Latest from Gisborne

Feedsmart and body scoring

Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Feedsmart and Body Condition Score workshop is coming up next week and it will be a workshop suited to all farm staff involved with livestock. The workshop is being held on Tuesday, March 19 from 9.30am to 4pm, with lunch...

Better prices for store lambs

There were 2455 store lambs offered for sale at Matawhero yesterday and most of them had good body size and condition. Consequently, the average sale price paid for the better lambs ranged from $108 down to $83. The best price paid was $108 for 35...

First sheep dog trials of the season for

The Wairoa Country Collie Club held their first sheep dog trials of the 2023-24 season at Kauhouroa Station, Tiniroto last weekend. Pictured in the gallery above are the zig zag finalists and the short head finalists

Bid to get local young farmers club going again

The Gisborne Young Farmers Club aims to start up again thanks to some passionate locals who intend to hold a meeting at the Rangatira Tavern later this month to gather support for it. “This is a great way for young people to get involved in the...

Quake an early-morning wake-up call

An earthquake on a fault beneath Ngatapa might have disturbed light sleepers yesterday morning, a day after a similar quake near Matawai. Yesterday morning’s light shake lasted no more than 5-10 seconds at 4.31am and was recorded at magnitude 2.9...

Visitors finding other places to stay in region

More baches and holiday rentals helping as hotel and motel accommodation caters for emergency housing . . . While many hotels and motels have moved into housing the region’s homeless in emergency accommodation, the regional tourism organisation...

Clean-up duties for two Gisborne war memorials

Two Gisborne monuments honouring the country’s soldiers who died in battle are being cleaned ahead of Anzac Day. The Gisborne Cenotaph and the Pātūtahi Returned Services Monument will have scaffolding and fences put around them to enable...

Ready for take-off at Te Araroa

New aerodrome at Te Araroa will ‘unlock the tourism and general economy of the . . . area”.

Drop-in sessions to keep people up to date with recovery/rebuild work

Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC) is inviting locals throughout Tairāwhiti to learn more about the Cyclone Gabrielle recovery and rebuild. TREC is an alliance set up to plan, design and manage the delivery of much of the recovery and rebuild work...

Grateful for Te Waiu o Aotearoa Trust scholarship

Gisborne student and would-be entrepreneur Cody Anderson has been awarded a Te Waiu o Aotearoa (TWOA) Trust scholarship. The second year Business Studies student at Eastern Institute of Technology Te Pūkenga in Gisborne sad he was “stoked” to...

Gisborne link to ‘money mule’ arrest

A Gisborne complainant is included in court action involving a Whanganui man accused of being a “money mule’” allegedly linked to eight investment scam victims and an estimated $1.7 million in stolen money. The accused is a director and...

Maiden visit a success for Nautica

The maiden visit by the cruise ship Nautica yesterday was a success. “The day’s gone very well, with sea conditions good enough in the end for the visit to proceed,” a ships agents spokesman said. “The available excursions were well...

Commitment questioned as absent councillor removed from committee

First-term Gisborne district councillor Nick Tupara has been lambasted for his poor attendance record at council meetings and removed from a newly formed council committee. At yesterday’s full council meeting, councillor Larry Foster said he had...

‘Prudent approach’ to GDC finances

Gisborne District Council faces a “serious situation” of financial sustainability as it tightens its belt to pay for cyclone recovery costs. A recent audit report says the council needs to take a “prudent approach” to finances due to the...

Festival of cricket for local primary schools

Wednesday was a great one for youth cricket at the Harry Barker Reserve. The reserve served as the venue for the Primary Festival Day on which 10 teams from nine schools played five fast-paced games of eight-a-side, eight-over softball cricket...

Van burns in suspicious circumstances in park

Fire and Emergency NZ and police responded to the incident just after 1pm yesterday.