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SH35 closures north of Te Puia

Further road closures will take place on State Highway 35 next week. The highway between Kopuaroa Road and Ihungia Road, north of Te Puia Springs, will be closed periodically on Wednesday and Thursday next week. The closures will allow contractors to...

Growing a skilled workforce for Te Tairawhiti

As we move forward with our recovery, we're creating jobs, supporting people into work, and making sure that more Kiwis can get the skills they need to prosper. We're also supporting businesses, including here in Tairāwhiti, to access the skilled...

Home detention for struggling solo dad

A solo father struggling to bring up three teenage boys on his own resorted to violence for which he has been sentenced to home detention. One incident involved the man holding a knife to the throat of one of his sons and threatening to cut off his...

Compensation sought

Design flaws, discoveries contribute to public loo blowout

Accused has name suppression on child sex charges from the 1960s

A man extradited from Australia on child sex charges involving girls here in the 1960s, has been granted interim name suppression. Judge Chris McGuire granted the application for suppression when the case was called in Gisborne District Court. It...

Council’s blood drive makes a difference to 165 lives

More than 50 Gisborne District Council members and others gifted their blood at the council blood drive at Lawson Field Theatre's Rose Room. There were 66 people through the doors with 55 units collected, New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) donor...

Keeping waterways pest-free

Everyone who visits rivers, lakes and streams this summer should check, clean and dry their gear when they move between waterways, the Gisborne District Council and Biosecurity New Zealand says.“Checking, cleaning and drying your gear between...

GDC looking to up rates intake

The total rates take in Tairawhiti could increase by 6.5 percent annually for the next three years, backtracking on a commitment to keep rises to a 5 percent maximum. Gisborne District Council said it would cap rates rises at 5 percent in its...

Shotgun, ammunition, machete, knives, drugs found in his car,No choice but jail: judge

A driver routinely stopped on a residential Gisborne street was travelling with a double-barrelled shotgun on the back seat, Gisborne District Court has heard. Also in the car were 14 rounds of shotgun ammunition and three knives. Jacob Noanoa, 23...

Collins needed to impress in debate

Most commentators have called the first leaders' debate as a win for National's Judith Collins, and she needed that after the 1 News Colmar Brunton poll released just before it showed her party on 31 percent against Labour on 48 and able to govern...

Water on the agenda at Wainui

WATER was the primary concern among those at a Wainui Beach community consultation meeting. Many of the about 20 attending the Gisborne District Council-led meeting were concerned about the quality of the Wainui Stream, which had in recent times been...

Official swearing in this Thursday

It is my privilege to write the first “What’s On” column for the new council term. My family and I spent Labour weekend cleaning up our section, and in the quiet it gave me time to reflect on the election campaign. The election campaign period...

District Court news

A MAN accused of intentionally killing a seven-week-old puppy during a family violence incidence, has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. Police amended the charge faced by Kristian Hamiora Nepe-Mikara, 23, forest worker when he appeared for a case...

P taniwha has been tightening its grip on ?our people

One News coverage last week of Gisborne’s “P epidemic” made many people uncomfortable and some angry at the negative light our place was cast in, once again. Just to be clear for those who felt this way, the story was initiated by One News in...

Going up

Ritchie Civil director Derek Watson is pictured above checking out the finished product, after the company finished work on a new staircase to connect the inner harbour with Titirangi and the Puhi Kai iti Cook Landing site. The stairs, located at the...

Tūmanako/hope the message in art project

Hope is the meaning behind the new mural painted by street artist Graham Hoete (Mr G) on the wall of the Tokomaru Bay Four Square. Mr G visited Tokomaru Bay this week as part of the Tūmanako project — a kaupapa where he identifies small towns...

E-bike trial for police patrols ‘big success’

Tairawhiti police have been trialling the use of e-bikes this summer as part of increased accessibility and visibility in the community and they say it has worked a treat. In 2020 police trialled the e-bike patrols in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin...

Public input sought for new Waikirikiri playground

KAITI residents are invited to attend the Whanau in the Park - Design Our Playground event at Waikirikiri Park from 3pm to 6pm on February 23. Gisborne District Council will replace the old playground, partially dismantled for health and safety...