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...
A larger-than-life dandelion takes centre stage at Breath, which is Tairāwhiti museum’s newest exhibition. Tiny florets — those fuzzy bits of the dandelion — are scattered overhead, floating mid-air as if released by a puff of breath at local...
“There are lots of little Easter eggs in this show, if you spend the time to look around,” says Melanie Tahata of her current exhibition running at the Tairāwhiti Museum. Named Rima Tekau, it is a sharing and expression of whanaungatanga, of...
Following a sell-out run at Q Theatre, Auckland, Boyd & Brodie Productions are now touring Waiting for Waiting for Godot across Aotearoa. This critically acclaimed production, written by award-winning actor/playwright Dave Hanson and directed by...
Mayor Rehette Stoltz acknowledges ‘Ben Hur’ effort to negotiate buyout programme with the Government.
In a world where values shape our actions and the direction of society, the way we define success and beauty has consequences. “Ngā Ara Whetū, Auckland University’s centre for climate, biodiversity and society, along with The Big Q, have come...
Saturday November 4. Smash Palace, 7.30pm, $35+BF. The Bowie and U2 tribute show will see epic bands thrill the audience for three hours. Bowie is performed by Stardust. A group of experienced musos, they share their love of David Bowie’s music...
by Zanna Gillespie and Greg Bruce, NZH SHE SAW I’d like to think things are better now. Watching Ms. Information, a documentary profile of microbiologist and science communicator Dr Siouxsie Wiles, you’re reminded of what a volatile time the...
Dome Cinema Loop Track A psychological thriller about Ian, who wants to get as far away from humanity as possible, in the New Zealand bush. Other people get attached to him, and he has the feeling they are being followed. A four-day journey becomes...
The powerhouse of Poverty Bay club cricket made a barnstorming start to the 2023-2024 season on Saturday. Bollywood High School Old Boys — holders of all three Premier trophies — began their quest to retain the Doleman Cup 40-overs crown by...
Gisborne’s Chris Dawson will make his debut as captain of the New Zealand Black Fins surf lifesaving team this month in the International German Cup pool lifesaving championships. The event is to be held in Warendorf in Germany from November 23 to...
Revenge came early for OBR. Rawhiti League Old Boys Rugby avenged their Hope Cup final loss to Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps with a six-wicket win in the opening Saturday of the Senior B Grade club competition on Nelson Park’s...
Gisborne Speedway Club started its 2023-24 season in fine style on Saturday night with a big crowd on hand to watch a 27-race programme that entertained from start to finish. Results — Ministocks, Race 1: Tom Steel (21B) 1, Memphis Trengrove (88B)...
The draw for Tairāwhiti junior softball at Waikirikiri Park on Saturday (all games 45 to 50 minutes) — Emerging Sox intermediate softball (Years 7 and 8), 11am: D2, Tolaga Smashers v Campion College 2; D3, Campion College 1 v Waikirikiri. Rookie...
An expectation of swift coalition negotiations after the final vote count is released on Friday afternoon has been raised by NZ First leader Winston Peters, in his first major interview since election night. Speaking to Sean Plunket of online radio...
Clive Bibby In an environment where minority opinion — particularly that which involves the protection of “indigenous” rights (real or imagined) — is promoted by groups claiming to be the only credible authority, we should be concerned that...
May I point out that the last Weekender insert featured an imagined mega-thrust tsunami that is the stuff of Hollywood disaster movies. Comparing the wave pictured with Tuamotu Island (36 metres high), Young Nick’s Head (177 metres) and the...
The annual Spring Show in October produced the biggest gate in a decade with just over 18,000 people in attendance over the two days. “The event was a great success with the weather playing its part. It was so good to see the entire community...
The weekend’s Japan Day cultural event in Gisborne’s city centre was a resounding success, one of the organisers says. The event was organised by Tairāwhiti Cultural Festival and Events (TCFE), in partnership with Tairāwhiti Multicultural...
A man was admitted to Gisborne Hospital after the vehicle he was driving left MacDonald Road at Matawhero and hit a concrete power pole in the early hours of yesterday morning. The crash happened opposite the JNL mill shortly before 4.30am...
Gisborne’s Pastor Norm McLeod has just returned from Andhra Pradesh in Southern India where he says Christian, Muslim, Hindu and communist communities are working together to provide a better future for the next generation. “I have been working...
Gisborne’s central business district is the focus of a huge line-up of fun Christmas activities this year, with the traditional motorised floats of the Gladstone Road Santa Parade swapped out for stationary floats at a new location. A Kiwian...
There are currently 35 active cases of Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti, according to official figures up to midnight on Sunday. That takes the region’s total number of Covid cases to 25,372 including 39 deaths. New Zealand has recorded 44 deaths in the...
“FrockStars” of Gisborne will be back rocking their frocks each Friday from this week, to raise awareness and funds for mental health services in Tairāwhiti. The Frocks on Friday fundraising initiative, first started last year, returns over the...
Ngata College has been selected to offer a services academy through the Ruatōria school, to help students find their pathway to a future career. The Services Academy programme is run within secondary schools in partnership with the New Zealand...
Hospice Tairāwhiti says it is excited about the opportunity to raise funds to help keep hospice services free of charge in the community with its annual raffle. “Mitre 10 Gisborne have once again donated a 7x4 Jobmate Trailer and $500 of product...
A woman accused of bombarding a man with text messages has been told by a judge not to contact the complainant again. Theresa Anne Johnson appeared in Gisborne District Court on Monday, charged with offensive or disturbing use of a telephone. Judge...
Friday will be an exciting day for newly elected East Coast MP Dana Kirkpatrick when the official results of the general election are released. Ms Kirkpatrick is safe in East Coast with a preliminary majority of 3138 votes, but says she will not...
Gisborne’s historic Makaraka Cemetery is a picturesque resting place for some of the district’s earliest settlers. The location offers an opportunity to pay respects and to learn of the colourful histories of those who long ago decided to make...
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The 11th Titirangi Mt Everest Challenge has just passed the halfway point of the seven-week event. The challenge to climb Titirangi maunga 68 times — the equivalent height of Mt Everest — gets the Tairāwhiti community and beyond buzzing. More...
Three of four men arrested last Friday in relation to the ongoing gang conflict in Tairāwhiti have appeared in court so can now be identified. They are Te Maori Meretania, 31; Emilio David Jr Williams, 26, and Dorian Reedy, 24. Each of them...