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Three-day Te Huinga chance for all kura kaupapa to build whakawhanaungatanga

Te Huinga was a chance for kura kaupapa Māori tauira (students) to connect with others and aspects of te ao Māori through different activities over three days. Te Huinga was born out of the original kaupapa called Hui Tōpū, which was an event...

A creative life in action

At 75, Virginia Christensen has finally decided what she wants to be when she grows up — a painter. Her first solo exhibition opens on Sunday, at The Aviary Collective in Childers Road. Virginia hails from Wellington but spent part of her...

Priscilla has it all

Aspiring musical theatre performers had a chance to strut their stuff on Tuesday night at a dance workshop ahead of auditions for Priscilla Queen of the Desert — The Musical. Director and choreographer Dean McKerras was in town to take the...

Jung ones: Norman Maclean’s novel for YA readers

Sadly, Gisborne artist, teacher, scholar and writer Norman Maclean passed away before the release of his young adult read, Gobby — but it is hard not to see something of the author in the novel’s main character, Sam. Sam is a talented, aspiring...

Golf roundup

Waikohu Te Rata Ritchie is the latest name to be added to one of Waikohu’s most prestigious trophies — The Terry “Dunga” Rutene Memorial Cup. Ritchie beat Terry Reeves in the final of the Rutene cup 4x9-hole Easter matchplay tournament that...

Historic MCC bat changes hands

Wainui Beach School cricket has risen again. In the past two years, under coaches Mike MacLeod and Nic Shand, teachers Jo Shand and Katie Knight, and manager Mike Hope, they have raised their stocks from three cricketers to two teams. Yesterday...

An awesome experience

Gisborne bowling twins Kyle and Liam Pinn returned from the national under-21 singles championship at Naenae Bowling Club without a title but with a wealth of memories and big-game experience. The 13-year-old Kahutia Bowling Club members are only...

Celebrating legacy of a rugby legend

As the sun sets on the illustrious career of Sam Whitelock, rugby in New Zealand finds itself at a crossroads. For Scott Robertson, the new All Blacks coach, the path ahead just became more challenging. The man who won hundreds of lineouts for the...

Tough tournament for young basketballers

Gisborne results from the Easter Classic basketball tournament in Tauranga. DAY 1 Under 12 Boys A Grade, Pool B, Round 1: Gisborne A 34 Waikato Black 36. U12 Girls Grade, R1: Gisborne 26 Waikato Red 20; R2: Gisborne 25 Tauranga 28. U14 Boys A Grade...

Regional economy shrank a bit last year

The tough economic environment being felt by many local businesses has provisional numbers to it with the Infometrics December 2023 quarterly economic monitor, released on the Trust Tairāwhiti website last week, showing a 1.8 percent contraction in...

Hoping for more colour, less gloom

by Samantha Holdsworth In these times of concern and solidarity with the rainbow community in Gisborne, following the protests against the Rainbow Storytime initiative and the vandalism of the rainbow crosswalk, I feel compelled to add my support...

Govt excuse: too expensive to fix housing crisis

Building 400 new state homes in Kenepuru — CANCELLED; 400 new state homes in Onehunga — CANCELLED; 1000s of other planned state homes — CANCELLED It sounds like the valuable and irreplacable land that Kāinga Ora currently owns will be sold...

Devil of a job, but somebody has to do it

Community invited to help engineers decide the best way forward at state highway’s hotspot. Engineers working at the Devil’s Elbow on the Wairoa-Napier highway are considering all the options available for how to repair falling debris during...

Long or strong quake the natural tsunami warning

by Ben Ulisse, Wairoa Star East Coasters should watch for tsunami warning signs, says Kate Boersen of Illuminate Science. She was speaking at a presentation in Māhia last week on the potential threats posed to the upper North Island by tsunamis and...

Tsunami of March 26, 1947 swept in after quake

Last Tuesday was the 77th anniversary of the first of two severe earthquakes that occurred off the coast of Tairāwhiti Gisborne in 1947. This earthquake generated one of the largest tsunamis in New Zealand’s historical records. It was observed...

Gisborne rescue chopper in search for man overboard

Gisborne’s Trust Tairāwhiti rescue helicopter joined the major search for a crew member off a commercial fishing boat who was reported missing overboard off the coast of Hawke’s Bay on Monday night. The emergency services were notified around...