Folk Dance New Zealand’s annual gathering will take place in Gisborne/Tūranga this year, featuring guest dance tutors who are visiting especially for the event. The Tūranga Bal is a weekend of folk dance being hosted by Jane Luiten and her local...
Applications are now open to young filmmakers to enter the New Zealand Youth Film Festival (NZYFF) with fantastic prizes up for grabs. This is the second year and the inaugural event last year attracted 357 entries from across New Zealand. Entry is...
This Week ■ Going Local - Build-a-band Smash Palace today from 5.30pm. Independent Music New Zealand presents a free networking session called Going Local. It’s an informal way to talk to established people in the industry and find out how it...
by Lindsey Bahr, AP A beautiful Indian-American teen, Samidha (Megan Suri), just wants to fit in with her suburban classmates in the new horror It Lives Inside. But there’s a demon at large and it’s not hormones or puberty — it’s a literal...
Odeon Multiplex ■ Stylebender Film on Israel Adesanya — Nigerian-born, New Zealand-based mixed martial arts champion known as The Last Stylebender — explores masculinity, bullying, mental health and the healing power of dance. ■ The Creator...
The rising stars of New Zealand surfing have been displaying their talents at the National Scholastic Surfing Championships at Makorori Beach this week including Gisborne’s Milo Livingston. Competing in the under-14 boys’ division, Milo won his...
The national skateboard championships return to Gisborne’s Alfred Cox Skate-park for the second year in a row tomorrow. It will be the first time the national champs have been able to hold all three major section finals at the same venue. The...
A clean-sweep from Gisborne’s Cory Taylor in the oceanperson ironman event was the major highlight of the Black Fins efforts at the International Surf Rescue Challenge in the United States. The three day, three test event concluded at the weekend...
Adam McIlroy and Geoff Pinn, with Geoff’s sons Kyle and Liam, have won the Bellerby Cup at the Gisborne Bowling Club greens. The cup is one of the club’s feature events each year. It is contested by teams of four comprising a skip, a three...
MONDAY, September 18 — Ben White (Ray White) Pairs 3 (Howell movement) North/South East/West John Hudson, Elizabeth Jackson 63.54 Carolyn McMurray, Helen Kerisome 58.68 Avinash Rane, Pamela Clay 55.56 Bette Parker, Ann McCombe 54.86 Beverley...
Saturday at Ruatoria was one to warm the cockles of a Sky Blue heart. The Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi beat King Country Rams 29-11, have 25 competition points and remain in fourth place with one round-robin game to play in the 12-team Heartland...
Waikato-Bay of Plenty Zone has named a stack of Gisborne netball players for the Magic in the Making development camps. The Gisborne players have been named in the third cluster of four, to attend a selection session in Tauranga at the city’s...
In what is becoming something of a cliche, the battered Tairawhiti district seems to have dodged a bullet from yet another heavy rain event over the past 48 hours. The latest storm was centred more on the long-suffering East Coast, although there...
Maryanne Spurdle, Maxim Institute researcher We’re in that season where political parties constantly roll out policies that reflect their vision for New Zealand. This close to the election, few ideas remain unclaimed, but here’s one that’s...
Why is the Gisborne District Council using bolt guns to euthanise dogs at their pound? (Beloved family dog killed by Gisborne District Council, Stuff. co. nz, 25th September). Sarge the dog was allegedly killed by a bolt gun after being mistakenly...
Fighting climate change is vital for a sustainable economy. The vast majority (97 percent) of climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change. And despite much of the misinformation published here, the Greens are...
The oldest building at Scott Base, a hut built by a Sir Edmund Hillary-led team, is visiting Gisborne in virtual reality form. The Antarctic Heritage Trust’s roadshow arrived in town yesterday, and it will be at the HB Williams Memorial Library...
The owners of a dog put down in error by Gisborne District Council have broken their silence, saying they are “beyond devastated”. On Friday, family pet Sarge was taken to the pound by a council animal control officer before being killed later...
No Gisborne deaths have been recorded in the latest Covid-19 update from Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti, but there are 17 active cases. That takes the total number of Tairāwhiti cases to 2561, up until midnight on Sunday. Across the country there are...
The risks associated with using the Parikanapa Road as an alternative to the Tiniroto Road were highlighted on Friday when this metal truck slewed off the road. A resident in that area who sent in the photographs said the truck and trailer went...
The chairman of Gisborne District Council’s commercial arm wants to hear public views on whether to sell off its main asset, Tauwhareparae Farms. Gisborne Holdings Ltd board chair John Rae is encouraging the community to go to tomorrow’s annual...
Electors wanting to vote in this year’s general election can do so from Monday. Voting ends at 7pm on election day, Saturday October 14. “Voting places will be open before election day in convenient locations including shopping areas, transport...
The police inquiry into the “unexplained” death of a Mahia man in early July has now been put in the hands of the Coroner. He was found deceased at an address on Kaiwaitau Road in Mahia on Thursday, July 6, after police were called to the home...
Te Whānau a Apanui and the Crown have initialled a deed of settlement in recognition of their historical Treaty of Waitangi claims. Te Whānau a Apanui have 12 hapū and a population of approximately 13,000 people, with its area of interest being...
The district had another close call as a subtropical hosing over the past few days pushed the region close to the edge of serious flooding. Inland hill country, the Raukumara Ranges and East Cape area suffered the heaviest downpours, with one...
A residence in De Lautour Road in Kaiti was severely damaged by fire yesterday morning and the woman living there suffered smoke inhalation. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two appliances to the property at around 8.30am. Police and St John were also...
A rare outbreak of the potentially-fatal typhoid fever has been confirmed in Tairāwhiti. Responding to a query from The Gisborne Herald, Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ confirmed six cases of typhoid have been identified in a team of rural workers in...
A cash-strapped and disgraced former Gisborne lawyer has been ordered to pay costs associated with his failed bid to be reinstated to the profession. Christopher Manson Twigley must pay the New Zealand Law Society $3000 towards the $18,000 worth of...
A case of mistaken identity has resulted in a Gisborne dog being put down in error by the district council, which has apologised “unreservedly” for the mistake.
The stars aligned on Saturday night for a lucky Gisborne Lotto player as they shared the First Division prize with a player from Christchurch. Each will pocket $500,000. The Gisborne winning ticket was sold at Ballance Street Bookshop. A shop...
Space company Rocket Lab says all safety precautions worked as designed during the loss of a mission shortly after lift-off from its Māhia space port. The September 19 mission was lost when an issue was experienced at around T+2 minutes and 30...
Surf Life Saving New Zealand handed out its annual national Awards of Excellence at Te Papa in Wellington on Saturday night and Australia-based Gisborne clubbie Cory Taylor shared one of the major gongs. Taylor, a member of Dawson Building Midway...
“Goody bags” prepared for people affected by Cyclone Gabrielle have been taken from the workshop where they were stored. The last 42 of 101 bags filled with grocery treats had been stored in a shed in the industrial subdivision, ready for...
Torrential rain like Cyclone Gabrielle fell across the district in the past two days, causing widespread surface flooding and rivers to rise to warning levels. The downpour on Sunday night overloaded the capabilities of the city’s sewerage system...