface...
SURFINGMount Maunganui’s Bay Boardriders bested 13 clubs from around the country to win the overall team title at the Sticky Johnson Primary School Surfing Championships at Gisborne’s Midway Beach over the weekend. The club was led by Tyler...
Thieves broke into the Gisborne Host Lions burger bar at the Eastland Group Raceway at the weekend. Club members now have a lot of extra work to do to prepare for Saturday night’s opening speedway meeting. The intruders smashed two windows to get...
Re article on the back page of The Herald on Saturday November 13, titled with the quote “We don't have the All Blacks and Super Rugby stars of a number of the other teams, but we have a team who have belief and a connection”.A sore loser or...
A LOADED log truck and trailer unit came into collision with a tractor in Dunstan Road at Matawhero at about 1pm yesterday. Neither driver was injured. Police attended the scene, along with St John ambulance. Police have an inquiry under way into the...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern lived up to her promise to hit the ground running, with major policy announcements in her first week back from maternity leave. She will have been disappointed, though, at the way events at least partly overshadowed...
It's the biggest secret in The Block NZ history. Years from now, still awe-struck Block groupies will talk reverently of this Room Reveal day. Architects the world over will tip their creative hats at its sheer genius. Stories will be passed through...