The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is focused on developing flood resilience options for land-categorised property owners in Wairoa. The regional council has established an engineering team, which is working with the Wairoa District Council and...
Today marks the end of an era as The Gisborne Herald moves to a morning newspaper and its traditional paper boy and girl delivery is taken over by local drivers contracted by publisher NZME. Herald chief sub-editor Chris Taewa takes a nostalgic look...
A $64 million investment in flood protection, a further $125m towards rebuilding our local roads and a $30m interest-free loan are the outcome of negotiations between the council and the Government to reach a cyclone recovery cost-sharing...
Re: Teacher training issues, August 25 letter. Lara Meyer I have spent the past month mentoring seven fantastic beginning teachers at one of our local high schools. Whoever has trained them has done a great job. I’m sure the natural talent and...
So, the end is nigh as the curtain falls on arguably the worst government in New Zealand’s history, certainly the worst in living memory, and yes I endured the Muldoon government. He didn’t lock us down, keep our kids from school, nor mandate...
I was very disappointed to see on the news last Sunday all the logs coming down on to the road by the Motu River on the East Coast. Not only was it proof that no regulations have yet been put in place, but it was really dangerous. If those fishermen...
Having not been to Fieldays for a couple of years, Tairāwhiti resident Callum Thompson never thought that he would walk away as the winner of a brand-new Isuzu D-Max. “I saw the Isuzu utes at the gate when I arrived at Fieldays, but never ever...
More than 1930 sheep were sent for sale at yesterday’s Matawhero sheep sale, which included many sheep donated by local farmers towards the Gisborne East Coast Cancer Society’s annual appeal. Compared with the previous sale, held two weeks ago...
Tairāwhiti farmers have been urged to register for free fencing materials to be donated by the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) charity to help them get back on their feet after Cyclone Gabrielle. RRT will donate about 100km of fencing materials to 300...
Alex Reed, Matthew Foster, Dylan Foster and Mike Foster won the biggest fours event on the local calendar — the Robieson Fours — without losing a game . Reed travelled all the way from Auckland to contest the event and team up with the Foster...
Individual results: 180s: (180) Te Kotahi Kaio (Da Bros) Highest Start: (180) Te Kotahi Kaio (Da Bros) Highest Finish: (124) Tahuna Irwin (Falcons) Most Tons: (18) Thao Duncan (Dartaholicz) Team Results: Dartaholicz 10 Knights 7: T Duncan 139, 137...
Te Wharau won both the boys’ and girls’ divisions of the 2023 Primary School Interschool Badminton Competition played at the Badminton Centre. A combined Ormond/Te Wharau team were runners-up in the boys’ division and Makauri were runners-up...
Wednesday night’s Wellington versus Tasman Ranfurly Shield match won’t go down as a classic, but Gisborne rugby fans may have noticed a former local talent in prop forward Sam Matenga playing for the South Islanders in their failed challenge...
At its best, the last 12 hours of the club basketball season was edge of your seat stuff. Since July 31, the four hour-long games in the ladies’ championship on Monday nights have been held at the Gisborne Boys’ High gym. Week 4 marked the...
Team glory eluded them but Lytton Old Boys and YMP A women received the top individual honours at the end-of-season Poverty Bay Hockey Association awards. Maia Rickard of YMP A won the Women’s Player of the Year while Lytton Old Boys Traktion...
Gwynne Dyer The Ukrainians have been cheering themselves up recently by sending drones to hit targets in Moscow’s business district and the more exclusive western suburbs. (The Russians, who bomb Ukrainian cities and kill civilians almost every...
Two bankruptcies and three businesses going into receivership were bumps in the road for publisher John Woods but didn’t slow the workaholic and his hedonistic lifestyle . . . a massive stroke 11 years ago gave him pause, but it wasn’t until...
The biggest financial investment in Gisborne for many years, the new $46 million Kiwa Pools facility opened to much aplomb this week. The Gisborne Herald’s Andrew Ashton shares what the public has in store once they finally get to dive in...
Hiking trails criss-cross Europe and the UK, with the Camino de Santiago possibly the most well known. But Robyne Mckeague’s sights were set on the Costa Verde (the green path), on the Atlantic Trail through Portugal. She writes about her...
Discover the transformative steps to nurture your garden’s foundation and foster robust plant growth through effective soil quality improvement strategies. We spend a lot of time thinking about the edibles or plants we want in our gardens, but the...
Two separate events involving the Indian subcontinent, a dramatic rescue in Pakistan and a successful Moon landing by India, took the focus away briefly from growing attention on our coming election. India made history as it landed its Chandrayaan-3...
Pauline E Tangiora It doesn’t seem right that we in Aotearoa do not give much respect to the senior doctors and dentists in our hospitals. Within our United Nations agreement there are three standing issues of human rights that we are signatories...
As a teacher I can’t help thinking that the reduction in New Zealand students’ achievement levels, in global comparisons, comes down to what happens before teachers teach. Firstly, the current model of user pays means there is no pre-selection...
A second straight Heartland Championship win for Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi at Ruatōria would be huge and it could happen. A week after their 19-8 home victory against Mid Canterbury, Enterprise Cars Ngāti Porou East Coast have it in them to...
Confidence is building momentum within the Poverty Bay squad as they look to extend on impressive first-half performances in their opening two Heartland Championship clashes. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Wekas meet Wairarapa Bush in Masterton...
Gay Young and Carnie Nelson started playing golf at about the same time nearly 25 years ago, so it was a fitting coincidence the pair would achieve career-first perfection on the same day. And they did it on the same hole. Young sank her 9-wood tee...
Fresh from their victorious start to the inaugural North Island Heartland women’s rugby competition, Tūranga Wahine intend to make it successive wins in Gisborne tomorrow. Week 2 of the history-making championship will see Tūranga Wāhine and...
Gisborne Thistle play reluctant kingmakers in the run-in to the end of their Central Federation League football season. On Wednesday night, Palmerston North United beat league leaders Palmerston North Marist 2-1 with a stoppage-time goal that could...
Gisborne Business and Professional Women (BPW) is hosting a meet the candidates evening on September 5. Believed to be the first candidates event announced so far for Gisborne, it is designed to allow each of the political candidates to address...
The Gisborne Herald will become a morning newspaper from Tuesday next week. This change means the end of an era for newspaper runners — a traditional first job for many local youths, including several generations in some families. “We...
by Mead Norton Pete Claydon loves surfing. He also has a passion for woodworking. Now the Gisborne resident has combined his two passions into one, creating some of the most beautiful wooden surfboards in New Zealand. “I read some articles in one...
The Poverty Bay Horticulture Society will be holding their annual Spring Show on Saturday. Camellias, daffodils, floral art and herbs are just some of what will be on show. The society is soon to celebrate its 100th year of spring shows, says Mrs...
Gisborne students are being offered a fun opportunity to take part in their own 2023 “general election”. The mock general election is being organised by the Electoral Commission and is aimed at introducing students of all ages to the voting...
A national SPCA campaign to find homes for long-stay animals could provide the impetus needed to find homes for two long-stay animals at the Gisborne SPCA Centre. A dog named BB (Big Boy)and a cat named Tom Tom have been at the Gisborne Centre for...