Gisborne HeraldEmergency sewer valves closed but no fishing or swimming for five daysPeople are advised to stay out of the water, after 12 days of sewer discharges into waterways here. Gisborne District Council confirmed the emergency sewer valves were closed at 3pm Friday. The council advises no swimming, fishing, or gathering...04 Jul 08:00 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldTapping into growing interest in RC vehiclesAn open day to celebrate their new premises in the Ballance Street Village was a great success for Elite Hobbies, with a great number of radio/remote controlled (RC) vehicle enthusiasts joining in the celebrations and fun. Co-owners Daniel Contreras...04 Jul 07:57 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldWinter wave hits Tairāwhiti: Increasing illness presentations at hospital sparks call for higher immunisation ratesMedical professionals are calling for higher rates of immunisation as presentations are increasing at Gisborne Hospital. And it’s only the first wave of winter illnesses which has arrived in Tairāwhiti. Last week, as the second term drew to...04 Jul 07:52 AM
Gisborne HeraldRemembering the Kaimai Range air disaster: Six decades since NAC Flight 441 tragedyThere was a light wind and light rain as the passengers walked out to their plane at Whenuapai airport on the morning of July 3, 1963, but everyone was in a good mood as they were returning to home and family. Their plane, a National Airways...04 Jul 07:35 AM
SportWeekend sports resultsRUGBY Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Premier club rugby semifinals: YMP 63 Larsawn Ngatapa 11; GT Shearing Waikohu 38 Enterprise Cars OBM 26. Senior 1 semifinals: Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic 40 Pango Productions Uawa 15; Roseland Tavern...03 Jul 09:20 AM
PremiumPremiumSportIt’s a YMP-Waikohu grand finalYMP and Waikohu will contest the 2023 Poverty Bay Premier club rugby grand final after contrasting semifinal wins at the weekend. East Coast Farm Vets YMP — the reigning champions — made no contest of their Civil Project Solutions semifinal...03 Jul 08:46 AM
OpinionDavis accountable for issues at CorrectionsIf Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis was evaluated by private enterprise on the results of the Chief Ombudsman’s report he would be unemployed. The buck stops with him. Ian Gaskin, Tuai30 Jun 06:04 PM
Gisborne HeraldFine weather likely for school holidaysJust in time for the school holidays, the weather gods are finally offering more moderate weather for the next week. Apart from a few showers, the days through to next weekend should mostly be a welcome relief for a region in recovery mode...30 Jun 06:03 PM
Gisborne Herald‘Huge loss’ as breakfast show host ends shiftA familiar voice of East Coast iwi radio will finally get a sleep-in after 27 years of early starts as Radio Ngāti Porou’s esteemed breakfast announcer. Yesterday, Radio Ngāti Porou breakfast announcer Kahu Waitoa — known by his community as...30 Jun 06:02 PM
Gisborne HeraldCouncil looking for community interest in recovery planGisborne District Council is calling on expressions of interest for its new community-led recovery plan following severe weather across the region. The Recovery Coordination Centre — which was set up to ensure a coordinated recovery for...30 Jun 06:00 PM
Gisborne HeraldMakorori Headland reserve, Titirangi among closuresTwo of Gisborne’s favourite spots for recreation — the Makorori Headland reserve and Titirangi (Kaiti Hill) are closed until further notice. The Makorori Headland is unstable in multiple areas with slips causing subsidence. People are asked to...30 Jun 05:58 PM
Gisborne HeraldCoast man killed in car crash, body recovered from vehicle in riverPolice on Thursday recovered the body of a man from a car that had left the Matahiia Road inland from Ruatoria and plunged into the Mata River. They were notified at around 3pm on Wednesday that a car had been seen in the river. Police said it was...30 Jun 05:56 PM
Gisborne HeraldCEO steps down after six yearsTrust Tairāwhiti chief executive Gavin Murphy is stepping down effective July 2023 after nearly six years in the role, says trust chair John Clarke. “After guiding the trust through the amalgamation of the trust to include the economic...30 Jun 05:54 PM
Gisborne HeraldTwo named to join Trust TairāwhitiGisborne District Council has confirmed two new appointments to the governance board of Trust Tairāwhiti “to take forward the good work of departing trustees Dr Jill Chrisp and Kristen Kohere-Soutar”. Mayor Rehette Stoltz acknowledged the...30 Jun 05:52 PM
Gisborne Herald‘Hearts full of thanks’ at assemblyIlminster Intermediate School celebrated Matariki and the upcoming school holidays with a special assembly and concert designed to lift their spirits after what has been a tough term. The celebration focused on recognising the key values of Matariki...30 Jun 05:51 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionCyclone timeline a useful exerciseContrary to what a correspondent said on Thursday’s opinion page, there has not been an external audit of council and Civil Defence actions during Cyclone Gabrielle. An independent third party was commissioned to compile an event timeline, which...30 Jun 05:48 PM
OpinionPutin far weaker than anyone suspectedGwynne Dyer “I said to Putin: ‘We could waste (Prigozhin), no problem. If not on the first try, then on the second.’ I told him: ‘Don’t do this’,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko, long-ruling dictator of Belarus, clearly delighted at having...30 Jun 05:46 PM
Gisborne HeraldPool warming upThe 50-metre pool at the Gisborne Olympic pool complex was heated again from Thursday after wood chip issues were solved, and pool management said the pool would reopen today. The water would be in a “cooler yet swimmable” condition over the...30 Jun 05:44 PM
Gisborne HeraldGisborne’s wettest June in 144 years, with rain on 20 of the month’s 30 daysJune will long be remembered by Gisborne-East Coast folk as the month it forgot to stop raining. The past 30 days have been some of the most testing in the district’s history — Gisborne’s wettest June in 144 years, with rain on 20 of those...30 Jun 05:42 PM
Gisborne HeraldNPO starting shuttle service for health appointments in townA new initiative to help get patients from the East Coast to health appointments in Gisborne city starts on Monday. “There are not many places in Aotearoa that don’t have free health shuttles funded, so it felt like the East Coast was the last...30 Jun 05:41 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldTwo forestry companies opt for jury trialsTwo forestry companies and their directors charged by the District Council for alleged breaches of resource consents, revealed by storm events last March, have chosen to have their cases decided by juries. The companies and their respective...30 Jun 05:39 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldJudge warns man of jail if ‘similar offending occurs’A five-year-old boy stood screaming in fear as his father stormed about their house throwing items, pushing the boy’s mother, and whipping her with an extension cord. The woman had just arrived home from her nightshift work and had cooked...30 Jun 05:39 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldGetting the message across in 21 languagesA new video being launched in Gisborne tomorrow features Civil Defence messages in 21 languages. It is the brainchild of the Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC). The hour-and-a-half video features locals of different ethnicities, reading...30 Jun 05:37 PM
Gisborne HeraldImmunisation hub closesKowhai House, Gisborne’s community immunisation centre based in Palmerston Road, closed yesterday. The hub started distributing RAT tests and Covid-19 vaccinations in 2020 and later became a general immunisation hub for the Tairāwhiti community...30 Jun 05:36 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldGuilty pleas to driving and assault offencesA judge has been told how an 11-year-old boy, regularly beaten and whipped by his father, was removed from his family and sent to Weymouth Boys’ Home, where the abuse by people in authority continued and the boy's criminal offending began. That...30 Jun 05:35 PM
Gisborne HeraldFree bus from today for childrenAll children aged 12 years and under will ride the bus for free from today. The Government announced the initiative last month in an attempt to ease the cost-of-living pressure on families. Gisborne District Council network technician Hanoa Morete...30 Jun 05:33 PM
SportGisborne, Turanganui-a-Kiwa darts resultsGISBORNE CLUB DARTS ASSOCIATION June 27 — Individual highlights 180s: J White (Brezz’n Gold); H Brown (2) (Stallions); T Kaio (2), M Reedy (Done n Dusted); T O’Neill ( 6 Shooters). Highest start: (180) H Brown (Stallions); T Kaio (Done n...30 Jun 04:50 PM
SportFrom dead last to BIZminton championsIf at first you don’t succeed . . . well, you know the rest. Woolie Jumpers epitomise the old saying about trying again and never giving up. They won the social grade of the BIZminton 2023 mercantile badminton competition after humble beginnings...30 Jun 04:46 PM
SportHolmes impresses in Wallaroos whitewashGisborne’s Renee Holmes underlined her importance to the “new-era” Black Ferns with a strong performance in a 50-0 whitewash of Australia in Brisbane on Thursday night. The Wallaroos had no answer to the world champions in their opening clash...30 Jun 04:45 PM
Gisborne HeraldRatanui enjoy sell-out saleRatanui Angus at Tuai inland from Wairoa got the East Coast Angus rising two-year-old bull sales season off to a strong sell-out start in their on-farm auction yesterday afternoon. The Story family sold 28 out of 28 young bulls put up for sale, for...30 Jun 04:42 PM
Gisborne HeraldRatanui enjoy sell-out saleRatanui Angus at Tuai inland from Wairoa got the East Coast Angus rising two-year-old bull sales season off to a strong sell-out start in their on-farm auction yesterday afternoon. The Story family sold 28 out of 28 young bulls put up for sale, for...30 Jun 04:42 PM
OpinionThe rich, the marginalised and the right to dissentAdam Young When I imagine the exercise of free speech, speaking truth to power and “sticking it to the man”, I don’t think of back-room discussions or big-money lobbying. No, one simply needs to run a Google image search of “free speech”...30 Jun 04:38 PM
Gisborne HeraldStore lamb price fallsThere was a fall of up to $20 per head for store lambs at the Matawhero Saleyards yesterday. The wet ground conditions with market and climate uncertainty are making potential buyers cautious. There were a total of 1445 sheep sent for sale...30 Jun 04:31 PM
LifestylePositive message ‘can’t help but inspire others’Gisborne Olympian Alicia Hoskin has recently teamed up with Bayleys to create a programme aimed at helping youngsters. Diana Dobson finds out more . . . Olympic kayaker Alicia Hoskin has plenty of possible superpowers she could claim. Instead, this...30 Jun 04:28 PM
