Cyclone Gabrielle wrought destruction across the region but Gisborne itself was saved by a silent hero. Gisborne District Council’s regional river manager Joss Ruifrok reveals their identity . . . Tairāwhiti’s stopbanks are the unsung, unseen...
Roses should be having a fabulous flurry of new growth and beautiful blooms. Here’s how to get your roses looking gorgeous for peak flower season in November. Well-fed roses will reward you with lots of growth and flowers. Whether you have a large...
Eat Up New Zealand: The Bach Edition by Al Brown is a revised edition of Al’s iconic book Eat Up New Zealand. This book includes more than 150 delicious recipes especially aimed at easy bach living. My mother used to serve gingernut lemon curd...
The West Coast serves up many delights for Mike Yardley as he explores the Buller district. The brilliance of Buller is amplified in spring, as the sun-splashed countryside and lush pastures positively vibe with the vivid lime greens of new and...
Miah Nikora has gone from strength to strength in a rugby coaching career that continues to scale new heights. New Zealand Rugby has announced that Nikora will be assistant coach of the Heartland XV squad, with South Canterbury’s Nigel Walsh as...
Two grade wins in two years have Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A netballers walking on air. Next year they will contest the A Grade competition at the Upper North Island Secondary Schools Netball Tournament in Waitakere. They won promotion as...
The economy of New Zealand’s biggest trading partner has been showing problems for some time and slipped into deflation for the first time in more than two years in July — consumer prices fell 0.3 percent year-on-year — as slowing domestic...
Jonathan Ayling,Free Speech Union chief executive Election season brings all sorts of doubts. One moment, voting can feel like a huge social responsibility, and the next, we wonder if it makes a difference. But the power of democracy is that it’s...
The French government has just published a decree banning the use of terms like “steak”, “spare ribs” and “ham” on plant-based foods. Sausages and “poultry nuggets” will escape the ban so long as the plant protein content is less...
Work on underground pipes around the city continues this month after impacts from Cyclone Gabrielle triggered more than 80 repair jobs. The high volume of water transferred during the cyclone caused havoc on an ageing underground pipe system —...
Barometric pressure over the Gisborne-East Coast region hit a new high yesterday with two “highs” uniting over the country. The system that was to the west of the South Island has merged with the previous slow-moving “high”to the east...
Former Prime Minister Sir Bill English was in Gisborne for a morning talk yesterday with representatives from the philanthropic and funding sectors. The focus of that kōrero, hosted by BDO Gisborne, was on “The Art of Giving”, focusing on the...
Rocket Lab has signalled September 19 for its next Māhia space launch. The “We Will Never Desert You” mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula for American space tech company Capell...
A woman trying to pawn stolen rings was foiled when staff at Barwicks Auction House recognised the items as having been reported stolen by their 87-year-old owner. On August 8 last year, the elderly woman contacted the store with detailed...
The clean-up of woody debris on the city beaches is about to get under way so they are clean by Labour Weekend, October 22-23. Gisborne District Council liveable communities director Michele Frey said contractors would start clearing debris off the...
There was a steady flow of logs across the wharf for the month of August with nine ships taking just short of 200,000 tonnes of logs from the region. “We also had the Rangitata berth on Wharf 7 for the first time since it has been rebuilt, with...
New Zealand’s top surf lifeguards will be honoured for their achievements and contributions at the Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) Awards of Excellence later this month, and a stack of them come from Gisborne. On September 23 lifeguards and...
More than 150,000 plastic pots were eliminated from the operations of Native Garden Nursery last year thanks to a $10,000 contribution from the 2022 Waste Minimisation Fund. Every year Gisborne District Council supports a community initiative that...
One of New Zealand’s most comprehensive collections of Rene Lalique artworks, owned by Dr Jack Richards and formerly displayed in Gisborne, goes under the hammer tomorrow. Dr Richards’ work as an internationally-renowned linguist and educator...
The Gisborne area has now had 50 days without significant rain — another indication of the building El Nino. Historical records show no dry spell has started this early in the year. The last decent drop of rain was 35.7 millimetres on July 21. In...
Producers hope people take away different kaupapa from series Showcasing Māori horsemanship in taming wild Wīwī Naati horses in just 100 days is front and centre of a television series with connections to Ngāti Porou. The show, Native Ride, has...
Two brothers who brutally bashed a man at Mahia, dragging him into a ditch and leaving him there with life-threatening injuries, have been sentenced. Ryan Ormond, 28, and Harland Ormond, 24, were sentenced together in the High Court at Gisborne...
I am often surprised many still believe climate change isn’t a threat. I no longer receive continuous outright climate change denials, but despite the urgency of the climate crisis, many of the same defence responses continue to come. For example...
The Gisborne Combined Secondary Schools Orchestra took their music to the people this week with four performances in one day entertaining a diverse audience ranging from school students to retirees. Playing a repertoire made up mostly of...
Ruatōria will be rugby central tomorrow when Ngāti Porou East Coast host Poverty Bay in a Heartland Championship Week 5 derby with more than just competition points on the line. What is shaping up to be another classic duel between the scarlet of...
Gisborne Boys’ High and Gisborne Girls’ High finished just out of the medals in their secondary school hockey tournaments last week. GBHS, coached by Wade Manson assisted by Aidan Scragg, were fourth at the Founders Cup in Napier. GGHS, coached...
Gisborne have continued to battle hard at the NZ Open netball championships in Dunedin. The Ingrid Brown-coached Gisborne team were beaten 40-34 by Taranaki in their final Pool D game at the Edgar Centre. It followed losses to Counties Manukau...
Men’s open championship, Week 5 — Horouta 37 (Myles Walker 10, Hone Waitoa 8, Taylor Haenga 6) Rizzlies 56 (James Aston 17, Israel Kerisome 16, Wayne Bartram 7 - Q1 Rizzlies 15-3, HT 34-16, Q3 47-30). Gizzy Gilas 36 (Raphael Heria 14, Cabinian...
Wainui Demons will run on to Childers Road Reserve No. 1 tomorrow in pristine condition for football’s Bailey Cup final against Gisborne United. The reason? Well, they don’t train for a start . . . no pesky training injuries for them. Even their...
It won’t be daylight saving for another week but many New Zealanders will be getting out of bed early from tomorrow as the Rugby World Cup coverage starts at 6.45am. The competition to find the best rugby team in the world runs on to October 29...
Ivermectin for COVID-19 is discouraged by multiple international assessments due to the availability of more effective treatment options and vaccines, with a potential for re-evaluation pending further clinical trials.
What is happening to our legal system? I read the article of the trial of the man who decided to invade a child’s sleeping space — yes she was 17, a child — and raped her. As he ran off, her friends caught him. Why oh why does he get his eight...
They say, “All’s fair in love and war” yet the political advertisemt placed in the NZ Herald (4/9/23) by NZCTU seems to have raised a few eyebrows. Given the current electoral climate, I cannot see the ad as inherently unfair. I do wonder...
Gisborne’s Gladstone Road has been nominated as a finalist in the Keep New Zealand Beautiful national awards. Keep New Zealand Beautiful recently announced the finalists and recipients of its Beautiful Awards 2023, including Aotearoa’s Most...