A man charged for possessing and distributing objectionable publications featuring child exploitation, has been refused bail. Joshua Luke Ripia, 27, faces 18 charges of possessing the objectionable material and two charges of knowingly distributing...
Three people have been charged with indecent assault and aggravated robbery after an alleged home invasion in which they are said to have stripped and searched a woman for drugs. K’Las Tihore (21), Rachael Te Aho (27), and Tom Erwin Hawea (25)...
A truck driver has admitted causing another motorist a head injury after rear-ending his utility vehicle when it turned into a driveway on Matawai Road. Geoffrey Brent Morgan, 56, appeared on Monday in Gisborne District Court, pleading guilty to...
A survey conducted by GDC biodiversity staff is helping to identify trends in gains or losses A biodiversity survey suggests that only 23 percent original native vegetation remains in Tairāwhiti. The survey is led by Gisborne District Council...
The petition started in support of the Comet Swimming Club, and opposing the decision to award the learn to swim contract at the new Kiwa Pools to an Australian company, has gone well past 3000. As of yesterday the online version of the petition had...
Those lucky enough to snap up free tickets to see The Dancers of Damelahamid tomorrow are in for something special, according to Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival chief executive and artistic director Tama Waipara. The intergenerational Canadian dancers...
Name suppression has lapsed for a man accused of sexual offending against two boys. John Raye Tamanui, 67, has pleaded not guilty to five charges arising from the alleged offending, said to have happened in 2019. Four of the charges — three of...
A new and more environmentally friendly method of pet cremation, known as water cremation or alkaline hydrolysis, is now available in Gisborne. New start-up Pet Reflections is the second business of its kind to offer this service in New Zealand...
The latest pool closure at the Olympic Pool complex has now been extended to include Friday due to continuing issues with wood chip for the complex’s boiler. Pool management said in an email to regular users yesterday that they hope to re-open on...
The city end of Aberdeen and Palmerston roads, along with sections of Berry, Disraeli and Cobden streets have been without street lighting for the several nights this week. A council spokesperson said Electrinet has told them that there was a large...
Police have seen a trend in Gisborne over the last month or two involving vehicle crime, where people have left their vehicles insecure with valuables inside and thieves have taken advantage. Inspector Darren Paki said there have been a number of...
East Coast residents fearful of further rain had a foretaste of the next bout of bad weather yesterday afternoon, and the result was swift with surface flooding and rivers rising. After a few hours of heavy downpour the Hikuwai River at Tolaga Bay...
Due to further wet weather forecast this week, asphalt work on State Highway 2 has been postponed to begin next week. The work was due to start tonight. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will provide further detail around the start date as soon as...
Hear4U have what they have billed as a ‘Kia Kaha Tairawhiti’ event planned for early next month that will address wellbeing, mental health and resilience post-Cyclone Gabrielle. The Hear4U Charitable Trust has been funded by the Ministry for...
A new project to sample sediment post-Cyclone Gabrielle is under way. Crown agency AgResearch has sourced funding to undertake silt sampling in Tairāwhiti. The project aims to undertake a rapid assessment of flood-affected productive land impacted...
Fears that Alzheimers Gisborne-Tairawhiti will close in July have been overcome, but the organisation remains chronically under-funded despite new funding from Te Whatu Ora. Manager Tracy Robinson said it had been a relief to have a new contract...
Addictive, catchy and funky is the best way to describe the latest music video and single, Where My Asians At? which has raked up more than 10,000 views and counting on YouTube alone. Performed by New Zealand-based Malaysian pop star Kareshma Martin...
Emotional exuberance was at an all-time high at the War Memorial Theatre, as locals were treated to the sensuous richness, tension and drama of legendary Baroque violin virtuoso Heinrich Biber’s music on Tuesday night. Led by New Zealand Symphony...
It was Miles Morales and the Spider-Verse versus the Transformers at the box office last week and the bots came out on top. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the seventh entry in the series, took the No. 1 spot in its first weekend in North American...
This Week ■ Thursday Build-a-Band Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, 7pm-11pm, free entry. ■ Friday Night Karaoke Breakers Jandal Bar, from 8pm to midnight, free entry. ■ Spirit and Tradition | Dancers of Damelahamid The Dancers of Damelahamid are...
Gisborne dancers took the top honours at the Hip Hop Unite National Dance competition held in Wellington this month. Proud pair Kylah Ashwell and Paul Hawaikirangi were declared winners in the adult duo category, while also coming second in the...
Meet sitarist Shalu Garg who looks to join forces with tabla maestro Manjit Singh during Tairāwhiti’s first Indian Classical Music and Folk Songs event next month. She hails from the Indian captial, Delhi, and started learning the sitar (plucked...
Self inflicted Whoonery’s only result in one being Whooned — literally being shown the “turned thumb”, much to the merriment of those in the imperial box and attic alike. Being selected as a sacrificial lamb is the result of an accumulation...
It is highly ironic in a country where the Govt of the day conceived and funds an outfit to spy on the people, namely the Disinformation Project, we have another govt media outlet freely pedalling disinformation to the public. That outfit is RNZ...
by Manu Caddie Re: Thwarting choice, trashing climate targets — June 16 column. Six facts and one opinion: 1. The Climate Change Commission and others have shown that if the current rate of conversion from pasture to plantation continues, we will...
by Dr Murat Ungor Do not pay too much attention to the “R” word; however, the cost-of-living crisis is still with us. According to Stats NZ, the economy experienced a contraction of 0.1 percent in the March quarter, marking the second...
The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is being reviewed to see if it should be changed to provide stronger incentives for businesses to transition away from fossil fuels. An outline of why changes are being considered and four proposed options to...
Football eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Wainui 1, Coates Associates Wainui Demons v Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks. 2.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, Gisborne Thistle Youth v Thistle Vintage; Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services...
Paikea and GMC Kowhai fought out the game of the week in Poverty Bay club hockey with just a goal separating them on the turf at Harry Barker Reserve. In contrast, all other results in the men’s and women’s competitions were clearcut. Paikea’s...
Horouta Koura wing defence Skye Swann (pictured above) gets a hand to the ball before Ngatapa’s Caroline Gregory in a Premier Grade netball game at the YMCA on Saturday. Ngatapa will look to bounce back from a 52-24 defeat when they face Gisborne...
H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast Premier men: Pango Productions Waiapu 13 Tokararangi 19; Hikurangi 12 Hicks Bay 21; Waima 17 Ruatoria City 41; Tihirau Victory Club bye. Enterprise Cars NPEC women: Hikurangi 24 Hicks Bay 5; Waima 48...
Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning film Braveheart was to some a stirring epic while others could not abide the dramatic licence it took. And just as Scottish warrior William Wallace was told to stand and be recognised, with his men as aides-de-camp, the...
Gisborne indoor bowlers stormed the ramparts of the national championships in New Plymouth last week. Nathan Trowell, now based in Auckland but with Gisborne in his bones, won the Robertson Trophy for player of the tournament, while Poverty Bay-East...
Farmer Time, an education programme that connects New Zealand school students (Years 1 – 8) and their teachers with farmers and growers across the country, had a highly successful first year. More than 1000 students participated in the Beef + Lamb...