PremiumPremiumLifestyleAwestruck in AgraPreeti Maheshwari and her family conclude their Indian holiday at one of the seven wonders of the world. If you have a penchant for romancing with ruins and reliving the life of royalty, then Agra is the place to visit. Agra is home to arguably one...23 Jun 04:18 PM
LifestylePasta and pesto: a winning comboIn the colder months, pasta is a welcome staple in most Kiwi households because it can both fill the whānau up and warm them up. And simply adding some of your favourite pesto to your pasta of choice can give it a real flavour boost . . . Pesto and...23 Jun 04:14 PM
LifestyleRehabilitating a flooded gardenExcess of anything is bad. Floods and long-standing water can be devastating to a garden. So, if you have had heavy rain for an extended period, or have experienced a flood, there are things you can do to help your garden recover. After a flood, the...23 Jun 04:10 PM
OpinionIran makes dealsI believe the (Iranian) regime will fall within a couple of years,” said Mohsen Sazegara. “It’s very different from three years ago, when they suppressed demonstrations Gwynne Dyer in just five days. And the movement is spread all around the...23 Jun 04:07 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionRed warning as the rain keeps comingA record wet first half of the year for this region is getting wetter and while everyone is well and truly over the continual rain, hearts are again going out to those most affected — especially the people of Te Karaka who were evacuating their...23 Jun 09:27 AM
OpinionOpinions more effective when well researched, balanced and considerateKia ora tatau/Dear readers. Not long ago I used to be a regular contributor to this opinion page. I ceased when health challenges forced me to redirect my energy and interests to my immediate and extended whaanau. The internet and social media now...23 Jun 09:25 AM
OpinionShortland Street educates on advance directivesAnn David The Shortland Street episode of June 21 portrays a scenario where an unconscious man on life support has written an advance directive rejecting precisely such support in that situation. His loving wife, believing she is doing the right...23 Jun 09:24 AM
OpinionA local link to assault at protest?Re: Pensioner bashed at Posie Parker protest. The 71-year-old woman is upset to hear the 20-year-old man who attacked her from behind with a blow to the head, then threw punches to her face, has been granted diversion and name suppression. He was...23 Jun 09:21 AM
OpinionNga tohu reo rua — bilingual signsClive e hoa, Whitu tekau ma toru ōku tau. He Pakeha ahau. Kei te ako ahau i te reo Māori. Ki tāku whakaaro ko tāku kawenga i raro i Te Tiriti. Kei te pirangi au ki te mōhio ki ngā korero kei muri i ngā ingoa Māori o ngā wāhi. Ma te mōhio...23 Jun 09:20 AM
OpinionMail delivery problems . . .What is happening to New Zealand Post? It seems ironic that NZ Post will increase the cost of postage on July 1, yet have such poor service for mail delivery — one wonders how they can justify it. I ordered stamps from the stamp and collectable...23 Jun 09:19 AM
SportEastland seniors to take on Manawatu, Wgtn NorthTeams from Manawatu and Wellington North will be in Gisborne this weekend for the second round of Badminton New Zealand’s North Island senior inter-association Central Division 1 competition. Badminton Eastland’s senior division team will play...23 Jun 09:12 AM
SportWarriors trio, Fotuaika on most improved listPopular rugby league columnist and sports blogger Dane Clarke has named three Warriors and a Gisborne-born prop in his “Most Improved Line-up of 2023 so far”. The 17-strong NRL list posted on Clarkey’s Rugby League Column features Warriors...23 Jun 09:11 AM
PremiumPremiumSportUnited make it nine from nine after Wainui threaten Eastern 1 upsetGisborne United Firsts recovered from a two-goal deficit to beat Wainui Sharks 6-2 in Eastern League 1 football last Saturday. Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks got off to a flying start with goals to Tomas Campos Saez in the 17th minute and Ollie...23 Jun 09:09 AM
SportBragging rights as Hicks Bay conquer HikuUnderstatement has its nuances. Rugby people aren’t in the habit of blowing their own trumpet but Hicks Bay’s 21-12 away win against Hikurangi Te Maunga to claim the Pirika Frederick William Huriwai-Jones Memorial Trophy at Kahuitara is worth...23 Jun 09:06 AM
SportBounceback win to GBHS u14s in ‘stunner’ of a matchGisborne Boys’ High School under-14s won a great game of rugby on Saturday. The Mark Jefferson-coached side beat Akina Hastings BHS 19-17 away in a nail-biter that produced six tries. Having begun their season with a 47-0 win against East Coast at...23 Jun 09:04 AM
SportStudents ace Ngatapa test; YMP juggernaut rolls onDefending champions YMP and Gisborne Girls High enjoyed clearcut victories in Premier Grade netball at the YMCA on Wednesday night. After racking up a 15-2 lead in the first quarter, GGHS Senior A defeated Farmlands Ngatapa 57-20. Turanga FM YMP...23 Jun 09:02 AM
PremiumPremiumSportWomen’s competition splits in twoThe weather looks set to produce additional challenges in tonight’s Poverty Bay club hockey games at Harry Barker Reserve, particularly for the Masters and Waituhi. YMP A and B men got the weekend under way last night on the Hain Farming Turf...23 Jun 09:00 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSkipper Skudz to rack up 150thIF Poverty Bay Premier club rugby gets the go-ahead on the district’s rain-hammered grounds tomorrow, competition leaders YMP will celebrate another milestone. Week 10 — the last games of Round 2 of the Civil Project Solutions Premier...23 Jun 08:55 AM
Gisborne HeraldHelp needed to remove ringAn elderly woman was rushed into the city fire station yesterday afternoon in pain and distressed, unable to remove a ring from her ring finger. A friend took the woman, whose finger was badly swollen, to the Fire and Emergency station at around...23 Jun 08:51 AM
Gisborne HeraldPlay-off time for regional rockquest actsTwelve bands from Tairāwhiti are poised to exhibit their musical prowess as they play off in the regional final of the Smokefreerockquest at the War Memorial Theatre on Saturday. The competition, now in its 36th year, involves thousands of young...23 Jun 08:49 AM
Gisborne HeraldBull sale postponedThe wet weather has forced the postponement of the first of the Angus rising two-year-old bull sales in the region this season. Ratanui Angus at Tuai were to have started the ball, or should that be bull, rolling this afternoon. But it has been...23 Jun 08:46 AM
Gisborne Herald‘Good Stuff’ film festival delayedThe Gisborne Volunteer Centre’s Two Minutes of Good Stuff film festival has been postponed. Centre manger Jenny Greaves said unfortunately they had to make the call to postpone today’s event, after taking into consideration the continuous rain...23 Jun 08:45 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldMan chases woman with machete, damages vehicle in gang-related incidentA Mongrel Mob man aggrieved over a gang issue chased a woman around a residential street with a machete and used it to damage her vehicle. The incident in Hansford Court, Kaiti, on November 19, last year, resulted in Steven Christopher Fa’Ae...23 Jun 08:42 AM
Gisborne HeraldMTG School of Rock auditions this weekendAuditions for musical comedy School of Rock, produced by Musical Theatre Gisborne, are on this weekend. Andrew Lloyd Webber bought the rights to the show for a stage musical in 2013. The musical has a book by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes...23 Jun 08:39 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldGisVin chief winemaker reveals long-term effects and challenges after Cyclone Gabrielle devastates Gisborne wine industryThe impact of Cyclone Gabrielle on the wine industry will be long lasting, says GisVin chief winemaker and chairman of Gisborne Winegrowers Mark Thompson. Like Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne received around two-and-a-half times the long-term average...23 Jun 08:37 AM
Gisborne HeraldLytton High School hosts kura from across the rohe for two days of competition to find best orator, kapa hakaKōrero and haka from rangatahi were centre stage at this year’s Ngā Manu Kōrero and Kapa Haka festival hosted by Lytton High School. This was the 58th year of the annual event which sees rangatahi from different kura across Tairāwhiti compete...23 Jun 08:28 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldGizzy on Wheels: Local start-up brings back the retro charm of roller skating at YMCAReviving the retro (some might argue it never went out of fashion) skill of roller skating is the aim of local start-up Gizzy on Wheels. The first session will be at the YMCA in July. Founder and home-schooled Adriana Hoogland, 18, said she first...23 Jun 08:16 AM
Gisborne HeraldA Category 3 Home: Cyclone and subsequent labelling of house shatters dream of coming back to GisborneWhen Janet leaves her daughter’s Vogel St house, she still locks the front door out of habit. The place has long been gutted of its contents, Cyclone Gabrielle having turned its interior into a muddy pool by way of a flooded Waimatā River...23 Jun 08:08 AM
Gisborne HeraldTe Karaka evacuated, red warning for heavy rainEvery time it starts to rain, I start worrying.” These are the fears of many Gisborne-East Coast residents as downpours once again deluge the district — fears that were realised when Te Karaka residents were given notice yesterday afternoon to...22 Jun 06:14 PM
Gisborne HeraldState of emergency declared as rivers rise, roads are closedGisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz declared a State of Emergency late yesterday afternoon as rivers rose and rain continued to fall across an already sodden region. “This gives our whānau and community a chance to self-evacuate tomorrow and make...22 Jun 06:10 PM
Gisborne HeraldCivil Defence warns Te Karaka residents to self evacuateThe MetService has extended the region's Severe Weather Warning through to midday, Sunday. The forecast is for a prolonged period of rain, which is expected to be heavy at times. "Expect 250 to 350 mm of rain to accumulate about and north of Tolag...22 Jun 10:11 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionFuture leadership prospect no longerThe Government has jettisoned a capable and hard-working minister with a major blindspot for conflicts of interest, after it emerged that Michael Wood had more undeclared shareholding interests in areas that clashed with his portfolios. Prime...22 Jun 09:51 AM
OpinionFishing for truth: consuming news responsiblyNatasha Baulis, Maxim Institute researcher Our collective noses have been crinkling at the distinct whiff of something not quite right in the press for some time now, but last week was a particular corker for unveiling some fishy elements of the NZ...22 Jun 09:50 AM
OpinionEnriched by depth of knowledge, wisdomE nga whānau and community of the Tairāwhiti region. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou kua tauawhi ki a matau whanau, ahakoa nga piki me nga heke ka titiro angawhakamua matau. As the former Race Relations Commissioner, I want to express my heartfelt...22 Jun 09:48 AM
