The discovery of a 16-metre-long bull sperm whale washed up dead in the shallows at Opoutama Beach on Friday drew intrigue and emotion and even resulted in a misunderstanding about customary processing of blubber. Residents awoke to see the...
Going under anaesthetic can be a daunting experience for young patients but not so much when they have a unicorn and a fluffy best friend to provide company. Keitha Taylor was recently supported at Gisborne Hospital by the oral health team...
Tairāwhiti was the top region in the country as of yesterday when it comes to registrations for the ShakeOut national earthquake drill and tsunami hikoi that happens on Thursday next week. The October 19 event is at 9.30am that day when...
Whether on the general roll or the Māori roll, Tairāwhiti voters will be having their say in competitive electorate races that will be followed as “bellwether” seats that could go either way when the numbers come in on Saturday night. No...
Gavin Maclean If anyone is “inept on climate issues” (Oct 6 letter), Bill Gates surprisingly is. He is not a fount of wisdom. His renowned promotion of energy alternatives is firmly rooted in a mindset of continuing catastrophic growth, so if he...
Once again Gisborne has chosen to ignore the anniversary of Cook’s landing here. Are we the town that wants to erase history? Or rather the bits that don’t suit some people? Certain repressive societies around the world have attempted this, and...
Never be fooled into thinking you’ll be better off under a National government, unless you own investment property or are very rich. Even then you need to think about those who aren’t lucky enough to have what you have. We are fine financially...
Re: Cost-cutting consequences, October 3 letter. I thoroughly concur with “Seriously Concerned”, pointing out problems with healthcare. Unfortunately I feel that this is only part of the problem. We had a wonderful service with CCS, but...
Six goals for six players . . . Wainui Riverina shared the joy around as they completed a Women’s Eastern League-Braybrook Cup double at Childers Road Reserve on Sunday. Gisborne Laundry Services Wainui Riverina had won the women’s league with...
Thomas Tindale’s girls hummed in the capital. Head coach Tindale’s Gisborne team at the Basketball New Zealand Aon Central Region Under-13 Tournament were placed third out of six A Grade teams at the Akau Tangi Sports Centre. Last Wednesday, the...
Prolific snooker title winner Wayne Tautau added another to his collection at the 2023 Gisborne Cossie Club grade championship. Tautau topped a field of 12 players in the A-Grade champs. Qualifying was played over three frames and the semifinalists...
The Sky Blues were poised to upend the most dominant team in the history of the Heartland Championship’s Meads Cup. But the Kahu Tamatea-coached Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi — who led two-time defending champions South Canterbury 17-3 after 44...
Community detention is a “nonsense” sentence, devoid of any real punishment, a visiting judge to Gisborne has said while imposing a unique variation of it on a recidivist drink-driver.
A lot of rugby water has flowed under the bridge since then for the son of Billy and Tara Gibson-Park who will line up in the No. 9 jersey this weekend for Ireland in a do-or-die Rugby World Cup quarterfinal blockbuster against New Zealand...
An “absolute gem for Gisborne” was how the new $8 million Midway Surf Rescue Community Hub was described yesterday in a dawn blessing ceremony.
The Waikare Gorge Bailey bridge on State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier will close for two nights of maintenance work later this month. Contractors will be working to instal new concrete beams over Tuesday, October 24, and Wednesday, October...
The Government’s cyclone recovery package offered to Gisborne District Council covers only a fraction of what the region asked for, official documents show. Last month, the Government made a “take it or leave it” offer of $221 million. The...
Tairāwhiti has 20 active cases of Covid-19, according to latest figures from Te Whatu Ora. Up to midnight Sunday, Tairāwhiti had recorded 39 deaths and a total of 25,301 cases. Equivalent figures for New Zealand were 3566 active cases, 3376 total...
The region’s rescue helicopter team started last week with a maintenance flight to Hawke’s Bay and ended it with bad weather that hampered flying. But the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter still managed a schedule of five rescue...
A woman who broke into the foodbank of her church and was caught loading groceries into a car was left to face the music alone as an accomplice drove off and evaded being charged. Kayela Teawhina Hereina Morgan, 36, a long-time member of the House...
October 5 Individual highlights 180s: Tahuna Irwin (3), Heath Woollett (Falcons); John White (Tigers); Te Kotahi Kaio (2), Tristan Reeves (Da Bros); Rob TeKira (Ruahine). Highest start (180): Tristan Reeves (Da Bros). Highest finish (147): John...
A “dead and buried” Poverty Bay produced a contender for comeback of the season in their Lochore Cup semifinal on Saturday. Down 28-7, the Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Wekas mounted a resurgence from the 54th minute to stun North Otago...
Upsets were in short supply in Gisborne football cup finals at the weekend, but passion was out in force. High School Old Boys completed an Eastern League second-division double by beating Gisborne Thistle Youth 3-1 after extra time in the Chris...
As one of the most interesting elections in recent history nears its climax the level of doubt seems to be increasing and there are even fears the outcome could be a hung Parliament or require a second election. With five days to go, political...
Gwynne Dyer If you are wondering why Hamas launched its all-out assault on Israel on Saturday, I wrote it here last week. “The Arab world has basically abandoned the Palestinians to their fate, whatever that may be. Six Arab countries have...
The Algerian activist Ahmed Zaoui, who fled to New Zealand in 2002 seeking refugee status and eventually gained citizenship in 2014, is back in the news! He has been arrested again in Algeria (where he has been living) for his outspoken political...
Interesting to see #nznationalparty admitting defeat before the election. If they’re scared of, and have no confidence in, even trying to negotiate a coalition agreement I think they are not fit to govern. Remember that in 2017 they blamed others...
After appearing to have handed control of election tactics to Sir John Key, Christopher Luxon is apparently trying to scare votes away from NZ First by suggesting that National may not go into coalition with them — thus creating a need for...
Re: Art in lights. Thank you to those who organised this. What a spectacular sight. I especially loved the four large pieces depicting clouds. They were magnificent but there was no information about the artist, not even in the booklet. Whoever you...
Petrels and shearwaters belong to the same family of seabirds that once nested in their millions within underground burrows across mainland New Zealand and were an important food source. However, by 1930 nearly all were extinct. The country’s...
Players and supporters of Gisborne Thistle AFC will celebrate the club’s 100th anniversary at Easter Weekend next year. Gisborne Herald journalist John Gillies sets the scene by looking back at the Jags’ history. A hundred years of history...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: J Noanoa (2NZEF Rebels); M Reedy, J Love (Cossie Done & Dusted); M Hawea, H Eyles, A Kaiwai, A Taukamo-Pohio 2 (2NZEF TAO Vikings); T TeKira, J White, T Irwin 2 (Brezz’n Gold); L Cook (2NZEF 2NZ3); T O’Neill...
After the Christchurch earthquakes, the Crown acquired and demolished or removed more than 8000 properties then returned the land to Christchurch City Council. That was a precedent which New Zealand could not afford to follow, especially because it...
Jason Heale, Maxim Institute It is easy to get caught up in the idea that being right is the most important thing. We’re constantly bombarded with messages that tell us what to think and who to believe, and it can be challenging to remember that...