Lambing in the district got under way about three weeks ago and the very early arrivals will have found it pretty tough going in the wet ground conditions, says AgFirst consultant Peter Andrew. It started for farmers on the front country, places...
Emergency services were called to Wharekopae Road near the Patutahi Golf Course early yesterday morning after a ute left the road and crashed. It happened at around 12.50am. “When we arrived there was no one with the vehicle and no sign in the...
‘Real progress’ with yes to fast-track consent process. Gisborne company Eastland Generation and the proprietors of Taheke 8C and Adjoining Blocks Incorporation (Taheke 8C) have reached a major milestone with their Taheke Geothermal Project...
Z Energy (Z) is calling on Gisborne charities and community groups to get in quick and apply to its Good in the Hood programme, for the potential to receive a share of the $5000 Z has allocated towards Gisborne community donations this year...
‘We had the right people in the right places’. When Tairāwhiti has stormy weather, Turanga Health staff still get out everywhere. Medical staff and kaiāwhina stranded behind closed roads west of the city last month continued to look after...
The Gisborne Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPW) is hoping that the weather, staff sicknesses and cancelled flights to Gisborne will not once again stymie government minister Jan Tinetti’s trip here. She is scheduled to speak at the...
Gisborne district councillors have received a report on the Government’s Emergency Management Bill but will have until November 3 to make submissions to a parliamentary select committee. The Bill is described as a government attempt to ensure the...
Ilminster Intermediate students were out at the A & P Showgrounds first thing on Monday morning for their annual cross-country race. They were able to have a trial run of the course in a fun run, before those who wanted to make a competition of...
Mayor Rehette Stoltz and district councillor Aubrey Ria will represent Gisborne at this weekend’s Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) in Christchurch. Councillors decided very quickly, in about 15 minutes, that they would support all 11 conference...
Good news on the cyclone front — climatologists believe there is a reduced risk to New Zealand in the season ahead. After the unexpected devastation caused by two cyclones and other sub-tropical rain events this year, this forecast is most welcome...
Penitent Minister says she will not stand in the upcoming election.
The arrest and resignation of Justice Minister Kiri Allan from all her ministerial portfolios is a blow for the Government just 80 days out from an election, and a huge setback for this region’s young MP who had seemed destined for an even bigger...
The Barwicks Auction article in the Locally Owned and Operated feature states “previously Ormond Motors, now the site of the H.B. Williams Memorial library” — this is incorrect. The H.B. Williams Memorial Library was officially opened in April...
Re: Kiri Allan resigns after being charged with careless driving, refusing to accompany an officer — July 24 story. Today is a very sad day. An innocent woman who is depressed and hurting, is pushed through a long period of innuendo to the point...
Monday, July 17 — Woodward Chrisp Restricted Pairs 3 North/South East/West Yvonne Waide, Ann McCombe 57.52 Joy Marden, Patricia Corson 59.17 Vicki Taylor, John Hudson 53.75 Bette Parker, Beverley Evans 58.75 Eileen Lee, Jean Turnbull 53.33 Katrine...
IT was a worthy challenge. A Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 yet to win a Super 8 game this season and up against the best in the world — Hamilton BHS — showed fighting qualities in their 25-7 loss at the Rectory field on Saturday. It was...
A seesawing draw between Waikohu and Horouta and another powerful performance by unbeaten YMP (1) was the story of Premier Grade netball in the YMCA on Saturday. Turanga FM YMP (1) overpowered Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A 50-29 for their...
The C Company Māori Battalion Memorial House in Gisborne received a special guest on Sunday and he brought with him a gift for the community. All Blacks prop Tyrel Lomax flew into town with New Zealand Rugby cultural adviser Luke Crawford to cut...
Gisborne Boys’ High School had a tough opening day in the Super 8 football tournament being held at the Rectory field this week. They lost 3-0 to Hamilton BHS in the morning and 7-0 to Palmerston North BHS in the afternoon. Gisborne did well...
National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis will be in Gisborne on Friday to speak at a public meeting at the Lawson Field Theatre. East Coast candidate Dana Kirkpatrick said the deputy leader had a full day of engagements and would meet with...
A man was flown to Waikato Hospital with serious injuries on Friday after the car he was driving came into collision with the side of a truck on State Highway 2 It happened at the Riverpoint Road corner with SH 2 south at Matawhero. The crash...
Suse Sligo has been volunteering for hospice for the past nine-and-a-half years. She moved from Tauranga to Gisborne seven years ago after looking for an adventure. “I wanted to move somewhere new, quirky and different so after looking around both...
Gisborne Hospital now has two dedicated, passionate and locally-grown cardiology nurse practitioners (NP) working to improve the heart health of the Tairāwhiti community. Kristen Willock joins Tracy Low as two of only 19 cardiology nurse...
by Michael Neilson, NZ Herald Kiri Allan will not be a minister if Labour wins the next election after her late-night Wellington car crash and arrest. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is rejecting claims Labour’s re-election hopes are in tatters after...
The witty words of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It have taken a step away from the fusty theatre stages of old, for the fresh imaginative backdrop of Makauri at the heart of Te Tairāwhiti. Lytton High School is presenting a new and diverse...
A youth worker who lost her job at Oranga Tamariki after she refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19, is fighting for her job back. Hilary Seymour went to The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) with a personal grievance in March last year...
Report highlights shortage of supply and high rents Gisborne rents have risen faster than anywhere else, and rental properties here are also the hardest to find, a new report shows. A study of weekly rental data by BNZ chief economist Mike Jones...
Gisborne Airport and Ngai Tāwhiri last week hosted a native planting day on ground at the entrance to the airport. The community initiative focused on promoting environmental sustainability and biodiversity at the site. “One way of achieving this...
The rapid re-appearance of surface and creeks flooding over the weekend showed the region’s saturated soils cannot cope with even small amounts of rain. This time only the top half of the district had serious amounts of rain. The path of the...
The Green Party’s promise to abolish perpetual leases under a new policy has been welcomed by the beneficiary owner of locked-up East Coast land. Last week the party announced it would abolish the archaic legislation under its Hoki Whenua Mai...
The Eastern Whio Link Conservation Project is benefiting from an association with the Tauranga distillery which makes Blue Duck Vodka. Simply Pure Rarified Spirits is taking on the project as a charity partner. One dollar of every bottle sold, and...
by Andrew Ashton A group of Gisborne Intermediate School students impressed onlookers in Gisborne on Saturday as they pulled a fire truck through the city centre. About 25 pupils aged 11 and 12 took part in the challenge, which was the culmination...
Gisborne Hospital nurses along with their national colleagues employed by Te Whatu Ora (or the former health boards) will strike for 24 hours on August 9 and 10. Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearo...
This year’s Westpac Chopper Appeal Month resulted in a $12,109 donation for the Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust to help keep the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter in the air. That was nearly three times the figure awarded in the 2022...