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...
Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohioterangi Most Māori perspectives emphasise the symbiotic, interdependent relationship between humans and the environment. The dominant Eurocentric philosophies, which prioritise rationalism and self-interest, frequently...
Re: A car crash that was waiting to happen, January 17. I agree with our editor’s comments in his recent editorial, concerning the Bloomfield Road-Bushmere Road intersection. It appears that our District Council has given up on routine maintenance...
I wish to congratulate the doctors, nurses and staff of Gisborne Hospital who are involved in helping those who are in real need of help. My wife, son and I tested Covid-positive recently and with only one lung these past 14 years, I have to be very...
The run of cruise ship visits to the district continued yesterday when the smaller Star Breeze went to anchor in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay on a warm Gisborne day. The ship anchored at around 7.30am after arriving from Napier and sailed again...
The paid lifeguard service on Gisborne, Wainui and Tolaga Bay beaches concludes for the summer today. A 17-strong team of lifeguards have been protecting the public at the patrolled beaches since December 20. They included four lifeguards from the...
Rocket Lab’s first Māhia launch of the year has been postponed. “To allow time for final pre-launch checkouts, and account for an incoming weather system, we are now targeting no earlier than January 27 for the launch,” a statement on X said...
A tenant who stopped paying rent after Cyclone Gabrielle has failed to convince the Tenancy Tribunal the property was uninhabitable. Pirihia Jordon owed his landlord Johan Booyens $991.87 after refusing to pay any further rent for his property in...
When 18-year-old Jacob Riley told his CCS community support coordinator that he wanted to work in a grocery store stocking shelves, it set the ball rolling. Today Jacob is living that dream. He works part-time at Four Square Wainui Road and is...
In commemoration of the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle’s impact on the Tairāwhiti region, Te Weu Charitable Trust is organising a week-long series of events aimed at reflecting on the past, understanding the present and envisioning...
A small pod of orca came calling in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay yesterday, making its way into the inner harbour and attracting plenty of attention. The two adult killer whales and two juveniles swam in the bay for several hours. Surf lifeguards...
The speed limit in parts of the Wairoa township is set to be lowered following Wairoa District Council’s (WDC) adoption of an interim speed management plan last month. With 23 people making submissions, the council table has three speed limit...
Wainui Beach is among the category finalists in The New Zealand Herald Travel section’s annual best beach competition. Wainui has been named among the 10 finalists for best surf beach. The Herald Travel contest features five categories — best...
2024 is going be “our year”, says Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz after announcing a major regional summit bringing together iwi, civic, community and business leaders and senior government ministers.
Māori singer/songwriter Allana Goldsmith (Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tai) will play her distinctive jazz music at Wrights Winery’s Vino & Vibes on the last weekend of January with British jazz pianist Dr Mark Baynes and percussionist Miguel...
PAULNACHE gallery presents a spliced selection of significant paintings by leading contemporary artist John Walsh and emerging Wairoa-based artist Joanna Abraham Joseph, in response to the dramatic cyclone and climate change events felt around the...