Lara — you can point out all the wrongs in society and use them as excuses why children aren’t going to school. It’s raining, it’s cold, I don’t want to walk, our home is damp . . . Children in parts of Africa and some Muslim countries...
A national survey conducted by the NZ Food Network shows an alarming rise in the number of people needing access to food support, portending a bleak winter for many New Zealanders. The network surveyed 51 food hubs across the country to find 480,104...
What Mitchell Forbes’ crew learned about Gisborne Boys’ High School rugby last year, they put to use at the weekend. In 2022, Gisborne hit their Wellington opposition hard. Stream won 39-11 but only after leading 12-11 at halftime. On Saturday...
Tapuae did themselves proud at the Gisborne Oval on Saturday. A week after their 29-10 win against two-time defending champions Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic in the derby match, the undefeated green and blacks are the undisputed leaders in...
The Courage Cup is an avenue. And the pathway laid out by the Gisborne Boys’ High School junior rugby competition — which also includes Wairoa College — is as important as the results. The quest for the cup began at Barry Park and...
Will Tokarangi look back on Game 1 of the Ngāti Porou East Coast Premier Men’s club rugby competition as one that got away from them? Time will tell ater Cape Runaway’s Tihirau Victory Club beat them 15-12 in the season-opening Club Day at...
There’s perfect starts and then there’s Quin McPike’s perfect start. The Poverty Bay club golfer delivered the ultimate shot — his first of the day — in Round 5 of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants at the Electrinet Park course on...
POVERTY BAY Murray Smith discovered his best form of 2023 to produce the round of the week on a Poverty Bay course that has proved a challenge over the past couple of weeks. Doc Smith won the division 2 men’s stableford on Saturday with 93-27-66...
Wainui artist Veronika Lambert is showing off her reverse glass painting works this week and is ready to answer any questions from the public about the ancient art. Reverse glass painting, also called Hinterglass, has existed since ancient times...
Gisborne’s Asia Braithwaite underlined her potential in claiming silver in the under-18 girls’ division of the Sequence Surf Gisborne Junior Pro championship at the weekend. The Gisborne Junior Pro is part of the wider New Zealand Grom Series...
Obituary for Michael Dawson Chrisp by Karen Johansen on behalf of the Chrisp family Michael Dawson Chrisp died on the morning of April 16, six days before his 95th birthday and the day before the 95th birthday of his wife, Catherine. This was the...
Future leaders got a lesson in crisis leadership from Mayor Rehette Stoltz. Students taking part in this year’s Aurora Leadership course met with the Mayor at Makauri School. “This year’s programme is called Aurora Leadership For a Crisis: We...
The upcoming 60th anniversary of the Kaimai Ranges NAC DC-3 crash, which killed 23 people including Gisborne residents, will probably be the last opportunity for relatives to grieve together, aviation historian Rev. Dr Richard Waugh says. July 3...
Two days after launching a rocket mission from Mahia for NASA, Rocket Lab has announced another mission for the United States space agency. Rocket Lab has signed a deal to launch NASA’s Starling mission, a multi-CubeSat mission to test and...
Have you heard the call of parenthood . . . a call that is so bittersweet and filled with uncertainty? That’s how it sounds in Louise Wallace’s latest poetry collection titled This is a story about your mother which launches today. Her poetry is...
An East Coast sports field at the centre of community debate over its urupa status should never have been turned into a recreational reserve in the first instance, an inquiry report reveals. Tokomaru Bay’s Hatea-a-Rangi Memorial Park made...
Monday night’s Milford Foundation fundraiser at Eden Park for regional New Zealand sports clubs and projects directly affected by Cyclone Gabrielle has raised $200,000. The evening, Burgers, Beers and Brilliant Sportspeople, hosted by Jason Gunn...
Police are continuing to investigate consecutive burglaries of local theatre spaces that have left affected owners and production crew heartbroken. Police have no updates at this stage but a spokesperson said they were “continuing to follow lines...
'Trust Tairāwhiti is aware of four suspected fraudulent applications to the Government’s Cyclone Recovery Fund for the Tairāwhiti region.'
Well, to my surprise The Gisborne Herald was out rather early yesterday. Have to say the printing of it is brilliant, there’s more colour. If people thought that there would be no Gizzy news, rest assured it is still there. What I loved was two...
Phil Newdick (May 6) seems to confuse capital gains tax with asset tax. These are quite distinct policies. Under the former, there would be no extra tax to pay when a property is revalued, unless it is sold and the value “realised”, which is the...
by Lara Meyer Re: Education more important than inflation, housing, crime — May 6 column. Dear Tim, Education is very important to ensure that our young people are equipped to engage in a functioning democratic society. You seem to have failed to...
Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP Meka Whaitiri further outlined her reasons for leaving the Labour Party yesterday but seems to have left at least one major query unanswered. On TVNZ’s Breakfast Whaitiri said she “didn’t feel heard” within Labour, but the...
The Poverty Bay Dog Trial Centre will have 10 competitors in action in the grand final of the season at the Tux South Island and New Zealand championships later this month. The event will be hosted by the Warepa Collie Club, near Balclutha, from May...
Week 1 of the BIZminton business house league went off with a blast last week. The social grade made up of many new players featured two draws. Woolie Jumpers drew 3-all with newcomers Turanga Health. Jumpers won on a countback of points —...
Gisborne Intermediate hosted the interschool lightweight rugby tournament last week and it did not disappoint. Eight teams competed in the under-48 kilogram competition which is into its 14th year. Schools travelled from Te Puke, Tauranga, Mount...
Netball The netball draw for Saturday — PAK’nSAVE Gisborne Netball, senior challenge round. Premier/Prem Reserve games are 4 x 15-minute quarters. All other games are 4 x 10-minute quarters. Duty teams to put up goal pads, set up team benches...
YMP A’s iron grip on the Poverty Bay men’s hockey title does not appear to be loosening. It is only two weeks into the senior club competition but already the A Team are setting a benchmark of quality, as Gisborne Boys’ High School experienced...
Gisborne Bowling Club combinations won the women’s and men’s junior champion of champions pairs titles contested on the Kahutia Bowling Club greens. Karen Pinn (skip) and Adrienne Torrie beat Tolaga Bay pair Delores Woodcock (s) and Jacqueline...
Premier grade rugby takes a break this weekend as the annual Town v Country weekend makes a return. Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union has announced the squads for the Saturday match-up to be played at Paddy’s Park in Patutahi, 2.45pm kick-off. The...
Saturday was a great one in Ruatoria as the the Ngati Porou East Coast Premier Men’s club rugby season opened with Club Day at Whakarua Park in Ruatoria. Defending champions Tihirau Victory Club beat powerhouse Tokararangi 15-12, Hikurangi...
River silt and sediment from Cyclone Gabrielle has had a major impact on whānau homes and the township, Wairoa District Council says. Around 12,000 tonnes of silt has been stockpiled with much more silt removal needed, especially from under houses...
A community project at Makaraka this weekend is aiming to fill 10,000 sandbags for Tairāwhiti. The joint initiative between Gisborne District Council and the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has attracted a “groundswell of awhi”, says Tairāwhiti...
A Gisborne woman on a mission to prevent a law change that would prevent her importing life-saving medication says she’s humbled by the response to her petition. Theresa Zame is seeking as many signatures as she can to amend the Therapeutic...