Cruise ship visit number 15 happens today when the smaller Le Laperouse visits again for the day after having been here multiple times in previous seasons. The ship has 83 passengers and 127 crew on board and will dock at No. 8 Wharf in Eastland...
United States space company Rocket Lab is set to take out the trash in its next mission from Māhia. The On Closer Inspection mission is scheduled to launch during a 14-day window that opens on February 19. It will deploy the Active Debris Removal...
The Poverty Bay A&P Association has awarded its annual scholarship and due to the high calibre of applicants this year, two have been awarded. Each receives $2000. “To qualify for our scholarship the applicant has to be entering their first...
More than 100 entrants registered for the annual fishing competition run by Te Puka Hunting and Fishing Club in Tokomaru Bay last weekend. Club president Rozzi Pethybridge said they were rapt with such a good response. When it came to any fishing...
Visitors to Eastwoodhill are in for a once-in-a lifetime display with recent “crazy weather” resulting in rare happenings at the national arboretum. The most recent instance is the flowering of an agave geminiflora plant. Native to the Nayarit...
Gisborne Chinese Association is welcoming in the New Year. “Gung Hi Fat Choi, Happy Dragon Year from the Gisborne Chinese Association to our Tairāwhiti whānau,” association president and former Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon said. “We are...
A fun family day but with an important dual purpose. That is the new-look Relay For Life Gisborne, a fun and respectful way of commemorating loved ones who have been lost to cancer while financially supporting the Cancer Society. Gisborne East Coast...
A year after Joseph Ahuriri went missing during Cyclone Gabrielle, police have vowed to do all they can to find him.
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The flying F2 midgets will be out on the Gisborne Speedway track again tomorrow night, this time with a slightly bigger field than last time in mid-January. They made an entertaining debut at the track that night and produced open-wheeler racing at...
Isaac Thomas’s feat last Saturday was stupendous. The Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps all-rounder backed up his 37-ball innings of 65 from first drop with an over for the ages against Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby at Harry Barker...
Fresh from facing the music at Waitangi — most notably a waiata protest during his speech — David Seymour’s Act Party launched a public information campaign on Wednesday to try to boost support for its Treaty Principles Bill and put pressure...
Clive Bibby On Monday I made one of my increasingly irregular trips to the “big smoke”. Gisborne is 45 minutes away from our humble dwelling which is slowly emerging from the devastation left in the wake of Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle. Our house...
It has been over five months since Gisborne District Council was first made aware of the non-consented work being carried out by Meng Foon to a section of the Tatapouri foreshore. During this time the council has undertaken an investigation...
by Kate Green New research a year on from Cyclone Gabrielle shows parts of the East Coast’s shoreline are the most eroded they have been in decades. Scientists at the University of Auckland have found parts of the coast have more than 10 metres of...
With Gisborne bathing in sunshine this week, the region’s first solar farm has been generating renewable energy. Construction of Eastland Generation’s Te Ihi o te Rā solar farm at Gisborne Airport was completed last year. “Te Ihi o te Rā has...
Eastland Port had six log ships dock in January and ISO Limited loaded 150,000 tonnes of logs on to them. “Log stock levels on port look good so we are hoping for a solid February, with nine log ships expected to come in,” an Eastland Port...
Heavy transport operators have been reminded to stick to bridge weight restrictions in place in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay. A weight restriction remains in place on one highway bridge in this region and on two in Hawke’s Bay. The Hikuwai Bailey...
by Zita Campbell A hui at Te Poho o Rawiri Marae on Waitangi Day highlighted knowledge gaps in the public understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. More than 100 tāngata gathered at the marae for the Wānanga Waitangi. “We need to be kind,” said...
Occupants of a ute that collided with a truck on State Highway 2 at Riverpoint Road, Matawhero, were taken to hospital yesterday with minor to moderate injuries. The incident happened at around 1.15pm. “Three people from the ute were transported...
Tairāwhiti’s regional tourism organisation has released a major new plan to bring in more tourism dollars and help the industry out of its post-Covid slump. Two years in the making, Trust Tairāwhiti’s Destination Management Plan (DMP) intends...
The Covid-attributed deaths of two Tairāwhiti residents has lifted the region’s official tally to 44. Figures from Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora, on cases reported last week, show there are 66 active cases in Tairāwhiti. Total Tairāwhiti cases number...
by Mihi Fitzgerald There was an air of excitement around the first grape pick of the 2024 season in Tairāwhiti this week. Wrights Vineyard and Winery picked chardonnay grapes from their Manutuke block on Wednesday for their certified organic...
Gisborne researchers and beekeepers have developed a world-first method to save New Zealand’s honey industry millions of dollars and are working to export the technology worldwide.
Richard Nixon said, “Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.” So it is with batsmen for whom one ball can mean a week between opportunities, and the best of them make...
by Rockin’ Robin Eastland Kart Club members will wish Luca Vita all the best as he heads off to university, and a few might relish the prospect of moving up a place in the club’s A Group racing in his absence. On Sunday, Vita recorded the...
Electrinet Park Kino White delivered a comeback queen performance to win the Agnes Attwood women’s matchplay final on Saturday. Trailing opponent Carney Pipi 5-down after nine holes, White fought back to square the match and went on to win the...
Results from Day 1 of the Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships (competitors from Gisborne unless otherwise stated) — JUMPING Open Horse 1.15m — Horses 7 years & under, Special 2Phase, Art 274.2: Cindy Kershaw, Kiwi Vision, 1; Ashley...
TUESDAY, January 30 — Opening Night North/South East/West Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 65.00 Katrina Duncan, Yvonne Waide 60.71 Vicki Taylor, John Hudson 51.67 Tracy Clayton, Hans van der Kuijl 52.86 Bette Parker, Patricia Corson 50.83...
To celebrate Pride Month, the Tairāwhiti Museum is partnering with Tairāwhiti Rainbow Collective to present Fab Drag, an exhibition of the fabulous costumes of The Divine Joanne Neilson. Ms Neilson has been performing for over 40 years, with...
A new play, Beachfront Reality, set at a bach in an East Coast community, will have its world premiere at Evolution Theatre on February 22. It is the first full-length play to be produced in Gisborne as a result of the East Coast Scribes programme...
Fans of cycling and cinema are in for a treat this month with the Big Bike Film Night — a showcase at the Dome Cinema of some of the best cycling short films from around the world. This is a milestone year for the project which originated in...