Forest restoration funding in question
Ongoing plant and animal control work at Waingake hangs in the balance as Gisborne District Council waits to hear if government funding will be renewed.
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Light in the dark
THROUGH struggle can come greatness. That was the message motivational speaker and former boxer David Letele AKA Brown Buttabean shared at Te Karaka Area School yesterday. Mr Letele’s Buttabean Motivation (BBM) charity has been helping with the...
Kiwa Pools
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Pre-election roadie around the Coast
RNZ’s First Up reporter Leonard Powell went on a road trip from Whakatāne around the East Cape to test the tone of the East Coast’s towns, pre-election. This is the fourth story from that series. The Home Industries section at the A&P...
Optimistic about A&P Show entries
The Home Industries section at the A&P Spring Show next month has attracted 1100 entries this year and the dog trials 203 as the clock ticks for the closing of entries in several other categories. Show Association general manager Erica McNeil...
Signs right for Ūawa pump track
A new pump track could be on the cards for Ūawa/Tolaga Bay, dependent on funding and a council lease being finalised. Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust was the driving force behind a new $3 million skate park being opened at Gisborne’s Alfred Cox Park...
Driver four times over legal limit
After crashing into a lamp post while driving more than four times over the legal alcohol limit, a driver told police, “I was drinking beers”. Koro Kingi had a breath-alcohol reading of 1057 micrograms when he was tested on July 9 this year...
Blowy times ahead, along with higher temperatures
Strong winds are forecast for much of the North Island, but no warnings have been issued for the Gisborne region. However, the daily weather records indicate the district has entered the drying wind season. So far this month Gisborne has had 10 days...
Fine and warm for quarter marathon
It’s time to tighten up those shoelaces for The Gisborne Herald Fun Run and Quarter Marathon on Sunday. Start time is 9.30am. Online registrations close at midnight tonight, or you can register at Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti, Level One, 74 Grey...
Judge endorses cultural reports
A High Court judge has voiced her support for “detailed and fulsome” written cultural reports, saying they’re an important part of the sentencing process, “to ensure consistent outcomes”. Justice Christine Grice made the comment while...
Power cut after ute crashes into power pole
A ute left Tucker Road at Makauri on Wednesday night and struck a power transformer pole. The people in the vehicle were lucky to escape injury, firefighters said. The ute ended up on top of the transformer pole and the power lines came down around...
Outside helicopters assist in region's hectic day of rescues
Wednesday was a hectic day for helicopter rescues in the region with the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter backed up by aircraft from outside the district. The day started early for the local team with a 3am call-out to a medical event in...
Jenga with te reo twist
Rangatahi of Tāiki e Next Gen have created a fun and different way of learning te reo Māori — a new game called Hēnga. It’s Jenga with a twist. The giant blocks have different questions around te reo Māori me ōna tikanga (the Māori...
Gisborne's Coxco staff contribute to beach clean-up
Coxco staff rolled up their sleeves and got stuck into some beach clean-up work on the city beachfront yesterday as an opportunity to give back to the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa community. The company had 25 staff, including 10 from Wairoa who travel to...
Campaign pledges for doctor training
Strikes by senior doctors and dentists who work at public hospitals, as the election approaches, are an embarrassment for the Government but also underline serious flaws in the country’s medical system. The senior doctors point to some desperate...
Call a public meeting with Rocket Lab in Gisborne
Re: Enabling race in space between superpowers, Sept 13. Hi Manu, it is amazing to read your letter and the knowledge you have against Rocket Lab. Do you support Sonya Smith and her small group calling themselves “Rocket Lab Monitor”? Do you...
Luxon has left door open, wisely
Next Tuesday’s television “head to head” between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon, regarding the policies of the two major contender parties, will make for great TV. At this stage, the polls are showing that Labour’s policies as they now...
Injury issues for Bay as Leaf set for blazer game
It’s time for Poverty Bay to turn their Heartland Championship season around and there is no better place to do that than at home. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Wekas will look to break a four-game losing streak at the Oval tomorrow when...
Third Olympics for local umpire Church
International hockey umpire Amber Church continues to prove that you don’t have to be based in a major city to forge a successful sports career. Gisborne’s Church was this week named among the officials for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games which...
Jags gifted points as PNU default
Gisborne Thistle’s Jags have three more points in their bid to avoid last place in football’s Central Federation League. Palmerston North United (PNU) have defaulted the game against ALH Gisborne Thistle that was to have been played at Childers...
Coast Kaupoi set to ‘trade bruises’ with Whanganui
Tomorrow will be a stern test of the Sky Blues in the River City. In a battle of 3 v 4 in Week 6 of the Heartland Championship at Cooks Gardens from 2.30pm tomorrow, the Kahu Tamatea-coached Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi take on Jason Hamlin’s...
Man's dive down rabbit hole leads to 'disturbing places', 'extreme' offending
A man’s vast collection of objectionable publications included many “so extreme” that a sentencing judge could say little to describe them and asked media to be similarly cautious in reporting the facts.
Take a te reo moment
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is the one week every year that Aotearoa New Zealand has dedicated to celebrating and promoting the language of the land and its people. It is a chance for anyone to share and celebrate different aspects of the language —...
Massive loss of life in North Africa
For those wanting to see something different from the flaps, fury and subterfuge of the New Zealand election campaign, the world news is providing a tragic distraction. Within a few days, North African countries Morocco and Libya have both suffered...
‘Monitor group’ misleading, and now threatening
Sonya Smith, leader or spokesperson for the Rocket Lab Monitor Group trying to convince New Zealanders that we are being misled by Rocket Lab . . . Sonya, it is your outfit that has been misleading New Zealanders and the Government, and now your...
Extra police making a difference
It sounds like we actually have a Government which is “tough on crime”. Labour plans to increase our police force by another 300 police. We already have 1800 more police than we did six years ago in 2017 and they’re better paid. The extr...
Have boots, will travel
Talk about doing the hard yards. Dara Mulrooney has made Central Football’s Girls Youth National League squad and faces a weekly round trip of just under 800 kilometres to go to training in Palmerston North. And that’s before weekend travel for...
GOLF ROUNDUP
Patutahi Hukanui Brown remains the king of ’Tahi but he needed his full arsenal to repel a gallant challenger on Sunday. Brown made it five consecutive senior men’s club championship titles with a 2 and 1 win over Shayde Skudder in their 36-hole...
Wainui Riverina out on their own in women’s league
The High School Old Boys name will be back on Gisborne football silverware following the success of the team that revived the name. HSOB won the Eastern League second division competition on goal difference from Smash Palace Shockers. It has been...
Covid deaths
Te Whatu Ora is reporting two more Covid-19 deaths in Tairāwhiti. During the week ending midnight on Sunday, Te Whatu Ora reported 33 deaths across New Zealand, including two in Tairāwhiti. That does not necessarily mean all 33 deaths occurred...
Electrical fault cause of shed fire
The fire that all but destroyed an implement shed and an attached sleepout on an orchard in Pilmer Road was caused by an electrical fault in a ride-on mower stored in the shed. Fire and Emergency NZ crews responded to the blaze at Makauri at around...
Sunny days suit property market in Gisborne
The region’s house prices have bounced back with the nation’s biggest increase, arresting a six month-long slump. Latest statistics from the Real Estate Institute (REINZ) shows the median price here increased by 14.8 percent year-on-year to...
Gisborne Intermediate to reduce roll numbers after bigger than expected intake
Gisborne Intermediate School is reducing the numbers of “out-of-zone” pupils it enrols to avoid overcrowding, after an “unintentional” increase this year. School principal Andy Hayward advised parents of the situation on a recent social...
Blanket ban on dogs in 26 places
From this week dogs are banned from a host of public areas here. Gisborne District Council has introduced eight changes to its dog control policy and bylaw which came into effect this week. Dogs can be walked on a leash around the city’s...