The region's fire authorities have no plans to scale back fire restrictions in the wake of the solid falls of rain around the district this week. Before the rain the fire risk had continued to rise steadily across Tairawhiti.“The rain has been...
Three months is all that 33 wannabe boxers have to be fighting fit for the Life Education Trust’s Fight for Life extravaganza 2018. Event organiser Anelia Evans said the group had cleared the first hurdle after 58 applicants initially put up their...
A special magic shone out of a collaborative production of dance, music and spoken word at the Lawson Field Theatre yesterday. Called Tukutuku, the show lived up to its title as Gisborne Girls’ High School special needs students, students with...
Hundreds of Maori leaders and education influencers are at the Maori leaders conference, Te Eketu o te Rangi, which opened at Te Poho o Rawiri Marae yesterday. Rangatahi (youth) are a target audience for the conference, which aims to “inspire and...
THE woman who died in a crash ?on Friday afternoon on State Highway 2 near the Mohaka viaduct at Raupunga, south of Wairoa, was 65-year-old ?Judith Shadbolt from Wairoa. The car she was driving left ?the highway and crashed into a ?bank. She died at...
Forestry industry among businesses that can reopen under Level 3 conditions
SIXTEEN-year-old Amber Phillips is showing the type of football ability that thrust her father Neal into a champion Gisborne City team straight from school. Amber lives with her parents Neal and Wendy in Ashhurst, just outside Palmerston North...
GISBORNE Thistle AFC chairman Ronnie Young will meet with Team Gisborne board members next week in the hope they reconsider their decision to withdraw the Pacific Premiership champions from the 2016 competition.“Failing that — and I’m speaking...
It's time to play catch-up. With round-robin play concluding last Saturday, only one competition game will be played tomorrow ahead of next weekend's semifinals of Enterprise Cars Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby. Hicks Bay will be at home to Pango...
HIGH School Old Boys, Horouta and Old Boys Rugby opened their DJ Barry Cup campaigns with comfortable wins in the 40-over competition at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. In the match of the day, Bollywood Stars HSOB beat Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates...
Gisborne trampolinists, tumblers return from NZ nationals with medals galore
Safetree has appointed Wade Brunt, a passionate forestry veteran, to help get forestry workers more actively involved in improving health and safety. Mr Brunt started working on Monday in his new role as Toroawhi, which means “together we create...
Re: November 7 letter. Martin Hanson continues to feel threatened by those who acknowledge that there is a loving Creator who made us for Himself. He has a plan for our lives which belong to Him. Those who believe in the Creator know where they have...
Tairāwhiti-based medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience has signed an agreement with European distributor Motagon to become its preferred Australia/New Zealand supplier of medicinal cannabis products. Rua Bioscience chief executive Rob Mitchell...
A couple of “hell” up-and-downs proved vital as Dion Milner put his name on the Tolaga Bay honours board yet again on Sunday.“Coastie” Milner beat Bruce Yates 3 and 2 in the senior men's final of the club champs. He led 2-up after 18 holes...
Deane Smart’s letter in The Gisborne Herald of June 6 denigrating the NZ Drug Foundation demonstrates to us a complete lack of understanding of the problems that have been caused as a direct result of prohibition. The one thing we would agree on is...
SECOND-generation surfers are among the competitors in the 30th edition of the National Scholastic Surfing Championships that got under way at Makorori Beach, Gisborne, yesterday. Junior surfers from around the country have come together for the...
Pat Seymour, chairwoman of the War Memorial Theatre Trust which drove fundraising for refurbishment of the Lawson Field Theatre, and former Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon share ribbon-cutting duties at the reopening of the theatre on Saturday night. The...
APPLICATIONS are now open for this year’s Prime Minister’s Science Prizes, worth a combined total of $1 million. Five prizes will be awarded to members of the science community that showcase talent, passion and high achievment in their...
TAIRAWHITI reo was central to the Matewa Media’s Maori language version of Disney’s musical fantasy-adventure film Moana, says Wharekahika (Hicks Bay) born musician Rob Ruha. Ruha was musical director of the te reo version of the 3D...
NGATAPA loose forward Chase Sheridan has been named in the Heartland under-19 rugby squad. Sheridan, the Poverty Bay u20 captain, is one of 25 players selected from across the Heartland unions for the Jock Hobbs Memorial Tournament, which starts in...
Recent storm damage to the closed East Cape Road cut off five households and isolated people were to be choppered out of the area today. Gisborne District Council reported that 13 people had been isolated — the five affected households all located...
Contractors have moved on to the bank of the Taruheru River by the Peel Street bridge to carry out further work on the bank revetments."It's a continuation of the same project," a council spokeswoman said."This is the second section, covering 62...
As barbecue season gets into full swing, New Zealand researchers are investigating whether certain kinds of red meat could actually protect against heart disease. Researchers have recruited men aged 35-55 willing to eat free meat three times a week...
PREMIER graders Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A and Farmlands Ngatapa proved too strong for their challenge round opponents last night at the YMCA. Girls’ High defeated Taiki 49-27 and Ngatapa beat Whalis 61-43. These were the first of the challenge...
GISBORNE Girls’ High student Rebecca Collier is back from the trip of a lifetime to Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of a Young Enterprise Scheme initiative. She was one of eight student representatives from New Zealand chosen to travel to the South...
Gisborne Girls' High School student Keira Batten Coogan has won the solo/duo section of the Smokefreerockquest East Coast regional competition for the second time in three years. Keira won in 2018 and was second last year.“It felt good to win,”...
A KAI Atua healthy nutrition workshop for people who want to make better food choices was held at Tolaga Bay last week. The workshop is the first in a series for Gisborne, East Coast and Opotiki schools and communities. Healthy Families East Cape...
Gisborne pro surfer Ricardo Christie was knocked out of the HIC Pro Qualifying Series contest at Hawaii’s Sunset Beach this morning (NZ time).Christie placed third in his Round 4 heat with a score of 11.07 (5.17, 5.9) for his two best...
THE grandson of one of Gisborne’s leading automotive dealers for decades in the 20th century has been in Gisborne to gather information on the history of the Ormonds of Ormond Road. Philip Caesar is the grandson of John Henry Ormond and Mable Cox...
Depression blanks out all the beauty,” says Victor Hooks.“Even a walk to Kaiti Beach, an amazing place. To me then it was just a big load of sand and a big load of water.“I was sick of life, couldn't see any future.“I'm thinking I've let...
A pig that thinks it is a dog will not end up on a dinner plate. The kunekune-cross pig, nearly two years old, is up for adoption from Gisborne SPCA. SPCA centre manager Lindy Magee said unfortunately the pig grew too big for her previous owner’s...
BONFIRES will be allowed on most beaches throughout the region during the Guy Fawke's season providing smoke from the fires does not drift towards houses. Fires on the city beach front cannot be lit under any circumstances between The Cut and Stanley...