The Gisborne rental property market operated contrary to national trends in December with demand increasing by 42 percent, and listings also increasing, by a “notable” 21 percent. The figures come from the latest TradeMe property report which...
Changes to regulate recycling nationwide will have minimal impact on requirements for residential kerbside collection in Tairāwhiti. The Government is introducing standardised kerbside recycling across New Zealand, in a bid to increase consistency...
A case involving serious animal welfare charges is making slow progress through court due to a succession of adjournments and changes of legal counsel. Matthew Gordon Brown, 46, of Te Karaka, faces 10 animal cruelty charges relating to a team of...
Several pigs in the process of being singed sparked an unusual callout for Gisborne firefighters early yesterday morning when they and police responded to an incident in Endcliffe Road in Kaiti. Calls about it came in at around 5am. “On arrival we...
A scientific project gets under way on Monday to understand more about Tairāwhiti’s groundwater. The project involves surveying underground aquifers — areas of natural underground water storage where water flows in and is stored below the...
by Doug Laing Matawai shearer Catherine Mullooly is one of 27 shearers in with a mathematical chance of making the semifinals of the PGG Wrightson Vetmed national shearing circuit. A close race has developed for the top 12 semifinal places in the...
Gisborne hosts the cruise ship Silver Muse again tomorrow, with the vessel due to go to anchor in the Bay in the morning, arriving from Akaroa. A ships’ agent spokesman said forecast sea conditions might play a part in the 14th cruise ship visit...
Two mobile dental trucks will be heading to Gisborne’s urban and western rural schools in Term One and talks are being held with other school principals to provide a similar service. Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti interim hospital lead Bhargav...
by Bill Hickman, RNZ A Gisborne woman says she was reduced to tears by an aviation security officer’s dismissive attitude towards her Type 1 diabetes at Auckland Airport ahead of the first flight of her Christmas holiday. Wendy Ure said she was...
Waitangi Day is a chance for all people to learn more about Te Tiriti o Waitangi, The Treaty of Waitangi, and this year two marae are open to all to learn more about it. Rangiwaho Marae, located at Bartlett’s south of Gisborne, and Te Poho o...
EIT Tairāwhiti qualifications, Google and coffee grind is the secret behind the large tomatoes being grown at a Lavenham Road home. Evie Day and daughter Kerriane Parkes are delighted to have produced tomatoes weighing up to 490 grams, or 1.08...
After travelling State Highway 35 for 35 years, East Coast couple Dick and Aomihi Cook have decided the time has come to step aside from the courier and passenger service and put the business up for sale. The courier service for the East Cape was...
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Moving New Zealand closer to our allies Australia, the US and UK by joining the Aukus alliance would be controversial but it does make sense. Defence Minister Judith Collins — who travelled to Australia with Foreign Minister Winston Peters...
Lara Meyer How many countries can you think of which have far-right, nationalistic or, broadly speaking, populist leaders? I can think of the following: Hungary, Italy, Russia, Venezuela, many countries in Africa, China, India, Japan, Americ...
On December 15th, 1975, then Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon cancelled the 37-week-old compulsory New Zealand Superannuation Scheme, introduced by the previous Labour Government. This fund would have provided the infrastructure piggy bank we so...
by Lauren Crimp Residents in parts of Tairāwhiti fear a future on their land is in jeopardy with silt dust making the place unliveable. Years of severe weather has left thick layers of silt, and when it is whipped up by the wind, locals feel...
One more Tairāwhiti death from Covid-19 has been recorded, taking the region’s death tally to 42. Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora figures for the week ending at midnight on Sunday show 26 deaths, but none from Tairāwhiti, meaning the latest recorded...
MĀ vividly remembers the dark days of sitting in her car at Makorori Beach and making music on her laptop. It was the months following the passing of her mum Nancy Brunning — the award-winning actress, director and writer who premiered Witi’s...
The dive team who did biosecurity checks in Eastland Port looking for Mediterranean fanworm and other marine pests came up empty-handed. Gisborne District Council’s biosecurity team leader Phillip Karaitiana reported the team found nothing of...
A judge has “gone out on a limb” for a 501 deportee he believes has got his life back together since returning to New Zealand and finding stable employment as a road worker. Peina Teriapa Clarke, 44, was to have been sentenced on Tuesday this...
The first launch of more than 20 planned for this year lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Māhia spaceport yesterday. The space-junk focused mission for global data and analytics company Spire Global and space sustainability, safety and security company...
by Gary Hamilton-Irvine, NZ Herald A man who died during a misadventure jumping from a crane into Wellington Harbour is being mourned in his home town of Wairoa. The town’s mayor, Craig Little, says the tragedy has affected a lot of people...
by Zita Campbell Mayor Rehette Stoltz is heartened by the priority of safety in drafts of two transport plans for the district, but is mindful of the demands of cyclone recovery work. She was speaking at Wednesday’s regional transport committee...
The unauthorised occupants of a state house in Totara Street say they weren’t “squatting” but as “tangata whenua” were entitled to live there. The couple and five children, aged from preschoolers to teens, say they were desperate for...
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A titbit of information in the council’s draft estimates report for its three-year plan suggests it has chosen to ignore the urging of its trading arm Gisborne Holdings Ltd to consider a sale of its dominant asset Tauwhareparae Farms — along...
Re John Wells’ opinion on the Taruheru river, January 13. While I agree with his assessment that the confluence with the Waimata and build-up of debris on the two downstream bridges stops the flow of the Taruheru during high-flow events, he also...
A tree — any tree — is better than no tree at all for tackling erosion. Some are better than others, because they are fast-growing, hardy and with good root structure. It is a matter of using whichever trees are most useful for the task, which...
Re: GDC stargazing. Peter misses the point. Firstly a combination of all the community’s walkers, runners, mobility scooter users, cyclists, wheelchair users, skaters and pram pushers is not a “minority”. And these “minorities” all pay...