The comic strip style of Footrot Flats trots, stalks, skitters and stamps through playwright Roger Hall’s script for the musical based on Murray Ball’s popular cartoon. Based on the iconic comic strip most of us have grown up with, Musical...
In 2015, I realised a long-held dream, to go trekking and sight-seeing in Ladakh, Northern India (you can read part one of Jane's story ).While in Ladakh with Kay, we met up with a friend and former colleague of mine, Tony Hyde, who taught at Aiglon...
THE shearing gang from Puketarata Station took some time out to cool off at Rere Falls after a hot morning’s work one day after what has turned out to be a long, hot week. What better way to cool off than at Rere Falls?
Police have reminded people not to send gift cards, vouchers or money through the mail in the lead-up to Christmas because unfortunately they see more instances of mail theft at this time. Gift cards and vouchers are usually sent in cards and...
So much redRed smeared across the vanityRed pulled from a rainbow and pulled into puddlesIt was a hurricane in a blackoutA storm brewing in the places that already hurtA red bruise darker than any brick wall whether it was still standing after the...
SPEEDWAYHigh-line daredevil Ethan Cook pulled off the performance of his career so far when he won the New Zealand saloon car championship at Meeanee Speedway in Hawke’s Bay on Wednesday night. Gisborne Speedway Club’s Cook, previously 76G, can...
In New Zealand, creating the next generation of All Blacks involves the crucial step of having elite scholastic teams, like the boys of Gisborne Boys’ High School. In sports, few teams have dominated their competition the way the New Zealand All...
THREE players with links to Poverty Bay or the East Coast have been named in the Maori All Blacks squad announced today. Hurricanes and Hawke's Bay lock Isaia Walker-Leawere (Ngati Porou) played for the Gisborne Boys' High School First XV and won...
GISBORNE police will hold an open day this month to showcase policing as a career and profile the wide variety of work police do in the Tairawhiti community. The open day has been planned for Sunday, March 11, as part of a nationwide...
The re-created Orongo wetlands are an inspiration, says Rongowhakaata taiao fieldwork lead Soraya Pohatu after visiting the base of Te Kuri a Paoa on Nick’s Head Station as part of World Wetlands Day. Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust hosted the World...
A community consultation is under way on a proposal to extend the Wainui walkway/cycleway along Wainui and Crawford roads to the inner harbour.“The cycleway is intended to be a safe and enjoyable space away from the busy State Highway for...
The chief executive’s July report for councillors prior to their meeting tomorrow naturally begins with the impressive national recognition achieved for the What’s The Future Tairawhiti? campaign for early Long-Term Plan consultation engagement...
An extra end was needed to separate the finalists in the centre open men's triples at Kahutia Bowling Club's greens. Te Karaka Bowling Club trio Don Williams (skip), July Williams and William Murray won the “shoot-out” by a shot. It was William...
A jury retired this morning to consider its verdict in the case of a man accused of using his quad bike to deliberately mow down two neighbours in the backyard of their Whakaki home. William Kahukura, 67, went on trial on Monday for two counts of...
During nearly forty years working with the good people of the East Coast, l have built a reputation for delivering on my promises. I hope to continue in that vein if the voters decide to support my candidacy for the council and district health board...
It’s the penultimate round of football’s Pacific Premiership with only three sides left with a chance to win — Gisborne United, Gisborne Thistle and Taradale. Competition leaders Heavy Equipment Services United play their last two games in...
CEDENCO will make a start on the annual sweetcorn harvest around January 20 and prospects for the season look promising, says agronomy manager David Oudes. The company is set to harvest around 32,000 tonnes of sweetcorn in the Wairoa, Gisborne and...
THE fundraising effort by ?three Gisborne firefighters who take on the Auckland Skytower stairs in May has got off to a flying start, thanks to Doris Hill’s long walk. The 54-year-old will join fellow firefighters Robin Sneddon and Dion Wilson on...
MARTY Davis has resigned as chief executive of the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union.“After 30 months in the role, with the commencement of a new season, I feel the time is right for a new face to lead the organisation,” he said in a statement to...
MIDWAY Surf Life Saving Club coach Matt Sutton was reluctant to speak about Olivia Corrin’s impressive performance in the Eastern Region Championships at Mount Maunganui at the weekend. But after some gentle persuasion and initially singing the...
Work continues at pace in wake of ex-tropical Cyclone Hale
Researcher Jean Johnston shares some of her research into the historic events of 1893 when Gisborne women celebrated their enfranchisement and mobilised other women to cast their ballot. This is an excerpt of some of her research. Mrs Johnston...
PLANNED expansion of Eastland Port has brought a mixed response from election candidates. Three incumbent Gisborne district councillors express confidence in the consent process and councillor Shannon Dowsing says the economic benefits would outweigh...
LOG exports at Eastland Port resumed on Monday after heavy seas in Poverty Bay and a surge in the harbour prevented loading operations for three days. The strong southerly swell got up to 5.5 metres out in the Bay at times over the weekend.“The log...
THE school holidays are in full swing and children from all over the North Island are coming to Gisborne to learn about robotics. The Mind Lab by Unitec’s digital learning facility in Gisborne has been a hive of activity during the holidays and...
When taking a stroll along the city beaches you can expect to find seashells, driftwood and jellyfish. But on Sunday a Gisborne resident discovered a black blob that looked like tar. Residents found two sizeable blobs on the weekend and a smaller...
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a house in Worsley Street in Kaiti on Tuesday morning after a cigarette that somehow went down the back of a seat in a bedroom in the home started a fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand sent crews to the house at around...
Between 70-100 people are expected for a central area Alcoholics Anonymous assembly in Gisborne this weekend. The central area covers the North Island north of Wellington and south of the Waikato. The assembly will be at the Holy Trinity Church and...
THE man seriously injujred in an alleged assault in Bright Street early on Thursday morning remains in the intensive care unit at Gisborne Hospital in a stable condition. A 16-year-old youth has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm in...
A WOMAN died in a smash on State Highway 2 just outside of Raupunga south of Wairoa yesterday afternoon. The car she was driving left the highway and crashed into a bank. Emergency services were called to the crash scene about two kilometres south of...
The death of former Hawke’s Bay and Wellington woman Kathleen Kawana remains “unexplained”.Police have repeated their plea for information about her movements in this district before her death. Mystery surrounds the cause of her death and how...