Wednesday was a hectic day for helicopter rescues in the region with the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter backed up by aircraft from outside the district. The day started early for the local team with a 3am call-out to a medical event in...
Rangatahi of Tāiki e Next Gen have created a fun and different way of learning te reo Māori — a new game called Hēnga. It’s Jenga with a twist. The giant blocks have different questions around te reo Māori me ōna tikanga (the Māori...
Coxco staff rolled up their sleeves and got stuck into some beach clean-up work on the city beachfront yesterday as an opportunity to give back to the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa community. The company had 25 staff, including 10 from Wairoa who travel to...
Strikes by senior doctors and dentists who work at public hospitals, as the election approaches, are an embarrassment for the Government but also underline serious flaws in the country’s medical system. The senior doctors point to some desperate...
Re: Enabling race in space between superpowers, Sept 13. Hi Manu, it is amazing to read your letter and the knowledge you have against Rocket Lab. Do you support Sonya Smith and her small group calling themselves “Rocket Lab Monitor”? Do you...
Next Tuesday’s television “head to head” between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon, regarding the policies of the two major contender parties, will make for great TV. At this stage, the polls are showing that Labour’s policies as they now...
It’s time for Poverty Bay to turn their Heartland Championship season around and there is no better place to do that than at home. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Wekas will look to break a four-game losing streak at the Oval tomorrow when...
International hockey umpire Amber Church continues to prove that you don’t have to be based in a major city to forge a successful sports career. Gisborne’s Church was this week named among the officials for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games which...
Gisborne Thistle’s Jags have three more points in their bid to avoid last place in football’s Central Federation League. Palmerston North United (PNU) have defaulted the game against ALH Gisborne Thistle that was to have been played at Childers...
Tomorrow will be a stern test of the Sky Blues in the River City. In a battle of 3 v 4 in Week 6 of the Heartland Championship at Cooks Gardens from 2.30pm tomorrow, the Kahu Tamatea-coached Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi take on Jason Hamlin’s...
A man’s vast collection of objectionable publications included many “so extreme” that a sentencing judge could say little to describe them and asked media to be similarly cautious in reporting the facts.
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is the one week every year that Aotearoa New Zealand has dedicated to celebrating and promoting the language of the land and its people. It is a chance for anyone to share and celebrate different aspects of the language —...
For those wanting to see something different from the flaps, fury and subterfuge of the New Zealand election campaign, the world news is providing a tragic distraction. Within a few days, North African countries Morocco and Libya have both suffered...
Sonya Smith, leader or spokesperson for the Rocket Lab Monitor Group trying to convince New Zealanders that we are being misled by Rocket Lab . . . Sonya, it is your outfit that has been misleading New Zealanders and the Government, and now your...
It sounds like we actually have a Government which is “tough on crime”. Labour plans to increase our police force by another 300 police. We already have 1800 more police than we did six years ago in 2017 and they’re better paid. The extr...
Talk about doing the hard yards. Dara Mulrooney has made Central Football’s Girls Youth National League squad and faces a weekly round trip of just under 800 kilometres to go to training in Palmerston North. And that’s before weekend travel for...
Patutahi Hukanui Brown remains the king of ’Tahi but he needed his full arsenal to repel a gallant challenger on Sunday. Brown made it five consecutive senior men’s club championship titles with a 2 and 1 win over Shayde Skudder in their 36-hole...
The High School Old Boys name will be back on Gisborne football silverware following the success of the team that revived the name. HSOB won the Eastern League second division competition on goal difference from Smash Palace Shockers. It has been...
Te Whatu Ora is reporting two more Covid-19 deaths in Tairāwhiti. During the week ending midnight on Sunday, Te Whatu Ora reported 33 deaths across New Zealand, including two in Tairāwhiti. That does not necessarily mean all 33 deaths occurred...
The fire that all but destroyed an implement shed and an attached sleepout on an orchard in Pilmer Road was caused by an electrical fault in a ride-on mower stored in the shed. Fire and Emergency NZ crews responded to the blaze at Makauri at around...
The region’s house prices have bounced back with the nation’s biggest increase, arresting a six month-long slump. Latest statistics from the Real Estate Institute (REINZ) shows the median price here increased by 14.8 percent year-on-year to...
Gisborne Intermediate School is reducing the numbers of “out-of-zone” pupils it enrols to avoid overcrowding, after an “unintentional” increase this year. School principal Andy Hayward advised parents of the situation on a recent social...
From this week dogs are banned from a host of public areas here. Gisborne District Council has introduced eight changes to its dog control policy and bylaw which came into effect this week. Dogs can be walked on a leash around the city’s...
The distinctive A-frame Mihaia Anglican Church at Tolaga Bay is to be demolished to make way for a new church. It is the second church on the site and has lasted less than half the time of its predecessor. The first Anglican church there opened in...
Sophie Cairns is heading to Papua New Guinea tomorrow with a team of five others to set up two school libraries and fill them with books they have collected over the past year. She is part of a charity called From Me which collects donations of...
Gisborne Hospital senior doctors went on another two-hour strike yesterday as they continue to campaign for wage increases that reflect the cost of living. Thousands of senior doctors and dentists who work at Te Whatu Ora public hospitals and health...
A sausage sizzle and memorial motorcycle ride will take place on Saturday, to raise money for charity and mark Motorbike Awareness Month. The Gisborne Road Pirates Social Motorcycle Club (RPSMC) annual Hayden Miller Memorial Charity Run will leave...
Learning te reo Māori helps bring more of an understanding about the culture and people it is from. This is what te reo Māori student Amanda Clarke, 47, feels about learning the language of Aotearoa New Zealand. As a full-time worker, with family...
Residents of a remote East Coast beach community have been forced to purchase additional vehicles to reach town after a part of their road slid down a cliff after a June storm.
With the arrival of koanga (spring), Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival is excited that the return of Te Ara i Whiti — The Light Trail will once again provide the warmth, connection and visual beauty that is synonymous with the stunning annual, outdoor...
Ozi Ozaa is a groundbreaking fusion band with a very distinct African twist. The band weaves genres as disparate as traditional Ghanaian folk songs with African pop genres such as highlife, as well as funk, soul, Latin and jazz. It is fronted by...
This Week Build-a-Band Every Thursday night at Smash Palace, from 7-11pm. Motivate your muso mates or just turn up — everything’s set up and ready to go. Let’s jam ! Free entry. Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute Show — Born on the Bayou...
A literacy organisation is looking for aspiring writers, poets or booklovers from Tairāwhiti to participate in writing a novel with other people from around the world. They are hoping Gisborne people, young or old, who have a passion for literature...
Inspired by the beloved children’s story The Kuia and the Spider by Patricia Grace, Taki Rua Productions is excited to present Te Kuia me te Pūngāwerewere in a highly engaging, 25-minute piece of theatre in te reo Māori specially for...