A shoplifter has left court elated and promising never to return after a judge praised him for his voluntary work culling pests and relieved him of any sentence. Michael Brian Hanly, 47, left the dock in Gisborne District Court yesterday with...
The remains of a pod of 45 dolphins euthanised in Hawke’s Bay will be studied to try to learn more about their stranding. The pod of 44 false killer whales and one bottlenose dolphin stranded at Taylor’s Bay near Māhia on Sunday, then stranded...
When Georgia Colvin turned up at the Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust hangar with a Christmas chocolate cake, she was already mates with members of the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team. “My sister Sophie works for St John and she...
Gisborne residents were among those across the North Island who saw a large fireball soaring across the sky on Sunday — presumed to be a meteor burning up. The fireball was seen from Auckland, Waikato, Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay. Some of those who...
A warning to those who own a Mazda 2. The popular car, also known as the Mazda Demio, is the vehicle that was most often reported stolen in Gisborne last year, according to figures released by AMI Insurance. Their insurance records show the Mazda 2...
A woman and a teenage boy on a paddleboard got into difficulties in strong offshore winds at Waikanae yesterday and ended up being rescued near the harbour entrance. The incident unfolded shortly before 11.30am. “They were blown over against...
Government ‘deliberately misreading relationship between iwi Māori and Crown’. A Māori lawyer who spoke at the national hui at Ngāruawāhia at the weekend says there needs to be a clarification about Māori rights under the Treaty, not...
Gisborne District Council has assessed the state of the Bloomfield Road-Bushmere Road intersection and roads leading up to it and recognises there has been deterioration. Improvements have been scheduled in the council’s road maintenance...
The Ūawa Horse Sports Club day was held at Ūawa Domain on Saturday. The club was delighted with the turnout and how the day went. Riders of all ages and experience took part and the club is looking forward to holding more fun events. More to...
Growing list of spots suffering storm erosion damage.
The fervour and emotion shown at Saturday’s hui called by King Tūheitia threatens to develop into a continuing challenge for the Government with the Treaty of Waitangi at its centre. More than 10,000 people packed into the Tūrangawaewae Marae to...
2024 could well be a defining year for Western civilisation. We have elections in two major Western countries — the USA and UK. Indeed, half the world’s population go to the polls this year. We have ongoing armed conflicts in Ukraine and Gaz...
It seems that too much foul water has “flowed under the bridge” for there to be a single-state solution to restoring peace between Israelis and Palistinians. It seems that a two-state solution would possibly work, but definitely not if the two...
Re: Big chill hits US; Freezing US weather . . . “struggled to cope with the arctic weather”, Jan 19 stories. Despite the decades of climate change warnings, deniers continue to ignore the obvious. Facts have never been more important. As the...
Kaiarahi Toa led the Horouta medal charge on the last day of the Waka Ama Sprint Nationals at Lake Karāpiro on Saturday. Women’s teams bearing the Kaiarahi Toa name raced in the premier, master (40-plus) and senior master (50-plus) divisions and...
The landscape of Poverty Bay club cricket changed at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. On Day 2 of Round 1 in the DJ Barry Cup two-day Premier Grade championship, Breakers Horouta Te Waka beat Gisborne Boys' High School first 11 outright and...
Poverty Bay Strikers had four great days in Hawke's Bay last week. The Andrew Hogarth-coached Bay, competing in the Hawke’s Bay Tournaments Year 7 White B Division, beat Porirua Tigers by two wickets in a thriller on Monday morning and then...
Another sub-tropical low prompted an Orange Heavy Rain Warning from MetService but moved through without hanging around to cause problems. MetService’s earlier rain watch notice changed to an orange-coded warning on Saturday, saying residents in...
Firefighters were called to a home in Bloomfield Road at Matawhero at around midnight Saturday after the residents smelt smoke in the house. The fire crews found a fire going in the ceiling void. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two appliances and two...
A man has been accused of luring an East Coast boy away from his parents to have sex with him and other related offences, including making an objectionable video of the youngster. The 38-year-old accused, who cannot currently be named, appeared...
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...