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...
by Paddy Stewart Geoff Pinn had plenty to celebrate on his birthday this year. He and his wife Karen joined skip Adam McIlroy to win the Gisborne-East Coast centre Bowls3Five qualifying event on Labour Day, which this year fell on Geoff Pinn’s...
The Poverty Bay Bowling Club men’s and women’s open pairs champions achieved their titles the hard way at the weekend. Jan Powell (skip) and Kathryn Flaugere won the women’s pairs and skip George Vaotuua and Steve Jenkins won the men’s...
You could have been forgiven for thinking the final of Gisborne Bowling Club’s junior men’s pairs was actually the senior section of the event, such was the quality of play. Eventual winners Peter Ferris and Chris Bunyan and runners-up Mike and...
Many people are worried about what the next Government’s approach will be to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the possibility of a divisive referendum on the principles of the Treaty. On the campaign trail, Christopher Luxon said National did not support...
by Ran Yaakoby Ambassador of Israel to New Zealand Hamas’s unprecedented massacre of Israelis on October 7th may have elated its supporters in Gaza and abroad, and it certainly delighted this terrorist organisation’s sponsors in Iran, but it...
With dozens of Palestinians killed in the latest Israeli attack on Jabalia refugee camp, our political leaders must act. PSNA has written to caretaker PM Chris Hipkins and incoming PM Christopher Luxon (yesterday) urging the following steps be taken...
An international team of scientists are setting off on a voyage to paint a clearer picture of our earthquake and tsunami risk from New Zealand’s largest and most active fault, the Hikurangi Subduction Zone. New Zealand is dotted with earthquake...
From the beginning of the month yesterday and through summer, MetService will be issuing heat alerts across New Zealand. This is the third year that MetService has trialled alerts to help New Zealanders plan and prepare for extreme heat, alongside...
The district’s croppers have been hard at work with their summer planting programmes and encouraged by the results so far, while grape and kiwifruit growers have also taken heart from the way their crops are shaping up. The recent rain slowed up...
"In the end, I consider you a real danger to women.” That’s what Judge Warren Cathcart told a man with a history of domestic violence whose latest offence was to beat up his partner after going to her house one night uninvited, waking her up...
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will start resurfacing road works on State Highway 2 in the Matawai area today due to the wet weather forcing a further postponement. The work was to have commenced yesterday. It will involve the closure of SH2 north...
Five local students were awarded scholarships from the Walter William McLean Educational Trust this week. The scholarships are worth $5000 and are to help students with their studies in 2024. Glenys Talivai, CEO of the Public Trust, which manages...
Clouds of sea fog rolled into Wainui Beach yesterday afternoon as the MetService issued a severe thunderstorm watch over much of the East Coast. Heavy rain and some hail was predicted, with the risk of a small tornado or funnel cloud. The same se...
Campaign to help restore Tairāwhiti’s “absolutely munted” farm fencing.
Fireworks go on sale in the district from today and firefighters encourage people to take all the right precautions to keep themselves, and their children, safe. Cracker sales remain restricted to a four-day period from November 2 until November 5...
With 80 jobs on the line at the troubled Juken sawmill here, community trust and regional economic development agency Trust Tairāwhiti has confirmed it will not look at buying the mill. Juken staff and management are considering three options for...
Dancer and choreographer Kayla Paige has worked in the USA, Australia and Europe, but nothing compares to being part of the creative team at World of Wearable Arts (WOW) of Wellington where she has worked as a choreographer for the last two years...
Gisborne district councillors have voted to accept a Government cyclone recovery package to the tune of $204 million with little debate on Wednesday. Last month, Gisborne District Council put the all-or-nothing government offer out for a two-week...