Latest from Gisborne

Love Letters: True lovers on paper, if not on earth

Gone are the days when hopelessly romantic couples would often exchange the secret letters of admiration for each other in scented and clumsy envelopes. Evolution Theatre’s newest production Love Letters looks to bring back the lost artform that...

Gisborne Film Guide

Odeon Multiplex Bank of Dave Dave Fishwick, a Burnley working-class, self-made millionaire, struggles to set up a community bank to help the town’s local businesses thrive. To do so, he must battle London’s elite financial institutions and...

Little Mermaid makes a $95.5m box office splash

The Little Mermaid made US moviegoers want to be under the sea on Memorial Day weekend. Disney’s live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic The Little Mermaid easily outswam the competition, bringing in $95.5 million on 4320 screens in North...

Prizes to be won at Boogie Wonderland disco

For the fifth year in a row, Smash Palace will host Boogie Wonderland, an ode to the 70s era, that is best remembered for its discotheques, funky sounds, trippy lights, reflective disco balls and cool dance moves. To keep the vibe colourful...

Gizzy inspired book a finalist in awards

Kāpiti Coast student Arlo Kelly is among the writers and illustrators announced today as finalists in this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults —the pre-eminent celebration of books for Aotearoa’s young readers...

Leppänen recreates Baroque classics

Experience the magic of Baroque music in Gisborne as iconic concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen leads the Baroque Innovations Tour this month. The tour is organised by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and arrives at the War Memorial Theatre with its...

Piano Extravaganza repertoire features old masters and modern

Be ready to be enthralled by the thirteenth Piano Extravaganza (PEXIII), as part of the St Andrew’s Lunchtime concert series this King’s birthday next week. The first of these piano concerts in 2011 was suggested by pianist and organist Sonj...

Guilty plea after baby nearly died

A Gisborne man has pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to an infant. The baby boy’s injuries were so severe, doctors did not expect him to survive. He now has extreme and permanent brain damage. For legal reasons, the man responsible...

‘Repair, rebuild and revitalise’: Wairoa's community spirit impresses

Regions across Aotearoa New Zealand could probably learn a thing or two from Wairoa . . . especially when it comes to rolling up the sleeves and mucking in. Cyclone Gabrielle decimated Wairoa’s much-loved A&P Showgrounds. Water and silt ripped...

Top guns fight out goal-less draw, Round 1 honours to YMP A men

A hard-fought draw between the top women’s teams, heavyweight men’s side Lytton Old Boys fending off Gisborne Boys’ High by a single goal, two from two for ‘The Ladies in Pink” and a brave effort from LOB Masters were among the highlights...

Electrinet Park reign supreme

No champagne cork-popping jubilation. No Viking-like bellows of victory. No changing shed roof-raising team chants. Electrinet Park (1)’s successful defence of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants title on Sunday was marked with reflection...

Local shines at Dog trial champs

Matawai dog triallist Samantha Shaw was the toast of the Poverty Bay Dog Trial Centre after her three-four finish in the zig-zag hunt final at the New Zealand championships at the Warepa Collie Club grounds near Balclutha last week. Hers was the...

Five- and six-year ewes in good condition

These five- and six-year ewes from Eastland Farms Ltd — Strathblane Station, at Hangaroa, sold for $129 at Friday’s weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards. They were carrying good body condition, were scanned in lamb with single lambs and...

AI moving fast, with white-collar jobs most at risk

by Gwynne Dyer “Sometimes I think it’s as if aliens have landed and people haven’t realised because they speak very good English,” said Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather of AI” (Artificial Intelligence) who now fears his god-children will...

Focus now on forestry workers

The forestry industry in this region has taken a hammering over the destruction and mess caused by slash and whole pine trees that washed and slipped into waterways during heavy rain events earlier this year. That has been keenly felt by our 900 or...

Local sportspeople caught on camera

Gisborne Herald photographer Paul Rickard was out and about capturing local sport on camera on Saturday and Sunday. His busy weekend featured the Poverty Bay Premier club rugby clash between YMP and Waikohu at Te Karaka; Gisborne Boys' High School's...

First dawn for Oakview

The foundations for the first house in Gisborne’s biggest new residential development in 15 years have been laid. Contractors Quebik carried out the first concrete pour for the first house to be built at the new Oakview development on Hansen Road...

Bad weather keeps Eastland Rescue Helicopter off-base

A domino effect of call-outs saw the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter off-base for nearly 20 hours last week, with a sister service swooping in to provide cover for the region. The series of events started when, just after 2pm on Friday...