Latest from Gisborne

Contractors working all over region to restore fragile roading network

The Gisborne District Council has put out an update on the ongoing road recovery around the region, working to repair and reseal Tairāwhiti’s fragile roading network. “An epic achievement last week with the completion of the Te Kowhai causeway...

Water workshop with tech focus engaging for curious minds

A digitally monitored waka hoe has given students the chance to learn about science and technology in a different way. Students from Gisborne schools and kura attended the Curious Minds waka ama workshop held on the water and in Lawson Field...

Solid month at Eastland Port

Eastland Port exported 206,000 tonnes of wood across eight ships last month. “May is shaping up to be a good month with seven log ships having already been and gone,” said an Eastland Port spokesperson. The coastal container ship, Rangitata has...

Travellers warned to watch for surface flooding as more rain due

Yet another low that has swung out of the sub-tropics is delivering doses of rain and wind, especially to the northern end of the Gisborne region. From this morning, MetService was expecting 50 to 90 millimetres about the ranges from Tolaga Bay...

$10.1m cash injection to clear slash and debris

The Government is supporting the clean up of slash and debris in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay with a $10.15 million injection that aims to remove up to 70,000 tonnes of woody debris from river and catchment systems, Forestry Minister Peeni Henare...

Gisborne leading NZ's building efforts, but housing situation still a crisis

Gisborne is leading the nation’s house-building efforts as nearly every other region sees a decline, but the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle mean the region’s housing situation is still in crisis. New statistics show 32 new dwellings were consented...

First in-person admission to bar since Covid pandemic

For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic two new solicitors have been admitted in person to the bar in Gisborne. In a sign of things returning to normal, Daniel Cole and Angelina Kosenko were admitted as barristers and solicitors of the High...

Budget gives GDC access to $20m a year for roading projects

Cyclone recovery needs and Maori housing and justice needs are the major winners here in the Government’s Budget announcements. Yesterday’s Budget focuses much on the cost of living and health costs (scrapping the $5 prescription fee) but there...

Advice for first responders from mental health advocate

Retired All Blacks star winger Sir John Kirwan had a chance to express his appreciation of the work of the country’s first responders when he was in town this week. He visited the Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust (EHRT) hangar — home to the...

Tide going out on incompetent Govt

The legacy of this most incompetent Govt of our time seems to be gathering pace as they feel their bumbling tenure may be coming to an end. Just this past fortnight we’ve seen continued strike action from public service workers, we’ve had...

Much earlier copy deadline

One of the least fortunate side effects of your newspaper being printed in Auckland is that deadlines for copy now seem to be much earlier. For example, the ministerial report into forestry, available last Thursday morning, was not reported in your...

Adapting to new format, news cycle

Changes to your newspaper since the start of this month have been significant and we hope it has been a good experience for most of you. Behind the physical changes you see — such as new fonts and colour on all pages — there has been a big shift...

$715k donation to Mātai as QET winds up

Students wanting to access a career in Medical research here have been given a massive boost with the donation of $715,000. Gisborne’s medical research and education institute Mātai is the recipient, following the winding up of local charity...

‘Blatant’ tax evasion

No evidence of money laundering but city centre building owners in $11.4m ‘world of trouble’ with IRD

Students in action at annual Tairawhiti School Gymnastics Festival

Two days of competition came to an end yesterday as the Gisborne Gymnastics Club hosted the Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti School Gymnastics Festival. Students from 25 schools from around the region showed their skills on the vault, beam and the floor...

Still time to enter Auckland Festival of Photography music photo competition

TAIRĀWHITI’S best photographers are invited to take on the rest of New Zealand as the Auckland Festival of Photography Trust announces the 2023 Music Photography Award – Whakaahua Puoro Toa is accepting entries up to Saturday, May 20. “Music...

Man in ‘stable’ condition after Mahia crash

A Gisborne man critically injured in a vehicle crash at Mahia on Sunday remains in what has been described as a “stable” condition in Wellington Hospital. Poverty Bay-East Coast representative golfer Andrew Higham was on his way home the morning...

Government ‘not held to account’ in land-use report

There is a reason why the recent Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use should have been a Royal Commission of Inquiry. Put simply, for the sake of accountability. The report is blunt in its findings, largely heaping the blame for poor land-use controls...