As much as I find news of a breakfast between two people in a large and popular restaurant interesting, its wide coverage seems to be at the cost of another very important story. I read on the Newshub website last week that the Human Rights Review...
A brain injury a man suffered when he was seven years old made him impulsive and prone to angry outbursts — especially if he consumed alcohol, a lawyer told Gisborne District Court. Dan Raniera Te Heuheu Robinson, 43, represented by counsel Heather...
A man was treated for minor injuries late yesterday afternoon after the vehicle he was in left State Highway 2, went through a fence, and rolled before coming to rest in a paddock. The crash happened just north of Te Karaka, between Cliff Road and...
Re: Top of the shame list, November 2 story. Can I ask why the perpetrators of such horrific cruelty to animals are not named and shamed in The Gisborne Herald and their photographs published?This is the second year in a row that Gisborne has had...
Nothing very public, but interesting nonetheless. Mahi Iti funding applications decided Thursday morning by a subcommittee of the community development committee. They will suspend operations for a while to host a group from sister city Rizhao...
DISTRICT councillors and the Mayor should be careful in their comments made about the Tairawhiti economic action plan, in light of the fact they were asking the Government for a lot of money, council chief executive Judy Campbell advised them this...
A courageous effort by a Mahia surfer in cold and challenging surf conditions averted a tragedy off Whangawehi harbour on the northern coast of Mahia Peninsula on Tuesday. Two men found themselves fighting for their lives in the sea when their dinghy...
In these days of despair about erupting volcanoes, destruction of major highways, flooding and warming oceans, (to mention only a few of the distressing stories — my heart goes out to all those affected by the White Island tragedy),where is our...
TAKING whanau into the bush has helped changed lives in Tairawhiti thanks to Waikirikiri School's wellbeing initiative. Tui Keenan, a former police officer, works at Waikirikiri School as part of their wellbeing team. Her role focuses on working with...
Wind gusts of 70 to 100 kilometres an hour battered the district overnight while rain dumps reached 110 millimetres in many higher places. The top wind gust of 100kmh was recorded at Hicks Bay, which is particularly exposed to the south-east. Gisborne...
VETERAN trainer Graeme Rogerson, who spoke of winning the Poverty Bay Cup in 2019, only had to wait one more year when More Wonder claimed Sunday's feature race of the Gisborne Races at Ashwood Park. More Wonder, ridden by Ryan Elliot pipped Roll the...
Temporary alcohol bans have been authorised for the reschedued Rhythm and Vines festival at Easter and the Summer Frequencies East Coast music and arts festival planned for early March. The liquor bans, requested by police, have been authorised by...
TWO newly-qualified lifeguards did everything right when they rescued a swimmer with severe cramp in both legs at Midway Beach today. The man was caught in a rip in choppy conditions and was more than 250 metres offshore when he got into...
Gisborne woman Sandra Wood has been appointed to a national disabled leadership group. The new group, brought together by Life Unlimited, will bring a mix of expertise, lived experience and fresh thinking to help inform the future direction of the...
Whakaki and Gisborne Central are the latest Tairāwhiti areas to have reached the 90 percent target for double-vaccinated. Ministry of Health figures from January 5, 2022 show Gisborne Central at 91.5 percent residents fully vaccinated while Whakaki...
Work has begun to remove decaying horse chestnut trees at the river end of Grey Street. The decay was discovered in November last year in an inspection by arborists after a falling branch from one of the trees damaged two vehicles parked under the...
GISBORNE'S harbourmaster Salvatore “Sonny” Ali is no longer the only harbourmaster in the country without a boat, after a new craft was officially launched in traditional nautical style yesterday. The harbourmaster had previously relied on...
My latest contribution stemmed from a direct question to me after my “Climate change No. 1 issue” letter of September 8, expressing the importance of voting only for GDC candidates with strong climate change commitment in next month's election...
What a sad story when people say they only accepted the jab to enable them to travel overseas to visit family, or they had to have it to keep their livelihood. Now that to me is nothing but outright dictatorship. Marie Te Aho
THE flow of your rural photographs into The Herald for publication in Focus on the Land has started as hoped. The aim being to reflect “our place — your place” more this year. Send yours to murray. robertson@gisborneherald. co. nz
The Trust Tairawhiti Rescue Helicopter team have been operating one of their standby machines for the past week while a new engine was being fitted to their normal front-line chopper in Napier. They dubbed the standby aircraft Rainbow Racer and it is...
The far-right have developed a concern for civil liberties over the past few years and would have you believe that they are the true defenders of freedom. Don’t be fooled, there is a huge chasm between their rhetoric and the reality. Their call for...
GISBORNE and the East Coast could be as little as two years away from becoming the spear-point of an industry that could boost New Zealand’s wood exports by $2 billion through the long-term reintroduction of extinct eucalypt forests. A trial site...
AN amendment to Gisborne District Council’s dog control bylaw that would extend the area in which dogs must be on a leash has been postponed. A recommendation was before the council this week to add a definition of the foredune area in the bylaw to...
Despite being hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic and a national staffing shortage, Gisborne Vehicle Testing once again has a full contingent of five Warrant of Fitness (WoF) inspectors. Gisborne Holdings Ltd commercial operations general manager...
GISBORNE City residents face an average rates increase of just under 7 percent, while forestry interests will incur a 29 percent rise, figures in the District Council’s long-term plan consultation document show. Commercial ratepayers face an 8...
The contents of a sleepout on a property in Emily Street in Riverdale were badly damaged by fire mid-afternoon yesterday but fire crews got there in time to save the structure itself. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews at around 3.30pm yesterday...
Explosives were detonated on Thursday to cut a two-metre deep trench to release water from a dam formed by a landslide into Mangapoike River. The landslide was likely triggered by a small earthquake in the area earlier this month, resulting in the...
Two Gisborne groups are in the “big smoke” for a big competition this weekend. One and Half Men and 5XL will perform in the Smokefree Pacifica Beats national final at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre in Newmarket tomorrow night. Only six bands and...
EASTLAND Port’s tug The Titirangi and dredge Pukunui are in Nelson for their five-yearly out of water survey
Re: “Business case shows rail line can be viable”, August 24 story. Gillian Ward of the Rail Action Group says their preliminary business case shows the Gisborne-to-Napier rail line can be economical. She has no doubt the line will be viable. The...
As one who enjoyed living and working in New Zealand in the 2000s, I am writing both to express the condolences of our family for the Christchurch tragedy as well as our admiration for the decisive action taken by the Prime Minister and Government...
MAORI men are disproportionately affected by lifestyle-related illnesses associated with sedentary behaviour, but relatively little is known about their thoughts and preferences towards exercise, says Dr Isaac Warbrick. He is an exercise physiologist...