Latest from Gisborne

Valley copped 500mm of rain

The district had another close call as a subtropical hosing over the past few days pushed the region close to the edge of serious flooding. Inland hill country, the Raukumara Ranges and East Cape area suffered the heaviest downpours, with one...

Fire guts Kaiti home

A residence in De Lautour Road in Kaiti was severely damaged by fire yesterday morning and the woman living there suffered smoke inhalation. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two appliances to the property at around 8.30am. Police and St John were also...

Rare outbreak of potentially fatal typhoid fever confirmed in Tairawhiti

A rare outbreak of the potentially-fatal typhoid fever has been confirmed in Tairāwhiti. Responding to a query from The Gisborne Herald, Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ confirmed six cases of typhoid have been identified in a team of rural workers in...

Disgraced lawyer refused reinstatement, ordered to pay costs

A cash-strapped and disgraced former Gisborne lawyer has been ordered to pay costs associated with his failed bid to be reinstated to the profession. Christopher Manson Twigley must pay the New Zealand Law Society $3000 towards the $18,000 worth of...

Apology from Gisborne District Council after wrong dog put down

A case of mistaken identity has resulted in a Gisborne dog being put down in error by the district council, which has apologised “unreservedly” for the mistake.

$500,000 Lotto win

The stars aligned on Saturday night for a lucky Gisborne Lotto player as they shared the First Division prize with a player from Christchurch. Each will pocket $500,000. The Gisborne winning ticket was sold at Ballance Street Bookshop. A shop...

Rocket Lab mission failure update

Space company Rocket Lab says all safety precautions worked as designed during the loss of a mission shortly after lift-off from its Māhia space port. The September 19 mission was lost when an issue was experienced at around T+2 minutes and 30...

NZ award to Taylor

Surf Life Saving New Zealand handed out its annual national Awards of Excellence at Te Papa in Wellington on Saturday night and Australia-based Gisborne clubbie Cory Taylor shared one of the major gongs. Taylor, a member of Dawson Building Midway...

Cyclone ‘goody’ bags’ stolen from workshop

“Goody bags” prepared for people affected by Cyclone Gabrielle have been taken from the workshop where they were stored. The last 42 of 101 bags filled with grocery treats had been stored in a shed in the industrial subdivision, ready for...

Heavy rain not the best sound

Starting the working week with yet another Orange warning from the MetService in place was hardly encouraging for the district and there is a cruel twist as only a few days ago it looked like summer had arrived. Record September temperatures had...

Time for denying reality over

Clive Bibby Listening to the different political parties contest the right to occupy the Treasury benches after the election campaign isn’t an exercise that instils confidence in the nation’s ability to extricate itself from the economic and...

Alas, here we go again

As one who over the years has dabbled in high yield tourism, your front page headline “i-Site bombshell” got my attention. At last sanity was going to prevail and the i-Site was going to be given back to those tourism operators that are not only...

Bay end losing streak to keep Lochore Cup hopes alive

Away from home, on the brink of being out of Lochore Cup contention and on a five-game losing streak . . . Poverty Bay were up against a lot of factors in Week 7 of the Heartland Championship. They responded with a 31-17 win over Horowhenua Kapiti...

Young talent shines at Gisborne Competitions Society Inc Festival of Performing Arts

Young talent was on show at the Gisborne Competitions Society Inc 103rd Festival of Performing Arts which ran from Saturday to Monday. The festival involved three categories — dance, vocal and instrumental, and speech and drama. On stage at the...

Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust's charity auction raises ‘spectacular’ $104k

The Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust started with modest hopes for the charity auction it hosted at the weekend, but its supporters came out in force. Held at Farmers Air Showgrounds Park Event Centre on Saturday, the 2023 Bayleys EHRT Annual...

Nature taking toll on historic site

Erosion at the northern end of Wainui Beach is the worst it has ever been and is starting to impact on the historic Whales Grave area. After the corpses of 59 sperm whales were buried there in 1970, the site was left to decline until 2013 when the...

Open win to Smith in all-BoP final

They’ll be back. The two men who carried out a Bay of Plenty takeover of the 2023 Emerre and Hathaway Poverty Bay Men’s Open are likely to return to the scene of their domination in six weeks time. Mark Smith, of Rotorua golf club Springfield...

First surfing comp for many

Raglan surfers Luca Thompson and Alani Morse won the two major titles at the primary school surfing championships that finished at Makorori Beach yesterday. Morse retained the Year 7 and 8 girls’ division title she’d won the previous year. For...