High barometric pressure over the past few days has seen local rivers drop further at low tides, exposing more of the riverbeds and banks. The high reached 1033 hectopascals off the coast and the pressure was still 1026 yesterday afternoon
Tairāwhiti-based medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience this week announced its “momentous” entry into the A$240 million-a-year Australian medicinal cannabis market. On Tuesday, an NZX statement said Rua Bioscience had teamed up with Anspec...
A prominent health advocate says New Zealand needs to step up its game to address a medicine funding crisis that is forcing people to look offshore. This week, Patient Voice Aotearoa chair Malcolm Mulholland began a 16-stop nationwide tour to launch...
The worlds of theatregoers and bookworms combine over the next two days with plays being hosted at both traditional and non-traditional settings one after the other. The Book Addict is by Annie Ruth, a former Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School director...
A man is facing 10 animal cruelty charges relating to a team of dogs, including one he allegedly allowed to become so emaciated that it died. Matthew Gordon Brown, 46, of Te Karaka, made a preliminary appearance in Gisborne District Court yesterday...
The thrills of go-karting have been revived for two Tolaga Bay Area School junior students. The boys, Te Ahi Kaa Edwards, 9, and Jayden Piahana, 10, spent a morning at the Tairāwhiti Menzshed, along with their teacher aide. The idea to build...
An emergency response to natural disasters, including a possible magnitude 9 “megathrust” earthquake is in better shape, following the opening of a new purpose-built Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) Te Manawa Whakarauora. An official opening...
September is World Alzheimers Month and a chance to support people and their whānau living with dementia. The theme for 2023 is “never too early, never too late” to emphasise what people can do as individuals to reduce their risk. “Dementi...
The niece of a woman who died after being struck by her own vehicle in a collision caused by a careless driver on Awapuni Road, has successfully campaigned for a change to nearby road signage. Determined not to let her aunt Margaret Ohuka’s death...
Pouawa and Turihaua are not yet lost to campers wishing to camp there this summer.
Patutahi Shayde Skudder will be giving it his all on two sporting battlefields over the weekend. “Skudz” will co-captain Poverty Bay Wekas in their Heartland Championship rugby derby against Ngāti Porou East Coast in Ruatoria on Saturday. The...
For the first time in over five years Poverty Bay held the Junior Intermediate Inter School Rippa/Tackle competition at Barry Park. Among the schools that competed, Gisborne Intermediate School met Patutahi and beat them in the final of the Ripp...
The greens were manicured and fast, the weather was perfect, and 54 players in their club uniforms were keen to begin the 2003/04 season at Gisborne Bowling Club’s opening day. Club president Chris Bunyan welcomed the teams and asked life member...
The Gisborne Netball Centre representative team had a tough start to the Netball NZ Open Championships in Dunedin on Tuesday but it was not unexpected. The week-long tournament features 19 provincial teams split into five pools. Gisborne is in...
Gisborne Boys’ High School’s first 11 football team finished an “unlucky” fourth in the Rex Dawkins Tournament in Napier last week, but they have inspired their coach to aim much higher. “We were super unlucky not to reach the final,”...
News of a proposed alliance between Russia and North Korea is alarming, with its potential to extend the disastrous war in Ukraine. American intelligence and overseas news reports say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to visit Russia this month...
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...