TAIRAWHITI police commander Inspector Sam Aberahama has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the New Zealand police and community. New Zealand-born of Cook Islands descent, Tamuera Aitama (Sam) Aberahama joined the New...

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POLICE continue their investigation into the burglary of the Challenge Gisborne service station in Gladstone Road early yesterday morning. They have repeated their call for information from the public. A group of five or six thieves, believed to be...

The next time you pick up a copy of MiNDFOOD and drool over the gorgeous “foodtography” and recipes therein, spare a thought for the people behind the scenes, the team who design, create, test and photograph the mouth-watering dishes presented...

They didn’t win the first challenge but Gisborne couple Amy Moore and Stu Watts produced arguably the best one-liners as the 2018 season of The Block NZ got under way last night. Amy and Stu are one of four teams whose mission is to completely...

New research shows many Kiwis are going without an internet connection despite the 21st century's reliance on it for everyday life. Reporter Jack Marshall spoke to local MP Kiri Allan, TaiTech trustee Polly Crawford and Tolaga Bay Inn trustee Lily...

TWO major community planting days have given a boost to the Waikanae Stream clean-up project. Over Friday and Sunday community volunteers planted 1300 native shrubs and grasses. On Friday, four classes from Awapuni School worked with Gisborne...

Te Araroa-born and raised, Geoff Haerewa is in his second term as president or mayor of the Shire of Derby/West Kimberley in Western Australia. In his first visit home in four years, he talked to Kim Parkinson

A brain injury patient has admitted criminal charges, following an incident with a rehabilitation worker. Dan Raniera Te Heuheu Robinson, pleaded guilty in Gisborne District Court to assaulting a female, common assault, wilful damage, and a breach of...

MetService is warning of “potentially significant weather” coming New Zealand's way as a low-pressure system could bring long periods of rain to eastern parts of the North Island from Sunday. While there's some uncertainty of where the...

A resounding 75 percent of poll respondents say they are not happy with the enforcement of dog control regulations. Of 249 responses, 187 (70 percent) said they were unhappy, 50 (20 percent) were happy and 12 people (5 percent) did not know. Many...

HAWKE’S Bay Regional Council has agreed to help fund next year’s Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival, which is expected to draw hundreds and possibly thousands of performers and spectators from Gisborne. HBRC has approved a grant of $200,000 to Ngati...

A new fund has been set up to help iwi, hapu and whanau protect taonga (treasures) on marae. Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni yesterday announced the opening of the Matauranga Maori Marae Ora Fund— a $5.7 million contestable...

Wow! the recent appointment of Maori/other ethnic minority MPs to important political roles within the Labour Government as well as the inclusion of the Greens, shows us that after 180 years of tokenistic appeasement by all the major political...

Ki-o-rahi has been a front-runner in the revival of traditional Maori games, especially in Tairawhiti. The region has won and hosted numerous national ki-o-rahi tournaments, and now exponents of the game have given the thumbs up for a new app to...

Seth Piper and Malcolm Marfell are unlikely to soon forget Saturday's semifinal in football's Central Federation Cup. Gisborne United goalkeeper Piper put in a man-of-the-match performance in a 3-0 win against New Plymouth side Peringa at Park...

As principal sponsor for Horouta Waka Hoe, the team at Self Storage Gisborne are excited to be supporting the current Waka Ama NZ and World Champions at the upcoming 2022 IVF World Waka Ama Sprint Championships, being held in London from August...

WRESTLING mania will take hold of the Showgrounds Event Centre on Saturday night with the return of “We Wrestle”.The spectacular American-style wrestling event has an all-Gisborne line-up and is in its eighth edition since humble beginnings in...

IT was expected the work would take less than a day and the playground would be open to the public again tomorrow

It's two years since Daphne Caruana Galizia, the best investigative journalist in Malta, was killed by a car bomb. She had been using the huge leaks of financial data in the “Panama Papers” to track down suspicious dealings by members of the...

There are 245 active cases of Covid-19 in the district, according to figures released by Health New Zealand-Tairawhiti this morning.“We've had between 22 and 56 cases per day over the last week and our daily average is up to 36,” said a Health...

A Gisborne man who won $1 million in Lotto was speechless when he claimed the prize yesterday. Mangapapa Four Square sold the winning ticket for Wednesday night’s Lotto draw. Store owner Jitesh Ravla said when a winner of that size was processed...

WITH 30 food vendors booked and bands confirmed the Fiesta Street Food Festival will provide a lively Mexican-themed family-friendly event in Gisborne’s CBD this Labour Weekend.“The theme is important because it sets the scene and the vibe of...

A WOMAN in her 70s who was burgled while mowing her front lawn and then defrauded of more than $6500 from her bank account, has warned elderly people to be vigilant. The woman does not wish to be named but wants to make other senior citizens living...

Last month Eastland Group and Eastland Community Trust signed up to the Climate Leaders Coalition agreement to tackle climate change by reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions. Andrew Ashton delves deeper into how that will be achieved and how it will put...

Re: Clarity on rail required, May 2 letter. Further engineering work and freight studies have been done following the release of BERL's Turanga ki Wairoa Rail Feasibility Report in December. This work has provided confidence in the figures noted in...

Several bus passengers were taken to Gisborne Hospital yesterday morning after the Gizzy Bus vehicle they were travelling on struck a parked vehicle in Ormond Road. The crash happened near the Dalrymple Road corner shortly before 10.30am as the bus...

Turihaua Angus will offer a line-up of 25 yearling bulls and nine two-year-olds in their sale on Wednesday next week. The Spring Sale will be held on-farm at the Turihaua sale complex with online bidding and a livestream available on sale day vi...

Re: Understanding goes a long way to achieving unity, March 12 letter. Pat, what an outstanding letter. Bigotry is alive and well in Tairawhiti. So, thankfully, is a balance of views and enlightenment from significant people. Historical documents have...

Well done, great start. That's the feeling at the Riverbend Year 6B cricket camp in Hawke's Bay after the Poverty Bay boys' brilliant 68-run win against Johnsonville yesterday.“Everyone contributed in some way, to this performance,” Bay coach...