At 75, Virginia Christensen has finally decided what she wants to be when she grows up — a painter. Her first solo exhibition opens on Sunday, at The Aviary Collective in Childers Road. Virginia hails from Wellington but spent part of her...
Aspiring musical theatre performers had a chance to strut their stuff on Tuesday night at a dance workshop ahead of auditions for Priscilla Queen of the Desert — The Musical. Director and choreographer Dean McKerras was in town to take the...
Sadly, Gisborne artist, teacher, scholar and writer Norman Maclean passed away before the release of his young adult read, Gobby — but it is hard not to see something of the author in the novel’s main character, Sam. Sam is a talented, aspiring...
Waikohu Te Rata Ritchie is the latest name to be added to one of Waikohu’s most prestigious trophies — The Terry “Dunga” Rutene Memorial Cup. Ritchie beat Terry Reeves in the final of the Rutene cup 4x9-hole Easter matchplay tournament that...
Wainui Beach School cricket has risen again. In the past two years, under coaches Mike MacLeod and Nic Shand, teachers Jo Shand and Katie Knight, and manager Mike Hope, they have raised their stocks from three cricketers to two teams. Yesterday...
Gisborne bowling twins Kyle and Liam Pinn returned from the national under-21 singles championship at Naenae Bowling Club without a title but with a wealth of memories and big-game experience. The 13-year-old Kahutia Bowling Club members are only...
As the sun sets on the illustrious career of Sam Whitelock, rugby in New Zealand finds itself at a crossroads. For Scott Robertson, the new All Blacks coach, the path ahead just became more challenging. The man who won hundreds of lineouts for the...
Maryanne Spurdle Maxim Institute researcher After years of aspirational leadership, we’ve been served a cold slice of reality in place of the delectable cake of good intentions. Headlines announcing former Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s...
Hundreds of Gisborne Hospital staff were thanked for their care, skills and community devotion with an “appreciation meal” at lunchtime yesterday.
Please wait a moment for the PDF to load: Click here for a direct link Click here for a direct link
Please wait a moment for the PDF to load: Click here for a direct link Click here for a direct link
Seven members of Gisborne Rangataua o Aōtearoa Martial Arts and Culture Club return with glistening hardware around their necks; coach happy.
Aucklander Justin Parry gained a confidence booster leading into the world championships, when he won the 2024 New Zealand waveski surfing open title at Gisborne over Easter. He beat defending titleholder Dave Mitchell in clean conditions at Tolag...
Monday — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 2 North/South, East/West Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 56.94 Murray Owen, Delwyn Arthur 57.94 Vicki Nickerson, Frank Roach 53.13 Katrina Duncan, Yvonne Waide 55.16 Eileen Lee, Ann McCombe...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: J Love, T Kaio (Done n Dusted); E Tamihana (Souljahs); N Wallace (Spandangles); H Ngarangione, A Charlie (Stallions); J Waihape (Valkyries); M Hawea (Vikings). Highest start (180): J Love (Done n Dusted). Highest finish...
Gisborne superstock racer Tyler James (above, on the left), on board 89G, produced the best of the ‘G’ car results from drivers who raced out of town over the Easter weekend. James finished runner-up in the Hawke’s Bay Superstock Championships...
Gisborne results from the Easter Classic basketball tournament in Tauranga. DAY 1 Under 12 Boys A Grade, Pool B, Round 1: Gisborne A 34 Waikato Black 36. U12 Girls Grade, R1: Gisborne 26 Waikato Red 20; R2: Gisborne 25 Tauranga 28. U14 Boys A Grade...
The tough economic environment being felt by many local businesses has provisional numbers to it with the Infometrics December 2023 quarterly economic monitor, released on the Trust Tairāwhiti website last week, showing a 1.8 percent contraction in...
by Samantha Holdsworth In these times of concern and solidarity with the rainbow community in Gisborne, following the protests against the Rainbow Storytime initiative and the vandalism of the rainbow crosswalk, I feel compelled to add my support...
Building 400 new state homes in Kenepuru — CANCELLED; 400 new state homes in Onehunga — CANCELLED; 1000s of other planned state homes — CANCELLED It sounds like the valuable and irreplacable land that Kāinga Ora currently owns will be sold...
Community invited to help engineers decide the best way forward at state highway’s hotspot. Engineers working at the Devil’s Elbow on the Wairoa-Napier highway are considering all the options available for how to repair falling debris during...
by Ben Ulisse, Wairoa Star East Coasters should watch for tsunami warning signs, says Kate Boersen of Illuminate Science. She was speaking at a presentation in Māhia last week on the potential threats posed to the upper North Island by tsunamis and...
Last Tuesday was the 77th anniversary of the first of two severe earthquakes that occurred off the coast of Tairāwhiti Gisborne in 1947. This earthquake generated one of the largest tsunamis in New Zealand’s historical records. It was observed...
Gisborne’s Trust Tairāwhiti rescue helicopter joined the major search for a crew member off a commercial fishing boat who was reported missing overboard off the coast of Hawke’s Bay on Monday night. The emergency services were notified around...
A man was checked over by a St John ambulance crew after the ute he was driving left State Highway 35 late Good Friday morning and hit a tree. The crash happened at around 11.30am between Thomas Road and Waihau (Loisels) Road. There was no report...
Weekend celebration sets up Gisborne Thistle for the next 100 years, says president.
The latest weather outlooks from the two main agencies both pick below average rainfall for the Gisborne-East Coast region. Rainfall totals for the district are likely to be near-to-below-normal (MetService) this month, while Niwa says rainfall for...
Fourteen Covid-19 deaths were recorded by Health NZ Te Whatu Ora last week, and none were in Gisborne, as the country comes out of the fifth wave of the virus. Health NZ reported there were 33 active cases in Gisborne as at midnight on Sunday. There...
Gisborne’s disabled community begin campaign for council to renew strategy which expired 10 years ago.
Please wait a moment for the PDF to load: Click here for a direct link Click here for a direct link
It was not an April Fool’s Day joke; thousands of New Zealanders have been given more disposable income with which to start the new financial year, but owners of electric vehicles won’t remember the day so fondly. According to Stuff, those on...
Dana Kirkpatrick MP for East Coast It has been another busy month in Government and I am looking forward to spending some time in the electorate over the month of April — we don’t sit in the House in the school holidays, so it allows us time to...
Please don’t tar us all with the same brush because we call ourselves “Christians”. The God I worship is a God of love — of anybody and everybody, irrespective of gender, sex, race or creed. That’s what Easter is all about — His love in...
On the issue of “rainbow crossings”, there have been strong feelings expressed on both sides, in some cases somewhat intemperately. Whatever one’s views on this particular issue, one thing most of us can agree on is that rainbow crossings...