National has released what will likely be the key element of its election campaign — a tax policy designed to bring relief for the group it calls the “squeezed middle”, with other entitlements and tax reductions aimed at minimum-wage workers...
It is the unhappy lot of judges to be criticised for the sentences they impose. There is nothing wrong with that. Robert Fisher, KC New Zealand is an open, democratic society. Judges are ultimately answerable to the public. It is right that...
Aotearoa New Zealand’s first-ever security strategy document was unusually frank in its assessment of the geopolitical threats facing us. It went so far as to state that “an increasingly powerful China” was “pos(ing) challenges to existing...
Re: Paper boy remembers, August 26 article. What an interesting, well-written, enjoyable feature from Chris Taewa, retired paper boy. It made me think of in the past, prior to decimal currency, how the paper girls and boys used to call at our home...
Some people seem to have very short memories. Life isn’t perfect for too many but it’s a darned sight better than it ever was under a National and Act government. Do you remember that the minimum wage was only $15.75 an hour in 2017? It’s now...
Friends who nurse together get surgery together. That was the case for Jess Saxby, Tai Lolohea and BJ Taare, who now have more than a nursing degree in common. The three close friends have lost more than 200 kilograms between them. BJ had a partial...
An Antarctic leopard seal intrigued beachgoers at Māhia on Tuesday after it was first spotted by an early riser at Whangawehi Boat Ramp. A photo that person shared to a local community Facebook page, of the seal resting in the darkness, piqued the...
A landslide dam on Tauwhareparae Road has been assessed as low to minimal risk of failure. The dam formed after the heavy rain event in June when landslides caused massive damage to the rural road that sits inland between Uawa and Whatatutu...
National Party health spokesman Dr Shane Reti QSM will be in Gisborne today to discuss the health system and to meet with health entities Tūranga Health and Mātai Research. A free public meeting will be held at the Holy Trinity Church Hall from...
A car with three adults and a baby on board hit a tree alongside State Highway 2 just south of Te Karaka late on Tuesday night. When fire crews arrived they found an injured woman had been left alone in the vehicle. FENZ crews from Te Karaka and...
A hunter’s firearms licence has been revoked and his .22 rifle forfeited after he left it with an unlicensed friend whose house was subsequently searched by police during a family harm callout. Henry Richard Jerome Lee-Broughton, 27, who had no...
Sessions set down for the opening to the public of the new Kiwa Pools this weekend have been booking fast, according to Gisborne District Council. The pool will be open for two hours at a time with a limit of 200 people per session. The session...
Good news on the tropical cyclone front — the latest outlook is for a normal cyclone season. The agencies responsible for analysing cyclone potential in the Pacific have just issued an updated outlook for the season ahead. The August 2023...
Iwi have joined with the forestry industry and government agencies to launch a new collective to improve forestry culture, hauora and health and safety for kaimahi in Te Tairāwhiti. The Forestry Community Health and Safety Alliance, known as Te...
Two local wāhine-led businesses have joined forces to create a new event for women here. Empower You is promoting the experience for women to come together and “re-energise their wairua”. The event is set to host more than 200 attendees for...
Business owner feeling the pinch of some of the highest rates in the North Island
The Poverty Bay Horticultural Society's annual Spring Show featured prize-winning displays of daffodils and camellias. Robin Simmons, of Te Puke, came to judge the blooms. Verlie Shepherd took home the trophy for champion daffodil
A man charged for threatening Gisborne Work and Income staff has now been through three lawyers, saying he doesn’t have faith in any of them. He also claims his human rights have been breached. Joseph Hone Tamihana, 30, fisheries worker, appeared...
Cyclone-hit households in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti will be getting the break many are in need of thanks to the collective generosity of the Rotorua community. A total of 100 getaway packages are being distributed by Manaaki Rotorua | Be Our...
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Shirley Hyland is enjoying a life well lived. The 93-and-a-half-year-old, who in 2001 was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for services to equestrian, still lives at the Bushmere property where she and late husband Trevor raised their three...
Laura Watson has a dream . . . and it is one she is doing her darndest to see achieved in her lifetime. The project manager for the Waimatā Restoration Catchment Project grew up on the river that meanders 30 kilometres from the headwaters in the...
Eric Sandtmann has come a long way since he sneakily planted spuds in his mum’s rose garden to see what he could grow. These days he juggles a full-time job in horticulture for the Dods family with his growing Knock Knock Organics business. Knock...
Each year Daffodil Day holds a strong and very colourful presence in Tairāwhiti, but there’s another big effort going on just outside the town boundaries that makes a massive contribution to the local coffers. This year marks the 25th anniversary...
The East Coast Farming Expo is back for 2024. Event organiser Sue Wilson has announced the new dates — February 21-22, 2024 — and while a venue is yet to be announced everything else is well under way. The popular expo was cancelled this year...
The farmers at Tiniroto are a hardy lot. When the Doneraille Park Bridge (Ruakaka No. 4 Bridge) was washed away in Cyclone Gabrielle, nurse Sally Officer kayaked across the river to ensure she made it to Gisborne Hospital for work, but after the late...
The excitement in the voices of Henry and Nicky Hansen is palpable as they bubble over with the latest news from Wisewool – the company they created to drive a renaissance for New Zealand’s flagging wool industry. The latest public recognition...
It is a real family affair at Kenhardt Angus at Nuhaka. While Grant and Sue Crawshaw are very much in charge, the breeding programme and other major decisions are a round table affair with son Patrick and daughter Nancy. This is a stud known for its...
The Government kicked off the final sitting week of Parliament on Monday by setting out a plan to save $4 billion over the next four years, with some departments told to reduce spending by 1-2 percent and further savings to come from reducing...
Clive Bibby For those interested in voter response to information that influences their decisions in the polling booth, one thing is clear — the truth will out and when it does the reaction will be merciless if voters find out they have previously...
The Government appears to have withdrawn the $45 million of funding approved for the proposed barge port at Wharekahika (“East Cape Marine Project”). Shane Jones squeezed this funding approval out of the taxpayer before he was booted out in...
Chris Hipkins’ ban on working with Winston Peters and NZ First post-election may produce some public bravado in the Labour Party rank and file, yet the absolute tone of that proclamation could be sending shivers of fear up the spines of some...
The lack of outrage to ACT’s latest policy from the Mayor and our Maaori Ward councillors renders all as complicit and having been brought to heel. Ka Taka Te Kapa. Harawira Craig Pearless
"This one meant a lot” was the short but sweet Facebook message from Gisborne’s Tayler Reid after his podium performance in the opening race of the NZ$2.1 million Super League Triathlon Championship. Reid, 26, placed third in Race 1 of the fifth...