A drink-driver awaiting sentence after seriously injuring a woman when he ploughed into her house while trying to evade police, has been charged with further drink-driving. Alec Thoreson Thomson, 37, made a brief appearance during a registrar’s...
The need for the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter to upgrade to an Instrument Flight Rules-capable aircraft became even more clear after the team’s work was hampered by a week of low-lying cloud. The upgrade from Visual Flight Rules...
State Highway 2 south of Wairoa opened to one lane yesterday as work continues to clear a slip that was brought down by heavy rain over the weekend. One person died and another was seriously injured after crashing into the slip on Sunday. The deluge...
The Gisborne District Council has again pointed to the need for residents to watch out for land instability, in the wake of the latest heavy rain. “Tairāwhiti is fragile,” the council said at the weekend. “There is risk of land movement as...
Quick action by a resident nipped a potential house fire in the bud on Sunday afternoon at a home in Glenroy Road at Whangara. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews from Gisborne and Tolaga Bay to the property at 3.35pm. “A small electrical fire had...
More than 180 former workers at the Gisborne Refrigerating Company took a walk down memory lane on Saturday in the freezing workers reunion. “It was a fantastic afternoon at the Cosmopolitan Club,” co-organiser Robbie Blair said, It was the...
The southerly that dumped large quantities of rain on the region at the weekend sparked evacuation alerts at Te Karaka and caused a considerable flow of debris down city rivers which has again covered beaches in wood.
Organisers of today’s freezing workers reunion now expect close to 200 people to attend the first get-together of former Gisborne Refrigerating Company workers since the works closed in late 1994. The reunion starts at 2pm this afternoon in the...
Gisborne District Council voters will have a referendum at the 2025 local body election to decide whether to retain the Maori ward. That is the result of a policy announcement made yesterday by the newly sworn-in coalition Government. The policy...
Yesterday was an exciting day for new East Coast MP Dana Kirkpatrick as the National-led coalition Government was sworn into office. Ms Kirkpatrick is eagerly looking forward to delivering her maiden speech. “I have been thinking about my maiden...
A Tongan national has admitted three historical sex offences, involving a girl under 12 years old. Leimoni Raymond Taofi was helped by a court-appointed interpreter to enter his guilty pleas during a Crown call-over fixture in Gisborne District...
People here have been signing the White Ribbon Pledge to help reduce violence to women. The Violence Free Network yesterday held a signing session ahead of White Ribbon Day (today), encouraging men to sign a pledge committing them to one of eight...
Redundancy letters have been given to more than half of the 80 employees at the Juken mill at Matawhero. In a statement late yesterday afternoon, Juken NZ managing director Hiroyuki Kawado said, it was with regret that the redundancy letters had...
A trial date has been set for a group of men accused of attacking a 61-year-old in his Riverdale home. Mana Wimutu, 27, Iras Tipene-Brown, 22, Mohi Apanui, 23, and Israel Benjamin Peri, 28 , had allegedly been stealing alcohol from shops on...
Gisborne’s horizon just got greener with the launch of Te Ihi o te Rā, for now the largest operational solar farm in New Zealand. Spanning 6.1 hectares and equippped with 8000 bi-facial solar panels, the 5.2-megawatt Te Ihi o te Rā solar farm...
MetService issues orange rain warning; heavy rain expected to continue through to Sunday.
Nineteen communities across the region are about to receive specialist emergency equipment that will enable them to initiate a community-led response if they are cut off after a catastrophic event, thanks to a united effort led by the Tairāwhiti...
Re: Oil-producing nations accused of stalling plastic pollution treaty, Wednesday page 12 story. Amongst other things, this AP article pointed out that some of the more than 390 million tonnes of plastic produced annually gets into the human food...
There are a small number of people who write to this paper incessantly to advise and inform us with their knowledge and opinions on a wide variety of topics. Woe betide anyone who questions them as their replies are ridiculed and insulted in a very...
Dave Read The Juken New Zealand mill in Gisborne is the 56th mill to close in the past 20 years. We need to ask why our government has promoted the planting of more land when the result has been lost jobs.
Hasn’t Winston Peters done well? The NZ First leader nixed National’s plan to lift the ban on foreign home ownership for houses that sell for $2m or more, as expected — likewise, the age for superannuation eligibility stays the same; he...
Ten years ago the board of Hospice Tairāwhiti took what some considered to be a gamble and decided to set up a charity shop to help fund its work. It was more popular than anyone had imagined. Andrew Ashton looks back at where it all started and...
‘Do the stuff,’ was Briar Mascheretti’s and Ezera Clayton’s motto and inspiration to ride horseback from Ōpōtiki around the East Coast to Gisborne. They talk to Loren Sirl about their trip . . . When the duo left for their trip in late...
HOW TO GROW ORCHIDS It’s a bit of a myth that orchids are hard to grow. You just need to choose the right kind of plant. And given the right level of care and attention, they can bloom for six to nine months at a time. This guide will show you how...
Fast Feasts: Quick, Easy Recipes with a Middle Eastern Twist offers many hearty meals to satisfy the taste buds. Filled with nourishing and healthy options, this book features recipes to sustain the family during the busy summer season. John...
Gisborne’s Luke Bradley loves rugby. And the director of rugby agency LRB thrived in his role as head trainer of the New Zealand Barbarians 15 who locked horns with the Heartland XV recently. The Barbarians beat the Nigel Walsh/Miah Nikora-coached...
Surf City Squash Club was named Club of the Year at the Squash Eastern Annual Awards in Napier last Saturday. It was the third time in four years the Gisborne club had received this accolade. The club-of-the-year award — and a slew of awards for...
Robyn Wilkie travelled north for a week with Chloe Phillips-Harris and her Wild Horse Project. She writes about the seven days of “fantastic learning about wild horses and myself”. Two days driving gets us to the long stretch of New Zealand that...
Gwynne Dyer There are really three parties to the “pause” — nobody is officially using the word “ceasefire” — that brings at least a temporary end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip. Two of the three parties, Hamas and the United States...
by Monique Steele Prices for log exports are slowly improving, but a forestry consultant says the sector must find new international markets to reduce its reliance on China. Export prices have firmed this month, with sales to New Zealand’s largest...
A new telehealth service for rural areas hopes to improve access to primary healthcare for nearly 900,000 New Zealanders. Ka Ora Telecare was co-commissioned by Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority. It...
The Husqvarna North Island Farm Forester of the Year winner Rangitoto Station at Porangahau in Hawke’s Bay will be showcased in a Field Day next Thursday. The themes for the day will be climate resilience, the protection and enhancement of...
Waitangi Terrace Station at Kanakanaia sent down 2343 store black face lambs to the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, the sole vendor of store lambs for the weekly sale. The lambs had been well prepared and drafted, but sold on a slightly weaker...
The Top 2 Inches seminar at the Bushmere Arms provided farmers, growers and local business people with valuable information applicable to their own businesses and lives. The November 9 event, staged by AgFirst and the Westpac Bank attracted around...