Latest from Gisborne

Size of penalty questioned

I am writing about the period of time that YMP player No. 1 has been stood down after a recent game. I understand that he was stood down for four weeks for what seemed to those who witnessed it — a violent, unprovoked and intentional knee to the...

Our kids are worth this

I 100-percent support efforts to help our kids in Gizzy gain a multi-sports stadium. My daughters have played rep basketball for more than eight years for Gisborne Basketball Association. One of my daughters played for the Poverty Bay u16 girls’...

Facility as city centrepiece

Re: Urgency for indoor venue ‘acute’, August 11 story. This would be a fantastic addition to the community. Amalgamate the YMCA, Badminton Centre, Childers Rd reserve, Gisborne Netball Centre, Surf City Squash and Primal Fitness. Make it...

Years behind other regions

Kia ora, I support the push for an indoor basketball centre for Tairāwhiti. Embarrassingly, Tairāwhiti is years behind other regions across New Zealand in terms of sporting infrastructure, which affects our ability to retain and attract sporting...

Outstanding performance

What an Oscar-winning performance by Lawrence Mulligan as Michael James Manaia — and I really, really mean that! If his acting does not emotionally move you, you are dead! Lawrence and director Norman Maclean deserve a wider audience than Gisborne...

Bridge results

Monday, August 7 — Ryman Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village Teams (after two rounds) Ann McCombe, Eileen Lee, Bette Parker, Patricia Corson 32.36 victory points Glenys Evans, Anne Roberts, Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 26.73 victory points...

Coast pipped in eight-try thriller

Whichever impish deity penned rugby’s scripts in Week 1 cut loose with twists and turns. Ngāti Porou East Coast got their Heartland Championship campaign off to a rollicking start at Masterton on Saturday. Wairarapa Bush prevailed 32-31 at home...

Coach apologises to Thistle fans after ‘embarrassing effort’

Napier City Rovers Reserves came to Gisborne with a part-time goalkeeper and no substitutes and beat Thistle 7-2 in Central Federation League football on Saturday. They led 5-1 at halftime as ALH Gisborne Thistle floundered about in a tragicomic...

Waikohu advance; Whangara lie in wait

Waikohu live to fight another day after ousting Horouta Koura in Premier Grade sudden-death semifinals netball at the YMCA on Saturday. Claydens Waikohu (1) won 59-46 to earn the right to play Whangara Old Girls (1) in another do-or-die semi at the...

What's On in Gisborne

Saturday, August 12 Gisborne Ballet Group Dancing Competitions (and Aug 13). Ballet, Tap, Modern. Come and watch local dancers perform. War Memorial Theatre, Saturday sessions 9am, 1.30pm, 6.45pm; Sunday session 8.45am, $5A & $2Ch/session or...

Aroha ki te tangata

by Molly Para I write this with fond and loving memories of Frazer Joseph Makoha Te Haara, a highly respected and much-loved friend to many at Matapuna Training Centre, who passed on May 26. I also offer an accolade and praise to Matapuna chief...

History's horror in Phnom Penh

Mike Yardley embarks on a poignant voyage through Phnom Penh, where the beauty of its Buddhist heritage intertwines with the chilling shadows of the Khmer Rouge regime. Located at the confluence of the mighty Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers, the very...

Eclairs extravaganza bach style

Eat Up New Zealand: The Bach Edition by Al Brown is a revised edition of Al’s iconic book Eat Up New Zealand. This book includes more than 150 delicious recipes especially aimed at easy bach living. I have had a lifelong addiction to chocolate...

Abutilon is a subtle beauty

Abutilon is an attractive evergreen shrub that produces a mass of drooping flowers with large maple-like foliage. This unique easy-care, semi-tropical looking plant provides lots of colour in the garden. Abutilon, also known as Chinese Lanterns due...

Making connections a Fifa World Cup

The moment Ander Batarrita went down on the artificial surface at the Arena Turf in Palmerston North on April 29, he knew it was bad. As leftback in Gisborne Thistle’s Central Federation League team, he was playing with the enthusiasm of someone...

'We can't keep shooting dogs'

Gisborne Herald reporter Wynsley Wrigley looks at Gisborne District Council’s Dog Control Policy and Bylaw which was adopted on Thursday. Gisborne District Council has menacing dogs in their sights. Councillors have adopted their Dog Control...

Urgent need for ETS changes: report

Consultation on potential changes to New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) closed yesterday and Beef + Lamb New Zealand has released an independent report on whether changes are needed to the ETS and if so, what these should be. The...

B+LNZ ewes workshop to focus on maximising production, profitability

Beef and Lamb New Zealand is to stage a Farming for Profit workshop, titled The Efficient Ewe: Lessons Learnt, in Gisborne next week. A similar event will be held in Wairoa. The Gisborne event is at the Otara Station wool room on Wednesday, August...