Latest from Gisborne

Badly hurt pregnant woman stable in hospital

The pregnant woman who suffered a serious head injury in the head-on smash yesterday is reported to be in a stable condition in Gisborne Hospital. She was a passenger in the car involved in the crash with a ute, mid-morning just south of Oneroa Road...

Extension for land-use inquiry due to weight of submissions

A 12-day extension has been approved for the Ministerial Inquiry into woody debris (including forestry slash) and sediment in Tairāwhiti/Gisborne and Wairoa. The original deadline was April 30. The three-member panel for the Ministerial Inquiry...

Barbecue fare from hunting trip

Full-time Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) students processed about 400 venison sausages and 100 meat patties as part of their Outdoor Experiences course at the campus kitchen on Monday. The students had been on a hunting trip and used meat...

Tourism agency working to promote region in cyclone aftermath

IT has been two months since Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked havoc on Tairāwhiti and many in the tourism and hospitality sectors are still doing it tough as the recovery continues. In the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, Trust Tairāwhiti, as the...

New vehicle helping St John staff to deliver critical care

St John ambulance in Gisborne has been operating a new Critical Care Hilux vehicle in Gisborne for a few weeks now, manned by specialist staff. “The vehicle makes the team more readily available to attend more serious incidents, and to back up...

Tale of the table unfolds

The table begins to tell its story. East Coast Farm Vets YMP will look to make it four wins from four games when they play at their home ground, Barry Park, against Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates tomorrow. Enterprise Cars OBM are the other team looking...

What's the buzz?

REVIEW: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Civil unrest, alienation, corruption at the highest level — not much has changed since AD33. So co-directors James Packman and LJ Mill have dispensed with sandals and swords for their high-energy production of Jesus...

Housing whānau from Tūranga to Ruatōrea and beyond

Hikurangi Enterprises project Whare Ora has been working to house whānau around Tairāwhiti for two years and is now aiming to get a manufacturing facility set up in Ruatorea. “We want to build for people of the greater Waiapu Valley,”...

Gold FM to switch to Coast frequency

New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) has announced Gold FM in Gisborne is to switch frequencies with feel-good music radio station Coast. From Monday, May 1, Coast will broadcast on 106.1FM, and Gold FM will switch to the Coast frequency at...

GDC reviewing Maori land rates

A review into how rates are applied to Māori freehold land is under way at Gisborne District Council, with policy changes set to be included in the next long-term plan. It comes on the back of amendments to the Local Government Rating Act which in...

Best start in years predicted for duck shooting season

Fish and Game predicts a great start to the duck season in this region on May 6 because there appear to be plenty of ducks about. Mallard and grey duck numbers have been low in recent years which has forced Fish and Game to apply restrictive bag...

Satellites will be chasing cyclones

NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting a May Day launch for a new cyclone-hunting mission. A launch window for the mission, which takes place from Rocket Lab’s Mahia spaceport, opens at 1pm on Monday (May 1) and will launch two storm-tracking CubeSats...

Pregnant woman critically injured in crash

Traffic came to a halt on State Highway 35 near Oneroa Road at Wainui Road this morning after a head-on car crash in which a pregnant woman suffered critical injuries. It happened at around 10am just south of the Oneroa Road corner. The crash...

Cleaning up at Tolaga Bay

Eastland Wood Council contractors, supported by local forestry companies, have been removing wood debris from Tolaga Bay beach since Monday. They started at the surf club end of the beach. Wood council chief executive Philip Hope said the EWC was...

Nats say police need more tools against gangs

National Party East Coast candidate Dana Kirkpatrick says gang numbers in the Eastern and Bay of Plenty police regions have almost doubled since 2017. The two police areas, which both cross into the East Coast electorate, have recorded a near 100...

New house price stats offer ‘good perspective’

House prices here have taken another tumble, new data from the real Estate Institute (REINZ) shows. Focusing on the Gisborne region, REINZ chief executive Jen Baird said the median price in Gisborne decreased 11.9 percent annually to $630,000 in...