Latest from Gisborne

Aiming for Google 'education champion' status

Google has made its way into our vocabulary as a verb, sanctioned by the Oxford Dictionary, no less. The search engine processes some 8.5 billion searches each day. But who knew the giant tech company also provides innovative opportunities for its...

Recloaking Papatūānuku: 'In 10 years it will be too late'

Recloaking Papatūānuku, a call to action to save our land, is to be presented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai this month. It began here in Tairāwhiti. Kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor gets behind the story. A new...

Greenery galore

Explore the Japanese art of Kokedama — growing plants in moss balls — with this easy guide. From selecting the right plant to crafting the moss ball, discover how to create a unique, visually striking piece of indoor or outdoor garden art...

BERRYLICIOUS BEGINNINGS

Ditch the muffin monotony and latte lull—kickstart your day with Blueberry Bircher Pots, your crunchy, creamy answer for mid-morning munchies. Or, dive into the blissful layers of Blueberry Parfait, where freshness meets indulgence in every...

The best of Bucharest

Mike Yardley takes you on a riveting journey through Romania’s captivating history and architectural marvels on Trafalgar Tours’ Balkan Adventure. Like much of the beguiling Balkans, Romania has been a punching bag for empires over the ages and...

Teens ready to write new chapter in Tairāwhiti golf

National interprovincial “veteran” William Brown knows exactly what rookie Marcus Gray is feeling as he counts down to the biggest moment so far in his rising career. Brown was just 16 years old when he made his debut at the annual teams’...

World champion back in town

Gisborne-born Olympian Alicia Hoskin was back in Gisborne this week, helping school children at six schools unearth their own “superpowers”. The New Zealand kayaker was in Gisborne with the Bayleys Youth Ambassador programme, whose purpose is to...

Go time in Gibraltar

Over the past three days it has been nothing but boards in front of Gisborne’s Toa Matarau Junior Darts Academy youth team in Gibraltar. Continuing on from the Mediterranean Open, the academy players — representing New Zealand — competed in...

More repair work under way on SH2 south of Wairoa

Work has started to repair and restore three sections of cyclone-damaged State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier. Waka Kotahi/New Zealand Transport Agency expects those sections will be back to two lanes before Christmas. Transport Rebuild East...

Burns victim transferred to Middlemore

A man seriously burned in a sleepout fire on a property in Elgin yesterday morning was flown to Middlemore Hospital in Auckland yesterday for more specialist care. The man, aged in his 40s, sustained burns to 20 to 25 percent of his body. A rescue...

Luna on track for departure next week

The young Auckland yachtsman towed into Eastland Port on Monday after a “terrifying” ocean experience during last weekend’s storm hopes to be able to leave Gisborne next week. Seth van Mechelen, 21, battled five-metre swells and...

GDC looking at reset of city bus network

Gisborne’s bus network could be set for a shake-up amid declining passenger numbers and plummeting income from fares. Gisborne District Council provides public transport to the city through three services — an urban network, school network and...

Changes ahead for Covid inquiry

With the Royal Commission Inquiry into Covid-19 due to be broadened, the new Government will also need to replace Tairāwhiti-based panel member Hekia Parata. That responsiblity will fall to new Internal Affairs minister and ACT deputy leader Brooke...

NZ Herald, Air NZ nuts about Gizzy macadamias

Air New Zealand and New Zealand Herald staff love Gisborne-grown macadamias. As part of the announcement of Air NZ’s new snack menu, NZ Herald reporter Megan Watts provided a taste test for cinnamon-glazed macadamias from Gisborne company Torere...

Chance to look into the future

Gisborne people had a first-hand update on the latest technological advances in medical science from some of the finest scientific minds in New Zealand and overseas, at a two-day symposium last week . The Image of the Future gathering, run by the...

City centre stores welcome Christmas trees

Christmas has arrived in the CBD. Santa’s helper Ken Huberts, in his 10th year of working with the district’s younger students, has distributed 60 of their decorated trees to city centre businesses and some in side streets. “It’s one thing...