Firefighters were called to a house in Ida Road late yesterday morning in response to a call about an overheated pot of food on the stove which had caught alight. But it was well contained by the resident. The call came in at around 11.30am. “It...
The region’s median house price dropped $45,000 year-on-year. latest data from the Real Estate Institute shows, but realtors here say prices should soon be on the rise if the market follows its traditional pattern. “In Gisborne, the median price...
A forestry company has admitted its poor harvesting practices significantly impacted two of the region’s waterways. Forwood Forest Management Limited and its director, Matthew Strijbosch, each faced 11 representative charges under the Resource...
Applications have opened for commercial entities affected by silt from Cyclone Gabrielle to apply for financial support. The $7.4m funding from Central Government enables businesses in Tairāwhiti to process and dispose of sediment and debris on...
Raw sewage entering a Gisborne dwelling during rain events has left the property’s owner jobless and living in “survival mode”. Tonessa Nicholson lives in a townhouse at Kaiti’s Huxley Rd, a place she has called home for more than 20 years...
East Coast MP Kiri Allan returned to work today and resumed her full duties. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins met with her on Friday to discuss her recent leave and allegations made against her. “Kiri has had a rough time lately, both personally and...
A seriously-injured Maz Quinn was stoked to learn that the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter was on its way after he was injured while surfing at his favourite surf break at Mahia late last month. The surf break on the eastern side of the...
New Zealand Community Trust has awarded Gisborne’s Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust a grant of $12,000 to purchase two Alpha Eagle Dual Visor Flight Helmets. The specialist headgear helps equip the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter that...
Mike Yardley embarks on a vibrant journey through Hanoi, Vietnam’s bustling capital, where the chaotic traffic and aromatic street food create an enchanting symphony of sights and flavours. Arriving at Noi Bai Airport in Northern Vietnam...
This recipe will make a broccoli lover out of anyone. It’s easy to prepare and can even make for a delicious and simple dinner. These toasts are perfect for an appetizer spread or as a side dish. They are loaded with broccoli rabe, spread with...
Cultivating Marjoram in your garden brings a delightful blend of fragrance and flavour to enhance your culinary adventures. Marjoram has beautiful fragrant leaves that can be used in cooking. It’s said to help with toothaches and is also made in...
Gisborne woman Suzy Malseed tells John Gillies about life, family and freediving as she returned from South Korea to her home in Victoria, Australia. A 46-year-old mother of twins was New Zealand’s sole representative at the AIDA Freediving World...
Ngaere Shelton chats to the Herald’s Loren Sirl about living life on the East Coast. It was the early 1950s when a young Ngaere Shelton (nee Gore) arrived by service car (a large bus) into Tolaga Bay. She described the moment she laid eyes on the...
YMP women set the tone for their men in the curtain-raiser to the Poverty Bay Premier club rugby final on Saturday. YMP and Waikohu women went head-to-head in their first 80-minute fixture of the season at Barry Park — hosts YMP winning 20-0. The...
Time and tide wait for no man, and footballers have no special privileges. Players who in their prime seemed indestructible grow old and die, like the rest of us. Word comes from Australia that a titan of the Gisborne City defence of the mid-1970s...
Horouta Koura produced probably their best result of the season so far in pushing Premier Grade table-toppers YMP (1) all the way at the YMCA on Wednesday night. YMP won 43-39 while Horouta earned themselves a richly deserved losing bonus point. As...
A team of Waikanae racers will be in action next week in the Australian inflatable rescue boat championships at Kingscliff Beach in northern New South Wales. The championships start on Thursday and go for four days. Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae’s well...
Gisborne’s Kelsey Teneti got the second start of her international rugby 15s career for the Black Ferns this morning in their Pacific Four Series clash with the United States in Canada (8am kick-off NZ time). Teneti, 20, was on the wing for her...
Chris Hipkins showed once again how focused he is on trying to stay in government when he followed the lead of Sir John Key and Dame Jacinda Ardern in ruling out a policy, that he knows has merit, any time under his leadership. In this case it is...
Who does Prime Minister Chris Hipkins think he’s fooling, that a redistribution of wealth in our country is not a priority? Jordan Walker, Greeen Party candidate for East Coast Is equity not a priority Chris? What about pulling people out of...
Gwynne Dyer “I was there when the Anthropocene was born. It was so amazing,” said Dr Katherine Richardson, leader of the Sustainability Science Centre at the University of Copenhagen. It was in 2000, at a meeting of the International...
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...