Latest fromGisborne

Gymnasts take flight for champs
Sport

Gymnasts take flight for champs

A marah Cameron won all-round gold in her division and Sarai Gudgeon won silver in hers at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay Senior Gymnastics Championships in Napier. They were among Gisborne Gymnastics Club members competing from Step 4 to Step 7 in...

Double defeat for super vets
Sport

Double defeat for super vets

Eastland representatives returned to Gisborne with two losses after their first-round ties in the 2023 inter-association super veterans’ Division 2 badminton competition in Hawke’s Bay. They played Waikato and Hawke’s Bay. Eastland team...

PRIMARY SCHOOL FOOTBALL DRAW
Sport

PRIMARY SCHOOL FOOTBALL DRAW

First Kicks 4v4, Watson Park , 8.30am: 1, Awapuni Green v Kaiti Paoa; 11, Central Tahi v Te Wharau Kereru; 2, Central Rua v Te Wharau Kiwi; 3, Central Royals v St Mary’s Asteroids; 4, Makauri Warriors v St Mary’s Stars; 5, Te Hapara Toru v...

Land inquiry failed to get to the truth
Opinion

Land inquiry failed to get to the truth

by Clive Bibby I have never reacted to a Government-sponsored inquiry with as much sheer disappointment as l do the Hekia Parata-led review of land use in the Tairāwhiti and Wairoa regions. In some ways l am a reluctant responder to a “review”...

GDC conflicted, commissioner overdue
Opinion

GDC conflicted, commissioner overdue

The slash and sediment inquiry has recommended that Gisborne District Council’s Resource Management authority be removed and that a Resource Management Commissioner be appointed until 2028. This reflects Council’s failure to adequately monitor...

No magic wand, no to a commissioner
Opinion

No magic wand, no to a commissioner

I am reading and digesting the debate on the place of the forestry industry in our future. Apparently about 40 years ago we collectively decided that pine forests were going to improve the environment and apparently we were wrong. That was the past...

Sign language week missed
Opinion

Sign language week missed

I was really disappointed The Gisborne Herald did not have any features, or at the very least, daily “signs” to promote and support NZ Sign Language Week, which ran from May 8 to 14 (last week). Perhaps I missed an article — I certainly found...

Premium
Resourcing critical for real change
Opinion

Resourcing critical for real change

It seems the Government will look past the most explosive recommendation in the Ministerial Inquiry into Land Uses report — that it appoint a Commissioner to take over Gisborne District Council’s resource management functions — and focus...

Global day of croquet
Sport

Global day of croquet

World Croquet Day was celebrated in Gisborne with a golf croquet open afternoon organised by Barry Memorial Croquet Club members. It was aimed at those new to the game, and 12 players took part. Many of them had never lifted a mallet before...

Premium
Sports draws
Sport

Sports draws

Netball Pak’nSave Gisborne Netball, SATURDAY, Premier/Prem Reserve games are 4 x 15-minute quarters. All other games are 4 x 10-minute quarters. Duty teams to put up the goal pads, set up team benches (courts 1 and 2) put out bins: Whangar...

Premium
BIZminton, week 2
Sport

BIZminton, week 2

The second night of the badminton business house league had results ranging from dominant wins to close encounters. In the competitive grade, Cuzzys had some tight matches against RSL51s, a team made up of super veterans. The score ended three...

Premium
Lesser lights push guns
Sport

Lesser lights push guns

Solid but not startling wins for the front-runners marked the weekend round of the Poverty Bay hockey competition, while there were some good efforts by the lower-ranked teams. Ngatapa women got the ball rolling on Thursday night on the Hain Farming...