Latest from Gisborne

Moving day: pennants top-four race hotting up

Blasts from the past, another top rugby player showing his multiple sporting talents and a Park show of strength are features of the line-ups for rounds 5 and 6 of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants. Electrinet Park is hosting tomorrow’s...

Political transformer

Re: Mekatron, May 5 letter. More than meets the eye? Murray Jones

Wow - a top concert at Gisborne Boys' High

The NZ Army Band concert at Boy’s High School. Wow! Wow! Wow! It was great! Heather van Wyk

Education more important than inflation, housing, crime

by Tim Wilson, Maxim Institute executive director The news that only about half of our students regularly attended school in the final term of 2022 produced predictable — and reasonable — concern. After all, that number was worse than the 65...

Some fiscal responsibility in order

by Phil Newdick Pardon my stupidity, but can someone please explain to me how the percentage rate of tax collected can be used as a barometer to assess how much tax is enough tax? It is reported that our 311 wealthiest people only paid a paltry 9.4...

End of a printing era in Gisborne

Publishing the final Gisborne Herald to be printed in its hometown is a sad day for our company, the many people who have worked for it, and the Muir family who have had an ownership interest in this newspaper since 1884 and have a 200-year history...

Word on the street . . . about the King's coronation

Are you going to watch King Charles III coronation this Saturday?

Majority guilty verdicts in sex offences trial

A man has been found guilty of historic sex offences against a young niece by a jury that was unable to reach a unaminous decision but returned majority verdicts. The 59 year-old accused, who for legal reasons cannot be named, was on trial this week...

Sent to jail for drug offences, receiving stolen garden accessories

A meth addict who ran a drug shop and received stolen high-end garden accessories at her Kaiti home has been jailed. Carey Pohatu, 35, was sentenced last week in Gisborne District Court. Judge Warren Cathcart imposed a prison term of two years and...

Magnificent, majestic Mumbai

Preeti Maheshwari and her family immerse themselves in the fascinating history of Mumbai . . . After enduring the sweltering heat in Ahmedabad, we boarded a train to reach Mumbai — a stunning paradox of hope and chaos, magic and madness. Formerly...

Fresh and vibrant Javanese lamb curry

From crisp and zingy salads to fresh and comforting curries and tangles of tasty noodles, as well as plant-based bowls and stir-fries, Norman Musa’s Bowlful will satisfy all cravings . . . I adapted this dish from the famous Javanese dish known as...

Thyme after thyme

The Everyday Herbalist by Jane Wrigglesworth is a comprehensive guide to herbs, covering everything you need to know: from how to grow them successfully in your garden to how to use them for health and wellbeing . . . This is the ultimate book for...

A life of history and dance

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...

Vital hit-out for Gisborne Boys' High before Super 8 kicks off

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...

Weathering the storm: a school's journey back to normality following Gabrielle

How a school in the remote East Coast township of Te Araroa coped after Cyclone Gabrielle. Principal Lynn Burrell talks to Kim Parkinson . . .

NZ’s top groms here for Junior Pro

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...

Coast fans eager to see teams in action

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...

Battle on: YMP v OBM to decide first-round winners

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...