Cellphone footage taken on a night in Titoki Street, Elgin, last year recorded the sound of two rifle shots ringing out. One of those hit and killed Gisborne woman Maraea Marata Smith on her birthday. Two people accused of murdering Ms Smith, who...
The reopening of State Highway 2 south to Hawke’s Bay has come as a welcome relief to many in the region with the first vehicles travelling through Devil’s Elbow and Waikare Gorge on Sunday morning. That stretch of the highway had been closed...
Organisers of a petition that led to the Ministerial Inquiry into land use have welcomed the release of the inquiry panel’s report and support most recommendations. However, Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti are critical of the report’s coverage of issues...
A Gisborne man was critically injured in a vehicle crash at Mahia on Sunday in which the ute he was driving left the road and rolled. The Trust Tairawhiti Rescue Helicopter was called to the scene at around 11am on Sunday morning. It happened on the...
About 3000 sandbags are now distributed around the region in preparedness for the next heavy rain event. The sandbags were given away at an event on Saturday, at Makaraka. It was well supported by the community, said Tairāwhiti Emergency Management...
The field day run by the Wi Pere Trust at Waipaoa on Thursday drew a crowd of around 250 as they showcased themselves as finalists in the Ahuwhenua Trophy for excellence in Māori Horticulture award. The trust is one of three finalists in the...
Nurses on Gisborne Hospital’s Ward 5 will strike for one hour next Wednesday. The industrial action comes after a series of appeals for staff and patient safety have been ignored by the employer, says the New Zealand Nurses Organisation. NZNO...
The Electoral Commission will visit Wairoa on Thursday to talk about the Māori Electoral Option and jobs that will be available during this year’s election. Electoral Commission adviser, community engagement, Michelle Jaggard says Wairoa had been...
New staff members at Te Whata Ora-Tairāwhiti have been welcomed this week with a pōwhiri. The ceremony provided an opportunity to hear from the new colleagues, hear about their wide array of skills and backgrounds, and to connect with each other...
The report Outrage to Optimism by the Slash Panel is obviously written by riders who surf on the crest of a rainbow, ride unicorns at sunset and live in a land of make believe. The slash panel have waved their magical wand and New Zealand and the...
The Slash Inquiry report has a lot of good recommendations. However, it also has some unrealistic expectations. An unsupported GDC has been expected to hold back a wave of logging and planting that has largely been generated by central government...
The failure of governance by Gisborne District Council as identified in the findings of Ms Parata’s report leaves Madam Mayor with no alternative but to tender her immediate resignation, stand down the current councillor incompetents and call in...
Manu Caddie I couldn’t believe the line in the report that says Council “capitulated to central government regulations”. That’s one of the most ridiculous statements in the report (that also has some good suggestions) and I can see why the...
The Government set the scene for Budget week with a nearly $1 billion flood and cyclone recovery package, which is in effect a further down-payment on its expected $4.5bn to $9bn share of the overall cost. A large part of the funding announced on...
by Rockin’ Robin Vinzent MacGregor won the feature race and drove the fastest lap at Eastland Kart Club’s second-to-last points meeting. The rain early on the Sunday meant the track did not need any more water. This made for a fast track...
City clubs will go head to head to decide the 2023 Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants champions. Electrinet Park (1) and Poverty Bay emerged triumphant from two tense matchplay semifinal clashes at Mahia on Saturday afternoon. Defending champions...
Congratulations this week to Beverley Evans and Glenys Evans for scoring 77.08 percent on Monday. Monday, May 8 — President’s Pairs 2 North/South East/West Joy Marden, Diana Styche 61.31 Glenys Evans, Beverley Evans 77.08 Carolyn McMurray...
by Sherrill Beale Despite heavy losses in their two Challenge games, YMP (2) and Farmlands Ngatapa have been promoted to Premier Grade this season, creating a seven-team competition. The Gisborne Netball Centre board has also decided Premier Reserve...
It’s a selection headache Poverty Bay Heartland squad officials are happy to have. The rekindling of the Town v Country rugby match revealed plenty of talent, with a good number of players putting up their hands in the Saturday afternoon clash...
A High Court trial for two people accused of murdering Gisborne woman Maraea Smith, is scheduled to begin on Monday. Ms Smith, also known as Maraea Turnbull, died on her 36th birthday after being shot in Titoki Street, Elgin, at about 9.45pm on...
Three Gisborne athletes are in Szeged, Hungary, contesting the Canoe Sprint World Cup. Alicia Hoskin, Zack Ferkins and Quaid Thompson are part of the New Zealand contingent. Auckland-based Hoskin is a member of the women’s K4 500 crew who won...
The man is ready to step up again. Ngāti Porou East Coast Lochore Cup champion hooker Joe Royal will come off the reserves bench for a completely new Moana Pasifika side in their Super Rugby Pacific clash with the Hurricanes in the capital today...
Recommendations released today from the ministerial inquiry into land use here have been slammed by Mayor Rehette Stoltz after it found the council was in “dereliction of duty”. “We are extremely disappointed in the findings of the panel and...
Te Karaka bowlers Paddy Stewart and John Dawson completed a notable double when they added the Peace Shield Men’s Open Fours to their victory in this season’s champion of champions senior men’s pairs. Sharing the Peace Shield honours with them...
Glenys Whiteman recorded her 76th centre win when she skipped a Kahutia team to her 14th Ella Gibson Open Fours title at Gisborne Bowling Club. Five teams entered the Te Karaka Meat Traders-sponsored tournament — two from Poverty Bay Bowling Club...
Gisborne riders made the most of what was on offer in one of the most challenging seasons for equestrian organisers and competitors. Wild weather forced the cancellation of many shows in the 2022-23 show jumping and show hunter season just ended...
KAHUTIA and Te Karaka pairs won the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast Champion of Champions Pairs tournament for senior women and men at Kahutia Bowling Club. Lucy Shanks (skip) and Glenys Whiteman of Kahutia beat Wairoa’s Glenda Kapene (s) and Jo Sturmey...
Indoor bowls by Horsey Andrew Rickard showed total class on his way to winning the Poverty Bay East Coast centre open singles final 13-6 against Jay Casey . Rickard was unbeatable all day. He defeated Kaye Easton in his first game, drew with Bryan...
Gisborne Club Darts Association INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: L Kaa (Rebels); A Taukamo-Pohio (Tao Valkyries); J Waikawa-Nepe (Tao Vikings); J Collier (Roseland); M Reedy (Done n Dusted); I Eyles (Gunz); T Irwin, J White, M Awatere (Brezz’n Gold); L...
WHEN Gisborne teenager Claire Ellmers lined up at the start gate for her first New Zealand pole ski race meeting on Lake Taupo, she couldn’t help but notice that not only was she the only novice, she was also the sole female. That did not stop the...
A rugby ball for every registered JAB player is the aim of the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union/Bayleys Gisborne initiative Balls4All. Started three years ago, it is about promoting the game by directly “getting a ball in the hands” of all JAB...
“We can substantiate all of it.” Land Use in Tairawhiti inquiry chairwoman Hekia Parata adamantly defended her panel’s report when it was released at a press conference in Gisborne yesterday. Responding to Mayor Rehette Stoltz’s concerns...
Cyclone Recovery Minister Grant Robertson has set out the next steps for property assessments in areas affected by the severe weather events earlier this year. “I am encouraged by the work the taskforce, councils and insurance companies are doing...
Storm-doomed cannabis plot found during police search of offender’s property Armed police sent to the home of a Ruatoria man after he threatened a local with a firearm discovered he was growing a huge outdoor cannabis crop likely to be worth...