Eastland Port had a great month for shipping in May with 11 log ships alongside the wharf. They took away more than 290,000 tonnes of logs. The success of the month came down to efficient loading by ISO Limited and good weather, a port spokesperson...

Seven groups will compete in the Central district round of the national secondary schools’ chamber music contest, at the Lawson Field Theatre tonight. Since its inception in 1965, the annual NZCT chamber music contest has provided a platform for...

The district’s saturated soils cannot take any more water — this was clearly shown during Sunday’s burst of heavy rain. While the amount of rain over Sunday was not particularly high, water levels rose rapidly, with surface flooding and...

A controversial decision not to send a WorkSafe investigator to the scene of a Gisborne forestry fatality severely compromised a probe into the accident, an investigator has told the grieving family. And officials say people they believe have...

Provisional maps have been released that show the areas here that fall under the Government’s three categories of future risk when it comes to flooding and landslides. The categories were announced last month by the Government, with Category 3...

The Bailey bridge to temporarily replace the Hikuwai No. 1 bridge on State Highway 35 destroyed by Cyclone Gabrielle, will open for traffic next week. It comes four months after the cyclone caused major devastation across the East Coast and having...

Clive Bibby Enforced changes to our social behaviour are having the reaction one might expect, and it does not bode well. This is doubly unfortunate for a country that is capable of accommodating any new direction and making slow but good progress...

Re your front page article on June 9. It is interesting to note this Government’s u-turn with regard to the investigation now proposed to use forestry slash as a source of biofuel/bioenergy. In January 2021 the Government agreed in principle to...

I recently wrote a letter to the editor about teachers wanting more pay, smaller classes, etc, etc. Well, I’ve just gone through my school photos from 1946-1956 and there is not one class with less than 31 students photographed. Some had 45-50...

A proposed temporary law change would enable rural Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay dealing with masses of cyclone and flood debris to burn mixed waste so they can replant and return their land to productivity. Environment Minister David Parker said...

In a small East Coast town two hours from the nearest city, community is everything. Local Democracy Reporter Matthew Rosenberg met with those in charge of the local iwi radio station to find out what makes the locals tick. Radio Ngāti Porou’s...

A Gisborne woman fighting proposed medicine law changes is buoyed by the support she received during a recent trip to Parliament to present her petition. Theresa Zame was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in June 2022, but has outlived her...

Gwynne Dyer California’s fall from grace has been steep and swift, and now even the insurance companies are pulling out. The two biggest American home insurance companies, State Farm and Allstate, announced last week that they will stop selling...

A pallet garden is easy to make and looks really effective hanging on a fence in the backyard, or simply sitting on a patio. Pallets are pretty easy to get hold of (for free) and look great with just about anything planted in them, whether it be...

From crisp and zingy salads, to fresh and comforting rice bowls, and tangles of tasty noodles as well as plant-based bowls and stir fries, Bowlful will satisfy all your cravings, with 90 easy to follow recipes by Norman Musa. This is my favourite...

Captain Cook’s voyage observations of a transit of Venus from Tahiti and a transit of Mercury from the Coromandel Peninsula in 1769 will be the topic of discussion this evening. Professor Wayne Orchiston and his wife and research assistant Darunee...