‘She’s coming home’: Whaitiri quits Labour Party for Te Pāti Māori
A tearful Meka Whaitiri confirmed her shock defection from the Labour Party to Te Pāti Māori this morning at Waipatu Marae in Hastings.
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Wooden pole allegedly used in Wairoa attack
A man accused of attacking a Wairoa veteran in his own home last week, allegedly used a wooden pole as a weapon. The suspect who cannot be named yet, was scheduled to appear in an arrest list in Gisborne District Court yesterday afternoon but the...
Discussions over hospital's Ward 5 Provisional Improvement Notice continue
Discussions are continuing five months after a Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN) was issued to Gisborne Hospital’s Ward 5 because of concerns about staffing levels. A PIN legally requires an employer to address a health and safety issue before...
‘Offensive dust’: consent granted despite failing to meet condition
Consent granted despite failing to meet condition A Gisborne logging company operating in an area shared with residential addresses has drawn the ire of locals who claim disturbances from the operation are unbearable. The business says it will soon...
Cheers to Sunshine’s new brew — Cyclone Gabri Ale
Gisborne’s Sunshine Brewery has taken community support to the next level to produce a charity fundraising beer, aptly named Cyclone Gabri Ale. Proceeds will go to the Gisborne Tairāwhiti Farming Recovery Fund. Local community organisations...
Star-studded fundraiser: big names turning out for cyclone relief event
Big names turning out for cyclone relief event at Eden Park Sporting greats Sir Michael Jones, Rob Waddell and Jeff Wilson are among the names getting behind a major fundraising event which will benefit two Gisborne sporting communities. Gisborne...
Nurse's personal experience fuels passion for neonatal care
Ashlee McNabb had no aspirations of becoming a nurse until she witnessed first-hand the care her younger brother, born at 34 weeks, received in the special care baby unit (SCBU). The experience was inspirational for Ashlee, who is of Ngati Kahungunu...
Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results
Individual highlights 180s: Tahuna Irwin 2 (Falcons). Highest start (140): Tahuna Irwin, Pete Tom, John Love (Falcons). Highest finish (140): Alf Cross (Tigers). Most tons (17): Tahuna Irwin (Falcons) Team Results Falcons 13 Tigers 4: T Irwin 180...
Boys’ High give Wellington College a shake-up
Duane Hihi’s crew didn’t give it away at the weekend. The Hihi-coached Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 lost to Wellington College 34-19, although they put up the opening try of their Tranzit Coachlines Festival clash and gave the locals...
Best racing of season so far for Eastland Kart Club
The good-sized crowd who turned up at Eastland Kart Club’s latest event saw the best racing of the season so far. The Anzac mini champs gave young up-and-coming drivers their own event. It was held over three races — with a front, middle and...
Close midweek tussles in store
by Sherrill Beale Midweek premier netball promises two close games at the YMCA as teams try to avoid the bottom two spots ahead of the challenge round. At 6pm tomorrow, Horouta Koura take on Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A in what should be...
Defending champs made to work in hockey season-openers
by Scraggy Gritty performances against both defending champions, a nine-goal blitz from Gisborne Boys’ High School and a Krystel Williams quadruple were among the highlights of Week 1 of the Poverty Bay senior hockey competitions. After much...
Balancing carrot and stick for EV switch
The Government appears to be a victim of its own success with its Clean Car Discount programme, which has exceeded its own and industry projections. A review after the first year of the scheme has shown that 20 percent of new passenger vehicle sales...
After inquiry, restructure will be required
Clive Bibby The Parata report covering the East Coast Land Use Inquiry is due on May 12 now after a 12-day extension “due to the number and substance of submissions”. The findings will no doubt make some people feel very uncomfortable. And so...
Calamity and failure surround Labour Govt’s aspiration for mediocrity
The legacy of this Labour Govt, regardless of when they finally shuffle off, will without doubt be one of abject failure. Driven by an ironically named “progressive agenda”, almost everything they have touched has resulted in calamity, and...
Govt to include community consultation as part of flood risk categorisation
A group of researchers working on climate change and “just transition” issues in Tairāwhiti is welcoming a Government announcement there will be consultation with communities in the region on a set of flood risk categories for private...
Beaches ‘a risk to all’ until after winter: GDC
Gisborne beaches will not be cleaned of woody debris until after winter despite the district council labelling the issue one of “extreme danger”. Following Cyclone Gabrielle, forestry companies worked around the tides for weeks to clear Midway...
Age Concern Dignity Champion award ‘very special’
Gisborne woman Annie Meredith has been given the Dignity Champion award by Age Concern New Zealand to acknowledge the work she does with the elderly. “It is people like Annie who make New Zealand a better place to age,” wrote Age Concern New...
Raising their voices for race unity
Students from Tairāwhiti are taking part in this year’s Race Unity Speech Awards regional heat tomorrow at Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club at 7pm. Last year’s champions Jacqueline Nankivell from Campion College and Mairangi Campbell from...
Man admits sexual offending against daughter, jail ‘inevitable’
A Gisborne man has admitted numerous historical sexual offences against his daughter, for which he will inevitably be jailed. The man, in his 50s, cannot be named to protect the victim, whose details are automatically protected by law. The case...
Crash at Ruakituri
Police are investigating after two people were injured when a vehicle crashed at Deep Creek Bridge at Ruakituri and dropped 20 metres. The crash was reported at about 11.50am on Saturday, a police spokesman said. “Of the two occupants, one...
Arrest over attack on Wairoa veteran
Police have arrested a 28 year-old man suspected of attacking an elderly Wairoa man in his home last week and a cellphone that was taken, containing the last photograph taken of the man’s late wife, has been recovered. The alleged offender was...
Builders going hammer and tongs on repairs after Cyclone Gabrielle
Gisborne builders are cracking on with cyclone repairs as a rise in demand for repair work coincides with a slowdown in the industry, Master Builders chief executive David Kelly says. Mr Kelly was in Gisborne last week to cast an eye over repair...
Apiata auction raises $200k for Ngati Porou
Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata and former New Zealand Defence Force colleagues have raised more than $200,000 for the people of Ngāti Porou hit by Cyclone Gabrielle on the East Coast. Personnel from Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and New...
Lytton reunion: it was the summer of ‘61
The “final” reunion for the foundation students of Lytton High School, 1961, has been so successful, they’re going to do it again. Organiser Bernie Priestley said 41 former students and 13 partners attended, including one couple who flew from...
Senior 1, school rugby results
Results of Week 3 games in Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 rugby — Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic 10 (Jordan Biddle, Moss Doran, tries) Roseland Tavern Tapuae 29 (Iowane Filimoni 3, Wayne Hema, Kyoni-Tyrese Te Amo-Poki, tries; Te Amo-Poki 2...
Result ‘gone in 60 seconds’
Gisborne Thistle went from a goal up to a goal down in the space of a minute on Saturday. The game-changing minute started in the 57th, and the score stayed at 2-1 to Palmerston North Marist till the end of this Central Federation League football...
Waikohu go on scoring spree
Ethine Reeves scored a hat-trick and KC Wilson picked up a double as Waikohu ran rampant on Saturday. GT Shearing Waikohu beat Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys 59-24 and scored nine tries to four in Poverty Bay premier rugby at Te Karak...
Another OBM win clouded by injury blow
OBM made it four from four in a 24-7 premier club rugby win over Ngatapa on Saturday but it came at a price. Star utility back Moses Christie is out for several weeks with a dislocated elbow — a huge loss for the unbeaten side, particularly as...
YMP pushed by OG Whangara
by Sherrill Beale and Murray Robertson The YMP second team came through the Premier Reserve games with their competition lead intact in senior netball at Victoria Domain on Saturday. But they had to work hard against a determined Old Girls Whangar...
YMP, OBM stay at top of the table
Another win, another hat-trick. Fullback Andrew Tauatevalu picked up his third try treble in four games in top-of-the-table East Coast Farm Vets YMP’s 59-8 win over Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates on Saturday. Larsawn Ngatapa showed determination but...
Traffic backs up after crash
A two-vehicle crash on Awapuni Raod led to tailbacks and traffic congestion this morning. A police spokesman said police were alerted to a crash involving at least two vehicles on Awapuni Road, near Commerce Place at about 7.15am. “Traffic...
Spared worst, more rain forecast
The Gisborne-East Cape region has escaped the latest drenching from the sub-tropics, but more is forecast to arrive next weekend. This time around, while Northland, Auckland and Coromandel got a soaking, the heaviest falls in this part of the North...
‘Intense supervision’ ordered
An intellectually impaired man deported from Australia as a registered child sex offender failed to comply with his reporting obligations under the register here. Felony Mystikal Henessy Harvey Williams, 21, was placed on two years intensive...