Evolution Theatre's latest production Rumors is hilarious entertainment, where a traumatic situation is handled with silliness and mix-ups. In other words, it's your classic farce. Party host Charlye Brock (played by Andrew Stevens) never actually...
A series of proposed changes to resource management in Aotearoa have come under fire from Gisborne District Council in a robust letter penned to the Government. Earlier this month, the council made a submission on the Natural and Built Environment...
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Taking inspiration from her natural surroundings and having a desire to learn historical accounts of different cultures helps local painter Phoenix Aaliyah to create some fascinating artworks that are a feast for the eyes. Using interactive and...
Locals who fancy vintage furniture or are looking to decorate their interiors with a period vibe can approach local furniture restorer Jason Akuhata-Brown at his new pop-up shop at Roebuck road this Saturday. His collection includes tables, chairs...
Some level of treated water supply from the Waingake pipeline to Gisborne is on track for the end of March, Gisborne District Council community lifelines director David Wilson says.“The restoration is progressing at pace with the water pipeline...
Three convoys of vehicles are running daily in both directions to and from Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay from today. The piloted convoys are leaving from Tokomaru Bay 4 Square and the Waimata Valley/Back Ormond intersection at 8am, 11am and 2pm...
The district council has been partly successful in its prosecution this week of a developer who excavated and disposed of highly contaminated soil from a Gisborne property he wanted to subdivide. Yannis Kokkosis, 34, is the sole director of Gypsy...
The United States' oldest city never forgets its past. Boston proudly wears its history on its sleeve. Just look at its trademark brownstone architecture as you walk along its cobblestoned streets. In the downtown and waterfront, old mingles with...
‘Unprecedented storm’ caused pipeline failure: JNL executive manager
■Smash Palace, Friday March 17, 7.30pm. A celebration of women in music. Well Wahine, free entry.■Smash Palace, rock with Wairoa band Dakilulu. Saturday, March 18, 9pm, $10 door charge.■RSA, Saturday 7pm to 11pm, dress as your favourite...
Four teams have to be at their best tomorrow. Ollie Needham, Craig Christophers, Mel Knight and Ryan West have led their teams to Poverty Bay Cricket Association's Senior B semifinals at the Harry Barker Reserve. A place in next week's final is their...
New Zealand singer and songwriter Mitch James is ready to set the stage on fire at the War Memorial Theatre, as he reaches Gisborne shores in July. His visit is part of his first ever global tour including a whopping 13-date tour throughout New...
The call has gone out to foundation students of Lytton High School. The students of 1961, when Lytton High first opened, are invited to a reunion in April. The school only had third form students when it opened its doors in October 1961 under...
East Cape Road at the Awatere Bridge is closed to all vehicles. Tairāwhiti Civil Defence said the bridge had major structural damage.“Contractors are working to divert the river away from the twisted bridge pile because engineers are concerned the...
The dramatic fall from grace by Cabinet member Stuart Nash was the highlight of a week in politics that had its challenges for both the two main parties. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins acted decisively in first demoting Nash, then put him on a third...
Toitū Tairāwhiti Housing working hard to provide temporary accommodation for flood victims
The team putting together the bypass to enable traffic to access the East Coast past the Hikuwai No. 1 Bridge between Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay expect to have it open by April 1. The bridge was taken out by Cyclone Gabrielle and Waka Kotahi New...
‘This will make a huge difference in helping people and business recover’
Keanu Makiri and Finn Robertson are quiet achievers. Yet these Gisborne Boys’ High School cricketers — more than any of their teammates on Wednesday — saw the Blues and Royals through to the T20 Challenge Cup final next week. Robertson made 29...
Private Owen Rayner joined the New Zealand Army Reserve Force last year hoping to serve his country. He didn't have to wait long as last month Cyclone Gabrielle pounded much of the North Island, including his home region of Tairāwhiti. He was...
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men in Aotearoa and Tairāwhiti has adopted a global best-practice method to perform prostate biopsies. A prostate biopsy is a procedure to remove samples of suspicious tissue from a man's prostate. The...
It was a particularly happy St Patrick's Day — to be sure, to be sure — today for Gisborne couple Diane and Don Oates. Fifty years ago, Diane and Don got married. Diane did not want a big fuss made but did tell The Gisborne Herald they had...
The first kiwifruit of the season leave Gisborne by sea early next week on board the freighter C.S. Trust that went to anchor in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay yesterday. It is the first of eight scheduled kiwifruit shipments from here this season —...
A single vote tipped the scales in favour of the “no” camp in reply to this week's Gisborne Herald webpoll question “do you think the response to the cyclone damage is going well?”From a total of 210 votes, 80 people (38.1 percent) voted...
The “Farmy Army” has mobilisied again for another mission — helping in the massive clean-up of cyclone-ravaged properties in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay. The Federated Farmers volunteer group was dubbed the “Farmy Army” when it first rallied...
The Trust Tairāwhiti Rescue Helicopter and another rescue chopper from Hawke's Bay were called out last night after a report from a passing cruise ship about a possible body in the water off Gisborne's coast. Maritime New Zealand initiated the...
Re: Another route south from Tutira, only 3km missing — March 11 letter. What's the point of promoting this to GDC when it's in the Hawke's Bay catchment? Due to emergency response efforts I have held off until now but after hearing this I am...
Gisborne-East Coast men’s and women’s teams are in Christchurch competing in the national intercentre bowls tournament that finishes on Sunday. Play started yesterday at clubs throughout Canterbury. Men: Shaun Goldsbury, Malcolm Trowell, Steve...
The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has extended the closing date of survivor registrations to March 21.“For those survivors registered with the Royal Commission before this date, every effort will be made to hear your accounts by the end of...
A man has been accused by the district council of unlawfully digging up and removing soil that was highly contaminated with asbestos, arsenic and lead from a property he wanted to develop. Yannis Kokkosis, 34, and his solely-directed company Gypsy...