Once commonly seen in and around Gisborne city, the weka population in the North Island has sadly declined to the point where the birds are rarer than kiwi. However, it seems weka might be making a comeback and that people who think they might have...
Key recreational areas and traditional fishing zones have been mostly cleared of woody debris, with around 50,000m3 of debris recovered from Wairoa’s beaches and riverbanks. The massive recovery effort to remove woody debris dumped on coastlines...
Falling house prices here are bringing first-home buyers back into the market “in force”, new data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows. REINZ chief executive Jen Baird said the region’s median house price in December fell 5.1...
East Coast Museum of Technology can take you back to the machinery, computers and household appliances of yesterday and long before. The many exhibits are all dated and obsolete and show how quickly time and tech moves on. Enthusiasts behind the...
Divers from Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s biosecurity team are looking for invasive species in the inner harbour at Eastland Port this week. The project is part of the Mediterranean fanworm eradication work in collaboration with Biosecurity NZ...
A pod of false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins have been euthanised after becoming stranded again on a reef near Māhia. The pod of around 40 was first stranded early Sunday afternoon and the combined efforts of a group of volunteers, iwi...
A local has won the gruelling but stunningly picturesque First Light Marathon for the second year running, with Simon Bousfield taking the title on Saturday in a time of three hours 44 minutes and 20 seconds. Real estate agent Bousfield was third...
Gisborne’s roundabouts and on-road parking spaces are on the chopping block under plans to make the city the “cycling capital of New Zealand”, a new report reveals. Tairāwhiti Moves — to be presented to Gisborne District Council on Thursday...
Gwynne Dyer Harold Macmillan, British prime minister about half a century ago, was once asked what was the greatest challenge for a political leader. “Events, dear boy, events,” he replied. The same is true in this presidential election year in...
Janet Bodle is an educator extraordinaire. The 82-year-old recently retired and talks to Loren Sirl about her extensive and varied career spanning 58 years. Gisborne born and raised, Janet always knew she wanted to become a teacher. At the age of...
Some of the region’s beachgoers found themselves swimming in what felt like a sea of gelatinous bubble tea at the weekend. Sarah Curtis investigates . . . While many feared the weird gelatinous globules bobbing all around them might have been...
PLANTS • Plants MATERIALS • Outdoor container mix • Pallet • Weed mat • Staples • Galvanised screws TOOLS • Garden gloves • Mask • Garden hand tools • Staple gun • Drill TIMING • You can build a pallet garden any time you...
Forks Over Knives recipe developer Darshana Thacker Wendel knows how to turn cauliflower into an addictive, but healthy snack. There is a series of Forks Over Knives books providing useful whole food plant-based recipes, but the website offers even...
Mike Yardley discovers South Westland’s natural splendour seems to grow in awe-inspiring intensity the further south you go. There’s a fairy-tale quality to the sense of escapism, as you drive through those long and leafy highway glades, where...
Horouta’s superstar crew Kaiarahi Toa lived up to their favouritism on the penultimate day of the Waka Ama Sprint Nationals on Lake Karāpiro yesterday. And you can bet your house there will be more gold for them in huge final day of action today...
The Gisborne Coastal Challenge for the district’s young up-and-coming junior surf lifesaving athletes will be staged at Wainui today. It was at northern Makorori last summer and was a huge success. The carnival is for youngsters aged 11-14 years...
Only just getting settled into running the country, the coalition Government is facing a period of challenge on what could be the defining issue of its whole term, its relationship with Māori. Thousands of tangata whenua converge on Tūrangawaewae...
Clive Bibby I have always enjoyed watching Al Jazeera, which provides a diametrically opposing view of the war in Gaza to the one you will find on channels that are more favourably inclined towards the Israeli cause and justification for its...
There have been recent comments and letters regarding Gisborne District Council’s spartina grass eradication programme. It is worth noting that spartina grass is on the pest weed lists of most district and regional councils in the country and for...
Re: Any consultation, consent? January 16 letter. The plant “spartina” is listed in the council’s Plant Pest Management Strategy as a “progressive containment plant” — look it up on their website — which does mean that consultation has...
Police have confirmed they have two sexual assault complaints under investigion from alleged incidents during the course of the Rhythm and Vines festival over the New Year holiday period. The Gisborne Herald previously reported one case in the...
The public have until Monday to get their nominations in for the Superheroes awards initiative. Gisborne District Council has invited people to nominate outstanding individuals, neighbourhood or local organisations and community groups, who went...
Work to resurface the section of State Highway 2 between Bartletts and Muriwai begins on Monday night with the first of several overnight road closures, depending on the weather. New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi plans to work on the section...
Siteworx Civil were called in yesterday to recover a dark blue 2018 Holden Captiva SUV that somehow got stuck in the sand and the tide along Centennial Marine Drive west of Pacific Street. A digger towed the vehicle out of the water and off the...
Kapa haka fans get ready . . . the Tairāwhiti regional competition dates have been finalised. On April 6 and 7, the regional kapa haka competitions that decides who competes at Te Matatini national finals is to be held at Houhoupiko/Showgrounds...
Mareikura stalwart and Waka Ama Hall of Fame inductee Raipoia Brightwell says being at the sprint nationals this week has been an emotional and hugely significant moment for her club. Members of Mareikura Canoe Club, the oldest waka ama club in...
The Gisborne/Tairāwhiti region is once again under threat from heavy rain sweeping down from the north. MetService yesterday issued a Heavy Rain Watch, which may well be further upgraded as more certainty is gained of the direction and intensity of...
A field of around 300 runners set off at daybreak today in the second First Light Marathon to be held in Te Tairāwhiti. Of those, around 100 are doing the full marathon (42.2 kilometres) and the rest are taking on the half-marathon option. Thirty...
Being young doesn’t stop Māori surfer Te Waiotu Fairlie from dreaming big. Te Waiotu (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Te Whānau a Te Aotāwarirangi me Te Whānau a Ruataupare) was second in the under-18 girls’ longboard final at the...
Police and Gisborne District Council are in consultation about the deteriorated state of a rural intersection where a two-car, high-speed crash occurred on December 29, resulting in multiple injuries.
She’s no Dame yet but Tairāwhiti juggernaut Akayshia Williams showed similarities to Olympic Games kayaking superpower Lisa Carrington as she made it six Premier women’s crowns on W1 day of the waka ama sprint nationals. The Self Storage...
Heat was the third party in every game played in Poverty Bay Bowling Club's open championship triples. The championships were played over two days in sweltering conditions. The two-life format was used, with games of one hour 45 minutes or 12 ends...
The first session of play in Premier Grade club cricket at the Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow is all-important. The crunch session of OBR-HSOB on the No. 2 ground and Horouta-GBHS on the representative wicket may be that between 11am-1pm on Day 2 of...
The resignation statement from Green MP Golriz Ghahraman this week answered quite a lot of the questions that have swirled since a first allegation of shoplifting surfaced on January 10, alongside news she had stood aside from her portfolios. She...