As I earlier predicted, the Houthi rebels in Yemen appear to have “crossed the line” in attacking commerce in the Red Sea and Suez Canal. I believe that the Houthis will use the responses of the US and the coalition of interested parties against...
The 2023 financial year was a year of two halves for Turanga Health where staff had to “make courageous decisions and pivot in real time”. In his 2022-2023 annual report, chief executive Reweti Ropiha said “the first six months, between July...
Turanga Health chairman Pene Brown strongly approves of the Māori Health Authority which the new Government intends to disband. The authority, or Te Aka Whai Ora, was designed to give Māori a strong voice in the health system. Mr Brown, in Turang...
Despite the heat and tar-melting of the past 15 days, Gisborne has yet to officially top the 30-degree mark. Unofficial private readings taken in the shade at Makaraka have seen the mercury reach 34 degrees, but MetService’s airport thermometer...
A group of long-time friends are sharing the Lotto love after striking the million-dollar First Division jackpot on January 3. The seven will pocket over $140,000 each from their winning ticket bought online. Several years ago the seven mates opened...
The biggest marlin caught so far in New Zealand this season was landed last week in Gisborne by Daniel Laffey off the boat About Time. It was a blue marlin and weighed in at a whopping 281 kilograms — another indicator that plenty of gamefish are...
The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter was dispatched five times in the week to Sunday night, including to a crash in Waioeka Gorge (see story above). Other incidents the Gisborne helicopter was called to during the week started at 4pm on...
An LPG situation at Pouawa and a small driftwood fire at the mouth of Waipaoa River resulted in emergency services call-outs over the weekend. The Pouawa incident happened in the driveway of a property at around 11pm on Friday. “We were called to...
Gisborne has lost two more people to Covid-19 as the country continues to experience a fifth wave of the virus. The latest Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora figures, released yesterday, show 38 deaths were recorded nationwide in the week ending January 14...
Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club members and others paid tribute on Saturday morning to the late Alistair Thorpe — a stalwart of the club and Surf Life Saving NZ — with a paddle-out in his honour in front of the surf club. Mr Thorpe died suddenly...
February 13-14 marks a year since the home of Gisborne family Rachel and Clint Daly and their children Tayne (23) and Kalea (18) was destroyed in the path of Cyclone Gabrielle. After six months in Australia, Rachel and Clint returned on New Year’s...
New Zealand has joined seven other countries in lending support to air strikes by the US and Britain on military sites in Yemen used by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group, in retaliation for its attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea since...
Gwynne Dyer Taiwan’s fate is as unknowable as usual, even though we know who the next president will be. William Lai, vice-president under outgoing President Tsai Ing-Wen, will almost certainly win the election today, because the two opposition...
John Wells Re: Spraying of Taruheru River spartina grass. Please stop this madness — the basis of this work is totally wrong! Rather than the early 1900s, the spartina grass was planted in the 1950s by community volunteers in collaboration with...
In November or December, 1964, the Gisborne Jaycees were tasked with planting spartina grass in the Taruheru River in front of the Botanical Gardens. The Jaycees were asked to do this as the Taruheru River was heavily polluted with all sorts of...
I have recently had occasion to witness distressed dogs left in cars on two occasions. In the first instance on an extremely hot day, the windows hadn’t been left open sufficiently and the car wasn’t in the shade. I guessed that the owner would...
I write on behalf of The Moananui Longboard Club who have been mentioned kindly in a recent Gisborne Herald. Thank you for printing those fine words. We, as a club, must recognise “Mr Gisby” and company for the collective “great example”...
by Doug Laing The shearing sports competition season resumes today with the Peninsula Duvauchelle Shears in Bank’s Peninsula settlement Duvauchelle. Amid the hype of a few world record attempts in the woolsheds at the peak of the shearing season...
After the abysmal summer of 2023 in Tairāwhiti, many people are welcoming the warm dry weather. But when it’s too hot there are health risks, says Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti medical officer of health Dr Anura Jayasinghe. “It’s especially...
Make the most of the sun — next week sees the unwelcome return of rain and sticky, sub-tropical weather. That is the consensus of various models for the days ahead, with MetService issuing its latest outlook for the period following this weekend...
With temperatures soaring into the high 20s yesterday, Woolworths shoppers were left unable to buy iceblocks or chilled items due to a technical glitch. “Unfortunately, the refrigerators at our Gisborne store have temporarily broken down due to...
A disabled truck was towed to Gisborne for repairs on Thursday night after a small electrical fire started under the cab of the transporter on Traffords HIll on State Highway 2. Gisborne Hiabs were called to the scene to recover the damaged vehicle...
Health NZ figures show 44 deaths from Covid 19 have been reported in the week ending at midnight on Sunday. None of those deaths occurred in Tairāwhiti, but there are 68 active cases in the district. There have been 25,927 cases in Tairāwhiti...
The New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is urging motorists to respect roadworkers this summer. “Every day roadworkers receive abuse from people passing through their worksites. That’s not acceptable,” an NZTA satement said. “Be patient...
A $1 million-winning Lotto ticket sold to a mystery Gisborne resident has been claimed. “We can confirm that the $1 million Lotto First Division prize won by a MyLotto player in Gisborne on January 3 has been claimed,” a Lotto NZ spokeswoman...
Wairoa residents still have time to submit their thoughts about how Hawke’s Bay Regional Council sets their rates. The regional council is encouraging the community to make submissions on its consultation on the principles of how rates are set and...
There were just 223 sheep yarded in the weekly sale at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, including 63 prime sheep, 136 store lambs and 24 store ewes. AS & KM Bush sold six heavy prime lambs for $101.50, while K Briant sold two heavy prime ewes...
Matawai mum of two, farmer and well-performed shearer Catherine Mullooly produced what Sir David Fagan described as a “brilliant” effort on Wednesday near Te Kuiti when she smashed the women’s world record for strongwool ewes. She eclipsed the...
A sex offender jailed for 11 years is being allowed to appeal his sentence even though it was imposed on him more than three years ago and even though he has already abandoned a previous appeal. Paul Elvis Rawiri McLean was sentenced to the prison...
Choosing Bayleys Gisborne to sell his cyclone-damaged house, resulted in a Gisborne man being $25,000 better off, just before Christmas. That was because he was the realty company’s 25th anniversary prize draw, which saw a number of vendors...
Specialist clinical nurse Jax Atkins has stepped into a newly created position designed to improve healthcare for whānau on the East Coast. The new role came about in response to knowing that those based on the Coast are often unable to make it...
Fire and Emergency NZ has asked the public to be extremely careful with fires in the open this weekend with the mercury set to reach 31 degrees today and tomorrow, and with north-westerly winds. Tairāwhiti remains in an open fire season, which...
Ūawa Tolaga Bay will have a new pump track in the town’s park to help rejuvenate the area and offer another asset for community to use. The concept for a pump track in Ūawa started when Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust (TAT) were constructing the...
by Hamish Bidwell, Hawke’s Bay Today Remote doesn’t mean out of sight, when it comes to the poaching of pāua. Police and Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff stopped and eventually seized a vehicle on Māhia East Coast Rd on Wednesday...