Gisborne HeraldWet end to the week likely: MetServiceAfter a dry start to the month, the district can expect a few drops in the next few days. MetService’s outlook for the end of the week says to expect rain from Friday through to Monday. At this stage it is forecasting Friday to be the wettest day...09 Apr 06:20 PM
Gisborne HeraldTraining course gives hope to workers made redundant in JNL shutdownWhānau, friends and colleagues at Toitū Tairāwhiti Housing (TTH) celebrated the graduation of 32 workers who completed a 12-week training course to be able to work in the iwi housing development organisation. The celebration took place at Te...09 Apr 06:13 PM
Gisborne HeraldHelping out the smallest and most unwell patientsFishing tournament proceeds go to vital equipment for Planet Sunshine, neonates The local fishing community is backing Gisborne Hospital again. The annual Nicks Head Charity Fishing Tournament continues to support the hospital’s neonatal unit and...09 Apr 06:07 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldHouse saved thanks to passer-byFirefighters were called to a house in Childers Road near the Elgin shops yesterday morning after a passer-by heard smoke alarms going off inside and saw smoke coming from the house. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews to the house at around 8am...09 Apr 06:01 PM
Gisborne HeraldEmergency services demo tomorrowAn event showcasing what it is like to work in emergency services is being run for students tomorrow. A mock emergency at Harry Barker Reserve will demonstrate the roles of police, Fire and Emergency NZ staff and St John Ambulance. Students will...09 Apr 06:00 PM
Gisborne HeraldFlood modelling hui at Te Karaka this SaturdayGisborne District Council is holding a hui for residents of Te Karaka and surrounding areas this Saturday to present and seek validation on flood modelling being undertaken as part of the Te Karaka Flood Resilience Improvement Project. Council...09 Apr 05:51 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldTamararo 2024: Five rōpū advance to Te Matatini nationalsHundreds of people attended the 71st Tamararo Festival over the weekend and enjoyed the performances of 21 different rōpū from across Tairāwhiti. Tamararo is the country’s longest-running regional kapa haka competition, having started in 1952...09 Apr 05:30 PM
NewsState Highway 35 work for Gisborne for week commencing 9 AprilNZ Transport Agency/Waka Kotahi has announced detours will be in place during six weeks of09 Apr 04:36 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionPressure on Israel to protect civiliansSix months have now passed since the deadly attack by Hamas that prompted the latest Middle East war, and Israel is facing pressure on a number of fronts to end or adjust its military response. The greatest of these is from key ally the United...08 Apr 08:42 PM
OpinionMāori representation is democraticMeredith Akuhata-Brown The irony of David Seymour calling Māori wards undemocratic, when the whole purpose of these wards was to provide for Māori representation within a democracy reliant on Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Strangely he is not also calling...08 Apr 08:40 PM
OpinionBurning up the planet . . .Full marks to Friday’s student demonstrators. They truly want a healthy planet; in other words a future. They may have little knowledge of the drastic degrowth that is the only way to achieve this, but that will come . . . both the knowledge and...08 Apr 08:38 PM
OpinionWorld we leave is for themAssociate education minister David Seymour said students should turn up to school and get a good education if they want to effect real change in the world, instead of protesting during school hours. “If students feel strongly about sending...08 Apr 08:37 PM
OpinionSolution-focused lettersI always appreciate John Wells’ contributions to the letters page. He is always solutions focused and his ideas reflect his depth of experience and knowledge, without him having to state it. Geoff Meade08 Apr 08:36 PM
OpinionOn values being passed onI stand to be corrected, but is it not true that at the moment of birth a child knows nothing, let alone matters of gender and culture? All that is subsequently learned comes from millennia of human existence. How will that child know right from...08 Apr 08:35 PM
Gisborne HeraldKaiuku Marae dawn service to kick off Anzac Day in WairoaWairoa’s Anzac Day commemorations have changed this year to make sure the morning is not rushed, Wairoa District Council says. “Thursday, April 25, is a significant day when New Zealanders can officially remember and acknowledge those who have...08 Apr 08:30 PM
Gisborne Herald‘Magic mushies’ research boostResearch being done here into how indigenous “magic mushrooms” can treat addiction and mental health issues have taken a leap forward in hitting several milestones, an NZX-listed medicinal cannabis company says. Rua Bioscience has announced the...08 Apr 08:29 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldBeach find a relic of the pastHistory is everywhere you look . . . from the steps on a hillside marking an old pā site to a brick on the beach. This particular brick — or should we say, piece of brick— lay on the beach just south of Midway, its light colour attracting...08 Apr 08:26 PM
Gisborne HeraldChopper ‘a godsend’ after quad bike accidentWaimatā Valley farmer Jeremy Watson was miles from home when he was injured in a quad bike accident, but help was on its way in the form of the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter. It happened a year after Cyclone Gabrielle but Jeremy...08 Apr 08:23 PM
Gisborne HeraldSaturday’s the day for 2024 colour runSave the date, says Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC). They’re talking about this Saturday, April 13, and the annual Colour Run for Diversity. The 2.5km run starts and finishes at Marina Park, with a start time of 11am. Already nearly 1000...08 Apr 08:20 PM
Gisborne HeraldState Highway 35 asphalting work in Gisborne starts on ThursdayNZ Transport Agency/Waka Kotahi has announced detours will be in place during six weeks of overnight sealing work on State Highway 35 in Gisborne. Crews will begin asphalting work to renew the road surface at the Jolly Stockman intersection with...08 Apr 08:19 PM
Gisborne HeraldMonuments cleaned ahead of Anzac DayWar memorials around the region have been cleaned in preparation for the Anzac Day commemorations later this month. Gisborne District Council liveable communities director Michele Frey said cleaning and caring for the many monuments, statues and...08 Apr 08:16 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldNZDF payload on rocket launched in USThe New Zealand Defence Force is unable to confirm or deny it intends to send a military payload into space from Rocket Lab’s Māhia spaceport. This is after the NZDF last week revealed it had launched its first ever payload into orbit on board...08 Apr 08:15 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldSafety, resilience, accessibility priorities of council’s transport plansThe region’s long-term transport needs will be confirmed following public hearings this week. The hearings involve the council’s Regional Land Transport Plan ( RLTP), Public Transport Plan (RPTP), Mode Shift Plan and Active Travel Plan...08 Apr 08:08 PM
Gisborne HeraldBarbarich-Waikari wins Gisborne heat of Apprentice ChallengeAntonio Barbarich-Waikari has claimed the title of Gisborne’s champion apprentice for the second year running in the regional heats of the annual ITM New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge. Apprentices were put through their paces in...08 Apr 08:04 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldSocial housing milestone: Thirty-one families moving from temporary accommodation to new homesWhānau are set to move into Gisborne’s new 31-home social housing development in Tamarau — the largest such development in the city in decades.08 Apr 08:00 PM
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PremiumPremiumOpinionOur labour market, social indicatorsMore people are receiving JobSeeker Support payments in Tairāwhiti but our unemployment rate remains at 4.5 percent — the same as in 2022 — there was a smidgen of employment growth last year, and our young people are more likely to be in...06 Apr 07:16 AM
OpinionWe reap what we sowClive Bibby Some readers may misinterpret this as responding to current editorial policy. That would be a mistake. I accept the editor’s absolute right to determine what is acceptable to this newspaper and what is not. However, while l will admit...06 Apr 07:15 AM
OpinionFlood mitigation vs buyoutsThe front-page article last weekend prompted me to think about home buyouts versus flooding mitigation. Since my previous submission on flooding issues, I have learned that the water level upstream of the log dam on the Gladstone Road Bridge reached...06 Apr 07:14 AM
OpinionThey’re not ‘crossings’When is a crossing not a crossing? Leaving the chicken out of it — when it does not comply with the law. In the recent hoo-ha over some coloured stripes, commentators have referred to that piece of road as a crossing. By inference, it appears they...06 Apr 07:13 AM
OpinionRussia: The really dangerous ones are saneThere are plenty of crazies in Russian politics who make bizarre claims about their country’s victim status (“the evil West made us do it”) and issue blood-curdling but implausible threats about using nuclear weapons on their enemies. But the...06 Apr 07:12 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldSparks from welding started fireSparks from some welding set off a fire that extensively damaged a shed on a property in Collins Street in Te Hapara on Thursday afternoon. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two appliances to the property at around 2pm that afternoon after neighbours saw...06 Apr 06:52 AM
Gisborne HeraldSceptical about Destiny Church leader's plan to sue councilsby Felix Walton Legal experts say it will be “impossible” for Brian Tamaki to win his promised lawsuit against local councils, including Gisborne District Council, over initiatives like Gisborne’s rainbow crossing. The Destiny Church leader...06 Apr 06:50 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldPrices ease slightlyThere was a total yarding of 2105 sheep at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, including 1871 store lambs, and prices eased slightly on the sale two weeks ago. MW & AM Flood topped that section, selling 46 heavy, recently shorn ram lambs for...06 Apr 06:47 AM
