Eastland Port exported 206,000 tonnes of wood across eight ships last month. “May is shaping up to be a good month with seven log ships having already been and gone,” said an Eastland Port spokesperson. The coastal container ship, Rangitata has...
Yet another low that has swung out of the sub-tropics is delivering doses of rain and wind, especially to the northern end of the Gisborne region. From this morning, MetService was expecting 50 to 90 millimetres about the ranges from Tolaga Bay...
The Government is supporting the clean up of slash and debris in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay with a $10.15 million injection that aims to remove up to 70,000 tonnes of woody debris from river and catchment systems, Forestry Minister Peeni Henare...
Gisborne is leading the nation’s house-building efforts as nearly every other region sees a decline, but the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle mean the region’s housing situation is still in crisis. New statistics show 32 new dwellings were consented...
For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic two new solicitors have been admitted in person to the bar in Gisborne. In a sign of things returning to normal, Daniel Cole and Angelina Kosenko were admitted as barristers and solicitors of the High...
Cyclone recovery needs and Maori housing and justice needs are the major winners here in the Government’s Budget announcements. Yesterday’s Budget focuses much on the cost of living and health costs (scrapping the $5 prescription fee) but there...
Retired All Blacks star winger Sir John Kirwan had a chance to express his appreciation of the work of the country’s first responders when he was in town this week. He visited the Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust (EHRT) hangar — home to the...
"I shot the wrong person! I shot the wrong person!” That’s what a neighbour of murder-accused George Hallet Walker says she heard him saying when he and his partner Mercedies Grace arrived home in Walker’s distinctive grey ute moments after...
Sir John Kirwan says another knighted All Black, Sir Michael Jones, saved his life during an All Blacks tour of Argentina. The story was one of the most attention-grabbing anecdotes the All Black great and mental health advocate told in Gisborne...
Another bout of rain and wind is expected to hit the Gisborne-East Cape region overnight and tomorrow with a subtropical low moving south-east over the North Island. MetService says there is a moderate confidence of warning amounts of rain about the...
Moments before being gunned down on Titoki Street, Maraea Smith put her arm around her sister and pulled her to the ground. They had just heard a gunshot and Smith wanted to protect her sibling. Smith counted to 10 then told her sister they should...
Odeon Multiplex ■ Book Club: The Next Chapter Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen head to Italy. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country...
What's On 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. ■ GizzyBorn - NZ Music Month Local Artist Showcase Smash Palace...
It was 2017 and they were flying to a convention of movie theatre owners to drum up excitement for their movie where she, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen and Diane Keaton play friends who decide to read Fifty Shades of Grey
Consciousness cleared its throat and smacked the gavel down. “I call this meeting to order. I have noticed rumblings within the body corporate and I wish to remind everyone that I am in command here. Do I make myself clear?” “Pompous ass,”...
The legacy of this most incompetent Govt of our time seems to be gathering pace as they feel their bumbling tenure may be coming to an end. Just this past fortnight we’ve seen continued strike action from public service workers, we’ve had...
One of the least fortunate side effects of your newspaper being printed in Auckland is that deadlines for copy now seem to be much earlier. For example, the ministerial report into forestry, available last Thursday morning, was not reported in your...
Changes to your newspaper since the start of this month have been significant and we hope it has been a good experience for most of you. Behind the physical changes you see — such as new fonts and colour on all pages — there has been a big shift...
Students wanting to access a career in Medical research here have been given a massive boost with the donation of $715,000. Gisborne’s medical research and education institute Mātai is the recipient, following the winding up of local charity...
No evidence of money laundering but city centre building owners in $11.4m ‘world of trouble’ with IRD
Two days of competition came to an end yesterday as the Gisborne Gymnastics Club hosted the Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti School Gymnastics Festival. Students from 25 schools from around the region showed their skills on the vault, beam and the floor...
TAIRĀWHITI’S best photographers are invited to take on the rest of New Zealand as the Auckland Festival of Photography Trust announces the 2023 Music Photography Award – Whakaahua Puoro Toa is accepting entries up to Saturday, May 20. “Music...
A Gisborne man critically injured in a vehicle crash at Mahia on Sunday remains in what has been described as a “stable” condition in Wellington Hospital. Poverty Bay-East Coast representative golfer Andrew Higham was on his way home the morning...
There is a reason why the recent Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use should have been a Royal Commission of Inquiry. Put simply, for the sake of accountability. The report is blunt in its findings, largely heaping the blame for poor land-use controls...
NZ Landcare Trust has been acknowledged by the rural community for its dynamic response to the Cyclone Gabrielle clean-up in Te Tairāwhiti. Within days of the devastating cyclone, the independent, non-government organisation kick-started a focused...
It’s that time of year for the annual charity knits sale of new hand-knitted babies’ and children’s knitting and sundry other items. Once again, volunteer knitters have donated over 300 items to be sold at low cost to help families keep their...
Newly-independent MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere has welcomed the report of the Ministerial Inquiry into Land use . “The advocacy and research of groups such as Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti led to this Ministerial Inquiry. “I am proud to see the report...
The opening weekend of this year’s duckshooting season brought a mixed bag for hunters. Many reported a great start, but others not so great, said Eastern Region senior fish and game officer Matthew McDougall. “After a great breeding season...
Jordan Walker, who stood for the Gisborne District Council in last year’s local body elections, has been selected as the Green Party candidate for East Coast in this year’s general election. Walker (they/them) grew up in Tūranga-nui-a-kiwa and...
The Gisborne International Music Competition (GIMC) and Chamber Music New Zealand (CMNZ) are pleased to announce their exciting music-based programme for Tairāwhiti Gisborne in 2023. This year’s community engagement programme will include...
A truck rollover on the top of Traffords Hill on State Highway 2 on Tuesday afternoon caused what was described as a “huge” build up of traffic heading in both directions. The crash happened at around 2pm and the highway was finally reopened to...
Rocket Lab’s Mahia spaceport will launch more storm-chasing satellites for NASA just two weeks after successfully completing its first launch. The launch, called “Coming To A Storm Near You”, is scheduled for lift-off no earlier than 5.30pm on...
Merv Utting and Bob will be among the Poverty Bay dog trial contingent heading south for the Tux South Island and New Zealand championships at the Warepa Collie Club near Balclutha. The competitions start on Monday (May 22) and run right through the...
The Government’s cyclone recovery package is providing dedicated investment into mental health and wellbeing support, including extending the successful Mana Ake programme developed following the Christchurch quakes into every school in...