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”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Gisborne Trampoline Club members returned from the North Island champs in Auckland with seven titles, a silver medal and four bronze medals from its team of 13. Ava-Raey Haley took out both the trampoline and double mini North Island titles in the...
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...
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...
It was great to see 48 players taking part in Poverty Bay Bowling Club’s Eric Craill Triples Tournament this month. The tournament was held at Kahutia due to cyclone damage to Poverty Bay’s artificial green. Winners of the Eric Craill Shield...
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...
by Sherrill Beale Round 2 of Gisborne senior netball gets under way at the YMCA tonight, with one game set to be close and the other a test for one of the new premier teams. Whangara Old Girls take on Horouta Koura at 6pm in the...
National champion, Olympian and now Canoe Sprint World Cup gold medallist. Gisborne’s Alicia Hoskin’s career reached another milestone with a gold medal-winning paddle alongside Dame Lisa Carrington at the International Canoe Federation Canoe...
In a time of rising costs golfers rose to the occasion to make last week’s Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust Charity Golf Tournament a winning fundraising event. The annual tournament has traditionally raised around $10,000 to help EHRT support the...
House prices seem to have found a new normal after recent big drops, Gisborne realtors say. Latest data from the Real Estate Institute (REINZ) shows the region’s median house price is now $650,000, down 5.1 percent on the same time last year...
Ihimaera says the time has come to learn te reo fluently as he prepares to write new book.
Government help for the rural sector could be too late to save some rural businesses, National Party politicians say. The party’s cyclone recovery spokesperson Chris Penk said recent announcements from the Beehive provided “belated assistance”...
A rapidly developing sub-tropic low in the Tasman threatens to deliver another deluge to the Gisborne-East Cape district at the end of the week. Meanwhile climatologists believe a “significant” El Nino could be brewing. For this week, several...
Arguments for and against the renewal of the lease for the Tokomaru Bay United Sports Club were aired at a Gisborne District Council hearing at Tuatini Marae in Tokomaru Bay. The hearings committee was chaired by councillor Tony Robinson and...
A $1 billion North island cyclone recovery fund has been welcomed by Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz as the region waits to hear if its request for an additional $1bn will be approved. The package, split across affected North Island regions, includes...
The road to recovery is well under way with another connection established for a rural community isolated since Cyclone Gabrielle’s destructive path. Residents of Te Kowhai Road in Whatatutu now cross the river by car after a temporary causeway...
Environment Minister David Parker has responded to questions about whether the Government might appoint a commissioner to take over resource management functions, powers and duties of Gisborne District Council, as recommended by the Ministerial...
Doing little or leaving it for tomorrow will be too late, say Tairāwhiti iwi Te Aitanga A Mahaki, Ngāti Porou and Ngai Tāmanuhiri, who support recommendations made in the Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use report. “We can no longer tolerate the...
Gisborne Herald photographer Liam Clayton took this stunning shot of thunderclouds over the ocean from the Chalet at Okitu before sunset. This was one of several great photos he took including a rainbow from the Titirangi lookout and a lone surfer...
Gisborne has 29 vape stores — the highest per capita of anywhere in New Zealand.
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...