Latest from Gisborne

‘Further and faster’ promise from Nats

National this week unveiled new policy it says will speed up cyclone recovery here and in other cyclone-hit areas. It would do that by unblocking the EQC assessment pipeline, and requiring EQC to prioritise assessments and set performance targets to...

NZ Forestry Owners Association says court finding a ‘dreadful precedent’

The Forest Owners Association (NZFOA) wants the incoming government to change the Local Government Act to protect minority ratepayers in rural areas, after a recent Court of Appeal judgement. The court dismissed a judicial review against Wairo...

Comet swim club named in awards

The Comet Swim Club will be well represented this weekend at the New Zealand Swim Coaches and Teachers Association annual awards and conference in Christchurch where they are finalists in two categories. Comet will be among three finalists in the...

She Shed choose Hear4U this year

Men’s mental health charity Hear4U will be the beneficiary of this year’s She Shed Tour Gisborne, an annual arts and garden tour featuring women artists and their spaces from Wainui, Okitu and Makorori. All proceeds from ticket sales will go to...

Death of man in street ‘not suspicious’

Another of the city’s street people has died. Police responded to reports of a man unconscious on the ground in Peel Street at around 3.40pm on Monday. “The death is not being treated as suspicious and will be referred to the Coroner,” police...

A few sleepless nights for $10m Powerball winner, Wairoa local

The past few days have been a “blur” for one lucky Wairoa local after they won $10.3 million in Powerball last Saturday. The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a regular player who bought a Power Dip earlier in the week from the Wairo...

Young family helped into first home under partnership scheme

A young couple, who were living with their baby and five-year-old son in their grandparents’ sleep-out, are the first people in Tairāwhiti to use Kāinga Ora’s First Home Partner scheme to get into their own first home. The recent Government...

Taking up the Wednesday Challenge

Wainui Beach School is one of several schools that has signed up for the Wednesday Challenge, an initiative launched this week to encourage families to use healthier, more fun and sustainable transport for their daily journeys. Making their way to...

Uawa proud

The girls from Ūawa are huddled closely together on the side of the netball court, getting some last-minute advice from their coach before the start of the next quarter. It’s proving a tough first match for them at the AIMS Games in Tauranga —...

Try of the season?

Poverty Bay fullback Ricardo Patricio finishes off an early contender for the individual try of the season in the Bay’s Heartland Championship clash with Mid Canterbury at the Oval on Saturday. With around 20 minutes of the match remaining...

Ecstasy to agony for Reid

Spraying bubbly on the podium in London one week; lying devastated on a Toulouse street after a nasty cycle crash the next. Gisborne’s Tayler Reid was on the wrong end of the fickle and sometimes merciless nature of his profession in Race 2 of the...

Prices hold steady at Matawhero saleyards

The Matawhero saleyards drew a total yarding of around 750 head yesterday in the monthly Cattle Fair. Sales commentator Trevor Brown said most were sold at recent values. The first pen of 35 two- year steers, from Waitangi Terrace Station at...

RRT's community support day successful

The Rapid Relief Team’s community support day on Friday in Dunstan Road was a huge success with more than 300 local farmers taking home free $1500 fencing packages, enough fencing gear to repair or replace 90kms of Cyclone damaged fencing. “It...

Election campaign piquing interest

As the fallout continues from the Council of Trade Unions attack ad on National Party leader Christopher Luxon, some political commentators are wondering what happens next. The CTU ad was certainly dramatic, taking over the front page of the New...

Our trust bust: what it means for the election

Tim Wilson, Maxim Institute executive director Elections are a contest not solely for power but also for trust. Politicians know this. That’s why National has portrayed the Government as profligate (translation: untrustworthy with money). Here’s...

Drug not effective against Covid, publication reckless

I am writing to express my concern about the September 5 opinion piece by Alexis Copland in your paper that promotes Ivermectin as a cure for Covid-19. This is irresponsible and dangerous misinformation. Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug that has...