Gisborne-based Independent MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere says the cost of funerals is too high in New Zealand and contributes to “funeral poverty”. Speaking in the House, which resumed this week, Dr Kerekere said,”severe weather events are having...
East Coast teenagers Aaria Reedy and Reagan Mitchell, have been recognised for their outstanding volunteer work within the community, at a formal event at Government House in Auckland. They were selected from profiles sent to Volunteer NZ after the...
The Government’s statistician says he is pleased with Census uptake in Tairāwhiti, despite the response rate being lower than the national average. While the national uptake is estimated to be between 89 and 91 percent, Tairāwhiti came in at 82...
The cause of the fire that extensively damaged one of two flats in a Kāinga Ora unit in Maude Street off Wainui Road on Tuesday morning remains under investigation. Fire and Emergency NZ crews were able to save much of the front section of the...
A forestry team created by Gisborne District Council to proactively enforce compliance across Tairāwhiti will get to work as soon as positions are filled. Council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said the group’s formation followed...
Gisborne port’s first harbour tug the Hikurangi, has been restored to survey standard and continues to chug happily as a pleasure craft around Port Chalmers in Dunedin. Hikurangi was once described as “one of the finest little vessels ever built...
Helping out the Gisborne SPCA with pet food donations and bringing colour into people’s lives are two things David Preddey from Resene Colorshop is passionate about. That’s why he started the swap a can for a test pot fundraiser for the SPC...
Roaming dogs have killed 29 pregnant ewes on Bob Bryson’s farm at Patutahi in the past week, and he’s extremely angry about it. Mr Bryson has sounded a warning to other farmers in the area to watch out for their stock. “It’s terrible and we...
Less than three months out from the general election, polls are showing a degree of disgruntlement with the offerings of the two main political parties and lukewarm support for either of the two Chris options for our next prime minister. The major...
Roger Handford Tax and rates (another form of tax) are not necessarily the problem . . . they are a certainty of society, as is the eventual arrival of the Grim Reaper. What IS the problem is whether people are left with enough money in their...
In just seven weeks Gisborne’s $46 million Kiwa Pools complex will open to the public after a roller coaster build that has traversed Covid lockdowns and five states of emergency. Kiwa Pools will open on Saturday, September 2. “We’re grateful...
by Loren Sirl Jenny Cains describes herself as a pretty resilient person but this year’s cyclones and a heavy rain event in June resulted in three states of emergency being declared for Tairāwhiti region, and it has taken its toll. She now faces...
A sudden, sharp jolt from nowhere startled Gisborne residents last night. It came at 6.43pm, and by 7pm had been reported to Geonet by over 463 people. Geonet’s website recorded the jolt — felt by some as a sort of “thud” — as a light...
Firefighters were called to the Duke Street-Wainui Road corner on Monday night after a power transformer caught fire, affecting power supplies to several streets. It happened at around 8.15pm. “It was well alight when the first crew got there,”...
The Government yesterday unveiled a plan to ensure greater coordination, provision of and access to support in regions affected by the extreme weather events earlier this year. “We have a plan to make sure people’s needs will continue to be met...
Fire extensively damaged one of two flats in a residence in Maude Street off Wainui Road yesterday morning but the solid firewall between the two dwellings did its job, said firefighters. Fire and Emergency NZ received multiple 111 calls about the...
“Time to shorten sail . . . there’s a shift in the wind coming, Mr Hornblower.” So might a sea captain of old instruct his officers when he senses a change in the weather. And so it is that the run of dry weather and some sunny days for the...
The cost of living, crime and frustration over the Government’s response to infrastructure damage caused by storms are constant themes National Party candidate Dana Kirkpatrick says she is encountering from East Coast voters. The first-time...
Rocket Lab’s latest mission from Māhia met with “100 percent mission success”, company founder Peter Beck said on Twitter yesterday. The mission successfully launched seven payloads into orbit, after blasting off from the United States-based...
One hundred years is a lot of memories, a lot of stories and a lot of fun. YMP Hockey Club marked that century milestone with an official dinner in Gisborne on Saturday night, which became a walk down memory lane for many of the 140 in attendance...
Kahutia club bowlers Lucy Shanks and Karen Pinn did not qualify for post-section play but beat two of the stronger teams at the national champion of champions women’s pairs in Dunedin. They placed eighth out of 17 women’s pairs from around the...
Carol Hawes of Gisborne Bowling Club represented Gisborne-East Coast in the national champion of champions women’s singles in Hastings. In the first round, Hawes lost to Nicole Toomey, of Stokes Valley Bowling Club, 21-12. Hawes then had a bye. In...
Terry Reeves did a great job for sport on Saturday. Controlling the Ngati Porou East Coast men’s club rugby final is no easy task for any referee, let alone one from their closest neighbours Poverty Bay. But with the support of local officials Joe...
Netball PAK ‘n SAVE Gisborne Netball, SATURDAY, Seniors — Duty teams to put up goal pads, set up team benches (courts 1 and 2) and put bins out: Uawa Hinekura & Campion MacKillop. 9am: 1, Whatatutu v OBM OG (Annie, Kaki); 2, Horouta Taiman...
Ngatapa and YMP (2) face another tough night out in mid-week Premier grade netball at the YMCA. The first of the Pak’nSave Premier games tonight features Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A against Farmlands Ngatapa at 6pm. Girls’ High are fifth on...
A total of $208,935 was granted across Tairāwhiti to help out in the community in the latest funding round of New Zealand Community Trust. Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union was allocated the largest amount, $100,817.63. This will be spent on travel...
Gisborne’s Wisewool company has been named among finalists in the eighth ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards. The business is a finalist in the best emerging business category of the awards. Also named as a finalist, in the excellence in...
The Gisborne-EastCape region is once again down to reduced highway access in and out of the district, with major recovery work needing two weeks of closures. The closures started on Monday and will last two weeks, all going well with the weather...
Brew sells out and raises $20,000 for farming recovery fund When Gisborne’s Sunshine Brewery released a first of its kind charity fundraising beer in May, they didn’t expect the sell-out response. Two hundred cases of 440ml cans of Cyclone Gabri...
As if confirmation were needed, it is now without doubt the Jacinda Ardern era has been one of the most incompetent and wasteful — laden with hot-air promises of little subsequent or purposeful action. On Thursday, the most ill-conceived...
Chris Hipkins’ ruling out of wealth and capital-gains taxes last week was a shock. It turns this week’s Labour slogan into: “In it for you — well, not really.” Apart from echoing the silliest thing the generally wise Jacinda Ardern ever...
Citizens and politicians who want to improve our health, education and welfare should read Rebecca Macfie’s series of articles in the Listener. She visits communities where dedicated local people are at work to include and inspire people who need...
Re: Michael James Manaia. In 2012 former Gisborne man and actor Te Kohe Tuhaka also gave a stunningly brilliant and extremely moving performance of Michael James Manaia at the Lawson Field Theatre. I will never forget it . . . Margaret Graham
It saddens me that our beautiful country is no longer under God’s blessing. Our National Anthem has the most honouring and beautiful words as a prayer to God — the one who provides all good things. Verse 1 of the anthem begins: “God of nations...