Historian Jane Luiten has spent much of her working life researching treaty claims for the Waitangi Tribunal. But when she is not reading history, she is busy holding folk dance events throughout New Zealand. She talked to Avneesh Vincent...
AS pre-season hit-outs go, this one couldn't be more significant. Gisborne Boys' High School will meet St Patrick's College Silverstream in Hastings tomorrow (11.30am kick-off). Both sides lost their opening match in the TranZit Coachlines first 15...
How a school in the remote East Coast township of Te Araroa coped after Cyclone Gabrielle. Principal Lynn Burrell talks to Kim Parkinson . . .
Rising surfers from Ahipara to Dunedin are converging on Gisborne for the latest round of the New Zealand Grom Series — the Sequence Surf Shop Gisborne Junior Pro — this weekend. Scheduled for Makorori’s Red Bus break from tomorrow, the...
The floodwaters have receded and tomorrow Ngati Porou East Coast men’s club rugby will make its return. “We can’t wait — it’ll be wonderful to get the families out and about, reconnecting in fine weather,” said NPEC president Campbell...
All roads lead to Barry Park tomorrow for supporters of YMP and OBM. Round 1 of the Civil Project Solution premier club rugby competition ends with a blockbuster clash between East Coast Farm Vets YMP and Enterprise Cars OBM at 2.45pm. Both teams go...
We attended the show on Wednesday night and were immediately impressed by the professional set, which became electric once the performers started moving on stage, each of them living their characters. The intensity of the show never once waivered...
I don’t know if I can still offer my thoughts, but here goes nothing. May I break my self-imposed exile by recommending a book I have just read. It is “Stop the Clock” (a memoir on ageing with dignity, grace and humour). It is written by...
In my view, a person who “jumps ship” without the courtesy of giving any warning deserves utter contempt. That goes for any politician in any party. It is backstabbing of the highest degree, akin to Brutus and Caesar — “Et tu, Brute?” So...
In my last week’s record CO2 alert, I mentioned how three times this year atmospheric CO2 has topped a 4 parts per million increase on last year’s reading. Carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory steadily...
Millions of eyes, including a substantial number in New Zealand, will be focused on London tomorrow night for the coronation of King Charles III — a man who has waited most of his life for this moment. If ever a new monarch had a hard act to...
Two Tairāwhiti rangatahi involved in the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) have returned inspired after completing separate scholarships. TKKM o Horouta Wananga students Te Aturangi Peters and Maikel Terekia, are involved in YES company Tirama, which...
For those with an interest in things celestial, there will be a partial lunar eclipse just before dawn tomorrow, weather and clouds permitting. The Moon will be obscured by the outer part of Earth’s shadow, starting just after 5am. At its greatest...
A fire outside a scrapyard in Stanley Road caused multiple short circuits on an underground cable resulting in just over 400 customers losing power, at around 9.15pm. “Most had power restored within 50 minutes,” said a Firstlight Network...
A woman’s claims to a jury this week that she was indecently assaulted as a child by her uncle were honest and believable, a prosecutor says. The woman didn’t try to “put the boot in, embellish her evidence, or fill in gaps in her memory”...
Three months on from the devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, State Highway 2 will reopen between Wairoa and Napier on Sunday, May 14. Work to restore access along the cyclone-damaged stretch of highway has progressed faster than anticipated...
Gisborne District Council’s ability to work in partnership under Te Tiriti o Waitangi has been questioned at a spirited closed-doors meeting this week. The council is racing against the clock to develop a regional freshwater plan by the end of...
The first physical signs of the Bailey bridge to replace the cyclone-damaged Hikuwai No. 1 Bridge on State Highway 35 north of Gisborne are springing up, with piling work beginning this week. A 300-tonne bright orange crane is not a common sight on...
Sir John Kirwan is winging his way back to Gisborne in his role as a mental health advocate. Just eight months ago the knight, known to many as JK, was in Gisborne as the Westpac ambassador to discuss mental wellbeing. Since then, the region has...
Wairoa’s David Scragg took out the zig zag hunt title yesterday at the North Island championships being staged on Lochinvar Station near Taupo. He and his dog Chook scored 96 points in their qualifying run, and 97.5 in the final runoff for event...
April’s weather was a battle between north and south, but ended near enough to a draw with no outright winner. There were 13 days of wind from the northern sector, while the south launched a matching 13 days of weather. Four days of easterlies...
Animal advocacy groups are calling on Gisborne District Council to require mandatory microchipping and desexing of cats in the hope it will stop feline numbers from ballooning. Companion Animals NZ (CANZ) and Forest & Bird last week presented to...
A joint initiative for two not-for-profit Gisborne organisations will study the impact of methamphetamine addiction on the brain and heart. The project is being spearheaded by Mātai Medical Research Institute and Manaaki Moves Trust, and is looking...
Tolaga Bay’s George Sheild and Smoke are among several Gisborne competitors putting on a good show at the Tux North Island Sheep Dog Championships at Lochinvar Station near Taupo. In the zigzag hunt Sheild and Smoke collected 98.25 points. Also...
Anti-government sentiment after Covid-19 lockdowns and mandates is being seen as one of the reasons Stats NZ is struggling to reach its goal of 90 percent returns for the 2023 Census. Last reports had the Census response rate at 86 percent with...
Roger Handford Many of the writers and respondents to letters to the editor seem to live in a peculiarly distorted version of the real world — a world in which factuality and rationality have no place. Those who respond with comments on letters...
When the council describes a situation as “extreme danger” I believe it should also call for extreme urgency to solve the problem. Removing the woody debris from our beaches next summer is not extreme urgency. We are spending money to attract...
You can’t blame Ikaroa-Rawhiti voters feeling betrayed and disrespected after Meka Whaitiri walked from the mandate we elected her to fulfill. What happened to tikanga? Do we actually count? Why the stealth? How long had this been going on? Who...
I love the train and want to get it back. The cyclone broke the road and the railway and both need to be fixed — I want the train to come back to Gisborne. When is the next meeting for the Gisborne Rail Action Group please? Wake up KiwiRail. I...
A contaminated Kāinga Ora home that had sat empty for more than six months, falling into serious disrepair and being broken into multiple times, has been demolished. In July, the house in Huxley Road made headlines when a young homeless Gisborne...
Gisborne RSA members are feeling “very humble” after a successful Poppy Day collection. Executive manager David Sly said Poppy Day raised just over $21,000, which was slightly down on the previous year. “We are very grateful.” Mr Sly...
A man accused of alleged indecencies against his niece when she was a girl in the 1980s, refused to enter pleas when the charges were put to him at the start of a jury trial yesterday. Instead, he answered, “I uphold my claim of right to the court...
The Peel Street toilets are closed from today so the building can be earthquake strengthened. Gisborne District Council liveable communities director Michele Frey said some car parks outside China Palace would be unavailable tomorrow and Friday...