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Six Gisborne clubbies in Battle of the Tasman teams

Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) has named the Junior Black Fins and New Zealand Pathway teams for the inaugural Battle of the Tasman and six members are from Gisborne clubs. The event is to be held on the Gold Coast from August 24-27. The...

Golf Roundup

POVERTY BAY BARNS-Graham Cup favourites are about as clear as the mud covering golf courses throughout the district after another rain-pummelling over the weekend. It’s take 2 in the Gisborne Motors BG Cup men’s pairs this weekend after the...

Students embrace skimboarding at flooded Watson Park

Watson Park is better known as a football venue and golf practice area but in the wake of last weekend’s rain which flooded highway-side areas of the beachside reserve, a group of Gisborne Boys’ High students used it for a sport more commonly...

Salute to national, local volunteer effort

East Coast MP Kiri Allan has acknowledged volunteers helping out in Tairāwhiti’s latest weather event. which coincided with National Volunteers Week last week. “It’s a special week to honour the collective energies and mana of volunteers in...

Man accused of threatening Gisborne Work and Income staff makes rude gestures when judge refused bail request

A man accused of threatening Gisborne Work and Income staff by pointing finger guns at them, has made insulting hand gestures to a judge who refused to grant him bail. Joseph Hone Tamihana, 30, a fisheries worker, is yet to plead to a charge of...

Two choose trial by jury

Two men accused of threatening a woman for drugs and cash, one of them allegedly pointing a shotgun at her head while she was holding a baby, have chosen to be tried by jury. Raniera Tekooti Reuben, 31, and Tuhaka Takarua, 29 , were called...

Beginners’ guide to 3D printing

An education package focused on teaching 3D printing and entrepreneurship was a big hit with students from Te Kura - The Correspondence School. They learned to design and make their own 3D objects. A colourful array of imaginative 3D designs...

Back to blended water after repair

The Waingake water supply for Gisborne city was reinstated yesterday and the city was again being supplied from both Waipaoa and Waingake treatment plants. An update from the council’s water team early yesterday afternoon indicated contractors had...

Rescue Helicopter team joins forces with Hear4U to deliver relief boxes to rural communities

The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team made space for some “awhi” (relief) boxes, courtesy of Gisborne mental health advocacy group Hear4U this week. The boxes were left with whānau in need or in places like community centres or...

Jammies generosity in tough times

A record number of pyjamas were donated to Jammies 4 June Gizzy this year with around 2000 items being collected on behalf of the charity. Cassandra Blumfield, who started the pyjama drive here seven years ago to support children in need to keep...

Artwork pays tribute to guardianship

Local artist Paora Peipi is the man behind the intricate artwork adorning the new refrigerated pataka kai at Treble Court. Installed by impact house Taiki e!, the pataka kai encourages a system where people can leave food for other people to take...

Flyover reveals fragile whenua

“Significant” number of Makorori Beach Road homeowners have received red stickers Gisborne District Council’s principal scientist Murry Cave has one word to describe the state of the region — fragile. Speaking to Local Democracy Reporting...

This Week's Film Guide

ODEON MULTIPLEX ■ Carry On Jatta 3 Advocate Dhillon’s son Jass is in love with Meet but her brothers are in conflict with Adv Dhillon who, as a result, rejects Meet as a bride for his son. Jass weaves a madhouse plan to propose to his friend. In...

What's On Gig Guide

This Week ■ Thursday Build-a-Band Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, tonight, June 29, 7pm-11pm, free entry. ■ Freedance Movement and dance meditation practice with a variety of sound and rhythms. St Andrew’s Church Community Centre, tonight, June...

Swashbuckling send-off for Ford

Goodbyes don’t tend to mean much in the Hollywood franchise system. Death isn’t a reliable end for characters or, lately, even actors. Technology, nostalgia and the often-inflated value of brands and IP have created a nightmarish cycle of...

Smokefreerockquest bursting with talent

Eleventh Hour from Girls’ High were in complete shock after placing first at this year’s Tairāwhiti regional Smokefreerockquest final at War Memorial Theatre on Saturday night

Weather didn’t dampen spirits

The inaugural visit and performance by Indigenous dance company the Dancers of Damelahamid may have been stopped in its tracks due to weather conditions, but the artistic director Margaret Grenier says they will make Tairāwhiti a priority on their...

Illumingāti debuts at Little Tairāwhiti Comedy Fest

The Little Tairāwhiti Comedy Fest is going to be the best little comedy festival as it arrives on Gisborne shores and premieres at Evolution Theatre this July. There are seven shows over three nights, featuring some of the best up-and-coming...