Ngatapa midfield back Khian Westrupp’s first season of Poverty Bay club rugby ended on a high as the Premier competition’s Most Valuable Player winner. MVPs were chosen by neutral parties in Week 1; clubs selected MVPs from their own teams using...
Continual rain and saturated ground have put Wairoa’s infrastructure under immense pressure, Wairoa District Council chief executive Kitea Tipuna says. “We have some major issues, particularly across Wairoa’s roading network, and the council...
One of the world’s great sporting events kicks off in Auckland tonight with the opening match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup between New Zealand and Norway. The opening ceremony starts just after 6.30pm, half an hour before the Football Ferns...
Jason Heale Maxim Institute Nelson Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.” There is broad agreement that education is the cornerstone of progress and success. However, as we strive to create a level...
I recently experienced a medical emergency resulting in a 10-day stay in our local hospital. From the time of admittance to ED, through scanning, diagnosis, surgery, pre- and post-operative care from staff at all levels, I have total admiration and...
Chippie has had a guts full of crime, so he’s going to get tough on criminals, three months from an election. Vote catching, or is that just the cynic in me? Andrew Abbott
Re: Open and transparent? July 15 letter. Trustees received comprehensive independent advice from Northington Partners to assess the recommendation from Eastland Group’s board of directors around the capital raise and short-term investment from...
Re the Court of Appeal siding with Gisborne District Council over inclusion of kiwi gold licence fees as capital value of land for rating purposes. Since Labour took the reins six years ago, costs to bodies like councils have increased hugely...
I recently went on the Matariki website to get an understanding of what it was about. I was very concerned that it included karakia to the nine star gods and sending up food offerings from fires. This is pagan worship — worshipping the created...
There are 42 active cases of Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti, according to the latest Ministry of Health figures released at 1pm on Sunday. Since the first case of Covid was discovered in New Zealand in late February 2020, Tairāwhiti has recorded 24,527...
A woman on home detention was charged with aggravated robbery after she went to a dairy in a drunken state, ate a pie without paying for it, and pulled out a knife. Michaela Jane Whakaue-Evans, 30, was relieved of the robbery charge but pleaded...
The police investigation into what they have described as an “unexplained” death at a home in Mahia two weeks ago continues. A man was found deceased at an address in Kaiwaitau Road in Mahia on Thursday July 6. Police were called to the property...
So far this year, $40.65 million has been wiped from the value of region’s housing market, statistics from the Real Estate Institute show. For the first six month of this year REINZ data shows there were 173 house sales here, 29 fewer than in the...
The latest weather outlook indicates residents in the Gisborne-East Coast region need to batten down the hatches for the next few days. The forecast is not only for rain, but strong wind in the northern part of the district. MetService now says for...
A man found guilty of raping a 10-year-old girl has been jailed for eight years. Mark Fraser Sheridan, 65, was apparently remorseless as he appeared for sentencing in the dock of Gisborne District Court on Tuesday. The court was told he still denied...
Awatere Bridge on East Cape Road will be closed to all vehicles and pedestrians from today through until Sunday afternoon. The Gisborne District Council has advised that contractors will be installing a new Bailey bridge at the site. During the...
Recruitment is under way for people to work in the East Coast electorate in the General Election. The Electoral Commission needs more than 20,000 people from all over the country and there are multiple casual roles available in the East Coast...
Gisborne-based Independent MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere says the cost of funerals is too high in New Zealand and contributes to “funeral poverty”. Speaking in the House, which resumed this week, Dr Kerekere said,”severe weather events are having...
East Coast teenagers Aaria Reedy and Reagan Mitchell, have been recognised for their outstanding volunteer work within the community, at a formal event at Government House in Auckland. They were selected from profiles sent to Volunteer NZ after the...
The Government’s statistician says he is pleased with Census uptake in Tairāwhiti, despite the response rate being lower than the national average. While the national uptake is estimated to be between 89 and 91 percent, Tairāwhiti came in at 82...
The cause of the fire that extensively damaged one of two flats in a Kāinga Ora unit in Maude Street off Wainui Road on Tuesday morning remains under investigation. Fire and Emergency NZ crews were able to save much of the front section of the...
A forestry team created by Gisborne District Council to proactively enforce compliance across Tairāwhiti will get to work as soon as positions are filled. Council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said the group’s formation followed...
Gisborne port’s first harbour tug the Hikurangi, has been restored to survey standard and continues to chug happily as a pleasure craft around Port Chalmers in Dunedin. Hikurangi was once described as “one of the finest little vessels ever built...
Helping out the Gisborne SPCA with pet food donations and bringing colour into people’s lives are two things David Preddey from Resene Colorshop is passionate about. That’s why he started the swap a can for a test pot fundraiser for the SPC...
Roaming dogs have killed 29 pregnant ewes on Bob Bryson’s farm at Patutahi in the past week, and he’s extremely angry about it. Mr Bryson has sounded a warning to other farmers in the area to watch out for their stock. “It’s terrible and we...
Less than three months out from the general election, polls are showing a degree of disgruntlement with the offerings of the two main political parties and lukewarm support for either of the two Chris options for our next prime minister. The major...
Roger Handford Tax and rates (another form of tax) are not necessarily the problem . . . they are a certainty of society, as is the eventual arrival of the Grim Reaper. What IS the problem is whether people are left with enough money in their...
In just seven weeks Gisborne’s $46 million Kiwa Pools complex will open to the public after a roller coaster build that has traversed Covid lockdowns and five states of emergency. Kiwa Pools will open on Saturday, September 2. “We’re grateful...
by Loren Sirl Jenny Cains describes herself as a pretty resilient person but this year’s cyclones and a heavy rain event in June resulted in three states of emergency being declared for Tairāwhiti region, and it has taken its toll. She now faces...
A sudden, sharp jolt from nowhere startled Gisborne residents last night. It came at 6.43pm, and by 7pm had been reported to Geonet by over 463 people. Geonet’s website recorded the jolt — felt by some as a sort of “thud” — as a light...
Firefighters were called to the Duke Street-Wainui Road corner on Monday night after a power transformer caught fire, affecting power supplies to several streets. It happened at around 8.15pm. “It was well alight when the first crew got there,”...
The Government yesterday unveiled a plan to ensure greater coordination, provision of and access to support in regions affected by the extreme weather events earlier this year. “We have a plan to make sure people’s needs will continue to be met...
Fire extensively damaged one of two flats in a residence in Maude Street off Wainui Road yesterday morning but the solid firewall between the two dwellings did its job, said firefighters. Fire and Emergency NZ received multiple 111 calls about the...
“Time to shorten sail . . . there’s a shift in the wind coming, Mr Hornblower.” So might a sea captain of old instruct his officers when he senses a change in the weather. And so it is that the run of dry weather and some sunny days for the...