Consultation is now open on the Tairāwhiti Moves Mode Shift Plan, a 30-year plan to change travel habits and make cycling and public transport more appealing by creating active travel corridors. Establishing those corridors may include the removal...
Ūawa’s main street came alive to celebrate Waitangi Day this year. Market stalls lined the main street, car parks were full and an array of tantalising food was on offer — From mussel fritters and fried bread to a good old sausage sizzle...
Provisional exam results show East Coast students bucking the national trend in a good way. Despite disruption from Cyclone Gabrielle and a slump in performance nationally, preliminary NCEA results show schools here experienced a jump in attainment...
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New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Gisborne’s Waimata Cheese Company in its recall of a specific batch of its camembert and brie cheeses due to the possible presence of E. coli. The products affected by this recall (with a batch number 8367 and...
Tairāwhiti-based Rua Bioscience has signed a “ground-breaking” agreement with Canadian cannabis genetics company Apollo Green. “This agreement marks a significant milestone in Rua Bioscience’s strategy for growth by introducing its unique...
by Cherie Howie The grieving mother of an army veteran and dad-of-three who died when he jumped off a historic floating crane in Wellington last month wants the structure moved so no other family has to suffer such a loss. However, Hikitia Floating...
Midway Surf Life Saving Club has received a special beach wheelchair that is available for use by the disabled and elderly folk who want to get down to and into the water. “It was donated by the family of Suzie Sours, a surfer who passed way...
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Tuesday was officially the hottest day of summer so far . . . and the heat earned Gisborne its first-ever heat alert from MetService. Tuesday hit an official high of 31.8 degrees around 4pm — rounded up to 32 for the TV weather. However, private...
Last year, the council negotiated a $30m interest-free loan for 10 years with the Labour Government to fund its share of the Category 3 property buyouts and assist its funding of cyclone recovery efforts. However, that still left “a significant...
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If Northland shearer Toa Henderson hadn’t already signalled his presence as a challenger for the major shearing titles this summer, he did so when he won the Otago Shears open final on Saturday at Carterhope Estate woolshed, near Balclutha. It was...
The Fencing Contractors Association of New Zealand (FCanz) will be giving away 100 farm-gate and gudgeon sets and 10,000 insulators to 20 Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay farmers still dealing with the after-effects of Cyclone Gabrielle. The Great Gate...
The 184th Waitangi Day has confirmed that the Treaty is going to remain a significant issue for the new Government which, even at this early stage, could eventually define it. The flashpoint came on Monday when the Government group was welcomed on...
by Jason Heale, Maxim Institute communications manager With another shoplifting charge laid against former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, and a subsequent summons to appear in court, there are very few surprises to be wrung out of this sorry affair...
What has happened to our council? Surely our rates should be to cover necessities for the region — not to pay for the desires and fantasies of councillors and council staff. Why change Grey Street? For countless years we have been able to walk...
A large number of gatherings are being organised to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle’s carnage in Hawke’s Bay, including in Wairoa. The New Zealand Herald reported that in Hawke’s Bay thousands were expected to come...
Experts are bringing the science of New Zealand’s largest and most active fault to East Coast communities, with the support of Toka Tū Ake Earthquake Commission (EQC). The Hikurangi Subduction Zone runs the length of the east coast of Te...
The 14th cruise ship of the season was a no-show at the weekend when the skipper of the Silver Muse decided on Saturday night not to come into Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay on Sunday due to forecast swell conditions. Instead the ship sailed on...
A new community kaupapa has been launched at Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri to help with the sourcing of meat for hākari (feasts) in the community due to rising food prices. The Hākari Chiller has been organised by Tui Keenan of the school’s...
The Child Cancer Foundation’s 2024 Street Appeal is just a month away. The foundation needs volunteer collectors for the appeal taking place on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9. “Every week this year three Kiwi families will be told the...
Charity auction cyclone fundraiser in Tōkyō sends friends to Gisborne for short stay packed with Tairāwhiti attractions . . . When Jenifer Rogers, an American lawyer working in Tōkyō, attended a prestigious fundraising event in support of our...
Late coordinator's mahi to tackle meth use not forgotten.
by Mitchell Hageman More than $10 million raised by a special Lotto draw and appeal that was run in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle has now sat unspent with the Department of Internal Affairs for nearly a year. Those wanting to know where the...
Firefighters were called to the Kaiti Fish Shop in the Kaiti Mall on Sunday night after a fire started in cooking equipment, and travelled up the extraction system into the roof space. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two appliances to the shop just...
It comes as no surprise that Rural Support Trusts across the country saw an increase in call numbers in 2023. Nationally, overall call numbers to the 0800 number were up 53 percent — with areas hard hit by the weather events in the North Island...
Waitangi events got under way yesterday with the National Iwi Chairs Forum in Kerikeri, where coalition Government leaders began five days of facing the music rarked up by their policies regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, te reo and axing the...
Clive Bibby On Friday the 2nd February 2024, PM Christopher Luxon met with Iwi leaders at Kerikeri in the far North - presumably as an opportunity to have constructive dialogue about how they could work together in the future rather than just...
John Wells Re: Taruheru a primary waterway, solution required — February 1. I totally agree, and have never said or thought otherwise. Murray McPhail’s opinion piece reflects a robust discussion I enjoyed with him by phone. What I have been...
Kia ora. An inspiring Gisborne Herald article “Back on Board”, concerning Maz Quinn’s life-threatening surfing experience and amazing recovery from the mighty Māhia reefs. These reefs and surrounding shores are infused with mana and tapu from...
While one hopes that the ruling and orders given by the International Court of Justice in relation to the Israel-Hamas war will provide at least some humanitarian benefits, I believe such benefits will be few and slow in coming. Human nature being...
I fell from my e-bike near the corner of Cook Street and Gladstone Road on February 1 and suffered a mild concussion. A huge thanks to the three people who got me and my bike to the side of the road and ensured that help arrived. You know who you...
Gwynne Dyer In the immediate aftermath of the massacre of 1140 Israeli civilians by Hamas terrorists last October, US President Joe Biden went to Israel and gave Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu some good advice. “While you feel rage...