PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldCommunity sentence after fatal crash ‘hard to take’: nieceThe niece of a woman who died after being struck by her own car in a chain of events caused by a careless driver says, “the justice system is flawed”. Sarah McPhail says the 100-hour community work sentence imposed yesterday on the driver...29 Mar 02:24 PM
PremiumPremiumSportShaw Thing: Player of the Year honour to HSOB skipperTo say that 2022-23 was a challenging season for Poverty Bay cricket is an understatement. Cyclone Gabrielle, flooding and the loss of three playing days in scoring platform PlayHQ’s debut season nationwide had an impact on all three premier grade...29 Mar 02:16 PM
LifestyleAuditions for award-winning Jersey Boys musical begin this weekendGisborne Centre Stage’s latest musical production Jersey Boys is now open for auditions this Friday and Saturday. With phenomenal music, memorable characters, and great storytelling, the musical follows the fascinating evolution of four...29 Mar 01:02 PM
Lifestyle‘Galaxy of local stars’ perform Handel’s MessiahHandel’s Messiah, the choral work that has been a hit for almost 300 years, will once more resound here on April 2, sung by the Gisborne Choral Society, which was forced to postpone the performance last December when its principal guests had...29 Mar 12:54 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleWiti’s Wahine celebrates the Ihimaera charactersExperience the brilliance of Witi’s Wāhine, a theatrical taonga and an uplifting love song to the wāhine toa of the East Coast who inhabit celebrated Maori author Witi Ihimaera’s celebrated writing. The story crafted by late Aotearoa actress...29 Mar 12:35 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleCulture shines in designsWeaving her Samoan roots into fabrics, local and upcoming fashion designer Susana Tasi welcomes the public to her new shop branded with her initials ST. Located on Gladstone Road, the shop offers three unique brands — the quirky and fun-fitting...29 Mar 12:06 PM
LifestyleKeeping cool in TurinPhil and Sue Newdick continue their travels through Europe, crossing the border from France into Italy, bound for Turin. We boarded an Italian train at Grenoble and crossed the border into Italy without noticing we had arrived. As is the norm for...29 Mar 11:55 AM
OpinionUN climate report: clutching at strawsGwynne Dyer The final report of the United Nation’s climate body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has come out at last. The desperate optimism that characterised the last few volumes (this is Part Four of four) has frayed...29 Mar 11:50 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleA taste of autumnAs far as the feijoa season goes, when it rains, it pours. If you’re lucky enough to have a feijoa tree in your backyard, you need to get creative to keep up with the supply. These delicious recipes are a good place to start. Feijoa Strudel...29 Mar 11:40 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleUnderstanding emotionsRebekah Ballagh’s latest book Be Your Best Self has brilliant exercises, tips and practical strategies to help people transform the way they see themselves and create lifelong change. Be Your Best Self covers everything from your inner critic to...29 Mar 11:20 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleSurviving two cyclonesAlex Campbell has lived and farmed at Hangaroa for a long time. He survived the fury of Cyclone Bola in 1988 and Cyclone Gabrielle this year. He talked to Avneesh Vincent about the differences between the two storms, the impact of forestry in the...29 Mar 10:46 AM
LifestyleAfter the stormThey had no comms and some were cut off from their own homes but, post-Cyclone Gabrielle, members of the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team swung into action . . . AS one of the crew, and base manager ,for the Trust Tairāwhiti...29 Mar 10:18 AM
OpinionThought we had progressedRe: A direct threat, stop her — March 23 letter. Debate is always good but I draw the line at hate speech. Posie Parker gains followers because she pretends to be pro-women but she’s not really. She seems intent on excluding any woman who is...28 Mar 12:34 PM
OpinionStanding up for womenKellie-Jay Keen-Minshull stands up for women’s rights — you remember women, right? The female half of the human race. The ones born with female genitals and able to produce another human being out of their body. Women attacking a woman who is...28 Mar 12:32 PM
Gisborne HeraldFire lit in shed at skateparkQUICK work with a hose by Corrections Department staff stopped a deliberately lit fire in a small toolshed in its tracks at the skatepark in Grey Street yesterday afternoon. Fire and Emergency NZ sent one appliance and had another on standby at...28 Mar 12:22 PM
Gisborne HeraldGDC staff, contractors come up with a solution at Bushy KnollHangaroa and Bushy Knoll residents will soon have a temporary bridge. Residents have been cut off for six weeks since Cyclone Gabrielle destroyed the Bushy Knoll Bridge that connects them to Tiniroto Road. “A Bailey bridge is coming, but that’s...28 Mar 12:21 PM
Gisborne HeraldTemporary housing help for Wairoa in iwi joint ventureAn iwi joint venture is providing temporary houses for Wairoa whānau while their devastated homes are repaired after Cyclone Gabrielle. Toitu Tairāwhiti Builtsmart has offered 12 solar-powered relocatable homes on loan to Tātau Tātau o Te...28 Mar 12:20 PM
Gisborne HeraldGetting through to Tutira, NapierConstruction has begun on the pier for a Bailey bridge in the Waikare Gorge which will temporarily replace what was washed away during Cyclone Gabrielle. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says the much-anticipated work will enable people to access...28 Mar 12:19 PM
Gisborne HeraldMinisterial inquiry panelist Bayfield stands downPANEL member Bill Bayfield has stood down from the ministerial Inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti/Gisborne and Wairoa. Inquiry chair Hekia Parata said Mr Bayfield had acknowledged that entering into discussions with Hawke’s Bay Regional Council...28 Mar 12:17 PM
Gisborne HeraldEnd in sightA total of $72.1 million of government-funded construction projects in Gisborne should all be completed by the end of the year. Crown Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a Crown-owned company, has funded four projects either fully or partially to the...28 Mar 12:16 PM
Gisborne HeraldPourau Road bypass officially openedA bypass road allowing improved access to Tokomaru Bay was blessed and officially opened in front of a crowd of about 150 people yesterday. The 2.2km route, named Pourau Road, provides a way around State Highway 35’s Hikuwai No. 1 Bridge which was...28 Mar 12:12 PM
OpinionInquiry must prevent slash devastation from happening againSam McIvor, Beef + Lamb New Zealand CEO by Sam McIvor, Beef + Lamb New Zealand CEO It’s been a little over six weeks since the eastern North Island felt the brunt of Cyclone Gabrielle. My heart goes out to everyone affected in those communities...28 Mar 11:57 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionA win for Pike River families and open justiceA High Court decision that reverses a long-established legal privilege has produced a rare victory for the Pike River families and given them new hope that someone might face prosecution for the deaths of 29 men in the West Coast mine in 2010. High...28 Mar 11:56 AM
PremiumPremiumSportAuckland racer Tyler snares North Island TQ titlesYOUNG Auckland TQ Midget racer Regan Tyler emerged victorious from a tight and talented field that fought out the North Island Three-Quarter midget championship in Gisborne on Saturday night. Tyler, 19, driving 56A, finished the two race...28 Mar 11:53 AM
PremiumPremiumSportEmerging Official award to umpire TrowillAll the long hours and travel has paid off for Jason Trowill. The Poverty Bay Cricket Association umpires area training officer won Emerging Official of the Year at the Northern Districts Cricket Awards on Saturday night. The script for Trowill’s...28 Mar 11:52 AM
Gisborne HeraldMicroplastic research highlights risk to seabirdsNew research suggests seabirds that have ingested high levels of microplastic debris from their environment may have altered gut microbiomes, including an increase in some pathogens, as well as antibiotic-resistant and plastic-degrading microbes...28 Mar 11:44 AM
Gisborne Herald‘Successful and repeatable’Conservationists believe they are close to defining the ideal formula for re-introducing kiwi to wilderness areas where existing populations have been greatly reduced or eliminated by predators. In February Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce...28 Mar 11:43 AM
Gisborne HeraldVision coming to lifeThe first Ngāti Porou primary school surfing competition was not just about catching waves. It was also about connecting whānau to taiao (the environment) and the moana (ocean) through the shared experience of surfing, organisers say. Ninety...28 Mar 11:38 AM
PremiumPremiumSport‘FULL-VENOM’ FINISH EARNS REID SILVERGISBORNE triathlete Tayler Reid is the ultimate example of taking it one event at a time. Reid’s silver medal in the opening race of the World Triathlon Cup in New Plymouth at the weekend earned him world ranking points that will play a vital part...28 Mar 11:35 AM
SportWaerenga-o-Kuri Sports resultsWET conditions led to the venue of the Waerenga-o-Kuri Sports being changed from The Laurels to Showgrounds Park last month. The sports day was held on February 12, just before Cyclone Gabrielle struck the district. Results (competitors from...28 Mar 11:33 AM
Gisborne HeraldRespect, thanks from iwiIWI leaders from across Tūranganui a Kiwa and Tairāwhiti say they were shocked by the news of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s resignation but understand her reasons. Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa chair Pene Brown said the iwi of Turanganui...28 Mar 11:12 AM
Gisborne HeraldFocus is on emergency needs, then resilienceGETTING basic connectivity and much-needed supplies to those isolated across Tairāwhiti is the main priority but there remain big questions about the resilience of the infrastructure, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said in Gisborne yesterday. After...28 Mar 09:54 AM
Gisborne HeraldTAKIPU RECOVERYTAIRĀWHITI Museum staff are helping to protect taonga from damage as whānau of cyclone-stricken Te Karaka marae Takipu and others around the region continue their recovery efforts. Takipu Marae whānau were devastated to find the marae had been...28 Mar 08:59 AM
Gisborne HeraldWHERE TO FROM HERE?AN East Coast marae badly flooded during Cyclone Gabrielle is looking at ways of making sure it never happens again. Puketawai Marae trustee Victor Walker remembers dropping to his knees at the sight of the marae — located just north of Uaw...28 Mar 08:53 AM
