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...
by Kate Green, RNZ A former National minister and deputy chair of Te Urewera Board has accused energy company Genesis of negligence in its management of weeds at Lake Waikaremoana. The East Coast’s Great Walk at the lake reopened yesterday after...
by Doug Laing and Murray Robertson Shearing legend Sir David Fagan has described the world record-breaking effort by Catherine Mullooly on Wednesday as “brilliant”, and said despite “stroppy” sheep, she maintained her shearing standards. The...
There’s a better prognosis for Tairāwhiti cancer patients in the latest Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora report. Every eligible cancer patient received their first treatment within 31 days of a decision to treat by a health professional during the first...
Police Ten One Magazine After a year of trauma and tough times, a group of cyclone-affected tamariki have had an epic adventure in the central North Island. The 28 students from Te Karaka and Hawke’s Bay spent four days at the Wairakei Blue Light...
A culinary experience featuring international cuisines is at the heart of an upcoming Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC) charity event to raise funds for the children of Gaza. It will be held tomorrow at the Gisborne Boys’ High School...
A naked flame has been put down as the cause of a fire in the bedroom of a house in Russell Street late yesterday morning. Firefighters were able to deal with the blaze before it spread to involve much more of the home. A 111 call came in to Fire...
Herbicide spraying starts today on the spartina grass along the edges of the Taruheru River. It is the first stage of a Gisborne District Council project, in collaboration with mana whenua, to get rid of the invasive spartina weed from the...
Getting ready to roll for the new school year, contractor JP Priest started laying astroturf over the old concrete netball court at St Mary’s Primary School this week. Mr Priest expects to finish the work early next week — in time for students...
Food remains on a portable grill hot plate on a stove that had been left on sparked a fire callout to a house at Wainui on Wednesday night. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews to the Moana Road address at around 9.50pm after neighbours heard smoke...
by Ryan O’Sullivan, Wairoa Star A Wairoa school principal is feeling frustrated for her staff, students and school community because of a lack of communication from the Ministry of Education. Tīaho School is having asbestos removed from some of...
One of the outcomes of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 was a requirement for five-yearly global stocktakes, for countries to assess where they are collectively in making progress towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement — starting in...
Tanith Wirihana, Te Waitohioterangi Politicians in their suits and ties, with silver tongues and clever lies, prophets of deceit — oracles of illusion preaching unity whilst sowing the seeds of division. Sham soothsayers such as David Seymour...
It is interesting to analyse the situation whereby South Africa is taking Israel to the International Court of Justice, for alleged war crimes against Gaza. It is surprising to many that instead of ignoring the authority of that international body...