The first letter to the editor received through our new website yesterday was from a regular correspondent over recent years, signing off because he feels other contributors have been intolerant and attacked people for their opinions with impunity...
What is neoliberalism? You may have seen the term “neoliberalism” thrown about in arguments but there’s confusion about what it means. It’s an economic idea that has been around since the 1970s, but it became really popular in the ’80s and...
After 45 years of subscribing to The Gisborne Herald, I have cancelled my subscription. I am 85 years old and probably set in my ways. I am easily written off as pale, pink, aged and cis male. I can no longer stomach the rudeness and intolerance...
Cooking up the snags: Cherry Ko cooks up the sausage sizzle for the Lytton High School representatives taking part in the Relay Another Day. Pictures by Liam Clayton
Clive Bibby and Graham Gibson fall into the same trap when one uses the word “longevity” and the other “final consequences”, each revealing a shortsighted understanding of such words. The Greens are quite clear that there is no such thing as...
What a lovely woman Marama Davidson has turned out to be — a racist who won’t apologise to the public. The race relations commissioner Meng Foon won’t comment as she is the wrong colour for him to criticise. Her weak-kneed partner James Shaw...
The message shared on World Austism Day on Sunday was that a “one-size-fits-all approach for autism is not warranted”. Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) has been told the most important message is that no two autistic people are the same and...
Winter time is vaccination time. Tairāwhiti health officials have launched their winter immunisation events across the region. “In gearing up for winter we encourage all whānau to pop down to their local GP or community immunisation event to get...
Cyclone Gabrielle’s impacts are still being felt at Tauwhareparae Farms. The farm is owned by Gisborne Holdings Ltd, the commercial arm of Gisborne District Council. “The two cyclones Hale and Gabrielle have caused damage to some areas at the...
The Apparelmaster Group, which provides laundered workwear solutions across New Zealand, has donated $10,000 to support the rural cyclone recovery here. Apparelmaster New Zealand managing director Bevan Ritchie said the company put together a fund...
A locally led and nationally supported taskforce has been set up to deliver the 2023 Census in Hawke’s Bay and Te Tairāwhiti, Stats NZ says. This comes after the Census collection in Hawke’s Bay and Te Tairāwhiti was extended to June to enable...
The garage sale, held in Ormond Road, raised $2080. A regular Life Education Trust fundraiser — Dance For Life Education — has been postponed because of Cyclone Gabrielle. The district’s would-be Gene Kellys, Cyd Charisses and Leslie Carons...
The Government will have spent $29 million on Tairāwhiti roads by the end of June. The funding will be distributed by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to Gisborne District Council to be used as part of the initial clean-up after cyclones Gabrielle...
INTENSITY, speed and power added up to great entertainment in the Superstock Challenge at Gisborne Speedway Club’s meeting on Saturday night. The 28 cars put on one of the great shows at the Eastland Group Raceway as they chased the main prize...
The outgoing president of the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association says it has been vital for farm foresters to directly address the ministerial inquiry into forestry and other land use in Tairāwhiti. Graham West told the New Zealand Farm Forestry...
A Gisborne woman living with terminal cancer fears she will “die prematurely” if proposed changes to the country’s medicine legislation go through, limiting her ability to import a “miracle” drug. Theresa Zame was diagnosed with stage 4...
Weeks of hard mahi from roading contractors in Tairāwhiti have resulted in the opening of a new Mangahauini track, reconnecting part of the region. The new track will be opened at a blessing on-site today, and the road will be open to the public...
Four people were taken to Gisborne Hospital at midday on Saturday after the two four-wheel-drive vehicles they were in collided on Back Ormond Road. The crash happened just before the Hansen Road corner at around 12,30pm. “One person was trapped...
KARTING by Rockin’ Robin Eastland Kart Club members held their club champs late last month in fine weather. A good-sized crowd enjoyed watching some great racing. Drivers had a front, middle and back start, and the competitor scoring most points...
A WELL-structured OBM proved too good for an enthusiastic Pirates in their Poverty Bay premier club season-opener on Saturday. OBM surged to a 45-17 win at the Tiny White Opening Day at Paddy’s Park in Patutahi. Pirates coach Anthony Kiwara said...
Barnardos combines early childhood education and family support. An Open day tomorrow offers the opportunity for people to check out a new service combining Barnardos Early Learning Services and Child and Family Services under one roof which is...
A CHALLENGE was laid down for Waikohu on Saturday and it was felt. Ngatapa were determined to defend their patch but fell just short as the men from Te Karaka rallied to win their Poverty Bay premier club rugby game 24-19 at Paddy’s Park in...
YMP produced another big winning margin and Whangara Old Girls and Gisborne Girls’ High School fought out a much tighter affair in premier grade netball on Saturday. Whangara won their match 29-26. They started the game strongly...
The Trust Tairawhiti Rescue Helicopter has flown seven missions since last Wednesday. On March 29 the chopper crew responded to a trauma in Tokomaru Bay, where the on-board critical care flight paramedic assessed and treated the patient, who was...
Eastland Wood Council (EWC) has met with the panel charged with running the ministerial inquiry into land use across Tairāwhiti. EWC invited panel members to travel through forests in the region to see some of the impacts of recent cyclones, and to...
IF you are going to make an early statement, the Tiny White Opening Day is the time to do it. And that is exactly what defending champions YMP did as the Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay premier club rugby season opened with an entertaining...
Gisborne executive and communications professional Dana Kirkpatrick has been selected as the National Party’s East Coast candidate for the 2023 General Election. “Over the past couple of months, I’ve seen first hand the strength and resilience...
A political holding pattern where East Coast MP Kiri Allan has been without a rival in this electorate for the past two and a half years has ended with the National Party today announcing Dana Kirkpatrick as its candidate for the 2023 general...
Clive Bibby I have never made a secret of where my political allegiances lie or that l think we need a different government ASAP. But come October, l will put all my energies into trying to persuade anybody who wants to listen that we all have an...
My son came to me at age 11 and said she felt like she might be a girl. At the time I felt a number of emotions but a big one was fear and anxiety for her future. When I read some of the recent letters in the Herald, I feel that same sense of fear...
We all know the Green Party have good intentions, but they don’t seem to have the intelligence to work out the final consequences of their proposals. For instance, they persuaded the Government to pass legislation that will force farmers to reduce...
There have been numerous comments on the consequences of colonisation, mostly on the negative side. I’m wondering if we could have a balanced, polite discussion on the issue. For example, has colonisation been wholly bad, or a mixture of good and...
Gisborne Hospital short of 41 nurses, 28 doctors. Nurses at a desperately understaffed Gisborne Hospital are exhausted and have nothing left to give. “That is when the risk for mistakes is high,” New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) Gisborne...