The Earth could fit into our Sun 1.3 million times. Human beings don’t even register on the scale of the universe. We are but a flicker of consciousness in the vast, unfathomable void of space. But this flicker of consciousness has the ability to...
Heather van Wyk’s call for a gallery dedicated to the museum’s permanent collection of art is an excellent one that will be supported by many people in this district. The topic arose from time to time in my years on the Museum Board and...
Re: Eastland Generation seeks 50 percent capital partner, July 10 story. The proposed strategic capital raise to help fund the expansion of Eastland Generation’s renewable generation portfolio and Trust Tairawhiti’s involvement is intriguing...
Applications for the latest round of the Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa Fast Fund have reopened through Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti. Tū Manawa supports costs for projects that encourage children and young people who have barriers to being active. For...
Months on from Cyclone Gabrielle, a Whakatāne-based LPG supplier is still playing a critical role in keeping stranded Tairāwhiti communities supplied with LPG bottles — a vital energy source, especially when power is down. Bob’s Gas works...
A national award is icing on the celebration cake for YMP Hockey Club as it marks its centenary this weekend. The New Zealand Amateur Sport Association yesterday announced that YMP was the 2023 winner of the Te Tohu Tikitike o Matariki Award. The...
by Loren Sirl Keen birdwatcher and former wildlife ranger Sandy Bull described his excitement at spotting the rare northern shoveler recently at the Orongo Wetland at Nick’s Head Station. The rare visitor was spotted on July 7. “I was very...
Recognising the stars of Aotearoa was the focus of Wednesday night’s Ngā Tohu Matariki o te Tau 2023, the Matariki Awards. Tā Haare Williams (Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whakatōhea) was awarded the Te Huihuinga o...
The Court of Appeal decision on the gold kiwifruit issue was “a very significant decision and it is good to have clarity around this issue”, said Gisborne District Council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann. In a decision released this week...
Gisborne District Council has labelled the projected 218 percent projected price increase for households under the relaunched three water reforms as “quite frankly, very disturbing”. The council submission to a parliamentary select committee on...
Some places are still available for people wanting to be part of the Tairāwhiti Mentoring Initiative, a fully funded nationwide governance programme designed to improve governance on community boards. The inaugural programme last year was so...
Honours for Tairāwhiti tāngata fostering Māoritanga in IT and digital projects Tairāwhiti tangata were celebrated at the inaugural Te Matihiko Awards, the Aotearoa Māori tech awards, for their mahi across a range of digital kaupapa. The awards...
Four Gisborne motels, residents park paid over $1m from emergency accommodation grants in 2022 Some Gisborne motels are still earning more than $1 million a year providing emergency accommodation for the Government, despite a drop in grants and the...
After another bout of severe weather on June 22, Gisborne farmer Sam Gemmell was without power and completely cut off again. The only road access from his family homestead to Wharekopae Road is via a bridge that was wiped out by Cyclone Gabrielle in...
by Murray Robertson Vortex Power Systems (VPS) is pressing ahead with its project to develop a world-leading alternative electricity generation system. Construction on the Whangara test site will start once ground conditions dry out. The...
Aside from my support for Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Aotearoa — against Japan’s release of Fukushima radioactive-water discharge plus the retention of our nuclear-free Pacific policy — I write this for Hiroshima Peace...
The Labour Party must be really excited that a gang boss has instructed their 800-odd members to vote for Labour in the coming election. This is obviously a reward for the $2 million Labour donated to the Mongrel Mob and their recent tea party with...
Gisborne Girls’ High School First XI went close to pulling off the upset of the season in Poverty Bay women’s club hockey when they met YMP A in a catch-up game on Tuesday night. Defending champions YMP won 2-1 on the turf at Harry Barker...
Head coach Miah Nikora has named his Poverty Bay Wekas 2023 Heartland Championship squad including two new caps and some players who were unavailable last year. Nikora said he was really happy with the squad and building on the foundation laid last...
The shortest day was three weeks ago and Gisborne Thistle get their first home game of the season tomorrow. Their Central Federation League match against Palmerston North Marist at Childers Road Reserve at 2.45pm will be the first of seven home...
PAK ‘n SAVE Gisborne Netball, SATURDAY, Seniors — Duty teams to put up goal pads, set up team benches (courts 1 and 2) and put bins out: YMP Hine Taiohi Whakato & ATS OBM Blue 9am: 1, YMP Hine Taiohi Whakato v ATS OBM Blue (Kaki, Tessa); 2...
The quest for the Rangiora Keelan Memorial Shield for 2023 ends this Saturday when Hicks Bay take on TVC in the final of the Ngati Porou East Coast Premier men’s club rugby competition (2pm kickoff, Whangaparaoa). Hicks Bay last weekend turned the...
Poverty Bay’s 2023 development squad, Tūranga Tāne, features a balance of experienced and new players. A number of players narrowly missed out on selection for the Bay’s Heartland Championship squad but still have an opportunity to step up to...
At a time when most of the world is in the grip of an energy crisis, we here in New Zealand need to take advantage of our position amongst the few who have more time to transition fully to renewable energy sources. In the process of making those...
ANDY Higham wouldn’t have wanted a fuss made but he’s getting it. A fundraising tournament for the Poverty Bay-East Coast representative golfer seriously injured in a car crash in May will have the Poverty Bay course abuzz on Sunday with the...
New Zealand’s newest public holiday is being celebrated for only the second time tomorrow and has already established itself as a day with a character all of its own, very different from the other traditional holidays. Rather than celebrating the...
POVERTY BAY Brian “Beaner” Anderson reckons it is over 30 years since he last played in the Barns-Graham Cup. He’s made his comeback a good one. Anderson and Stefan Andreassen are among the four pairs still standing in the quest for the...
Work will take place over four days in the next fortnight to remove hazardous trees alongside State Highway 2 north of Te Karaka. “The trees have become a hazard to road users, following the weekend’s weather event, as the heavy rainfall has...
A new publication with practical advice for communities interested in undertaking a “just transition” process has been launched today by economic and policy research organisation Motu in Wellington. Representatives from Te Weu Tairāwhiti and...
The police inquiry continues into the crash between a van and a car on State Highway 2 last Thursday in the Bartletts area in which three Mahia people were injured. Eleven elderly people from Mahia were in the van, returning from a trip to Gisborne...
The woman who suffered burns in the house fire that extensively damaged her home at the city end of Awapuni Road in the early hours of Tuesday has been discharged from hospital. Fire and Emergency NZ and St John ambulance were called to the burning...
“Matariki calls you home” is the theme of this year’s Matariki awareness campaign and police want to make sure motorists heading home for it get to reflect and be with whānau and friends this long weekend. Area police commander Inspector Sam...
Te Aitanga a Mahaki lead negotiator Willie Te Aho has condemned what he calls an “arrogant approach” by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and its major contractors within the eastern tribe’s rohe. Te Aho, who also represents Te...
Tomorrow is Matariki and people across Tairāwhiti will be celebrating it in different ways across the region. Matariki is the star cluster most commonly known across the world as Pleiades. This cluster is part of a larger constellation of stars...