Latest from Gisborne

Sticks at the ready for Poverty Bay hockey season-opener

Old rivers GMC Green and Paikea are the opening act of the 2023 Poverty Bay club hockey season, which starts tonight at Harry Barker Reserve. Teams have been preparing for several weeks for the start of play, and as it says on the Poverty Bay hockey...

A capital gains conundrum for the country and for Labour

News that the uber wealthy in New Zealand pay a lot less tax as a proportion of their incomes than middle-income earners do will come as no surprise to anyone; the only question is what the Labour Government will do about it. A Treasury report after...

Ozzie rules: defying nature

Several countries are fighting the onset of demographic transition, which is the automatic dropping of birth rates and hence population when a certain level of economic security is reached. Australia is reported to be one of those countries. The...

Please sign and share Theresa’s petition to amend Therapeutic Products Bill

Can you imagine being given a terminal cancer diagnosis and given eight months to live? This is the terrifying prognosis given to Theresa Zame, a much-loved member of our whanau. She had two medication choices. 1. Tagrix, a 3rd generation...

NZ Covid effort saved many lives

Those who question the worth of what this nation did to combat Covid-19 should reflect on the death toll in other countries. A comparison using this week’s World Health Organisation (WHO) figures is a stark pointer to the success of what was done...

Don’t let Larry’s death be just another ‘elder abuse’ statistic

At this solemn time of Anzac we remember the fallen — those that sacrificed and paid with their lives. The sacrifice continues as “ELDER ABUSE” infests our society with despicable acts. Our friend, relative and Vietnam veteran “Larry”...

A fitting song for Anzac Day services

Two of my brothers plus a lot of whanau went to all the wars. My question is, why is the Maori Battalion song not sung on Anzac Day at all New Zealand cenotaphs? Kia Or

Gold FM to switch to Coast frequency

New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) has announced Gold FM in Gisborne is to switch frequencies with feel-good music radio station Coast. From Monday, May 1, Coast will broadcast on 106.1FM, and Gold FM will switch to the Coast frequency at...

GDC reviewing Maori land rates

A review into how rates are applied to Māori freehold land is under way at Gisborne District Council, with policy changes set to be included in the next long-term plan. It comes on the back of amendments to the Local Government Rating Act which in...

European market milestone for Rua Bioscience

Tairawhiti-based Rua Bioscience has launched its first medicine in Germany, making it one of the first companies of its kind in New Zealand to introduce a branded product in Europe’s largest medicinal cannabis market. Rua Bioscience chief...

Elderly Wairoa man attacked in his bed

A Wairoa man is in hospital with serious injuries after he was assaulted in his bed by an unknown intruder early yesterday morning. It happened at around 2.25am at a house in Brian Avenue. Police have appealed to the public for any information...

Cenotaph soldier’s story

More information about Gisborne’s Cenotaph has come in as its 100th birthday was marked at the Anzac Day service on Tuesday. June Stichbury says her father-in-law, Captain Leslie Stichbury, is the serviceman that the soldier on top of the marble...

School objects to new bar opening downtown

The owner of a Gisborne bar hoping to set up shop on the main street has been met with strong opposition from a Māori kura kaupapa operating just a few doors down. The tension was palpable at a liquor licensing hearing held at Gisborne District...

Adams hat-trick sets up win

A Josh Adams hat-trick powered Gisborne United Firsts to a 5-2 victory over Wainui Sharks in Eastern League 1 football on Saturday. Adams scored the second, third and fourth goals for Heavy Equipment Services United in a game that was closer than...

Wyllie set to play 50th premier game

Tough customers like Shyann Wyllie are the sabre’s tip in rugby. This Saturday, fearless forward Wyllie, 24, will play his 50th premier game since 2017 in the legendary black and white hoops of East Coast Farm Vets YMP against Kevin Hollis Glass...

Golf roundup

Electrinet Park Foursomes success is no rocket science formula. It won’t work without both players firing — a basic equation proved by Jo Kerr and Lynne Holmberg at the Gisborne Park Ladies 18-hole Open Foursomes tournament yesterday. The...

Local authors celebrate book release

A room full of locals with an interest in literature joined in to celebrate the release of two books: Brothers in Whalesong, authored by Regina de Wolf, and Not Just a Teacher, by Taranga Kent, at Waikanae Surf Club last week. Speaking to the...

Gig Guide

THIS WEEK Free dance St Andrew’s Church Community Centre. Today, 7pm to 8.30pm. A movement and dance meditation practice with a variety of sound and rhythms. $10 entry. No Faith In Fighter Pilots Saturday, April 29, Smash Palace 9pm, Common Threat...