A shed attached to a home in Devery Street in Mangapapa was gutted by fire on Tuesday night and firefighters worked hard to stop the fire spreading to involve the house. A woman in the home noticed a smell of smoke at around 11pm, found the shed...
Mokairau Herefords at Whangara enjoyed an almost total clearance yesterday morning in their rising two-year-old bull sale, with a top price of $11,000, and a better average across the sale than last year. The stud sold 19 of their young bulls at...
A Wairoa man who became the face of the displaced vulnerable people left in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle has finally returned to friends and family in his lifelong hometown. Gavin Jones, a 69-year-old with an intellectual disability, returned to...
Tairāwhiti-based Rua Bioscience yesterday announced the first revenue from sales of products in Germany after the first full month of sales. “The response to the Rua products has exceeded our expectations and they been very well received by...
Three Gisborne youths were arrested after a fleeing driver incident in a stolen car across the Hawke’s Bay area on Tuesday morning. Police received a report of a Toyota vehicle being driven erratically in Napier at about 7am. It was reported...
Taonga Māori held at the Tairāwhiti Museum will be looked after by two more kaitieki Māori as the team has grown. Maia Keane (Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Rongowhakaata) and Kataraina Hoko (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou) have joined the museum as the...
Residents of a “forgotten” Gisborne road are bracing for winter in caravans and makeshift living arrangements as they wait to get back into their homes. Eighty-one-year-old Jim Cowan lives alone at Waipaoa, where he has been for 55 years. His...
If you missed out on Willie Nelson's 90th birthday concerts in April at the Hollywood Bowl, you can see all the special performances honouring the 12-time Grammy winner in a limited theatrical run. Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 will be shown at...
DOME CINEMA ■ Amelie Audrey Tautou stars as Amelie, a young waitress who decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love. ■ The Blue Caftan To keep up with demand, a husband and...
Let’s get this upfront: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the best comic-book film of the last decade. With an animation blizzard blown straight in from the pages of comics, Into the Spider-Verse took a super-collider to all the conventions of...
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. ■ Queen and Bee Gees Tributes Saturday June 10. One show only at the...
Amidst the hustle and bustle of our stressful lives, local author Melissa Mead’s debut novel Please, Let Me Sleep provides a refreshing reminder of the importance of bodily function in a fun and relatable way. Mrs Mead addresses the topic of sleep...
A bumper crop of local DJs are rolling out the red carpet to bring you a night of cool house music at The Dome. Consisting of members Angus Chapman, Matt Tong and Rob Haskell, the group also expects a guest DJ to join in every session. The idea to...
Gisborne’s much-loved music festival The Longline Classic is all set to notch up the heat a level higher, with their musical razzmatazz this October. Since its inaugural success in 2020, the one-day festival has found immense popularity among the...
In contrast to their recent performance of Messiah, the Choral Society is cooking up A Taste of Opera, to be served this Sunday in St Andrew’s Church. This concert will feature soloists from the choir, as well as grand choruses, scenes from operas...
Emerging artists looking to enhance their knowledge and take their music career to new heights can now apply for the Level Up comprehensive five-part series of online workshops. Led by artist development consultant Katie Thompson, Level Up will...
Angus Bull Week contributed more than $4.2 million to the regional economy last year in what was a record sales season for all breeds. With the other rising two-year-old bull sales added to Bull Week’s Angus total, the overall figure was $5.6m. It...
Comment by Kate Acland, B+LNZ Board Chair There has been a lot of media speculation about a possible fertiliser tax and what this means for agricultural emissions pricing and the He Waka Eke Noa partnership, so I wanted to update you on this issue...
Central Federation Cup holders Gisborne United were knocked out of the competition at Harry Barker Reserve on Monday but fought to the end. Pacific Premiership leaders Napier Marist came through a late barrage of free-kicks around their penalty are...
Football eastern League 1 — TONIGHT — 6.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 2,Gisborne Thistle Youth v Property Brokers Thistle 1sts. SATURDAY, 12.30pm: CRR 1, Gisborne Thistle Youth v Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks. 2.30pm: Wairoa 1, QRS Wairo...
The first King's Birthday Weekend rugby derby since 1951 went Poverty Bay's way on home turf at the weekend. The Bay defeated Ngati Porou East Coast 29-17 after trailing 17-7 during the second half. A good crowd turned up at the Oval, a fitting...
by Sherrill Beale Premier Grade newbies YMP (2) and Farmlands Ngatapa lock horns in mid-week Premier Grade netball tonight in a match too hard to make a call on. Two Gisborne Pak’nSave games are being held in the YMCA — Claydens Waikohu (1) v...
I would like to join the expressions of disappointment in the GDC decision to overlook Comet Swimming Club for the Learn to Swim contract at the new Kiwa Pools. It seems somewhat ironic that one of the so-called benefits of the council preferred...
In case readers missed it, a group of Earth Commission scientists tell us the Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits into “the danger zone”, and that the Earth is “really quite sick right now”...
Would have been good to have had the rail south back in operation during the past few months — it would have saved the country a fortune, possibly more than it would have cost for rail repairs. Oh well, never mind, let’s just keep getting all...
by Gwynne Dyer “Guys just had this blood-lust. Psychos. Absolute psychos. And we bred them.” So said an Australian soldier about the war crimes committed by the Australian SAS (Special Air Service) when the scandal first broke in 2016. And the...
New Zealand’s electoral system has been under review and recommendations we’ve heard before, plus some new ones, are the result of 58 public meetings and an independent panel of legal experts having considered more than 1700 public submissions...
New Zealand’s electoral system has been under review and recommendations we’ve heard before, plus some new ones, are the result of 58 public meetings and an independent panel of legal experts having considered more than 1700 public submissions...
Hannah Gross suffered a massive head injury as a toddler. Now aged 41, as her condition deteriorates, work by Gisborne’s Mātai Medical Research Institute is providing a deeper insight into her injury. Kiri Gillespie, of the Bay of Plenty Times...
Fridges are among the household appliances ruined in many homes by the contaminated floodwaters of Cyclone Gabrielle. The Rotary Club of Gisborne has handed over the first of seven fridge-freezers bought with Rotary International funds for district...
An independent third-party commissioned report highlights Tairāwhiti Civil Defence’s critical timeline as the organisation prepared, responded and flew into action when Cyclone Gabrielle hit the region. Gabrielle came hard on the back of two...
Gisborne District Council has updated the rural access reinstatement situation across the region with work continuing on road works, bridge remediation, silt removal, woody debris treatment, and drainage improvements. More than 40 crews continue to...
Known as a director for many Unity Theatre shows, Norman Maclean has not performed on stage for 49 years but has made a comeback for Evolution Theatre Company’s production of Love Letters. The epistolary nature of the play appealed to Maclean...
Horsepower of the non-equine variety was on show at a fundraiser for Gisborne Riding For The Disabled at the RDA arena at Showgrounds Park over the weekend. The featured an impressive line-up of hot rods and custom cars including street machines...