The tight-knit Tiniroto community has shown its support for tamariki at a heart-warming Whānau Āwhina Plunket event. Despite the area still being severely impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle, local whānau gathered at the Tiniroto Community Hall this...
September is World Alzheimers month but for Alzheimers Gisborne Tairawhiti it is not quite the glitzy, high profile month they were hoping for. Alzheimers Gisborne Tairawhiti has had to cancel its proposed major fundraiser on September 2, due to...
Every week, 42.8 percent of what Gisborne households throw away in their kerbside rubbish is food waste, a new survey shows. “That adds up to a whopping 37.4 tonnes every week of uneaten food that we then pay to truck out of town to a landfill,”...
The front doors of the Kwangchow Takeaway shop in Wainui Road were demolished on Tuesday afternoon when a car went out of control and smashed into the store. It happened at around 3pm, much to the shock of takeaway shop proprietors Sam and Jaia Su...
I write in support of the high need for an indoor sports event centre. Tairāwhiti is recognised across the nation within many sporting codes, yet at this time our region does not have many, if any, indoor facilities to cater for our sports. Our...
All mandates to fight Covid have been removed — apparently anything goes when it comes to trying to hold on to the treasury benches following the election. From now on those who test positive will not be required to isolate, and people visiting...
Long Tan Day or NZ Vietnam Veterans Day this year falls on Friday, August 18 and marks 57 years since that historic battle. D Company 6 Royal Australian Regiment contacted and fought off a large enemy force in a rubber plantation near Nui Day, with...
by Gavin Maclean On Tuesday night last week the hall at St Andrew’s Church was crowded for an address by scientist Mike Joy, on degrowth and climate change. Clear, factual and consistent, it was a marked contrast to the muddled and contradictory...
Mask wearing and isolating when sick to help stop the spread of illnesses and thereby protect others, especially the vulnerable, are two of the enduring health lessons we should take from the unwanted infectious diseases education and challenges of...
Former Gisborne Boys’ High School student Matthew Ney has continued to show he has what it takes to compete with the world’s best cyclists. Ney represented Canada in two races at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow last week with...
Whangara Old Girls or Waikohu? The answer to that question will be found tonight when these sides meet in a Gisborne Pak’nSave Premier Grade semifinal at the YMCA. The winners of the 7.30pm clash will go on to face Turanga FM YMP (1) in the grand...
Tūranga Tuatara finished their season with a 26-13 win over King Country Development in the curtain-raiser to Poverty Bay’s Heartland Championship opener at the Oval on Saturday. Andrew Tauatevalu, at centre for Tuatara, scored two tries as the...
Waituhi into Prem 1 men’s final, another GMC-YMP women’s title decider
Rocket Lab’s Māhia space port will be the launchpad for a new polar ice cap research project. The United States-based company yesterday signed a double-launch deal with Nasa to deliver the agency’s climate change research-focused mission...
Tribunal told clean-up of property took 30 hours and cost $1800. Tenants at a Lyndhurst Street property left owing rent and their landlord saddled with the task of cleaning up a huge mess, including bottles of urine left by someone who had been...
The fundraising efforts of more than 240 people who took part in the Taupo Half Marathon earlier this month raised around $8500 for the local Hear4U organisation. They joined more than 2000 competitors for the annual event, which includes...
A group of mystery benefactors have stepped forward to seed the Stella Maris Catholic Early Childhood Centre Endowment Fund with The Sunrise Foundation. The new fund has been established to support those children in greatest need from families who...
There are 147 active cases of Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti. These are the latest figures released by Te Whatu Ora at 11.59pm on Sunday. There have been 36 deaths, but none were reported in the week to Sunday night and a total of 24,966 cases in the...
Gisborne district councillors tested their poultry knowledge last week as they moved to replace a decade-old animal bylaw with a revamped version. But there was some disagreement over what constituted an appropriate number of hens, during a lively...
A rahui has been placed on the city rivers after a man was found in the Turanganui River last Thursday night. He died as a result of an apparent drowning. Police have yet to release the name of the man as they are still in the process of notifying...
Childers Road is sinking. It’s true. The 60 to 70 orange road management cones that have been in Childers Road, near Disraeli Street, for more than three weeks, are there to ensure the safety of road users. A Gisborne District Council spokeswoman...
The uncle of a complainant in a child sex abuse trial says the accused’s suggestion he put his niece up to making false allegations is “ridiculous”. The accused, in his 80s, has been on trial in Gisborne District Court since Monday after...
Monday night’s rain tipped the district into record-breaking territory, toppling the 1938 total by a few millimetres.
Sarah Olsen A call to action — support Lawrence Mulligan and Norman Maclean in their latest endeavour, a production of John Broughton’s Michael James Manaia. This play is so relevant to our East Coast region and all those who live here. It also...
A move to mandate the registration and desexing of domestic cats has taken a major leap forward, with a select committee calling for legislation to be put in place. The environment committee made its recommendation to the Government this month after...
Labour has confirmed that it would take GST off fruit and vegetables if it wins the election in October, which will be popular with most people at a time of fast-rising grocery bills but be seen by others as an ineffective way to support households...
Many will be aware that there is an evolving erosion problem alongside SH35, most recently between Makorori and Pouawa. This matter has been raised in recent years but only immediate threats to the highway seem to command action. The more immediate...
Tena koutou Tauawhi men’s group and the Crawford whānau. Congratulations Tauawhi on achieving the long-held dream of having a respite house for men. It has been a long journey and hard work for you all. How blessed we are, as a region, to have...
I am writing about the period of time that YMP player No. 1 has been stood down after a recent game. I understand that he was stood down for four weeks for what seemed to those who witnessed it — a violent, unprovoked and intentional knee to the...
I 100-percent support efforts to help our kids in Gizzy gain a multi-sports stadium. My daughters have played rep basketball for more than eight years for Gisborne Basketball Association. One of my daughters played for the Poverty Bay u16 girls’...
Re: Urgency for indoor venue ‘acute’, August 11 story. This would be a fantastic addition to the community. Amalgamate the YMCA, Badminton Centre, Childers Rd reserve, Gisborne Netball Centre, Surf City Squash and Primal Fitness. Make it...
Kia ora, I support the push for an indoor basketball centre for Tairāwhiti. Embarrassingly, Tairāwhiti is years behind other regions across New Zealand in terms of sporting infrastructure, which affects our ability to retain and attract sporting...
What an Oscar-winning performance by Lawrence Mulligan as Michael James Manaia — and I really, really mean that! If his acting does not emotionally move you, you are dead! Lawrence and director Norman Maclean deserve a wider audience than Gisborne...