He’s known to most as “Solly” but David Solomann has earned himself another nickname at the Freyberg Masters men’s interprovincial tournament in Gisborne this week . . . “Afternoon Specialist”. Solomann collected a huge scalp as his host...
Poverty Bay Bowling Club members held their annual Melbourne Cup Fun Day Tournament on Tuesday. The winners, with three wins and 15 ends won, were Dayvinia Mills (skip), Marion Jones (director) and Margaret Parsons (lead). The runners-up — Bruce...
Impressive draw bowls by Dayvinia Mills proved decisive in the final of the centre 2-4-2 mixed pairs completed at Gisborne Bowling Club on Sunday. Mills combined with Geoff Pinn to defeat Marcus and Jasmine Merrick 15-8 in the decider. The...
No green, no problem. Tolaga Bay won the men's section of the senior interclub competition at the Kahutia Bowling Club on Saturday, even though their home green is still out of commission. Cyclone Gabrielle caused the Tolaga Bay green damage that...
Can Gisborne Boys’ High School end the blue-and-whites’ dominance of Premier Grade cricket? Two weeks into the 40-over Doleman Cup season, Bollywood High School Old Boys’ margins of victory have been 156 runs against Breakers Horouta Te Wak...
Chippie is back but can he reinvigorate a party that has just gone through a major rejection from the voting public? The decision of the Labour caucus to reinstate defeated Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is unsurprising, particularly as there are no...
Bob Hughes Over the years here I have been called a “lefty communist” and a “watermelon” (green outside, red inside); been told I live in a cave, and that “as a worm” I would “do an admirable job” (John Fricker, 2019); and most...
Real estate political party donors will do very well if Act are able to allow foreign buyers or gift landlords $billions. But there’s really no conflict of interest eh? Really. Companies will still charge 3.95 percent commission even if the house...
Gisborne will next week host the National Geographic Orion, the first cruise ship visit for the 2023/24 summer season. It is scheduled to arrive at 8am on November 13, bringing about 106 passengers and 75 crew members for a day-long excursion. The...
Waihau Road is open to residents and may soon open to the public. Gisborne District Council acting director of community lifelines Dave Hadfield, reporting to the operations committee yesterday, said the washout repair was almost complete. The road...
A rare scientific phenomenon seems to have been the cause of a failed mission from Rocket Lab’s Māhia space port. The United States-based space company yesterday provided an update on the cause of an anomaly that resulted in the failed mission...
Wastewater works at the Lytton Road/ Stout St roundabout are taking longer than expected. The Gisborne District Council reports that as contractors were working on the repair, further breaks were identified which caused a sinkhole to develop. Other...
The Electoral Commission has found vote counting errors in the East Coast electorate, but the final result has not changed. The votes were included in the preliminary count but were not included in the official count, said chief electoral officer...
It was a case of sport for all at the Parafed open day last weekend. “The day, held at Ilminster Intermediate, was a great success,” Parafed regional development coordinator Louise Ellery said. “Loads of fun was had and many people in our...
REVIEW A show for the whole family and that the kids will love — that’s School of Rock, the Musical Theatre Gisborne production which opens tonight at the War Memorial Theatre. The show opens with Dewey Finn, played by Kevin Harrard, playing...
Poverty Bay Horticultural Society president Wendy Davies was “very, very happy” with the society’s annual Summer Show last weekend. She was impressed with the number of entries for the show, which was at the Farmers Air Showgrounds Event...
A policy position for the clean-up of woody debris on beaches approved by Gisborne District Council operations committee yesterday was “unacceptable”, the community group that called for a review of land-use rules earlier in the year says. Man...
Tairāwhiti Museum has faced a challenging year but managed to come out the other side in a strong position. Those were the comments of outgoing museum director Eloise Wallace at Gisborne District Council’s finance and performance meeting on...
What is the “natural” state of beaches? Gisborne District Council’s operations committee faced that issue yesterday when they endorsed a proposed “position” on woody debris on beaches for later adoption by council.
Hawke’s Bay took the honours in their neighbourhood rivalry with Tairāwhiti in Round 6 of the Freyberg Masters men’s national golf interprovincial in Gisborne this morning. The men in black beat the host province 4-1 on the penultimate day of...
Gisborne Yacht Club son-and-father sailing team of Ross and Colin Shanks, representing the East Coast, have uplifted one of New Zealand’s oldest sailing trophies after a close-fought contest on Lake Rotoiti. The Sanders Cup was in its 99th year of...
Poverty bay Darryn White and Marg Colebourne are the 2023 Primo Cup champions. White won the men’s title while Colebourne won the women’s crown, along with the hidden partners competition run alongside the Primo Cup final. White shot 77 off his...
Described as a “national treasure” and “New Zealand’s most indispensable ensemble”, NZTrio is renowned for its eclectic repertoire, outstanding talent and warm Kiwi stage presence. Bringing together three incredibly accomplished artists...
Golf is a game of inches in a couple of ways. There’s the six inches between your ears that the great Arnold Palmer said were “the most important”. And there’s the inches out on the course where the smallest mistake can come back to bite...
Campion College are getting better. Last season’s Senior B Grade champions the Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps beat Campion’s first 11 by 42 runs . . . after the Mark Naden-coached up-and-comers gave them a push. The younger set...
Winston Peters seems set to teach National leader Christopher Luxon a lesson or two in the power dynamics of coalition negotiations, and could force a change in tack. The NZ First leader told National Business Review on Tuesday that he believed...
Marcus Roberts, Maxim Institutedirector of research We are still a week away from finding out the final shape of the 54th New Zealand Parliament. It will probably take a little longer for the coalition negotiations to be concluded and for...
Your Saturday report on the serious damage Storm Ciarán wreaked on the British Isles and Europe, and the mean sea-level pressure reading for England and Wales in November being the lowest ever, deeply concerns me. I remind readers, we in the...
At 1.30am one Friday morning the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter headed to Te Kaha in response to a trauma. The call-out itself was routine and in the early hours of the morning the patient was flown in a stable condition to Taurang...
Lotto NZ handed out almost 90 grants to recipients in Tairāwhiti in the 2022/23 financial year as part of lottery funding that helped around 4000 groups made up of community, hapū and iwi across the country. Te Puna Tahua Lottery Grants Board...
There was plenty of demand for the large number of quality cattle on Tuesday at the monthly Matawhero Cattle Fair. Many of them were trucked out of the district to new homes for a large bench of visiting buyers. In all close to 2000 cattle were...
Season two of Frocks on Friday (FOF) got under way last week with a social event to reconnect and welcome new “frock stars” into the fold. The newbies have added their support to a kaupapa that raises awareness and funds for #Hear4u — a local...
Police were shocked by some of the drivers stopped by the impairment prevention team. Over the course of two days policing the roads in Tairāwhiti last week, 10 drivers were found to have excess breath alcohol at checkpoints targeting drink...
The emergency services were called to the corner of Childers Road and Derby Street on Tuesday night after two cars collided at the roundabout. A senior firefighter said the people in the vehicles suffered minor injuries. The crash call came in at...