After a challenging year, Gisborne residents have gone all-out to get into the festive spirit. Dozens of houses have this year have upped the ante in the Christmas lights stakes. A full list of participating houses can be found on the...
Funding to instal a dual-lane cycleway, along with speed chicanes on Grey Street, is unaffected by Government moves to halt a range of cycle projects. Last week Transport Minister Simeon Brown wrote to local councils urging an end to projects...
The region’s highways are being closely monitored after a spike in temperatures saw a host of areas experience melting roads. Late last week motorists took to social media to express concerns. One person who drove their van around Manutuke said...
Report highlights need to tackle future freshwater supply issues in Tairāwhiti.
Debra Leach Here is BDO’s annual reminder for employers around how, which and when to pay those problematic public holidays, plus a tip on how to pay employees’ final pay. CLOSEDOWN PERIODS If you are lucky enough to have a complete shutdown of...
A post-election survey by Grant Thornton New Zealand has revealed more than 330 business owners and leaders across the country are very much in the “wait and see” camp when it comes to the new Government. Asked how optimistic they are about the...
Self Storage Gisborne’s newest facility at 74 Main Road, Makaraka, has won an award in the annual Self Storage Australasia Association awards presented at the SSAA convention in Melbourne earlier this month. The local company won the award for the...
Tim Tietjen Tairāwhiti is a fruit bowl region and while the total volume of all food grown here is huge, we are not the biggest producer of many horticultural crops. Our apple crops are a fraction of that produced in Hawke’s Bay; vineyards are...
After 20 days of closed-door talks, the details of the two coalition agreements were revealed on November 25, 2023. The National Party, Act and New Zealand First have formed the new coalition Government and confirmed their 100-day action plan...
Column by Andrew Bayly, Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing In a new era of government, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) find themselves at the forefront of our policy priorities. Over 97 percent of businesses in our economy are...
Gisborne is now part of the Uber Eats empire, following the app’s expansion into new markets across regional New Zealand. “New Zealanders have embraced the convenience of accessing an incredible selection of restaurants at their fingertips in...
ANZ Bank’s new branch in Tūrangānui-a-Kiwa Gisborne represents a move to incorporate te ao Māori into its everyday operation, the bank says. While ANZ has been operating in Gisborne for the past 150 years, the branch has been relocated to a new...
From being a beautician for 14 years to running a logging company, Chrystal Edmonds never thought she would end up a winner at the Māori Businesswomen’s Awards. Mrs Edmonds, 39, won the Te Tai Rāwhiti regional award at the Māori Women’s...
The young Midway lifeguards involved in the tough Mount Monster endurance surf lifesaving event at Mt Maunganui on Saturday scored podium finishes, and their coach was rapt with their performance. It involved a 12-kilometre ski leg, 5km run, 1.5km...
Members of the Gisborne Bowling Club and others paid tribute to bowler Bruce Smart in a special tournament on Wednesday to mark the approach of his 100th birthday. The 99-year-old was made a life member of the Gisborne Bowling Club this year. Bruce...
New Zealand’s Parliamentarians will be looking forward to their Christmas break after the rigours and ruction of the election, and an intensive start by the new Government. In something of a grand reveal and scene-setter for the year ahead...
Is the Grey Street remodelling project now on a road to nowhere following the Transport Minister’s weekend statements? Minister Simeon Brown has instructed NZTA/Waka Kotahi to immediately stop work on all such cycling and walking projects, and to...
All individuals committed to justice, human rights, and peace should consider taking a stand against injustice everywhere, regardless of the religion or ethnicity of those being oppressed. Decades of territorial disputes have led to a situation...
Although I hesitate to reopen old wounds, you will remember that last year I took exception to the actions of a police NCO at the protest outside Parliament. Having previously served in the police for 25 years, I recognised that his actions amounted...
Re: Town upgrades or city cycle and walkway, December 16 story. Many GDC ratepayers must be asking the question of councillors, “why is priority not being given to fixing the sewage overflows into the rivers/sea that occur far too often?” Surely...
A new guide featuring five short walks close to Gisborne aims at getting people out in the natural environment to improve wellbeing. The free guide,called Ways to Wellness: He Ara Taiao ki te Ora Tairāwhiti, is a collaborative effort between the...
A car with four people in it rolled on State Highway 2 north of Te Karaka yesterday morning. The occupants, two adults and two children, were all transported to Gisborne Hospital by St John ambulance. The crash happened at around 7am about...
Suddenly it’s summer! Three days in a row with official temperatures in the high 20s, and the first tar-melting of the season. But looking at all the computer models in the run-up to Christmas, a scorcher for the big day might be off the barbecue...
Nominations are open until January 15, for next year’s Superhero Awards – a new award for those people who went above and beyond during Cyclone Gabrielle. “It’s been a tough year for our communities,” Mayor Rehette Stoltz said. “As we...
Two previously uncharted shipwrecks discovered during a recent hydrographic survey of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay, have now been mapped in acute detail. The survey of the seafloor was carried out by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand...
Michelle McIlroy and her family love their northern Wairoa home, with the town’s showgrounds and Wairoa River behind them. The 56-year-old has lived there most of her life, and her family know the land well, including how it floods, such as this...
The Waikaremoana Great Walk will reopen in the new year on January 10 after being closed for nearly a year after Cyclone Gabrielle. An intensive work programme to repair severe damage sustained during the cyclone and previous severe weather events...
Concerns have been raised by a Gisborne district councillor about a perceived lack of scheduled meetings for the year ahead. On Thursday, councillors adopted their schedule for 2024 which proposed a six-weekly meeting cycle. The report prepared for...
The number of houses being built here is at a 10-year high but the region’s population is growing faster than government predictions, a new report shows. The region’s fourth housing stocktake report, compiled by Sense Partners for Manaaki...
Gisborne city high schools have named their top academic students. For Girls’ High the awarding of the dux honour came with a double difference, as twins Samara and Alani McLeod shared the title. Their results were so similar the school was unable...
Ratepayers here are in the gun for a potential $350-a-year rates increase, as Gisborne District Council considers an 11.4 percent hike. The strategic framework for the 2024-2027 Three Year Plan, including council’s priorities, was adopted at last...
Superb racing in the saloons and incident-packed competition in the Youth Ministocks 100 were highlights of another excellent Gisborne Speedway Club show on Saturday night. The 60-plus drivers in the youth ministocks gave it everything, and raced...
Hamish McKay is probably best known as one of the nation’s top sports journalists but he’s a real country lad at heart. The award-winning journo is the keynote speaker at the East Coast Farming Expo Property Brokers Evening Muster and event...
The final sheep sale of the year at the Matawhero Saleyards yesterday saw a total clearance of the 1300 store lambs sent for sale. Prices remained steady for the larger lambs, but there were a lot of small lambs, and there was limited demand for...