Two mobile dental trucks will be heading to Gisborne’s urban and western rural schools in Term One and talks are being held with other school principals to provide a similar service. Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti interim hospital lead Bhargav...
by Bill Hickman, RNZ A Gisborne woman says she was reduced to tears by an aviation security officer’s dismissive attitude towards her Type 1 diabetes at Auckland Airport ahead of the first flight of her Christmas holiday. Wendy Ure said she was...
Waitangi Day is a chance for all people to learn more about Te Tiriti o Waitangi, The Treaty of Waitangi, and this year two marae are open to all to learn more about it. Rangiwaho Marae, located at Bartlett’s south of Gisborne, and Te Poho o...
EIT Tairāwhiti qualifications, Google and coffee grind is the secret behind the large tomatoes being grown at a Lavenham Road home. Evie Day and daughter Kerriane Parkes are delighted to have produced tomatoes weighing up to 490 grams, or 1.08...
After travelling State Highway 35 for 35 years, East Coast couple Dick and Aomihi Cook have decided the time has come to step aside from the courier and passenger service and put the business up for sale. The courier service for the East Cape was...
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When Louis Baker creates his soulful music he draws on nature. “The earth, water and sun are fuel for creativity for me,” he says. And it’s not something he ever takes for granted. “Having space and time to create music seems like such...
If the tidbits you’ve seen promoting Kōpū have caught your attention, hold on tight because the show itself is set to deliver something that makes you laugh until you cry, contemplate how others see things, and will certainly leave you wanting...
Barry Ball’s exhibition opening this weekend at Tairāwhiti Museum is a retrospective encounter and celebration of decades of persistent and relentless pursuit of a life of creativity by a dedicated and true artist. It is with a curious sense for...
An evening with award-winning artist and producer Seth Haapu is wrapped in aroha, healing and connection. His music, which is part of the Whiti offering from Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival, is a rich, sensuous and evocative blend of Pacific soul...
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Husband and wife Rob and Maureen Hicklin will recall their sporting highlights as well as family gatherings when they head back to England. They come to Gisborne for a few months each year to spend time with family. On this trip they joined with...
Midway look likely to win back-to-back Ralph Morse Shield titles for Gisborne senior surf lifesaving club supremacy from this afternoon and through tomorrow, but the battle for junior honours could be closer. Dawson Building Midway broke Kaiaponi...
Matt Cook is a level-headed cricketer . . .and captain. But any skipper other than the Coastal Concrete Old Boys’ Rugby man would be rubbing his hands with glee at the news that pace bowler Cohen Loffler will be back in the ranks this weekend for...
Moving New Zealand closer to our allies Australia, the US and UK by joining the Aukus alliance would be controversial but it does make sense. Defence Minister Judith Collins — who travelled to Australia with Foreign Minister Winston Peters...
Lara Meyer How many countries can you think of which have far-right, nationalistic or, broadly speaking, populist leaders? I can think of the following: Hungary, Italy, Russia, Venezuela, many countries in Africa, China, India, Japan, Americ...
On December 15th, 1975, then Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon cancelled the 37-week-old compulsory New Zealand Superannuation Scheme, introduced by the previous Labour Government. This fund would have provided the infrastructure piggy bank we so...
by Lauren Crimp Residents in parts of Tairāwhiti fear a future on their land is in jeopardy with silt dust making the place unliveable. Years of severe weather has left thick layers of silt, and when it is whipped up by the wind, locals feel...
One more Tairāwhiti death from Covid-19 has been recorded, taking the region’s death tally to 42. Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora figures for the week ending at midnight on Sunday show 26 deaths, but none from Tairāwhiti, meaning the latest recorded...
MĀ vividly remembers the dark days of sitting in her car at Makorori Beach and making music on her laptop. It was the months following the passing of her mum Nancy Brunning — the award-winning actress, director and writer who premiered Witi’s...
The dive team who did biosecurity checks in Eastland Port looking for Mediterranean fanworm and other marine pests came up empty-handed. Gisborne District Council’s biosecurity team leader Phillip Karaitiana reported the team found nothing of...
A judge has “gone out on a limb” for a 501 deportee he believes has got his life back together since returning to New Zealand and finding stable employment as a road worker. Peina Teriapa Clarke, 44, was to have been sentenced on Tuesday this...
The first launch of more than 20 planned for this year lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Māhia spaceport yesterday. The space-junk focused mission for global data and analytics company Spire Global and space sustainability, safety and security company...
by Gary Hamilton-Irvine, NZ Herald A man who died during a misadventure jumping from a crane into Wellington Harbour is being mourned in his home town of Wairoa. The town’s mayor, Craig Little, says the tragedy has affected a lot of people...
by Zita Campbell Mayor Rehette Stoltz is heartened by the priority of safety in drafts of two transport plans for the district, but is mindful of the demands of cyclone recovery work. She was speaking at Wednesday’s regional transport committee...
The unauthorised occupants of a state house in Totara Street say they weren’t “squatting” but as “tangata whenua” were entitled to live there. The couple and five children, aged from preschoolers to teens, say they were desperate for...
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More history beckons for Olivia Corrin as she and fellow Gisborne surf lifesaver Cory Taylor line up this weekend for the final two rounds of the Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman Series. Corrin is well placed to make the top three women overall...
A grand finishing run sent Poverty Bay Strikers home all smiles after the Year 8 White B Division cricket tournament in Hawke’s Bay. The Daniel Williams-coached Poverty Bay Strikers lost two games, then won three in a row. In four of the games...
The Gisborne Boys’ High School bowling attack is a good one. Nathaniel Fearnley and company proved that with a superb showing in Game 1 at the Super 8 cricket tournament at Palmerston North on Monday. Against Palmerston North Boys’ High...
Patutahi Mason Smith says the goal of breaking his age has “been keeping me going in my old age”. On Sunday, he achieved it. The retired horticulturist shot 77-11-66 — a career-best round that bested his age by one stroke. “Everything came...