Latest from Gisborne

Operation Pinocchio under way

Gisborne Woodturners Club want to share the Christmas festival spirit with deserving young tamariki who have had a tough time. President Lynne Boulter has started distributing wooden toys made by club members during the year and the first recipient...

Teenager facing GBH charge over gang member shooting

Police have arrested a Black Power associate in relation to the October shooting of a rival gang member in Gisborne and seized firearms and ammunition at gang addresses across the city. A police operation targeting firearms and gangs was carried out...

Father tried to 'cover his tracks' after maiming son in firearm incident

An East Coast man waded into the sea desperately trying to find phone service after his carelessness with a loaded rifle he was not allowed to have seriously wounded his teenaged son. The 16 -year-old is permanently maimed and no longer has one of...

Busy weekend for Santa in countdown to the big day

The Christmas spirit ramps up this weekend with the man in red to appear in Wairoa’s Christmas Parade today and at the Grey Street Christmas Festival in Gisborne tomorrow. Wairoa’s parade starts at 2pm this afternoon and the theme is...

Can you cuddle kittens, walk dogs, or do grounds work? SPCA needs more volunteers

SPCA Gisborne centre manager Melissa Bennett started her new role in the midst of a kitten boom and she is loving every minute. “It’s been a busy month but I’ve landed myself in a pretty good team,” she says. “Everyone has a lot of...

NZCT boost to all-weather turf project at Kaiti School

A rain-affected playing field will no longer be an issue for sport-loving Kaiti School students. New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) has provided a $35,000 grant towards an all-weather turf at the school. “Having access to an all-weather turf...

Wairoa visit reinforces commitment: Minister

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon yesterday joined Cyclone Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell and Transport and Local Government Minister Simeon Brown to meet leaders of cyclone and flood-affected regions in Wairoa and the wider Hawke’s Bay. The visit...

Loss for McDonald as HBPB book semi against Waikato

Defeat at the hands of Otago dropped Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay down the leaderboard at the women’s national interprovincial this morning. HBPB lost 3-2 to the southerners on the Waikanae course. Gisborne’s Tessa McDonald was among those to lose...

All tough days at the office so far for Tairāwhiti

It’s lonely at the top. It’s lonelier at the bottom. And that is where Tairāwhiti are sitting after suffering a wound-licking loss to Tasman in Round 5 of the men’s national interprovincial on the Paraparaumu Beach course yesterday. For the...

Gladiators ready to rumble in Palmy

The Gisborne Gladiators stockcar team will race in a big teams event in Palmerston North against nine other teams from around the North Island this weekend. They go into the competition tomorrow night fresh from their convincing victory over the...

Horouta v OBR to decide HSOB’s Cup final opponents

A place in Poverty Bay Premier club cricket’s Doleman Cup final is the reward when OBR take on Horouta at Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow. Last year's champions in the 40-overs competition, Bollywood High School Old Boys, are unbeaten and lie in...

Parliament debates ceasefire message

Parliament’s call yesterday for urgent steps towards a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war takes our official stance further and probably reflects what a majority of New Zealanders feel. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters moved that the House...

‘Recloaking’ a much better use of funds

Re: Raukumara project a case in point, December 5 letter. Thanks Grant — just to clarify, at this stage Recloaking Papatūānuku is looking solely to central government to support the initiative. The focus is on utilising the up to $26 billion New...

Street play after WW2 . . .

Just after World War 2, my home suburb of Bootle in Liverpool had the first Play Street — Beatrice Street. As the internet reveals, these were a product of the Street Playgrounds Act 1938. The aim was to provide safer streets to play in at a time...

‘Moti’ might be unbeatable

Re: Annual longboard contest supports Tauawhi kaupapa, December 6 story. Let’s hope Makorori beach turns it on for the competitors. My only misgiving is the infamous speedo or budgie smugglers contest. Even though I’m not sure of the judging...

Summer camping booms in Gisborne, council urges registration for safety

Summer camping is gathering momentum around the district as the holiday period and peak summer approaches. Gisborne District Council has reminded campers to provide the number of people staying at camp sites. “If you’re planning a camping trip...