The Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust started with modest hopes for the charity auction it hosted at the weekend, but its supporters came out in force. Held at Farmers Air Showgrounds Park Event Centre on Saturday, the 2023 Bayleys EHRT Annual...
Erosion at the northern end of Wainui Beach is the worst it has ever been and is starting to impact on the historic Whales Grave area. After the corpses of 59 sperm whales were buried there in 1970, the site was left to decline until 2013 when the...
They’ll be back. The two men who carried out a Bay of Plenty takeover of the 2023 Emerre and Hathaway Poverty Bay Men’s Open are likely to return to the scene of their domination in six weeks time. Mark Smith, of Rotorua golf club Springfield...
Raglan surfers Luca Thompson and Alani Morse won the two major titles at the primary school surfing championships that finished at Makorori Beach yesterday. Morse retained the Year 7 and 8 girls’ division title she’d won the previous year. For...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: F Waihape, P Waihape (2NZEF TAO Spartans); K Arahanga, H Ngarangione (RSA Stallions); I Eyles (RSA Gunz); T Irwin (Brezz’n Gold); R Leach, T Reeves (RSA Outlaws); C Reiri, G Vaotu’ua 2 (2NZEF Rebels); A Taukamo-Pohio...
Disgraced former Gisborne lawyer Chris Twigley, who was struck off seven years ago for misconduct, is applying to be reinstated. A New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) process notifying members of Twigley’s application to restore his name to the lawyers...
Zach Rolls was happy enough just to have qualified for the top 16 at the Poverty Bay Open. This morning he teed off as one of the last four in the title hunt. The 18-year-old local pulled off two of the biggest wins in his budding career yesterday -...
News that the Government is taking another look at introducing a sugar tax and salt limitations would be welcomed in this district. The information is contained in documents obtained under the Official Information Act for Radio NZ’s series OFF the...
Gavin Maclean There are lots of bad ways to vote, but the worst are for change, expediency and isolated single issues. They are insidious as they appeal to people who are otherwise quite clever and passionate. Expediency. I was shocked when someone...
The fact that NZ First is actually standing a candidate in Tairāwhiti can only be seen as an upgrading of our local democracy. The recent head to head between Labour’s Chris Hipkins and National’s Christopher Luxton showed us that neither of...
A total of 528 sheep were sold at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday. Sales are being held each fortnight. Prices for the 195 store lambs eased slightly on those paid two weeks ago, while prices remained firm for the 97 prime lambs. Murray Fleming...
Little bags of sunshine were packed by members of the Rotary Club of Gisborne for Tairāwhiti people affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. About a dozen Rotarians and friends gathered at a suburban garage and filled 101 supermarket bags with goodies aimed...
Students (ākonga) in their last year of school have the opportunity to apply for a limited number of Year 13 scholarships to study their chosen career at EIT | Te Pūkenga. The Year 13 Scholarship, which is offered annually by EIT | Te Pūkeng...
It’s that time of year again — registrations for the Titirangi Mt. Everest Challenge open on Monday. The event starts the following Monday, October 2 and ends on Sunday, November 19. To celebrate the opening of the challenge, Sport Gisborne...
A Wairoa whānau has “lost everything” after a savage fire nearly completely destroyed their home early on Thursday morning. Police have an inquiry under way into the cause of the fire at a house on the town’s Marine Parade at about 3am...
Due to forecast rain from tomorrow into next week, the district council has postponed the repair work needed to a section of the wastewater outfall pipe at Midway Beach until the week of Monday, October 2. As a result of Cyclone Gabrielle, silt...
The death of Roger Whittaker last week has saddened local fans with some remembering the Kenyan-born British balladeer performing two concerts in Gisborne in 1973. Whittaker, 87, died in Toulouse following a lengthy illness but his death was only...
The Māori electorate of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is anyone’s game with a third of voters yet to choose their candidate. Ikaroa-Rāwhiti was flung open when former Labour minister Meka Whaitiri switched to Te Pāti Māori in May. A Whakaata Māori...
The Wharf 7 rebuild at Eastland Port won the Innovation category at the 2023 Construction Sector Accord Beacons Awards held at Te Papa in Wellington. Port general manager of infrastructure and development Marty Bayley and members of the McConnell...
The funding of $15 million to lift up homes in Tairāwhiti and keep them safe from future flooding has been welcomed by the region’s recovery organisations, that include Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou and...
Daylight Saving starts this weekend. At 2am tomorrow it will be time to “spring forward” into spring and summer. Daylight saving starts each year at 2am on the last Sunday in September and ends at 3am on the first Sunday in April. It is advised...
A new-look Grey Street will be vibrant, colourful, safer for foot and cycle traffic and will connect the city to the sea by early November, That is when a Tairawhiti Adventure Trust-driven Grey Street Streets for People project is scheduled to be...
Bay of Plenty’s Mark Smith and Craig Van Der Nagel came to town to scope out the Awapuni Links course for the Freyberg Masters national interprovincial in November. They liked what they saw. Both men perhaps predictably qualified for the Keiha Cup...
Individual wins to Midway’s Cory Taylor and Olivia Corrin and Waikanae’s Briana Irving and Michael Hanna highlighted the Kiwi effort on days 1 and 2 of the International Surf Rescue Challenge in the United States. The event is being held at...
Members of all bowling clubs had an opportunity to play in the Abraham Plate Mixed Open Fours on Poverty Bay Bowling Club’s new artificial green. On a beautiful sunny day, the winning team of John Kora (skip), Dawson Owen (director), Joan Gledhill...
Over 80 frothing groms have descended on Gisborne for the National Primary School Surfing Champs, which started today. The annual event, a stepping stone to competitive surfing, kicks off a massive week for school-aged surfers. The National...
Descendants of Manuel José from Down Under visited his birthplace, Valverde del Majano in Spain, to keep the family connections alive. Kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor caught up with James Barnes, the chairperson of the whānau...
Gisborne farmer Lee Askew had a good career policing in the UK and New Zealand but she tells Radio New Zealand’s Sally Round she could not get farming out of her mind . . . It’s been five years since Lee Askew traded her police vest for farmers...
Tomatoes, a cherished summer crop, taste best when grown at home. They’re available as seeds or in various forms in early spring, and their diverse shapes, sizes, and flavours offer options for everyone. Tomatoes are extremely versatile — pop...
Elegantly simple, big on flavour and strong on comfort, these family favourites with step-by-step instructions make an ideal introduction to Korean cooking at home. Korean crispy fried chicken (Dakgangjeong) recipe is the best reward after a long...
Mike Yardley explores the Balkans with Trafalgar Tours, revealing its history and beauty. It’s one of the trickier parts of Europe to independently bounce around, but exploring the Balkans is quite the eye-opener. It’s an emotional roller...
Gwynne Dyer First Prize: Two Fabulous Days in Beautiful Delhi! Second Prize: Four Days in Delhi! Having to wait an extra two days in Delhi after the G20 while the Canadian armed forces fixed a plane to bring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau home was...
If Mark Smith continues to improve with each round, a local stranglehold on the Poverty Bay Men’s Open trophy could end tomorrow afternoon. The former New Zealand representative, who led Bay of Plenty to multiple national interprovincial titles...
Verdon Riki Manuel Bartlett of Tihirau Victory Club will be “Verdon the Magnificent” tomorrow. Bartlett, 36, will become the fourth centurion in the 102-year history of the East Coast Rugby Union when he takes the field for Ngāti Porou East...