Don Miller I would like to endorse the letter by John Wells (The yacht club lease renewal hearing, September 2). I started tutoring kids in how-to-sail classes at the Gisborne Yacht Club in 1987 and continued for over a decade. During that time...
It is with sadness, confusion and mamae that I respond to the “Waka hourua row” article on the 5th and the TV3 Hui coverage the next night. In Pakeha terminology, we ask, “What the hell is going on people?!” To see a Gisborne Herald picture...
The race for East Coast electorate Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is wide open, after Meka Whaitiri’s shock defection to Te Pāti Māori. Whaitiri (Ngā iwi o te Tai Rāwhiti, Ngāti Kahungunu) has held the seat for the last 10 years but may have scuppered her...
National this week unveiled new policy it says will speed up cyclone recovery here and in other cyclone-hit areas. It would do that by unblocking the EQC assessment pipeline, and requiring EQC to prioritise assessments and set performance targets to...
The Forest Owners Association (NZFOA) wants the incoming government to change the Local Government Act to protect minority ratepayers in rural areas, after a recent Court of Appeal judgement. The court dismissed a judicial review against Wairo...
The Comet Swim Club will be well represented this weekend at the New Zealand Swim Coaches and Teachers Association annual awards and conference in Christchurch where they are finalists in two categories. Comet will be among three finalists in the...
Men’s mental health charity Hear4U will be the beneficiary of this year’s She Shed Tour Gisborne, an annual arts and garden tour featuring women artists and their spaces from Wainui, Okitu and Makorori. All proceeds from ticket sales will go to...
Another of the city’s street people has died. Police responded to reports of a man unconscious on the ground in Peel Street at around 3.40pm on Monday. “The death is not being treated as suspicious and will be referred to the Coroner,” police...
The past few days have been a “blur” for one lucky Wairoa local after they won $10.3 million in Powerball last Saturday. The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a regular player who bought a Power Dip earlier in the week from the Wairo...
A young couple, who were living with their baby and five-year-old son in their grandparents’ sleep-out, are the first people in Tairāwhiti to use Kāinga Ora’s First Home Partner scheme to get into their own first home. The recent Government...
Wainui Beach School is one of several schools that has signed up for the Wednesday Challenge, an initiative launched this week to encourage families to use healthier, more fun and sustainable transport for their daily journeys. Making their way to...
The region’s future leaders put their heads together to examine solutions to issues caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. The Aurora Education Foundation is a local gifted and talented education charitable trust. Its flagship and best known programme is...
The general election has started for real. Six candidates turned out at Gisborne’s first general election campaign meeting on Tuesday night, hosted by Gisborne Business and Professional Women.
Centre Stage Gisborne’s production Jersey Boys opens on Friday. The four leads talk to The Gisborne Herald about their performances in Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Tahi Paenga as Frankie Valli For Gisborne man Tahi Paenga playing Frankie...
From a photograph of a horse tied up outside the Tolaga Bay General Store in 1875 to Stephen Jones’ picture of the Cross Roads, the township then named Rua-a-Tōrea, Up the Coast is an exhibition that looks at some of the lesser known images in...
IT has been a long time between talks, but spring marks the launch of a new series of lectures at Tairāwhiti Museum. “Like everyone, our activities were disrupted by the Covid pandemic though museum staff did step up to do presentations in...
THIS WEEK Build-a-band Every Thursday night at Smash Palace, from 7-11pm. Motivate your muso mates or just turn up — everything’s set up and ready to go. Let’s jam ! Free entry. The Journey NZ Tour 23 Oldskool Hip-Hop, RnB and Reggae coming to...
Dome Cinema Building Bridges: Bill Youren’s Vision of Peace A feature-length documentary chronicling the life and times of Hawke’s Bay farmer and peace activist Bill Youren during the post-war years until the 1970s. A Great Friend A famous...
Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua has been dreaming about taking the Equalizer abroad for years. The action franchise (very loosely based on a 1980s television series) starring Denzel Washington as the reluctant assassin Robert McCall had rooted itself in...
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori is the chance to celebrate and share different aspects of how the language is used, taught and intertwined in the culture and society of Aotearoa New Zealand. The 2023 week runs from September 11 to 17. Over the past few...
The girls from Ūawa are huddled closely together on the side of the netball court, getting some last-minute advice from their coach before the start of the next quarter. It’s proving a tough first match for them at the AIMS Games in Tauranga —...
Poverty Bay fullback Ricardo Patricio finishes off an early contender for the individual try of the season in the Bay’s Heartland Championship clash with Mid Canterbury at the Oval on Saturday. With around 20 minutes of the match remaining...
Spraying bubbly on the podium in London one week; lying devastated on a Toulouse street after a nasty cycle crash the next. Gisborne’s Tayler Reid was on the wrong end of the fickle and sometimes merciless nature of his profession in Race 2 of the...
The Matawhero saleyards drew a total yarding of around 750 head yesterday in the monthly Cattle Fair. Sales commentator Trevor Brown said most were sold at recent values. The first pen of 35 two- year steers, from Waitangi Terrace Station at...
The Rapid Relief Team’s community support day on Friday in Dunstan Road was a huge success with more than 300 local farmers taking home free $1500 fencing packages, enough fencing gear to repair or replace 90kms of Cyclone damaged fencing. “It...
As the fallout continues from the Council of Trade Unions attack ad on National Party leader Christopher Luxon, some political commentators are wondering what happens next. The CTU ad was certainly dramatic, taking over the front page of the New...
Tim Wilson, Maxim Institute executive director Elections are a contest not solely for power but also for trust. Politicians know this. That’s why National has portrayed the Government as profligate (translation: untrustworthy with money). Here’s...
I am writing to express my concern about the September 5 opinion piece by Alexis Copland in your paper that promotes Ivermectin as a cure for Covid-19. This is irresponsible and dangerous misinformation. Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug that has...
How can National’s Nicola Willis talk about getting revenue by taxing online gambling, but then be unaware of VPNs and how they’ll help gamblers get around borders? Then there are the problems with international tax treaties which will prohibit...
If you have been feeling a little tight-headed, or been feeling joint pain, it might be to do with the high pressure readings of the past day or so. A large high has been positioned immediately to the east of New Zealand, with the centre measuring...
Sharing the thoughts and feelings of the Te Araroa community where a barge facility has been proposed is the main purpose of the short film Te Huka o Te Tai. Keeti Ngatai-Melbourne, 22, (Te Whānau a Hinerupe, Ngāti Porou) is from Te Araroa and...
A Gisborne developer with the distinction of being the country’s first person to be prosecuted for mismanaging contaminated soil, has been given a further chance to avoid conviction and a $10,000 fine. Yannis Kokkosis, 34, and his company Gypsy...
The creators of a fibreglass bridge say it can be manufactured to be as strong as steel and could save regional councils across the country millions of dollars. The technology is travelling the length of New Zealand on a demonstration tour and...
Gisborne senior doctors, like their colleagues around the country, took their case for better pay and working conditions to the public yesterday. A total of 5500 doctors and 100 dentists, employed by Te Whatu Ora, walked off the job for two hours...