GISBORNE company McCannics will not be allowed to take part in the tender process for the $5.5 million H.B. Williams Memorial Library extension after an emergency meeting of Gisborne District Council refused to reverse an earlier decision. But the...
FRANK Burgess from Poariki Station at Pehiri will be remembered as a thorough and good farmer, a great husband, father and grandad, but he was also a poet, a writer, a sometimes aviator and radio ham. Above all the “man of few words” was...
Our region and all New Zealand has been let down enormously by Immigration NZ. A cancer specialist from Houston USA has spent recent years in the Palmerston North cancer treatment clinic as well as Gisborne Hospital, Dunedin Hospital and Otago...
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises Gisborne District Council started emergency wastewater work on State Highway 35 Wainui Road today. Work started at 10am and will continue until Saturday.“This emergency work is required to remove...
This car left the road at the Mangapapa Road-Oswald Street end shortly before midnight on Friday, went through the fence of a property at the corner and struck a tree. Police said one person in the vehicle was reported to have been complaining of...
How the forestry industry pays a fair share of local spending on roads, and what that might be, is set to be a hot topic during consultation for the Long-Term Plan early next year. A big step-up in funding is needed to make local roads, in...
Gisborne Girls’ High School student Sam Booth has won the MAINZ Best Musicianship Award At Tangata Beats for vocals and drumming in the band Salem. Sam had to learn the drums at the last minute when the band’s regular drummer could not make the...
This week we asked people walking along Gladstone Road what they thought of former All Blacks Dan Carter and Ali Williams being in the headlines recently for drink-driving and alleged cocaine use
Gisborne’s KFC fans had to go elsewhere for their dinner last night as staff went on strike at 5pm. Restaurant Brands, the owner of KFC, was notified of the nationwide strike action by the Unite union yesterday morning. Unite said for the past week...
THE Gisborne branch of the BNZ returns to extended hours from today. Previously, the branch was only open for two hours a day following Delta Covid-19 Level 2 restrictions.“BNZ's priority remains on protecting customers and staff, and it encourages...
The clubhouse was nearly empty. The course was nearly in darkness. But two intrepid Barns-Graham Cup men's pairs were still plodding the fairways as 19th-hole glasses were stacked and stragglers headed to the carpark bound for their warm homes and...
Badminton, surfing and rugby have kept many of the district's determined athletes on their game
A BOY was taken to Gisborne Hospital yesterday afternoon after he suffered a neck injury when he dived into the Waimata River at Anzac Park. A fire service crew on the way back to the city from the car crash at Turihaua were diverted to the park at...
WAIKIRIKIRI Park proved its worth as an all-purpose softball venue on Saturday. Numerous games took place despite intermittent rain that threatened to force the cancellation of senior matches throughout the day. With scheduled and catch-up games, the...
Gisborne health board Hauora Tairawhiti is making final adjustments to contingency plans for strike action by nurses tomorrow. Chief executive Jim Green said there would be significant disruptions to all services.“We have a very experienced...
HEALTH authorities are advising the public to take precautions with a stomach bug circulating in Tairawhiti. The health board’s Facebook page says the bug is affecting rest homes, primary schools and early childhood centres. Medical officer of...
WHANGARA Old Girls pulled off the result of their season to date when they defeated previously unbeaten YMP in premier netball at Victoria Domain on Saturday. Taste One High School Old Girls remain the only unbeaten premier-grade team in PAK'nSAVE...
CRICKETNOW is the time for Old Boys Rugby to perform if they are to put themselves in the box seat in Poverty Bay cricket’s DJ Barry Cup, says captain Jonathan Purcell. The final round is not until March 16 but OBR’s game against High School Old...
WHY do I want to be on the council?If I can be honest, it is a good little earner. Poverty has me in its grasp, as I have bought a house in town. Paying a high price for that I could do nothing about, BUT I can try to do something about the large...
Rose growers Hamish Cheetham and Ruth McLennan scooped up the lion’s share of prizes at this year’s Poverty Bay Horticultural Society Rose and Iris Show. Prize listRose Caughey Cup, champion: Hamish Cheetham. Innesfree Perpetual Trophy: Fay...
DARTSTe Kuzzyz had their winning streak ended in a close battle against the Rhinos in the A Grade of Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association’s Brezz’n Sports Club Tuesday night competition. Rhinos won the match 11-10, while Assassins also had an...
Not many people can say they have lived long enough to see five generations of their family. Lassie Mihaera (nee Rangihuna), 87, is one of the lucky ones. Last December she went to Brisbane Australia, as she does every year, to visit her family. This...
HELICOPTERS and health providers from Bay of Plenty have been called on to maintain health services on the flood-ravaged East Coast. Speaking at this week's health board meeting, Hauora Tairawhiti district health board chief executive Jim Green said...
Today is a big day for Tairawhiti. The national Covid-19 vaccination programme started in Gisborne this morning with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being administered to border workers. The local roll-out of the vaccine “signals an important milestone...
A Mahia man authorised to issue customary fishing permits for the peninsula has been fined $750 for enabling two known poachers to take paua. He was refused a discharge without conviction at an earlier hearing. Morehu Shane Cooper, 54, pleaded guilty...
Organisers are expecting a riot of colour and fragrance at the annual event at the Farmers Air Gisborne Event Centre this weekend. Rose and iris blooms will be on show along with other garden plants, produce and floral arrangements. An additional...
GISBORNE lived up to its reputation as a sporting paradise at the weekend. The city hosted major surf lifesaving and equestrian events in ideal, if challenging, conditions and its teams performed up to and beyond expectations. The three-day Bay...
GISBORNE is one of the regions expected to stagnate or decline over the next three decades, according to a report from the Maxim Institute. The report, Growing Beyond Growth: Rethinking the Goals of Regional Development in New Zealand, by researcher...
Matawai farmer John Richard Bracken has been fined $20,000 and refused a discharge without conviction for earthworks he did without resource consent. Judge Jeff Smith delivered his decision and sentenced Bracken yesterday after a two-day hearing in...
A baby with a tummy bug died at Gisborne Hospital in what is believed to be a tragic case of sudden infant death after co-sharing a bed with his mother, instead of sleeping in a cot offered by a nurse. While no one is to blame for the 12-month-old...
Former Gisborne man Gordon Mead is in the running to be the Fieldays Rural Catch for 2019. The competition started today at the annual Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton. Up for grabs is $20,000 in prizes and the Golden Boot Trophy. Gordon, 29, was...
Spark customers in the Gisborne-East Coast and Wairoa area were affected by an outage from 4.30pm yesterday. The outage affected all broadband, including fibre and landlines until 3.30am this morning. A Spark spokesman said he was unable to give...