The end of February marks the traditional end of summer and it seems to have been like one of those traditional summers we all remember from our childhood. A lot of hot days, many over 30 degrees with not too much rain to be had. In this region we...
Plans to upgrade the existing mountain biking trails within Whataupoko Reserve have been accepted by Gisborne District Council. Gisborne Mountain Bike Club approached GDC with a proposal to develop and extend riding trails at the reserve in Fox...
A WOOLSHED burned to the ground on Whiorau Station between Morere and Nuhaka yesterday afternoon and the cause is still to be established. The four-stand woolshed caught alight at around 2.30pm. Firefighters from Nuhaka volunteer brigade and Wairo...
Gaddums Hill could have been mistaken for a scene straight out of the wild west this morning. Cow boys were slinging guns like the good old days, as part of the Gisborne Pistol Club Gaddums Hill End of Year Shoot. Starting from 9am six-shooters...
The value of New Zealand’s primary sector exports is set to grow by $505 million to a new record high over the coming year, says Labour’s locally-based list MP Kiri Allan. The Ministry for Primary Industries’ latest Situation and Outlook report...
East Coast MP and Cabinet minister Kiri Allan has paid further tribute to Jacinda Ardern and publicly endorsed Chris Hipkins, who will become the country's 41th Prime Minister on Wednesday. The Justice Minister said the outgoing Prime Minister's...
WILLIAM Terrence Carrington, 63, breached a protection order for the first time since the order was made in 1993. Carrington pleaded guilty in Gisborne District Court and was ordered to do 90 hours community work. Judge Warren Cathcart said he wholly...
ALL three Doleman Cup cricket games at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday were abandoned at 5.30pm. After rain delayed the start of the games, scheduled for 40 overs but reduced to 30, Pirates, Gisborne Boys’ High School and competition leaders OBR...
WITH no heated pool available on the East Coast, a group of mums decided to bring their pint-sized swimmers to Gisborne. Parents As First Teachers co-ordinator for Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou Marina Dewes organised a pick-up of parents and children...
High school exams are a stressful time of year with results having the power to decide which future study doors stay open. For last year's exam-taking students there was that same pressure to perform well combined with a global pandemic locking them...
Well-being advocate, best-selling author and public speaker Dr Libby Weaver, known as Dr Libby, is back in Gisborne on Tuesday as part of her From Surviving to Thriving tour. About 10,000 women attended the public appearances of the Australian...
Re: Jacinda's “smoke and mirrors”, October 11 letter. I'm not sure what you mean by “smoke and mirrors show” — this seems pretty open to me, unlike the transferring of ownership, responsibility and funds between various entities. However...
The Roseland Tavern Drawn PairsOn Sunday, Gisborne Club Darts Association members gathered at the Roseland Tavern for the Drawn Pairs Association Trophy. This is a unique tournament where the pairings are given a handicap dependent on their make-up...
Saturday — CSL Security Saturday Summer Series, Race 1. Sign-on 1.30pm to 1.50pm from Bell Road, 2pm start. Graded race: A, B and C grades, 45-57km. Marshals are Graeme Elliott, Ross McKeagueTuesday (Jan 23) — Aon Insurance Brokers Tuesday...
ASPIRING professional cyclist Callum Gordon is feeling fit again. A bout of food poisoning after his memorable tour victory in China last year “just destroyed” him, but the 22-year-old appears to be finally over it. He’ll need to be. The Gisborne...
Manus, bombs, staples or just a plain old leap were among the box of jumping tricks this group of Gisborne children performed as they leapt into the Ilminster Intermediate school pool last week to cool off as temperatures soared. Ka Pai Kaiti is...
Motorists can expect delays on Rakaiatane Road and State Highway 2 at Manutuke from Monday. Tairawhiti Roads advises motorists works will start on Rakaiatane Road as preparation work for a road upgrade takes place. Both lanes will be kept open for...
THE third annual on-farm auction at Puketoro Station has been described as an “incredible” sale. Yesterday’s auction drew a big crowd to the property inland from Tokomaru Bay. The McNeil Farming yarding included more than 7000 ewes and lambs...
Waikato Valley will take some beating. The Valley were in mighty form first-up at the Northern Districts Emerging Youth Cricket Tournament at the Harry Barker Reserve yesterday. They, Counties-Manukau and 2021 champions Bay of Plenty Coastlands won...
Poverty BayTHE pundits are picking a William Brown-Andrew Higham senior men’s club championship final . . . but there are a few players planning to defy the favouritism. Glenn Morley, who qualified 14th, provided the upset of the champs so far...
Surfers and supporters donated so much equipment last year to get Gisborne Boardriders Club’s Surf for Life initiative started that this year’s “surf swap” will be a little different. The surf swap on February 24 will give boardriders an...
Former mayor Meng Foon has 'no memory' of pokies grant complaint
This year has been a most peculiar one, said Matapuna Training Centre board of trustees chairman Mike Eriksen at the centre's end of year prize-giving last week.“We've had to deal with things personally and globally but I came along this afternoon...
The rural community has seen highs and lows throughout 2022, and Focus on the Land has been there for it all
It has been more than two months since the body of Kathleen Kawana was found at an empty Ruatoria property on August 3. Gisborne Police Detective Sergeant Daniel Kirk told Police Ten 7 on TVNZ 2 last night that police immediately believed Ms...
A RARE native frog’s former quarry habitat near Te Puke has been classed as a conservation sanctuary, allowing it to be protected and giving it a chance at long-term survival. Twenty-four years ago, a volunteer discovered the Hochstetter’s frog...
The reality of what artificial intelligence and a robotic workforce will mean for the future of work will be the topic of discussion with a world-leading economist this week. Dual Harvard and Cambridge graduate, and World Bank economist Kinley Salmon...
SALVATION Army Family Store manager Heidi Parkes says the store has been donated so many quality household items that there is an urgent need to make some space.“We have about 4000 to 5000 books in one of our storage sheds, so we are going to have...
A statement by Wairoa Mayor Craig Little about the new rates proposal for the region has been described as “absolute nonsense” by Mahia ratepayer Bill Shortt.“His statement ‘a courageous and controversial’ proposal on changes to the...
GISBORNE District Council staff will be moving into their new administration building, Awarua, over the next two months. It will be open to the public from Monday. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said the staff move from the other buildings...
I have just completed reading Into the Unknown: The secret WWI diary of Kiwi Alick Trafford, No. 25/469. For those interested, it is so well worth reading this documented, true account of what was endured. Our Dad was a veteran of World War One and...
Person self-isolating in Wairoa after positive Covid-19 test
DRUGS, particularly Ecstasy or E, were the major concern for police and St John ambulance staff at the Rhythm and Vines music festival. Police said alcohol was not such a major issue this time. Of the 15 people taken to Gisborne Hospital with severe...
As an “Ask Me” volunteer for the cruise ship passengers yesterday, we received so many compliments about Gisborne it made you aware of just how lucky we are to live here. While I thanked him personally, I would also like to acknowledge the part...