Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon says he can now focus on forming a strong and stable government — and he will be doing it negotiating with Winston Peters. “Now we can get cracking,” Luxon told reporters at Parliament an hour after the...
W hen local man Jace Brown hits his first drive at the 2023 Freyberg Masters men’s interprovincial in Gisborne on Monday morning, it will officially start a new era in representative golf. Gone will be Poverty Bay-East Coast from the home team’s...
There was a total of 674 sheep sent for sale yesterday at the Matawhero saleyards and the yarding consisted mainly of old season prime lambs and new season store lambs. The consignment of 382 store, freshly weaned, black face lambs from Kainga Farm...
The NZ Farm Environment Trust in association with Beef + Lamb New Zealand will stage a ‘Farming for the Future’ seminar’ in Gisborne on Monday, entitled ‘A celebration of sustainability.’ It will be an evening of conversation and...
Lily Arnold sets out on her big adventure on Tuesday. She leaves Gisborne to compete for New Zealand at the World Trampoline Championships in Birmingham, England. The event will be held at the Utilita Arena Birmingham from Thursday, November 9, to...
Gisborne Club Darts Association Tuesday night league — INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: K Arahanga 3, A Charlie 2 (RSA Stallions); T Eyles, P Stewart (RSA Gunz); H Eyles 2, A Kaiwai, J Horua (2NZEF TAO Vikings); TK Kaio (Cossie Done & Dusted); Q...
Discovering sexually explicit pictures of his previous girlfriend on her partner’s phone angered a woman so much that she posted them to several online sites. The offending continued even after police had charged her for it, Gisborne District...
Musician and teacher Waiora Paul-Utiera takes time out of School of Rock rehearsals to chat to Loren Sirl about his role as musical director of the show. Bringing a production to life from words on paper is a “thrilling thing to witness”, says...
Connecting food growers, producers and vendors to local community groups to redistribute rescued food to those in need is at the heart of Gizzy Kai Rescue. Gillian Cowperthwaite talks to the founders. The Gisborne not-for-profit food rescue...
Jack Marshall There’s a saying that holds true: if it ain’t measured, it ain’t managed. Those who follow national news may have noticed that Wellington has recently imposed level-one water restrictions despite the torrential downpours. What?...
Summer Favourites by Vanya Insull offers classic Kiwi recipes, but with a summery, lighter feel. Featuring more than 70 recipes that you will turn to again and again, the book is destined to be one of your most well-thumbed cookbooks, with dishes to...
Feel the Heat! If you’re a fan of spicy flavours, consider cultivating your own chilli peppers, ranging from mild to mouth-burning varieties. Wear gloves when planting seeds and wash hands carefully after handling, as capsaicin can irritate eyes...
Loren Sirl takes us on her nostalgic journey as a house-sitter, at a time when the practice was far from popular, contrasting it with the trendy and sustainable lifestyle it has become today. Before it became popular, cool and ‘vibey’, I was...
There will be fireworks on the track in the streetstock champion of champions and fireworks off it when Gisborne Speedway Club holds its traditional Guy Fawkes meeting tomorrow night. To add to the action, the New Zealand Sidecars Grand Prix title...
The New Zealand Heartland XV put on a show worthy of the picturesque mountain range backdrop at Methven Rugby Club in beating Canterbury Development 43-17 on Wednesday afternoon. It was the first of two games for the Heartland team who are selected...
Round 1 was a great one for club cricket’s old hands. But a week on, Breakers Horouta Te Waka will be hoping they can bounce back from their 156-run loss to Doleman Cup Premier Grade champions Bollywood High School Old Boys against a young...
It will be very fast and very hard. Tomorrow the second Super 8 Schools seven-a-side rugby tournament will be held at Rotorua Boys’ High School, and in terms of athleticism, flair and skill, not much tops it. Though no Gisborne Boys’ High School...
Much of our public service structure is not fit for purpose and this compounds a wider malaise of low productivity in our economy, Rob Campbell writes in a recent opinion piece in the Post. The former chair of Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ — who has an...
Re: Meng Foon’s seawall. Bevan, while you may be right about the need for less red tape (October 31 letter), the fact of the matter is Meng Foon thought he could just do as he pleased and get away with it. While you say this is not much different...
Re: Base solutions on facts, ignore agendas — November 1 column and comment trail. The theme of Clive’s column is not about erosion, its prevention or the introduction of enhanced logging disciplines, which are the real issues. Instead, he...
October was Women’s Insitute Awareness month and for Federation members of the Poverty Bay branch, it was all about baking. They gave out home-made biscuits to those attending the Barleycorn concert at the Salvation Army Citadel on the Day for...
The lambing season across Tairāwhiti has ended and with docking nearly finished too, indications are lambing has been good for the region’s farmers. Agfirst consultant Peter Andrew said there was above average ewe scanning this season. “We have...
Bayleys may be in the business of selling real estate, but for this long-standing national brand, it’s all about the people. Bayleys Gisborne is this month celebrating its 25th year in business. Owner and managing director Simon Bousfield heads...
by Jack Ward All eyes are set on 2025 for the Wairoa A&P Society when they plan to return with a full-scale Show. Instead of the Show next year, the society has decided on a smaller-scale fair, with details still to be finalised. The difficult...
There was a total clearance of the 3478 freshly weaned lambs at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, trucked in from Totangi Farm Ltd at Ngatapa. Prices ranged from $90 down to $30 for some later-born ones, averaging $64.80. The black face lambs, out...
Raw sewage bubbling up from the ground, an inaccessible driveway, and a landlord who didn’t want to fix things, ruined a family’s eight-year experience of their rented rural cottage. This year they went to the Tenancy Tribunal, which largely...
Around three dozen firefighters from around the country will take part in the Gizzy Combat Challenge on Saturday in the Marina carpark. The fitness challenge involves, among other things, scaling a six-storey structure carrying an 18kg fire-hose...
After their vulnerabilities were exposed during Cyclone Gabrielle, Pasifika men working in the region’s orchards, vineyards and crops are better connected to welfare and health services, thanks to Tūranga Health. Tūranga Health continues to...
The new $8 million Midway Surf Rescue Community Hub will be officially opened tomorrow with an invited crowd of around 250 people expected for the event. A range of speakers will include Mayor Rehette Stoltz, Shannon Williams from Kānoa (the...
Roses and irises of all colours will fill the Farmers Air Showgrounds Event Centre this weekend for the annual Poverty Bay Horticultural Society Summer Show. Society president Wendy Davies took a moment this week to enjoy the heady fragrance of the...
'This year, we are forecasting an operational deficit of around $700,000.'
Title the culmination of a six-year journey for many in the Gisborne Tairāwhiti team.
Te Puia Hot Springs It was the hole-in-one that wasn’t. James Forrester sank his tee shot on the 140-metre 16th hole on Sunday . . . for a three. Forrester sent his first tee shot well left into golfing oblivion so hit another ball, this time...
OPINION PIECE by Ben O’Brien-Leaf I believe that on Sunday morning, one of two things happened in rugby. Either the way in which the 2023 Rugby World Cup final was controlled was shown to be the way forward . . . or it was an aberration. As a keen...