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Chance to be the next Taika
Would-be film-makers are enjoying the opportunity to study a new Level 5 New Zealand Diploma in Screen Production course in Tairāwhiti. The one-year full-time course is being offered jointly by Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) and Rangai...
Over half against 'linear park' idea
A majority of those who took part in this week’s Herald Web Poll were opposed to the idea of a “Linear Park” in Grey Street that would reduce traffic and create a multi-purpose site for community and cultural events. Of the 270 people who took...
Practice run for choral society performance on Sunday
PRACTICE RUN: Soloists Cheyney Biddlecombe (left) and Elizabeth Raines in rehearsal yesterday afternoon with guest organist Roy Tankersley, for Sunday’s performance by the Gisborne Choral Society of Handel’s Messiah. The concert is in St...
End of Daylight Saving, turn clock back an hour
THE time has come to adjust your clocks, with Daylight Saving to end at 3am tomorrow. That means setting timepieces back one hour before going to sleep tonight. The 2022 start for Daylight Saving was 2am on Sunday September 25, when clocks went...
Mundane March a little sunnier
After two months of devastating weather to start the year, the first quarter has ended with a fairly mundane March. The one redeeming feature of March was that at last the rain taps were turned off. The month totalled about 45 millimetres, which is...
Jailed after wife found objectionable images on laptop
A woman’s discovery on her husband’s laptop has ultimately led to him being registered as a child sex offender. Kane Colin Brady, 52, was arrested in September, 2018, after his wife reported finding concerning material on his laptop. Police...
Business as usual as new owner takes over network
Some electricity users could see power bills drop after lines company Eastland Network set its last pricing cycle before going under new ownership. Eastland Network is the regional lines company for Gisborne, Wairoa and the East Coast. Each year, as...
Ends where it began for health board chief
AN emotional Jim Green was officially farewelled from Hauora Tairāwhiti after more than 22 years as chief executive of the local health board. Health officials and other community figures, such as local police commander Inspector Sam Aberhama and...
Outrage as killer gets home detention
Lawrence Rangiwai: Mr Rangiwai was described by family as a much-loved and respected man who served with the New Zealand Army overseas and, as a firefighter, battled bush fires in Australia. Picture supplied Relatives of an elderly man who died...
‘Remarkable together’
That is what it says on the shirts of several of this group from Lytton High School who started a 24-hour Relay For Life Cancer Society fundraiser at the school yesterday. Students, staff and supporters have got behind the event which involves all...
Vegetation fire at Manutuke
FIREFIGHTERS from Gisborne and Manutuke responded to what was initially reported as an “explosion” at Rickards Garage at Manutuke yesterday afternoon, but turned out to be a fire that spread to vegetation. Fire and Emergency NZ sent an appliance...
Speaking up for arts in the community
Changing the way Kiwis see creativity and promoting the importance of arts in the wider community was the focus of a talk during an arts-based roadshow at Tairāwhiti Museum this week. All in For Arts is a series of annual breakfast events that...
Driving force in women’s cricket retires
For 20 years, Mel Knight has been a driving force for cricket here. Her announcement that she would retire from playing and coaching came as a bolt from the blue. It came the day after Horouta Te Waka’s six-wicket Senior B semifinal loss to...
Best prices at weaner fair
These 12 Angus weaner heifers from Rangiata Partnership near the East Cape Lighthouse received the best price of $910 at the Matawhero saleyards on Wednesday. They weighed in at 267 kilograms and were among a total yarding of just over 1000 young...
Prices ease at Matawhero
THERE was a much smaller yarding of 1085 sheep in the weekly sheep sale at Matawhero yesterday. Bruce Farming sold eight prime two-tooth ewes for $117. The 84 prime mixed-age ewes sold from $111 down to $90. Rau White, at Ruatoria, received the best...
Red meat sector steering through the challenges
Mel Poulton NEW Zealand’s red meat sector was well positioned to leverage its strengths and navigate the global volatility, special agricultural trade envoy Mel Poulton told attendees at the New Zealand Meat Board annual meeting. “While there...
Taskforce Green prepared to work
Vicki Crosswell As cyclone-affected farms and horticulture blocks continue to dry out, it is time to bring in the Enhanced Taskforce Green teams, says Tairāwhiti Rural Support Trust coordinator/facilitator Vicki Crosswell. These trained workers...
History repeats 35 years later
SHORTLY after Cyclone Bola, Ginny Sherriff, who farmed at Ngatapa with husband Tim in 1988, wrote a poem that summed up the devastation and challenges that came with that major event. It was printed in The Gisborne Herald that year. Ginny brought...
Sights of Savai’i
Travel writer Mike Yardley spent a few days on Savai’i, the largest island in Samoa. Take a ferry ride aboard MV Lady Samoa III across the Apolima Strait, from Upolu to Savai’i, and the passage of time feels turned back 30 years. Suffused with...
Israel: the fascists and the fanatics
Gwynne Dyer Imagine that Donald Trump had been the president of the United States, in office and out and in and out and in yet again, for more than half of the past 25 years. What would the US look like today? Well, that’s about what Israel does...
Pears the powerhouse of fruit
Pears are not only juicy and delicious, they are also packed full of nutritional benefits. They are rich in fibre, antioxidants and vitamins. So, if you do happen to use them in a treat such as a cake, you can tell yourself not to feel too guilty...
Brilliant blooms
Now that summer is in retreat, it’s time to think about planning and planting the winter/spring garden. Whatever your favourite spring-flowering bulb is, it’s time to start planning and planting. A little preparation now will result in much...
Fond farewell
Joanne Mador Joanne Mador is leaving behind a 35-year career in teaching when she finishes up at Makauri School this week. She talks about what brought her here, what made her stay and why it’s time to leave. When Joanne Mador flicks off the...
And the band played on
Gisborne Civic Brass Band is set to celebrate its 150th anniversary over Easter in three days of music-making. Avneesh Vincent looks back at the band’s beginnings. Records show the Gisborne Civic Brass Band formed on April 5, 1873. It was called...
‘GET ON WITH IT’
A Gisborne farmer upset over the district council’s lack of care for a frequently flooded river is calling for action in the wake of devastation from Cyclone Gabrielle. David Clark’s Opou Station backs on to Te Arai River — a 32-kilometre...
More housing on way at Mill Rd site
Work is set to begin on the Kāinga Ora complex off Mill Road and Gladstone Road after the site was blessed this week. Morehu Pewhairanga (left) conducted the blessing. Also present were Theo Akroyd (second left) senior stakeholder relationship...
Covid cases up slightly
COVID-19 is still present in Te Tairāwhiti, including two people who are in hospital. Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti has reported that cases are up slightly in the district with a daily average of 12.6. Between three and 22 cases have been reported every...
33 witnesses for the Crown in murder trial
Thirty-three witnesses are expected to give evidence for the Crown at a trial in May for two people accused of murdering Gisborne woman Maraea Smith. Ms Smith, also known as Maraea Turnbull, died on her 36th birthday after being shot in Titoki...
Road closed — but not to some logging trucks
fA Tokomaru Bay resident says her community is “ropable” logging trucks have been allowed to travel on a 300-metre closed section of road north of the East Coast town, while others are forced to take a 50-kilometre detour. A section of State...
Councillor sorry for ‘Ngati Pakeha’ reference
A GISBORNE district councillor has apologised after being challenged about his use of the term Ngati Pakeha. Colin Alder used the term at yesterday’s council meeting when referring to people he otherwise described as being disgruntled farmers...
Council requests three-year recovery plan instead of normal 10yr LTP
THE three years it is expected to take to fix the region’s “fragile and broken” infrastructure will make it hard to continue with a new 10-year plan, district council documents show. In a submission to the Government’s proposed Severe...
Cyclone impact more complex than first anticipated: Aratu
Aratu Forests has revealed just how “complex” the cyclone clean-up has been. Having regained access to its forests following severe weather events in Tairāwhiti, crews have gained better understanding of the impacts of cyclones Hale and...
‘Igniting youth potential’
Mentors wanted for Big Brothers Big Sisters programme The world’s largest volunteer mentoring network is coming to Gisborne and the search is on for potential youth mentors to be part of it. Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand (BBSS) is...