St Pat’s change tactics to beat Gisborne BHS

Queens/Titirangi Drive open to vehicles again

The laws against cannabis have been a spectacular failure, yet people regularly argue in support of the present law by citing road crashes involving cannabis-affected drivers. Since such crashes occur in spite of the present law, they cannot be an...

The Waikanae inflatable rescue boat crews finished third overall at the North Island Championships at Waihi Beach at the weekend and described the event as a solid build-up for the national championships here in a fortnight. The BP Surf Rescue New...

If there was football at Childers Road Reserve, Geoff Logan would often be there standing by a bin. The co-founder of Sunshine Brewery in Gisborne chipped in to help cover fees for representative teams, adverse weather did not deter his presence at...

Wet weather in the past two weeks has disrupted the very end of the region’s grain maize harvest. Some paddocks were flooded but growers hope they can salvage the crops. Corson Grain has around 5 percent of its crop still to be harvested.“We had...

Call to vaccinate children as soon as possible

CLAYDENS Waikohu get a final chance tomorrow to fine-tune their play ahead of the premier-grade netball playoffs next week and their opponents will give them the workout they need. The Waikohu-Lytton Senior A clash at 11am will be the last game in...

Recently I have been thinking about the role of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce in our region. There are a lot of excellent businesses in our community where people are head down, getting on with business. The local economy is in a good...

Big Wednesday claimedTHE unclaimed winning Big Wednesday ticket from last week’s final draw has been claimed. Bought from Ideal Store, the win was claimed at Countdown Gisborne. The ticket was one of three winning $87,272 tickets sold here. The...

TOKOMARU Bay man Hakarangi Tichborne, former Wairoa College student Zane Douglas and the New Zealand Defence Force rugby team have made a winning start to the International Defence Rugby Competition. They beat the Australian Defence Force 47-35 in...

Three Gisborne firefighters have won a Fire and Emergency Region 2 ‘‘Celebrating Success’’ award for teaching te reo Maori to their firefighter colleagues in order to better connect with the Maori community. Senior firefighter George Clarke...

A new Mayor stamping their mark or a planned reorganisation prepared well in advance?It is hard to say, as Gisborne District Council has been making more of its governance decisions over recent years in public-excluded or “workshop” sessions...

THE SHIP used by Captain James Cook for his voyage to New Zealand may have been found on the bottom of the ocean floor in a US harbour. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) believes it may have discovered the HMS Endeavour in Newport...

Half-a-dozen dog triallists from this region remained in the running in three events when the Tux South Island and New Zealand dog trials ended for the day yesterday in Blenheim. Waimata’s Merv Utting and Prince came on to the top seven leaderboard...

The heat is back on at the Olympic Pool after a week of chilly water temperatures. Repairs have been completed to the water heating system, with the therapy pool back to normal this morning and the temperature rising in the 50-metre pool. Entry to the...

Safety in the forests is a matter of huge concern, as one of the nation’s most dangerous workplaces and a major employer in this district where, tragically, we have had many young men killed — three last year, of five fatalities nationwide. The...

A 41-year-old man out on his morning walk in Valley Road today was attacked by three people. He was later admitted to Gisborne Hospital with injuries suffered in the assault. It happened between 6am and 6.30am.“A gentlemen who was out for his...

A man on a mission to walk around New Zealand to raise awareness of mental health issues and suicide prevention has put a pause on his hikoi. Ivan Miller started his Walking for Life journey the weekend after Waitangi Day 2019. He has clocked up 4802...

Poverty Bay will have their work cut out for them tomorrow as they enter Ngati Porou East Coast stronghold Whakarua Park. NPEC have produced one of their strongest sides on paper in years, bolstered by the inclusion of loan player Nehe...

About 300 people made the most of the Ilminster Intermediate swimming pool when it opened to the public last Friday. For over a decade Ka Pai Kaiti has run the pool programme and this year it’s as popular as ever, says Tuta Ngarimu. Four paid life...

Our columnist today has many questions and points to make following yesterday's editorial, and fair enough. An overarching answer is that everyone's circumstances are different, and the goods we buy and infrastructure around us are going to change...

The district's boating fraternity has been asked to keep hulls clean to ensure harmful marine pests like Mediterranean fanworm do not enter the port over summer. In a statement on Gisborne District Council's website, boaties are urged to pay close...

THE second stage has begun in an effort to reduce the number of places people can drive in and dump rubbish along the 7km foreshore on Gisborne’s prime town beach. This week a start was made on the installation of close to 2.5km of more bollards...

A PREGNANT teenage girl was “set upon” as she walked along Chalmers Road on Monday afternoon. The incident happened between Cochrane Street and Birrell Street at around 3pm on Monday.“The 16 year-old girl was set upon by two males in their late...

A SEVERE weather watch is in place for Gisborne with heavy rain forecast from 6pm tomorrow until noon on Sunday. The MetService website says Gisborne and Hawkes Bay, north of Napier, could be in for “warning amounts” of rain, 90mm over those 18...

Brax O’Dey, Aurora Lalonde, Lucas King and Maddie O’Dey enjoy a story projected on to the Stardome called The Boy Who Caught A St

Gisborne District councillors were updated on GDC’s major projects among reports prepared for the new whole-of-council Operations Committee meeting this week. Grouped under the “liveable communities” banner are the Titirangi summit project...

Are you interested in taking action against ocean pollution? Do you want to contribute to New Zealand's progress toward Sustainable Development Goals Reporting?On Monday at the Tairawhiti Environment Centre from 9am people are welcome to join...

THURSDAY marks 247 years since Lieutenant James Cook and his crew on the Endeavour first landed in New Zealand on Gisborne’s shore, and events are planned for this weekend to commemorate the occasion. There will be an early start at 7am on...