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...
The 2023 financial year was a year of two halves for Turanga Health where staff had to “make courageous decisions and pivot in real time”. In his 2022-2023 annual report, chief executive Reweti Ropiha said “the first six months, between July...
Turanga Health chairman Pene Brown strongly approves of the Māori Health Authority which the new Government intends to disband. The authority, or Te Aka Whai Ora, was designed to give Māori a strong voice in the health system. Mr Brown, in Turang...
Despite the heat and tar-melting of the past 15 days, Gisborne has yet to officially top the 30-degree mark. Unofficial private readings taken in the shade at Makaraka have seen the mercury reach 34 degrees, but MetService’s airport thermometer...
A group of long-time friends are sharing the Lotto love after striking the million-dollar First Division jackpot on January 3. The seven will pocket over $140,000 each from their winning ticket bought online. Several years ago the seven mates opened...
The biggest marlin caught so far in New Zealand this season was landed last week in Gisborne by Daniel Laffey off the boat About Time. It was a blue marlin and weighed in at a whopping 281 kilograms — another indicator that plenty of gamefish are...
The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter was dispatched five times in the week to Sunday night, including to a crash in Waioeka Gorge (see story above). Other incidents the Gisborne helicopter was called to during the week started at 4pm on...
An LPG situation at Pouawa and a small driftwood fire at the mouth of Waipaoa River resulted in emergency services call-outs over the weekend. The Pouawa incident happened in the driveway of a property at around 11pm on Friday. “We were called to...
Gisborne has lost two more people to Covid-19 as the country continues to experience a fifth wave of the virus. The latest Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora figures, released yesterday, show 38 deaths were recorded nationwide in the week ending January 14...
Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club members and others paid tribute on Saturday morning to the late Alistair Thorpe — a stalwart of the club and Surf Life Saving NZ — with a paddle-out in his honour in front of the surf club. Mr Thorpe died suddenly...
February 13-14 marks a year since the home of Gisborne family Rachel and Clint Daly and their children Tayne (23) and Kalea (18) was destroyed in the path of Cyclone Gabrielle. After six months in Australia, Rachel and Clint returned on New Year’s...
Overseeing the building of a new multi-purpose complex in Invercargill is the new challenge facing Tairāwhiti Museum’s departing director Eloise Wallace. She talks to Loren Sirl . . . Tairāwhiti Museum’s director of eight-and-a-half years...
The naming of a new lake between Gisborne and Wairoa was one of the most high-profile of 265 place- naming decisions made by the New Zealand Geographic Board last year, Andrew Ashton reports. The naming of Lake Te Horonui, a lake formed in the wake...
Loren Sirl encourages wannabe travellers to get out of their comfort zone and take a leap into the wonderful global community. She took the leap and made it happen. Here is how she did it . . . Have you abandoned all hope of travelling overseas?...
Searing summer heat can play havoc in the garden. Mitre 10 has a helpful plan to keep the plants thriving and prolonging the abundant January harvest. KITCHEN GARDEN Water less often but more thoroughly. The water needs to reach the subsoil to the...