award-winning farmers Paul and Sarah Williams are farming for today with a keen eye to the future to ensure the cherished land at Turihaua is in the best possible shape for future generations. With three of their own children, they know only too...
by St John Craner Denial is a coping mechanism: “If I ignore it, it might go away.” The signs are there to tell you something. Yet most people never take action until they are forced to take action. Newton’s law of motion explains this human...
It’s the simplest of things in life that can have some of the biggest impacts. Just ask Wairoa’s rural community who attended the Backyard BBQs in the wake of the cyclones and other weather that ravaged the region this year. The initiative came...
Marie Burke has a dream to see Farmer Time as a regular part of children’s education across the land and she is constantly moving closer to making that a reality. She’s thriving as the national coordinator for the programme that connects farmers...
There’s more than just growing top crops going on at the Wi Pere Trust. The finalists in the Ahuwhenua Trophy —Excellence in Māori Horticulture are equally about their people, future generations and kaitiakitanga. It’s the guardianship and...
Palmerston North have never put together a better first half of rugby than their hat-trick hero Tom Illston-Park’s side did in their 59-21 win here on Saturday. They launched a seven-try blitz to make heads spin in the opening 35 minutes of their...
The fourth night of the BIZminton business house league produced close ties and plenty of excitement in the Social Grade. A countback on points was required to determine the winner after a 3-all tie between Asure Quality and Slammers. Quality got...
Hockey Poverty Bay club hockey, Intermediate — Tuesday (June 6), 4pm: Gisborne Intermediate Wha v TKKM Whatatutu; Gis Int Toru v Campion Mackillop. 4.40pm: Ilminster Kea v Ilminster Weka; Kaiti Toa v Gis Int Ono. 5.20pm: Patutahi Taiohi v Gis Int...
A hard-fought draw between the top women’s teams, heavyweight men’s side Lytton Old Boys fending off Gisborne Boys’ High by a single goal, two from two for ‘The Ladies in Pink” and a brave effort from LOB Masters were among the highlights...
No champagne cork-popping jubilation. No Viking-like bellows of victory. No changing shed roof-raising team chants. Electrinet Park (1)’s successful defence of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants title on Sunday was marked with reflection...
Matawai dog triallist Samantha Shaw was the toast of the Poverty Bay Dog Trial Centre after her three-four finish in the zig-zag hunt final at the New Zealand championships at the Warepa Collie Club grounds near Balclutha last week. Hers was the...
These five- and six-year ewes from Eastland Farms Ltd — Strathblane Station, at Hangaroa, sold for $129 at Friday’s weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards. They were carrying good body condition, were scanned in lamb with single lambs and...
by Gwynne Dyer “Sometimes I think it’s as if aliens have landed and people haven’t realised because they speak very good English,” said Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather of AI” (Artificial Intelligence) who now fears his god-children will...
The forestry industry in this region has taken a hammering over the destruction and mess caused by slash and whole pine trees that washed and slipped into waterways during heavy rain events earlier this year. That has been keenly felt by our 900 or...
Gisborne Herald photographer Paul Rickard was out and about capturing local sport on camera on Saturday and Sunday. His busy weekend featured the Poverty Bay Premier club rugby clash between YMP and Waikohu at Te Karaka; Gisborne Boys' High School's...
The foundations for the first house in Gisborne’s biggest new residential development in 15 years have been laid. Contractors Quebik carried out the first concrete pour for the first house to be built at the new Oakview development on Hansen Road...
A domino effect of call-outs saw the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter off-base for nearly 20 hours last week, with a sister service swooping in to provide cover for the region. The series of events started when, just after 2pm on Friday...
Mourners at Colin Worsnop’s funeral on Saturday witnessed a special moment when the grape harvesting company he worked for for 43 years fulfilled a family wish. Bay Grape Harvesters Ltd owners and father and son Reid and Andrew Fletcher used their...
American surfer Fredric Hodgson, known to many in the surfing fraternity in Gisborne as Rick Hodgson, passed away earlier this year in Malibu, California at the age of 73. He spent many summers of his life at Wainui Beach. An obituary in the Malibu...
The Te Ahu Kauawhi taskforce working to collect Census forms in the Tairāwhiti community ended their house to house visits yesterday. But a Census spokesperson said there will still be opportunities for people to complete it. “There will continue...
Another Secondhand Sunday rolls around this weekend and the Gisborne District Council has urged the community to register for it so fossickers can find the right places. People with household items to give away, should register their address on the...
Monday night’s rain proved the region’s roads are vulnerable to further rain on top of what the year has already delivered. The weather system put on a show of thunder and lightning on the hills inland of Tolaga Bay and the rain saw the Hikuwai...
The former Woodrose Furnishings shop has been demolished to make way for a new Kāinga Ora housing development. The building was demolished last week. “Kāinga Ora is partnering with ICONIQ Group and has an agreement with them to purchase 10 new...
Gisborne chardonnay was the star at the weekend, whether sipped on a steam train, in a vineyard or at the Black House luxury lodge, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Marking International Chardonnay Weekend, The Chardonnay Affair was made up of four...
Firefighters were called to a house in Devery Street in Mangapapa on Monday after a fire started in a car parked in a carport, started when hot tea towels fresh from a dryer caught fire inside the car. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews to the...
A Herculean 30 tonne slow speed shredder is perhaps the one-stop solution that Gisborne needs, when it comes to dealing with issues such as slash. The $900,000 Terex 820 machine was donated to Gisborne company Harrison Bulk Haulage, by an Auckland...
State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier will be open around the clock from today, said Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. That stretch of highway suffered the most destruction as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle, with damage to around 100 sites...
National arboretum laying down a blueprint for the next 100 years.
Gisborne nurses will hold stop work meetings on Thursday to discuss a Te Whatu Ora pay offer which their union says falls short of the rate of inflation. Nurses who are members of New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) will meet at one of 57...
THE Oligoi Jug trophy remains in Electrinet Park hands after a one-way matchplay final of the men’s interclub pennants competition on Sunday. Park (1) whitewashed Poverty Bay 8-0 in the 36-hole decider on the Poverty Bay course. The team of Anaru...
Monday, May 22 — President’s Pairs 4 North/South East/West Ann McCombe, Eileen Lee 60.42 Vicki Nickerson, Frank Roach 60.71 Patricia Corson, Bette Parker 53.87 Helen Kerisome, Pippa Williams 58.63 Gretchen Ivess, Louise Goodhue 51.79 Pamel...
A penalty in the 90th minute denied Gisborne Thistle a share of the points in their Central Federation League football match against Taradale in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday. Striker Jimmy Somerton scored a hat-trick for ALH Gisborne Thistle, who lost...
These Sky Blues have a solid look about them. The Ngati Porou East Coast Kaupoi wider squad — chock-full of quality and experience — will have as head coach, for the fourth year in a row, Lochore Cup-winning former All Black Hosea Gear. The...
It is building and the “W” is coming. Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates remain in sixth and bottom position on the Civil Project Solutions Premier club rugby table, but not before giving fourth-placed Larsawn Ngatapa a fright on Saturday. Ngatapa, kept...