PremiumPremiumSportDemons out to deny United cup doubleWainui Demons will run on to Childers Road Reserve No. 1 tomorrow in pristine condition for football’s Bailey Cup final against Gisborne United. The reason? Well, they don’t train for a start . . . no pesky training injuries for them. Even their...07 Sep 10:01 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionA festival of sport to divert from electionIt won’t be daylight saving for another week but many New Zealanders will be getting out of bed early from tomorrow as the Rugby World Cup coverage starts at 6.45am. The competition to find the best rugby team in the world runs on to October 29...07 Sep 10:00 PM
OpinionIvermectin should not be used as Covid treatment, but some trials ongoingIvermectin for COVID-19 is discouraged by multiple international assessments due to the availability of more effective treatment options and vaccines, with a potential for re-evaluation pending further clinical trials.07 Sep 09:58 PM
OpinionRapist’s sentence patheticWhat is happening to our legal system? I read the article of the trial of the man who decided to invade a child’s sleeping space — yes she was 17, a child — and raped her. As he ran off, her friends caught him. Why oh why does he get his eight...07 Sep 09:56 PM
OpinionCTU ad not inherently unfairThey say, “All’s fair in love and war” yet the political advertisemt placed in the NZ Herald (4/9/23) by NZCTU seems to have raised a few eyebrows. Given the current electoral climate, I cannot see the ad as inherently unfair. I do wonder...07 Sep 09:55 PM
Gisborne HeraldGladstone Rd in running to be Keep NZ Beautiful’s ‘best street’Gisborne’s Gladstone Road has been nominated as a finalist in the Keep New Zealand Beautiful national awards. Keep New Zealand Beautiful recently announced the finalists and recipients of its Beautiful Awards 2023, including Aotearoa’s Most...07 Sep 09:53 PM
Gisborne HeraldExtended high barometric pressure causes local rivers to recedeHigh barometric pressure over the past few days has seen local rivers drop further at low tides, exposing more of the riverbeds and banks. The high reached 1033 hectopascals off the coast and the pressure was still 1026 yesterday afternoon07 Sep 09:50 PM
Gisborne HeraldEntry into Australian market a ‘pivotal’ moment for RuaTairāwhiti-based medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience this week announced its “momentous” entry into the A$240 million-a-year Australian medicinal cannabis market. On Tuesday, an NZX statement said Rua Bioscience had teamed up with Anspec...07 Sep 09:49 PM
Gisborne HeraldCampaign challenges ‘abysmal’ medicine fundingA prominent health advocate says New Zealand needs to step up its game to address a medicine funding crisis that is forcing people to look offshore. This week, Patient Voice Aotearoa chair Malcolm Mulholland began a 16-stop nationwide tour to launch...07 Sep 09:48 PM
Gisborne HeraldTheatre and books combine in two different playsThe worlds of theatregoers and bookworms combine over the next two days with plays being hosted at both traditional and non-traditional settings one after the other. The Book Addict is by Annie Ruth, a former Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School director...07 Sep 09:45 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldAccused of letting dogs suffer and dieA man is facing 10 animal cruelty charges relating to a team of dogs, including one he allegedly allowed to become so emaciated that it died. Matthew Gordon Brown, 46, of Te Karaka, made a preliminary appearance in Gisborne District Court yesterday...07 Sep 09:43 PM
Gisborne HeraldHelp for two young ’uns wanting to make go-kartThe thrills of go-karting have been revived for two Tolaga Bay Area School junior students. The boys, Te Ahi Kaa Edwards, 9, and Jayden Piahana, 10, spent a morning at the Tairāwhiti Menzshed, along with their teacher aide. The idea to build...07 Sep 09:40 PM
Gisborne HeraldNew Emergency Coordination Centre in Potae Avenue openedAn emergency response to natural disasters, including a possible magnitude 9 “megathrust” earthquake is in better shape, following the opening of a new purpose-built Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) Te Manawa Whakarauora. An official opening...07 Sep 09:36 PM
Gisborne HeraldWorld Alzheimer's Month 2023 aims to reduce risk and extend supportSeptember is World Alzheimers Month and a chance to support people and their whānau living with dementia. The theme for 2023 is “never too early, never too late” to emphasise what people can do as individuals to reduce their risk. “Dementi...07 Sep 09:29 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldAunt’s death prompts change to dangerous intersectionThe niece of a woman who died after being struck by her own vehicle in a collision caused by a careless driver on Awapuni Road, has successfully campaigned for a change to nearby road signage. Determined not to let her aunt Margaret Ohuka’s death...07 Sep 09:19 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldCouncil will try to retain freedom camping at iconic beach sites this summerPouawa and Turihaua are not yet lost to campers wishing to camp there this summer. 07 Sep 09:15 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGolf roundupPatutahi Shayde Skudder will be giving it his all on two sporting battlefields over the weekend. “Skudz” will co-captain Poverty Bay Wekas in their Heartland Championship rugby derby against Ngāti Porou East Coast in Ruatoria on Saturday. The...06 Sep 08:59 PM
SportExpanding rugby into the futureFor the first time in over five years Poverty Bay held the Junior Intermediate Inter School Rippa/Tackle competition at Barry Park. Among the schools that competed, Gisborne Intermediate School met Patutahi and beat them in the final of the Ripp...06 Sep 08:54 PM
SportMixture of club colours for Gisborne’s opening dayThe greens were manicured and fast, the weather was perfect, and 54 players in their club uniforms were keen to begin the 2003/04 season at Gisborne Bowling Club’s opening day. Club president Chris Bunyan welcomed the teams and asked life member...06 Sep 08:53 PM
SportTough draw for GisborneThe Gisborne Netball Centre representative team had a tough start to the Netball NZ Open Championships in Dunedin on Tuesday but it was not unexpected. The week-long tournament features 19 provincial teams split into five pools. Gisborne is in...06 Sep 08:52 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGBHS 'super unlucky' not to reach finalGisborne Boys’ High School’s first 11 football team finished an “unlucky” fourth in the Rex Dawkins Tournament in Napier last week, but they have inspired their coach to aim much higher. “We were super unlucky not to reach the final,”...06 Sep 08:50 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionPotential Putin-Kim arms deal a worryNews of a proposed alliance between Russia and North Korea is alarming, with its potential to extend the disastrous war in Ukraine. American intelligence and overseas news reports say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to visit Russia this month...06 Sep 08:48 PM
OpinionPositive influences learning to sailDon Miller I would like to endorse the letter by John Wells (The yacht club lease renewal hearing, September 2). I started tutoring kids in how-to-sail classes at the Gisborne Yacht Club in 1987 and continued for over a decade. During that time...06 Sep 08:45 PM
OpinionWaka hourua like a marae on TangaroaIt is with sadness, confusion and mamae that I respond to the “Waka hourua row” article on the 5th and the TV3 Hui coverage the next night. In Pakeha terminology, we ask, “What the hell is going on people?!” To see a Gisborne Herald picture...06 Sep 08:44 PM
Gisborne HeraldTwo trying for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti meet in debateThe race for East Coast electorate Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is wide open, after Meka Whaitiri’s shock defection to Te Pāti Māori. Whaitiri (Ngā iwi o te Tai Rāwhiti, Ngāti Kahungunu) has held the seat for the last 10 years but may have scuppered her...06 Sep 08:42 PM
Gisborne Herald‘Further and faster’ promise from NatsNational this week unveiled new policy it says will speed up cyclone recovery here and in other cyclone-hit areas. It would do that by unblocking the EQC assessment pipeline, and requiring EQC to prioritise assessments and set performance targets to...06 Sep 08:41 PM
Gisborne HeraldNZ Forestry Owners Association says court finding a ‘dreadful precedent’The Forest Owners Association (NZFOA) wants the incoming government to change the Local Government Act to protect minority ratepayers in rural areas, after a recent Court of Appeal judgement. The court dismissed a judicial review against Wairo...06 Sep 08:40 PM
Gisborne HeraldComet swim club named in awardsThe Comet Swim Club will be well represented this weekend at the New Zealand Swim Coaches and Teachers Association annual awards and conference in Christchurch where they are finalists in two categories. Comet will be among three finalists in the...06 Sep 08:38 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldShe Shed choose Hear4U this yearMen’s mental health charity Hear4U will be the beneficiary of this year’s She Shed Tour Gisborne, an annual arts and garden tour featuring women artists and their spaces from Wainui, Okitu and Makorori. All proceeds from ticket sales will go to...06 Sep 08:36 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldDeath of man in street ‘not suspicious’Another of the city’s street people has died. Police responded to reports of a man unconscious on the ground in Peel Street at around 3.40pm on Monday. “The death is not being treated as suspicious and will be referred to the Coroner,” police...06 Sep 08:34 PM
Gisborne HeraldA few sleepless nights for $10m Powerball winner, Wairoa localThe past few days have been a “blur” for one lucky Wairoa local after they won $10.3 million in Powerball last Saturday. The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a regular player who bought a Power Dip earlier in the week from the Wairo...06 Sep 08:33 PM
Gisborne HeraldYoung family helped into first home under partnership schemeA young couple, who were living with their baby and five-year-old son in their grandparents’ sleep-out, are the first people in Tairāwhiti to use Kāinga Ora’s First Home Partner scheme to get into their own first home. The recent Government...06 Sep 08:32 PM
Gisborne HeraldTaking up the Wednesday ChallengeWainui Beach School is one of several schools that has signed up for the Wednesday Challenge, an initiative launched this week to encourage families to use healthier, more fun and sustainable transport for their daily journeys. Making their way to...06 Sep 08:29 PM
Gisborne HeraldYoung leaders tackle issues around cycloneThe region’s future leaders put their heads together to examine solutions to issues caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. The Aurora Education Foundation is a local gifted and talented education charitable trust. Its flagship and best known programme is...06 Sep 08:25 PM
