August has been a big month for the Gisborne East Coast Cancer Society, celebrating the first year in their new complex and staging another successful Daffodil Day appeal. But society fundraising and events coordinator Shay Podjursky says the...
The Trust Tairawhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter “Auction Night” later this month at the Showgrounds Park Event Centre has once again sold out. The 337 guests there last year raised a record $144,000 towards the $700,000 costs of running the...
A man’s nieces claim he sexually offended against them for years but the accused says they simply outgrew the rough and tumble, childish fun he’d always had with them and he didn’t realise they’d begun perceiving it differently. On trial...
Former Justice Minister Kiri Allan has opened up about the grief she has experienced over the last month, the cost her job has taken on her family and new mental health diagnoses. Allan, who resigned her portfolios and went on indefinite leave in...
A marine oil spill exercise is being held at Kaiti Beach today. The exercise is based on a scenario where a private launch has anchored just off the rocks at Kaiti Beach after losing power coming into the region. The launch has 400 litres of diesel...
Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging people to start preparing for the risk of wildfire early with hotter, drier weather forecast this summer. Service delivery wildfire manager Tim Mitchell said the forecast higher temperatures, reduced rainfall...
Women’s Institute members have been busy baking for a good cause. In 2017 the Poverty Bay Wairoa members sent a cash donation to the Eastern Bay of Plenty Women’s Institute to help out when Edgecumbe was flooded. The donation was reciprocated...
Criticism of a 2019 Provincial Growth Fund grant for a processing factory project run by a Gisborne social enterprise have been labelled election- year “rubbish” by former mayor Meng Foon. A report published by Stuff said the project was the...
A man has died in Gisborne Hospital after he was struck by a car as he walked along the footpath in Moana Road at the northern end of Wainui Beach. The incident happened at around 12.20pm on Saturday, opposite the Whales grave. “The man, aged 70...
Police suspect a 501 deportee returned from Australia for cooking meth planned to do the same thing here and began ordering the necessary chemicals soon after arriving at a managed quarantine hotel in 2020. Among those chemicals was an alleged 350...
The Midway Surf Rescue Community Hub on the city beachfront is nearing completion and the $8 million complex has come in on budget as preparations are made for an official opening in November. The complex will house Dawson Building Midway Surf Life...
Several sessions at the new Kiwa Pools were booked out on Saturday as the complex opened to the public for the first time. People could book into two-hour sessions over the weekend, starting at 8am, with a limit of 200 per block. Between 10.30am and...
Those who turned the dream of having a waka hourua for Tairāwhiti into a reality are threatening to take the trust who own the waka to the High Court, claiming it is not operating in accordance with its deed.
Makauri School students soaked up the sun and some fun at a Daffodil Day fundraising event on Thursday afternoon. Our photographer Liam Clayton was there to catch the action
The 53rd New Zealand Parliament has risen, setting the stage for the election in just under six weeks’ time. Thursday was the last day for the parties and MPs to get their say, with the traditional adjournment debate seeing some collegiality...
John Wells Gisborne Yacht Club committee member The Herald article “Why do we keep having to come back” requires a response. The Gisborne Yacht Club Inc is applying for renewal of a lease from Gisborne District Council which has been in place to...
It was suggested we sign up for a fencing package offered by the Rapid Relief Team (Farmers Community Connect), after being hit by the recent weather events. We turned up with our trailer and registration number along with 300 or so other farmers...
Many commentators over recent years have shared Bob Hughes’ concerns over nuclear weapons being used on actual battlefields — be they the bigger, high-yielding bombs or the smaller yield, so-called tactical nukes. We should not be consoled by...
Registering Personal Locator Beacons is a great way to ensure emergency resources are used well, says the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team. The crew on Wednesday responded to an early afternoon call-out after the NZ Rescue...
Just 593 sheep were sent to the Matawhero saleyards yesterday for the weekly sale, including 20 prime lambs sold on behalf of the Cancer Society Gisborne for a total sum of $2797. Prime ewes are being heavily discounted, heavy ewes selling from $90...
Gisborne and Coast residents enjoyed a fine, clear day to welcome spring yesterday, with the mercury reaching more than three degrees above normal. Mid-afternoon the day warmed to over 20.2 degrees, and more in some places. The 1991 to 2020 average...
More than 300 farmers from throughout the region flocked to the Rapid Relief Team Community Connect Day yesterday in Dunstan Road and took home with them around $450,000 worth of fencing materials. The RRT organisation, run by the Brethren Church...
A major new schools initiative, the Wednesday Challenge, is set to launch in Tairāwhiti next week aimed at encouraging families to use healthier, more fun and sustainable transport for their daily journeys. Tairāwhiti Environment Centre chair...
The unofficial first day of spring dawned cold and clear yesterday morning, and the second full moon of August was still a fine sight as AirNZ flight No 8160 took off at 6.15am, bound for Auckland. Photographers gathered at Wainui Beach to catch the...
A controversial East Coast barge project aiming to transport logs out of a remote area has been cut from a list of Government-funded infrastructure projects, missing out on tens of millions of dollars that had been earmarked for it.
Māori Land Court Chief Judge Caren Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata) has been appointed the new chair of the Waitangi Tribunal. Associate Māori development minister Nanaia Mahuta announced the appointment yesterday morning. Judge Fox is the first...
Richard Ralph was a full-time St John ambulance officer for 27 years and experienced the highs and lows of tending to people in life-and-death emergencies. His humble background and supportive grandparents stood him in good stead for his calling...
Gwynne Dyer Javier Milei, who is very likely to be elected president of Argentina in the October election, is fairly frank in his view of Pope Francis, a fellow Argentine. He calls Francis “a Communist turd” and “the representative of the Evil...
The outcry from those affected by the ongoing closure of the Tiniroto Road at the Hangaroa Bluffs is intensifying. They are asking the Gisborne District Council to lift the barriers and reopen the road. Geotech engineers inspected the faces of the...
New Zealand needs a devolved health system, with decision-making responsibilities being “as close to the home or hapū as possible”. That is the view of National Party health spokesman Dr Shane Reti who has been in Gisborne with National’s...
Seven-year-old Viggo Mikkelsen Steele chronicles his family’s thrilling voyage from Greece to New Zealand, offering readers insights into their seafaring escapades and discoveries. Sailor, adventurer and budding journalist Viggo Mikkelsen Steele...
With summer just around the corner and a very real threat of drought from an El Nino weather system, Gisborne District Council is in a race against time to make important upgrades to its water network. Matthew Rosenberg takes a look behind the...
Craft a “DAD” salt dough photo frame — a simple yet meaningful Father’s Day gift that a child can easily make. Using just fundamental crafting materials and adult supervision you can design a customised memento that Dad will cherish over...
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. Fried chicken bhaji with fresh coriander labneh...