Entries have been coming in steadily for the competition sections of the annual Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show in October and so far would be on a par with previous years, according to Show association general manager Erica McNeil. As of Wednesday...
The district council needs to do better, starting today. That was the blunt message from Te Poho o Rawiri Marae chairwoman Char Gibson as she voiced the adamant opposition of Ngāti Oneone to the granting of a lease of heritage reserve land to...
A group of Gisborne surfers led by Holly Quinn and Ricardo Christie will begin a fundraising drive this weekend to establish Kegged, in a move to create surf events that develop youth in the region and ignite a sense of community among surfers. The...
A Gisborne theatre group is looking for answers in an ongoing lease saga with the district council that has no clear end in sight.
The Year 5 and 6 students ran a 3000 metre course and the Year 3 and 4s ran a shorter course of 2000m
Hundreds of students from Gisborne’s Central School will take to the stage this week for the production of Back to the Movies — an all singing, all dancing extravaganza based on four movies chosen by the children. The school was divided into...
An exhibition of wearable art by Susan Holmes is now on at Tairāwhiti Museum featuring sculptural one-off showpiece garments made for the NZ World of Wearable Art. Award-winning Auckland fabric artist Susan Holmes established a broad repertoire of...
Electrinet Park Winning her 21st women’s senior club championship title was the second-best thing to happen to Karen Hay in the space of a few days. Becoming a grandmother for the first time well and truly outdid that. Hay beat Jo Kerr 7 and 6 in...
Comet Swim Club have geared up to start their training at the new Kiwa Pools complex and head coach Glenn Hamblyn said these were exciting times for the club and the district. This weekend marks the opening of the Kiwa Pools to the public. “It’s...
National has released what will likely be the key element of its election campaign — a tax policy designed to bring relief for the group it calls the “squeezed middle”, with other entitlements and tax reductions aimed at minimum-wage workers...
It is the unhappy lot of judges to be criticised for the sentences they impose. There is nothing wrong with that. Robert Fisher, KC New Zealand is an open, democratic society. Judges are ultimately answerable to the public. It is right that...
Aotearoa New Zealand’s first-ever security strategy document was unusually frank in its assessment of the geopolitical threats facing us. It went so far as to state that “an increasingly powerful China” was “pos(ing) challenges to existing...
Re: Paper boy remembers, August 26 article. What an interesting, well-written, enjoyable feature from Chris Taewa, retired paper boy. It made me think of in the past, prior to decimal currency, how the paper girls and boys used to call at our home...
Some people seem to have very short memories. Life isn’t perfect for too many but it’s a darned sight better than it ever was under a National and Act government. Do you remember that the minimum wage was only $15.75 an hour in 2017? It’s now...
Friends who nurse together get surgery together. That was the case for Jess Saxby, Tai Lolohea and BJ Taare, who now have more than a nursing degree in common. The three close friends have lost more than 200 kilograms between them. BJ had a partial...
An Antarctic leopard seal intrigued beachgoers at Māhia on Tuesday after it was first spotted by an early riser at Whangawehi Boat Ramp. A photo that person shared to a local community Facebook page, of the seal resting in the darkness, piqued the...
A landslide dam on Tauwhareparae Road has been assessed as low to minimal risk of failure. The dam formed after the heavy rain event in June when landslides caused massive damage to the rural road that sits inland between Uawa and Whatatutu...
National Party health spokesman Dr Shane Reti QSM will be in Gisborne today to discuss the health system and to meet with health entities Tūranga Health and Mātai Research. A free public meeting will be held at the Holy Trinity Church Hall from...
A car with three adults and a baby on board hit a tree alongside State Highway 2 just south of Te Karaka late on Tuesday night. When fire crews arrived they found an injured woman had been left alone in the vehicle. FENZ crews from Te Karaka and...
A hunter’s firearms licence has been revoked and his .22 rifle forfeited after he left it with an unlicensed friend whose house was subsequently searched by police during a family harm callout. Henry Richard Jerome Lee-Broughton, 27, who had no...
Sessions set down for the opening to the public of the new Kiwa Pools this weekend have been booking fast, according to Gisborne District Council. The pool will be open for two hours at a time with a limit of 200 people per session. The session...
Good news on the tropical cyclone front — the latest outlook is for a normal cyclone season. The agencies responsible for analysing cyclone potential in the Pacific have just issued an updated outlook for the season ahead. The August 2023...
Iwi have joined with the forestry industry and government agencies to launch a new collective to improve forestry culture, hauora and health and safety for kaimahi in Te Tairāwhiti. The Forestry Community Health and Safety Alliance, known as Te...
Two local wāhine-led businesses have joined forces to create a new event for women here. Empower You is promoting the experience for women to come together and “re-energise their wairua”. The event is set to host more than 200 attendees for...
Business owner feeling the pinch of some of the highest rates in the North Island
The Poverty Bay Horticultural Society's annual Spring Show featured prize-winning displays of daffodils and camellias. Robin Simmons, of Te Puke, came to judge the blooms. Verlie Shepherd took home the trophy for champion daffodil
A man charged for threatening Gisborne Work and Income staff has now been through three lawyers, saying he doesn’t have faith in any of them. He also claims his human rights have been breached. Joseph Hone Tamihana, 30, fisheries worker, appeared...
Cyclone-hit households in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti will be getting the break many are in need of thanks to the collective generosity of the Rotorua community. A total of 100 getaway packages are being distributed by Manaaki Rotorua | Be Our...
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Shirley Hyland is enjoying a life well lived. The 93-and-a-half-year-old, who in 2001 was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for services to equestrian, still lives at the Bushmere property where she and late husband Trevor raised their three...
Laura Watson has a dream . . . and it is one she is doing her darndest to see achieved in her lifetime. The project manager for the Waimatā Restoration Catchment Project grew up on the river that meanders 30 kilometres from the headwaters in the...
Eric Sandtmann has come a long way since he sneakily planted spuds in his mum’s rose garden to see what he could grow. These days he juggles a full-time job in horticulture for the Dods family with his growing Knock Knock Organics business. Knock...
Each year Daffodil Day holds a strong and very colourful presence in Tairāwhiti, but there’s another big effort going on just outside the town boundaries that makes a massive contribution to the local coffers. This year marks the 25th anniversary...
