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Cramer is Thistle’s new coach
Sport

Cramer is Thistle’s new coach

A 62-year-old Glasgow-born Partick Thistle supporter is Gisborne Thistle’s new coach. But while Tam Cramer has yet to come to grips with the playing strength at Gisborne’s oldest surviving football club, he is no stranger to the city. His wife...

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Te Ruanui earns record price
Gisborne Herald

Te Ruanui earns record price

The ram sale season in the district ended on a strong note yesterday at the Matawhero saleyards when Te Ruanui Polled Dorsets racked up a new stud record price. Craig and Yvonne Brownlie from the Waerenga-o-Kuri property put up 80 Polled Dorsets and...

Book giveaway for Christmas
Gisborne Herald

Book giveaway for Christmas

Christimas is just around the corner and at this time of year Focus on the Land likes to give books away. Up for grabs is ‘Secret Gardens of Aotearoa’, written by Jane Mahoney and Sophie Bannan. It explores a dozen “intriguing and unique”...

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Needing to work hard on unity now
Opinion

Needing to work hard on unity now

The Mayor’s call today for unity around everything we agree on, relationship building and the need to find new ways of thinking and working together is exactly what’s required for our region to overcome the challenges we face, and to help us...

Together we are stronger, Tairāwhiti
Opinion

Together we are stronger, Tairāwhiti

Mayor Rehette Stoltz I want to take this opportunity to wish you and your whānau a blessed, peaceful (and sunny!) Christmas. I do hope that you will have some time off to rest and recharge your battery for 2024. No one can deny that 2023 has been...

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Rare feats in Wi’s sights
Sport

Rare feats in Wi’s sights

Tairāwhiti No. 1 William Brown is on a mission to play at the national interprovincials in every New Zealand golf province. And he’s well on track to achieving it. Brown ended his 15th consecutive national tournament yesterday in Wellington and at...

2027 date for Waikare bypass
Gisborne Herald

2027 date for Waikare bypass

by Doug Laing A highway deviation costing about $250 million to bypass the site of a slip that again closed the road between Napier and Wairoa this week is unlikely to be open before 2027. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency estimates it will take three...

Paid lifeguards selected
Gisborne Herald

Paid lifeguards selected

The team of paid surf lifeguards to protect the Gisborne and Tolaga Bay beaches on weekdays during the peak of this summer have been selected. The lifeguards will undergo an induction course on December 18 and 19, and then commence work on December...

Operation Pinocchio under way
Gisborne Herald

Operation Pinocchio under way

Gisborne Woodturners Club want to share the Christmas festival spirit with deserving young tamariki who have had a tough time. President Lynne Boulter has started distributing wooden toys made by club members during the year and the first recipient...

The real space race
Opinion

The real space race

Gwynne Dyer The upside of Elon Musk is that he is a genius who has done useful things for the human race. He brought the idea of electric vehicles from harmless fringe tinkering to commercial mass production, and he may yet bring the cost of space...

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Loving life in the air
Lifestyle

Loving life in the air

Nikara Ross credits her time at Wairoa College for giving her the tools she needed to succeed in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. She spoke to The Gisborne Herald about her globetrotting exploits in the military . . . Former Wairoa College student...