POLICE investigating the crash between a car and a logging truck south of the Tolaga Bay gorge last Friday hope to speak to the woman who was driving the car by the end of the week. The car collided with the loaded truck on the sweeping curve on...
Disgruntled Gisborne farmers challenged Climate Change Minister James Shaw at a public consultation meeting last night on the proposed Zero Carbon Bill. More than 50 people attended the public meeting as Mr Shaw, flanked by Environment Ministry...
The Motu Charitable Trails Trust has had another financial boost from central government. The trust has been given $28,573 as part of a recent $770,000 investment into the Great Rides of the New Zealand Cycle Trail. It was the ninth round of the...
ARMED police went to a house in Taruheru Crescent in Riverdale yesterday afternoon in response to reports of a firearm in a gang- related issue. Police said the Armed Offenders Squad was called to the address as a precaution.“There were no injuries...
A new board and patron are giving this year’s Wairoa Maori Film Festival renewed heart and vigour. The festival will go “off like a rocket”, says Deborah Walker-Morrison, acting chairwoman of the Wairoa Maori Film Festival Trust —...
Another editorial bemoaning Britain’s decision to leave the EU, and a continuation of similar stories being printed and broadcast in the world’s media. The problem with that is these negative reports risk becoming self-fulfilling prophecies. The...
Now in its second year, the Tairawhiti Early Childhood Gymnastics festival yesterday was “a hive of activity and excitement,” said Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti Active Mokopuna co-ordinator Monique McLeod. There were 123 children from 10 early...
The proposed $400,000 upgrade of the Peel Street toilets is presenting a dilemma. Gisborne District Council has been unable to attract a tender for the work. The Future Tairawhiti Committee agreed to recommend that the council carry over the $400,000...
New-look skatepark to host nationals and development camp
A SCHOLARSHIP to help aspirational Maori high school students gain admission to prestigious universities worldwide is back for another year. Now in its fourth year, the Te Ara a Kupe Beaton Scholarship was founded to encourage young Maori...
EAST Coast MP Anne Tolley has claimed a fifth term by 4653 votes after an exciting and unpredictable election, where the make-up of the Government remains uncertain. Early East Coast voting returns provided exciting viewing on Saturday, with the lead...
A CROWD of several hundred horse and pony buyers from throughout the North Island, along with interested spectators, turned out for the annual horse fair at the Matawhero Saleyards yesterday. The 90 unbroken horses and about 25 that were broken-in...
Re: Three sports hubs. I attended the consultation session held on Tuesday, September 15th. The authors of the Community Facilities Strategy document made some excellent points that I think were missed in this article. The timelines on this...
Imagine this: a family has car loan repayments to make. To do so, they ration food. They only have $20 left to feed a whole family with three kids under the age of six. Nappies and baby formula are unaffordable, so sugary water becomes food and old...
“Overall, there is sufficient development capacity across the existing residential zones over the short, medium and long term,” concludes the council’s July 2019 Market Indicators Report (MIR) on urban development capacity.“Most of the...
Re: ‘Three Waters' solution?, January 10 letters. Just so you are aware, us ratepayers living up the Coast in Te Araroa have to pay for our own sewage to be disposed of — and it is not cheap. I'm interested to know how Three Waters works, and if...
Lane Bros Whangara Angus enjoyed a full clearance in its Bull Week auction yesterday albeit at a reduced average on 2018. The stud sold all 36 of the rising two-year-old bulls put up for sale for an auction-high price of $14,000. Two of the bulls sold...
Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti (SGT) received eight applications in the second round of Tu Manawa Active Aotearoa funding totalling more nearly $120,000. The second funding round closed at the end of February.“The eight applications were for a total...
As a regular returnee to Gisborne, and regular reader of your fine rag, I am disappointed by the dearth of Shipping News. This morning I was intrigued by the rust bucket logging ship being loaded in port, as we are often told about our strict...
The predator eradication opportunity provided by the narrow isthmus that connects the 14,500ha Mahia Peninsula to the mainland has been discussed for a couple of decades, according Wairoa’s regional councillor Fenton Wilson. It is now set to become...
When Graeme Atkins was growing up in rural Ruatoria in the 1970s it was a long way to the doctor, especially on horseback. So, if somebody got sick his kuia would send him off into the bush, with a list of natural medical supplies. It led to...
Alleged to have threatened his elderly father with a samurai sword, Gerald Hamilton Mount Newman, 53, pleaded not guilty to assault with a sharp weapon and breach of a protection order when he appeared in Gisborne District Court. Counsel Leighvi...
Pharmacy 53 owner Nigel Campbell says staff feel “well-practised” at operating under Level 4 lockdown conditions,“We all need to do what we are told to do and hopefully we get back to normal quickly. We've done it before.”Pharmacy staff are...
THE weekend could not have gone better and the Gisborne Civic Brass Band took two first places in the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Brass Band Competitions. They were happy to collect silverware, said Gisborne Civic Brass Band musical director Chris...
A big congratulations to the committee helpers and all who contributed to making the recent NZ Motor Caravan Assoc. National Rally a great success. Also, the endless hours of work in restoring the Reo to its now immaculate state. A terrific effort...
This region's tourism organisation Trust Tairawhiti wants regional input to develop a 10-year “roadmap” to tourism success. The trust is inviting interested parties to an online consultation hui to help develop its Destination Management Plan...
THE Showgrounds Park looks a picture ahead of the annual Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show and show manager Erica McNeil has said “everything is on track” for the annual town and country get-together. Ground preparations have been carried out over the...
Tairawhiti is enjoying some of the best weather in the country today but it will deteriorate over the next couple of days. Met Service meteorologist April Clark said the cloud was like a blanket in the sky keeping our overnight temperatures twice as...
Travellers on exposed roads may be buffeted by strong winds this evening and tomorrow. During the weekend MetService issued an outlook for this week, which indicated moderate confidence for northwest winds to be strong as far eastwards as Hawke's Bay...
Beef and Lamb New Zealand Ltd (B+LNZ) has suspended all of its events for at least the next two weeks out of cocnerns over the Covid-19 crisis.“It is paramount we protect our food producers and the rest of the red meat supply chain to keep this...
Re: ‘Handed to her', June 11 story. I am very disappointed to read Cr Akuhata-Brown's comments in Saturday's paper. Quite uncalled for and helping no one's situation at all, including her own. I for one do not agree with everything the Honourable...
The recent terrorist attack in Christchurch tormented the international community. Voices of condemnation from around the world have projected the narrative of peace as well as human sympathy. However, I am unable to find appropriate words to pay...