A large and dense smoke plume visible to the northwest of the city yesterday afternoon was from a controlled burnoff. Fire and Emergency NZ said it caused no problems. “We had no calls about it,” a senior Gisborne firefighter said. No further...
Daily 111 calls to police doubled in week following Gabrielle Crime levels in the region increased significantly after Cyclone Gabrielle but had returned to normal levels within a week, police statistics show. In the wake of the storm, police...
HARD work by contractors has seen the two piers that will support the Bailey bridge at Waikare Gorge on State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier now completed. However, it has not been enough to offset a delay to the timeline for opening the...
Gisborne Thistle will be several men down when they play Central Federation League leaders Napier City Rovers Feds in Hawke’s Bay tomorrow. Centreback Matt Smith aggravated a calf injury in the 1-1 draw with Taradale last week, midfielder Cory...
The Gisborne Giants superstock team will be in action tomorrow night in the ‘Teams Nationals’ event held at the Waikaraka Raceway in Auckland. They go into the titles in red hot form after two great meetings racing at the Eastland Group Raceway...
Tolaga Bay have a great chance of a bounceback performance when they hosts rounds 3 and 4 of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants tomorrow. The Uawa club had a disastrous start to the 2023 series at Patutahi last weekend. They won just one of...
Sometimes a mean streak comes in handy. And tomorrow the YMP Bumbles under Tony Barbarich have an assignment requiring that they be ornery in excelsis. Hooker Keanu Barbarich and first five-eighth Reihana Wyllie will lead YMP away for their clash...
by Sherrill Beale Waikohu and Horouta come under the spotlight when Round 1 of the netball season resumes at Victoria Domain tomorrow after a two-week break. All senior grades in the Pak’nSave competition will be in action on the courts from 9am...
The legendary Ian Kirkpatrick epitomises Ngatapa’s proud history of powerhouse forwards but it could be the backs who play a key role in Week 3 of the Poverty Bay premier club rugby competition. Teams will look to continue to find their groove in...
On a walk yesterday I crossed the Stanley Road footbridge and saw two supermarket trolleys in the river. I then crossed the Grundy Street footbridge and saw two more supermarket trolleys, a bicycle and a hospital-quality wheelchair in the stream...
The underlying tone of Dr Aitchison’s comments in the recent article about Three Rivers Medical being forced to reduce its hours of operation is to my mind, while giving a professional approach to our healthcare problems, almost desperate — and...
by Jason Heale, Maxim Institute communications manager The 1955 film “The Dam Busters” tells the story of Operation Chastise and the RAF’s plan to destroy Nazi dams with bouncing bombs. In the film’s climactic scenes, bombs go skimming...
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has given the officers involved in the riot that ended the 23-day occupation of Parliament a year ago a general clearance. However, police hierarchy has come in for some strong criticism with claims their...
Today is Poppy Day and Kirsty Gray and son Dane were among those to make a donation to to collector Maia Ferguson. Maia was part of a group of Campion College volunteers collecting money that will go towards supporting Returned and Services...
‘Trade-off’ from increasing number of Water Service Entities Gisborne District Council will no longer receive $21.62 million in Better Off funding as part of the Government’s relaunching of their water policy now known as Affordable Water...
Gisborne harbourmaster Peter Buell has urged everyone going out on a boat or jet ski to keep an eye out for large logs in the sea offshore of Gisborne and up the Coast. Logs and debris swept out to sea by Cyclone Gabrielle continue to float about in...
Cyclones Gabrielle and Hale and other recent rain events have destroyed an estimated 1200 beehives across Tairāwhiti and killed as many as 60 million bees in what a leading Gisborne apiarist describes as “considerable and widespread” impact...
With Anzac Day falling on Tuesday this year, police are expecting many people will have an extended long weekend. They are urging those travelling to wear seatbelts, to avoid driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, remove distractions, and...
A group of 16 young surf lifeguards from across the Eastern Region took part in an intermediate lifeguard development event in Gisborne over the weekend. The school provides junior lifeguards with skills, knowledge and connections to develop as...
A man accused of possessing drugs for supply at last December’s Rhythm and Vines concert — including the Class A substance LSD — is applying to be discharged without conviction. Rory Arthur Laurence Saunders, 20, was arrested just before...
Clearing drains and culverts too Recovery work has started on removing major log jams in the Te Arai River following Cyclone Gabrielle, with five priority sites identified. In March Gisborne District Council contractors completed clearing one site...
Ava-Raey Haley works on her trampoline routine as she prepares to compete in the eight-and-under division of the Central Trampoline and Tumbling Champs to be held at the Electrinet Sports Centre in Aberdeen Road over the weekend. Competitors will be...
Tairāwhiti crews will take part in the Waka Ama New Zealand Long Distance Nationals at Whitianga on the back of a disrupted training schedule. Mareikura Waka Ama Club crews, especially, have been hampered in their training. Anzac Park has been...
Regular lane swimmers and the general public who want to have a dip at the Olympic Pool will be glad of the news this morning that the water temperature has climbed back up to a balmy 29 degrees. The temperature has risen steadily since temporary...
Gisborne District Council offices in Fitzherbert Street and Te Puia Springs will be closed on Monday and Tuesday next week, along with the HB Williams Memorial Library. The council offices and the library will reopen on Wednesday April 26. The...
Two Gisborne locals are disappointed that organisers of the Mission Estate concert featuring music legends Sir Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper in Napier refused to refund or rebook their tickets. Lesley Turnbull and her friend Sally Raine booked...
Refusing to leave his ex-partner’s house where he had outstayed his welcome during a drinking session, a man got in a vehicle and drove it into a cabin on the property, oblivious to the fact there was someone inside it. Driving off, he refused to...
Gisborne Freemasons have handed over $30,000 for the Tairāwhiti Mayoral Relief Fund. All the lodges in New Zealand and some from overseas contributed to the amount. “It is probably the biggest and quickest collection of funds for such a cause in...
Moves are again being made to ensure the region’s children stay snug and warm this winter. Jammies 4 June Gizzy is heading into its seventh year and donations are being taken now, organiser Cassandra Blumfield says. “Jammies 4 June is a winter...
Bricks replaced books as the HB Williams Memorial Library’s popular school holiday programme continued yesterday. Grab Life By The Bricks was the name of a session run by Lego Masters NZ contestant Jono Samson and Nic Peeperkoorn. With such...
Mentally unwell people in Gisborne are being treated “appallingly” by the very service intended to help them, a lawyer says. Mark Sceats spoke passionately about his concern when addressing a judge in Gisborne District Court this week. His...
Gisborne's Cenotaph will be 100 years old on Anzac Day. The Poverty Bay Herald (as it was known back then) estimated 3000 people attended the official opening of what was then named the Gisborne War Memorial on Anzac Day, 1923 — less than five...
Drawing a panda was the theme of a Chinese art workshop at HB Williams Memorial Library last weekend. Scores of children enjoyed painting and learning tricks from the masters of Chinese art: Jinshui Lin and Lei Shuqing. Prior to the workshop, the...
Bombarded by what seems to be an endless series of bad news, from extreme weather to a cost-of-living crisis, it is refreshing to get some positive news in the fact New Zealand is considering a bid for the 2034 Commonwealth Games. The NZ Olympic...