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...
Monday, August 7 — Ryman Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village Teams (after two rounds) Ann McCombe, Eileen Lee, Bette Parker, Patricia Corson 32.36 victory points Glenys Evans, Anne Roberts, Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 26.73 victory points...
Whichever impish deity penned rugby’s scripts in Week 1 cut loose with twists and turns. Ngāti Porou East Coast got their Heartland Championship campaign off to a rollicking start at Masterton on Saturday. Wairarapa Bush prevailed 32-31 at home...
Napier City Rovers Reserves came to Gisborne with a part-time goalkeeper and no substitutes and beat Thistle 7-2 in Central Federation League football on Saturday. They led 5-1 at halftime as ALH Gisborne Thistle floundered about in a tragicomic...
Waikohu live to fight another day after ousting Horouta Koura in Premier Grade sudden-death semifinals netball at the YMCA on Saturday. Claydens Waikohu (1) won 59-46 to earn the right to play Whangara Old Girls (1) in another do-or-die semi at the...
Poverty Bay kicked off the Heartland Championship in sensational style on Saturday, scoring 40 points in the opening 23 minutes in a 52-33 win over Buller. Fullback Ricardo Patricio scored 20 of those 40 points, including two tries, and winger Joe...
A man accused of rioting and assaulting a police officer during last year’s anti-mandate protests on Parliament grounds in Wellington, has been refused bail. Damon Preston, 30, appeared last week in Gisborne District Court via an audio-visual link...
Barbie, zombies and Oscar the Grouch were just some of the characters who showed up at Awapuni School last Thursday. It was the annual event where students are asked to come dressed as their favourite book character. “We try to coincide the day...
by Doug Laing, Hawke’s Bay Today A group of five youths and a 22-year-old man have been arrested after a burglary between Wairoa and Napier and a car chase in which the group fled police in a vehicle which had been allegedly stolen in Gisborne...
The Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust hangar is one of the last chopper bases in the North Island to get its own winch trainer and the local team will be making the most of it. Critical care flight paramedic and base manager Richard Curtis said other...
An East Coast whānau are off to the village of Staple in northern France to take part in the dedication of two new street names that connect to their tipuna, Charlie Hillman, who died while serving in World War 1. On Sunday August 20, a whānau ope...
A family living in a house in Pickering Street in Kaiti feel they are lucky to all be alive after fire swept quickly through their home.
Saturday, August 12 Gisborne Ballet Group Dancing Competitions (and Aug 13). Ballet, Tap, Modern. Come and watch local dancers perform. War Memorial Theatre, Saturday sessions 9am, 1.30pm, 6.45pm; Sunday session 8.45am, $5A & $2Ch/session or...
by Molly Para I write this with fond and loving memories of Frazer Joseph Makoha Te Haara, a highly respected and much-loved friend to many at Matapuna Training Centre, who passed on May 26. I also offer an accolade and praise to Matapuna chief...
Mike Yardley embarks on a poignant voyage through Phnom Penh, where the beauty of its Buddhist heritage intertwines with the chilling shadows of the Khmer Rouge regime. Located at the confluence of the mighty Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers, the very...
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. I have had a lifelong addiction to chocolate...
Abutilon is an attractive evergreen shrub that produces a mass of drooping flowers with large maple-like foliage. This unique easy-care, semi-tropical looking plant provides lots of colour in the garden. Abutilon, also known as Chinese Lanterns due...