There are indications a tropical cyclone could be headed towards the North Island at the end of next week, threatening more bad weather for the Gisborne-East Cape region. Climate and weather agencies across the south-east Pacific region are keeping...
December 14 was a busy day for the district’s midwives with six babies born on that day. They were among 50 pēpi born in December, according to Te Whatu Ora-Tairāwhiti figures. The babies were a perfect split of sex — 25 boys and 25 girls...
Cedenco’s annual sweetcorn harvest has been under way for a week and agronomy manager David Oudes says the crop quality has been “better than expected”. Harvesters were busy at work at Poynter Road in Te Karaka yesterday. “We’ve been in...
Tickets are still available for this weekend’s Summer Frequencies music event which the promoter says is one of the most affordable festivals in New Zealand. Headline acts include Kora and Australian hip hop band HP Boyz from Melbourne as well as...
Drink-drive checkpoints staged around the Gisborne-Wairoa districts last weekend netted just 10 drivers over the limit out of around 3000 drivers tested.
DOME CINEMA The New Boy An Aboriginal Australian orphan boy is brought into a Christian monastery run by a renegade nun. There he begins to question his faith and loyalty to his heritage. Stars Cate Blanchett and Aswan Reid. Two Tickets to Greece...
Champion of Champions titles for saloons, production saloons and sidecars produced an outstanding night of hard and fast racing at Gisborne Speedway Club’s meeting on Saturday night. But the saloons definitely took the cake. Daniel Cook, behind...
Day 1 of Round 1 in local cricket’s DJ Barry Cup ended with High School Old Boys and Horouta Te Waka well placed. David Situ’s Breakers Horouta side took four competition points for their hard-earned first-innings lead against Gisborne Boys’...
Tairāwhiti paddlers enjoyed a golden day at the Waka Ama New Zealand national sprint championships on Lake Karapiro yesterday. The J16 women’s crew Puhi Kaiariki, of Self Storage Gisborne Horouta Waka Hoe Club, won the W6 1000-metre final (with...
by Doug Laing, Hawke’s Bay Today Former No. 1-ranked senior shearer Lionel Taumata finally cracked a win in the open class, as the post-Christmas stage of the 2023-2024 shearing sports season kicked off at the Duvauchelle A & P Show on...
There were just over 200 cattle sold yesterday at the first Matawhero Cattle Fair for 2024. The yarding consisted of several pens of light-conditioned cows with calves at foot, and numerous smaller 15-month cattle. There was a very small bench of...
The Bloomfield Road-Bushmere Road intersection is very dangerous at the moment, approaching it from the Matawhero side. For 250 metres leading up to the intersection, Bloomfield Road is an uneven mess of warped tarseal and potholes that get worse...
by Patrick Cooper At the International Court of Justice at The Hague, South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Patrick Cooper Does the Israeli Defence Force deliberately rape, torture and kill Palestinian civilians, as Hamas...
I recently received a package from the tax department that must have cost a fortune to produce. It was to do with my pension and proclaimed that because I had lived and worked in Australia, Australia was going to have to pay me a pension. On first...
A missing boat belonging to a man who fell overboard and spent 24 hours floating in the sea off the Coromandel Peninsula was yesterday found off East Cape nearly 200 kilometres away. Cambridge 61-year-old Will Fransen said he tried and failed...
Frustration over abandoned cars littering the township has led to Wairoa District Council clearing unwanted cars. Council staff aired their annoyance at the number of abandoned cars around the Wairoa township during an infrastructure and regulatory...
Eastland Port has announced the recipients of its $1000 water sports sponsorships aimed at supporting the endeavours of talented local athletes. The Eastland Port Water Sports Athlete sponsorship grants are designed to alleviate travel, training...
Welcome rain has provided relief from the heat of the past week and drying of soils and vegetation in the Gisborne-East Coast region. A front moving across the North Island delivered the heaviest falls to eastern Bay of Plenty. The Bay of Plenty...
A Gisborne police officer has been sanctioned for failing to promptly report a missing taser. According to a notice published last month on the Independent Police Conduct Authority’s website, the authority oversaw a police investigation into the...
Welcome rain has resulted in Fire and Emergency NZ delaying a change from an open fire season for possibly a fortnight. FENZ has been monitoring the weather indices and all indicators pointed to a likely change to a restricted fire season as soon as...
Te Araroa residents are to get to medical appointments more easily with the launch of a free health shuttle from Hato Hone St John. A dedication ceremony was held at Hinerupe Marae in Te Araroa this morning as the new Matakaoa Waka Ora Health...
Two women normally responsible for managing the public’s booze consumption have been banned from doing so for a month after each being caught drink-driving. Summah Preston and Linear Emma Burkhardt were judged not fit to hold their liquor...
A good crowd turned out to enjoy plenty of action at the Gisborne Rodeo on Saturday, including team roping, barrel races, saddlebronc, bareback and bull riding. More on the rodeo to follow
A Gisborne pool user is asking for clearer and less ambiguous signage at a bus stop outside the new Kiwa Pools facility. Mary Dixon, a regular pool user, said she returned to her vehicle from a swim session to find she had been ticketed for parking...
Budget advisory service clients’ combined debt increased by $2.65m in one year; people struggling to afford the basics.
Gisborne’s Olivia Corrin made surf lifesaving history on Saturday when she won the third round of the Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman series in Sydney — the first time a Kiwi woman has triumphed in a round of the prestigious event. Corrin, who...
Taranaki surfer Daniel Farr claimed his second open men’s national surfing title by the closest margin in the history of the event. In the open women’s contest, 15-year-old Raglan surfer Maya Mateja stunned the field to win the title...
The first college derby of the year was a beauty. Despite a superb unbeaten 92 from Gisborne Boys’ High School (2) adult player Steve Whitaker, Campion College won the clash by eight wickets. Bat dominated ball on a good No. 4 pitch. Campion’s...
Horouta, Mareikura and YMP junior crews were among the pacesetters on the first two days of the Waka Ama New Zealand national sprint championships at Lake Karapiro. Puhi Kaiariki, of Self Storage Gisborne Horouta Waka Hoe Club, won the J16 women’s...
Apart from a wedding in Hawke’s Bay at the weekend, much of the attention of the news cycle in the past week and the one that started yesterday has been focused on overseas developments. At the head of it is the Israel-Hamas war that has now...
Clive Bibby I watched an Australian interview with an ex four-star American General the other night and his comments said a lot about that country’s “free loader” contribution to world security. Although the General was voicing his concern...
Let’s make sure we do not make a huge, smelly, costly mistake spraying the river grass. How about we make sure it is the right thing to do for the environment and for the finances of this district? And if it is sprayed, do we know how long it will...
When did council discuss the spraying of spartina grass in the Taruheru River? I cannot recall any discussion — or was it one of those “working sessions” that are still unavailable to the public? As the spraying will bring about landscape and...
As I earlier predicted, the Houthi rebels in Yemen appear to have “crossed the line” in attacking commerce in the Red Sea and Suez Canal. I believe that the Houthis will use the responses of the US and the coalition of interested parties against...