Re: Understanding goes a long way to achieving unity, March 12 letter. Pat, what an outstanding letter. Bigotry is alive and well in Tairawhiti. So, thankfully, is a balance of views and enlightenment from significant people. Historical documents have...
A full-noise, orchestral montage of Abba opens Musical Theatre Gisborne’s production of Mamma Mia! and sets the tone for the show’s non-stop gloriousness. Even before the song and dance routines began the opening night audience had warmed to the...
Gisborne has received millions of dollars from government economic development projects but a new report shows the region will need more than job-focused cash incentives to improve its poor wellbeing ranking. Of the nine wellbeing categories used by...
Well done, great start. That's the feeling at the Riverbend Year 6B cricket camp in Hawke's Bay after the Poverty Bay boys' brilliant 68-run win against Johnsonville yesterday.“Everyone contributed in some way, to this performance,” Bay coach...
Gisborne should be in for a bumper tourism season, following the end of Tuia 250 Commemorations and the ongoing Te Tairawhiti Arts Festival events attracting visitors. With Gisborne in the national spotlight for the Tuia 250 events, Activate...
Some of Gisborne's most glorious gardens were on show at the weekend as the weather turned it on for the Gisborne Garden & Arts Festival. Around 1000 garden and art lovers visited 25 locations, including historic homesteads and vineyards, with some...
BEEF RECOGNITION: Three farms in this region have featured in the Silver Fern Farms regional ‘prime beef recognition' awards for last season. Mangatoitoi Station at Ngatapa, Landcorp Parikanapa and Mokairau Farms at Whangara have been presented...
Record numbers of students took up tertiary learning in Gisborne last year, new figures show. For the academic year 2018, Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) recorded 10,330 students in total, 1000 more compared to 2017. Of these students 58 percent...
More than 60 young drivers will be in the starter’s hands tomorrow night in the Heavy Equipment Services Eastland Ministocks 100. Dirt bike racers from Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club will also hit the banked track as part of the support...
The commentary surrounding Eastland Group's CEO salary rather begs the question of who is responsible and what can be done about it. Look at the Auckland City Council (ACC), by way of comparison. The ACC has a budget of $31.8 billion over 10 years...
Re: Op shops need to price competitively, May 7 letter. Shelagh, do you realise how much it costs to feed animals these days? It is bad enough trying to feed two cats let alone the many animals that have been treated cruelly or left abandoned. A bag...
Gisborne dogs will have a warmer winter, thanks to the generosity of the carpentry school at EIT Tairawhiti. The carpentry students built five dog homes, which the SPCA will deliver to dogs in the community who do not have outside shelter. EIT...
THE Green Machine produced the result of the weekend in hockey, ending the unbeaten run of YMP (1) in a hard-fought contest at Harry Barker Reserve. INA Contracting GMC Green won the top-of-the-table premier women's contest 2-1 in a thriller on the...
Re: Explicit details of sex life exposed in trial, August 15 story. What is wrong with our justice system? A man attempts to rape a woman, she presses charges, he hires a high-priced lawyer. The complainant ends up being torn to shreds on the stand...
UPDATED Saturday July 15:A GISBORNE man feared drowned in the Wairoa River and subject of an intensive six-day search is alive and well, and now wanted by police. Ray Taunoa, 54, drove off after police tried to stop him in Wairoa in the early hours...
A TOURING production of Hinepau, a play based on a mythical story about respecting your environment and staying true to yourself came to Te Wharau School yesterday, the first in a series of performances happening in Gisborne over the next few...
By the time Makaraka School students put in their latest application for a grant from the Enviroschools Eastland Port Action Fund, they had already put a huge effort into earning it. When students spotted a problem with the adjacent bike track that...
Eastland Masters won both their ties in the North Island Regional Masters northern region Division 3 badminton competition in Rotorua on Saturday. They defeated Waitakere (4) 8 matches to 4 and Auckland (3) 7 matches to 5. Drivers had a chance to blow...
The growing methamphetamine scourge is deeply damaging to the East Coast and needs government action, says National candidate Tania Tapsell.“Too many Tairawhiti people are becoming victims of the meth trade.“Addicts are breaking into homes...
Mayoral candidate Geoff Milner has stolen a march on potential rivals with his announcement that he will challenge Meng Foon in the local body elections in October. His timing is good — harnessing community disquiet over council decision-making...
IF Tessa McDonald needed extra motivation heading into the women's national interprovincial in Auckland, Saturday's round on her home track was the perfect injection . . . a course record. The No. 1 women's golfer in Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay shot...
The latest weather event has not brought the rainfall levels that forecasters had predicted, though some places have had more than 50 millimetres. The region has got off lightly with rainfall more moderate than predicted.“No further significant...
THE list of potential projects to be included in the coming long-term district plan is too long and a number will have to be taken out, Gisborne District Council’s finance and audit committee was told. These comments came after committee chairman...
GISBORNE Thistle player-coach Liam Ryan is in doubt for tomorrow’s Central Federation League football match against Havelock North Wanderers at Guthrie Park in Hawke’s Bay. Ryan picked up a knock to his knee in last week’s 5-1 win against Red...
A Gisborne lawyer is helping head up a top level independent review into New Zealand's intelligence services. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appointed Sir Terence Arnold and Gisborne's Matanuku Mahuika to undertake a review of the Intelligence and...
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a property in Valley Road on Sunday afternoon after food overheated inside a stove. Fire and Emergency NZ responded to a 111 call about the incident at around 3.45pm and two appliances were sent to the scene.“A woman and...
With its turn-over of works by an eclectic range of artists, central city location and high traffic flow, the Miharo gallery is all about freshness — and nothing gets fresher than wet paint. Wet Paint is the name of a new concept to come out of...
Health officials are happy after the latest tobacco ‘‘sting’’ operation resulted in no retailers selling the product to minors. Health board Hauora Tairawhiti chief executive Jim Green said retailers deserved much credit for the fantastic...
Nearly three years after the Te Ha commemorations it appears the Hawaiiki Turanga sculpture might finally be installed next to Waikanae Stream. A Gisborne District Council meeting last week revealed the council could gain Three Waters Better Off...
SOFTBALLSCORPIONS needed an eighth-inning tie-breaker to beat TWK Rams 8-7 in the final of the Reid Reihana Memorial Tournament for Tairawhiti men’s softball teams. The scores were tied 6-6 at the end of the regulation seven innings. Rovers won the...
Former Lions governors from around New Zealand enjoyed a visit to Gisborne and finding out about the Gisborne club's work with Gisborne City Vintage Rail. The group enjoyed a morning tea on a carriage of the Wa165 steam train and saw some...
GISBORNE students are making their mark on the mats, while a Campion College BMX rider has tasted bronze success at the AIMS Games International Sporting Championships in the Bay of Plenty. Twelve Gisborne students have advanced to post-section play...
CRICKETWhat wouldn't any cricket team do to have just one of them?Opening batsmen Craig Christophers and Thom Berry again laid the platform for victory at the Harry Barker Reserve in Round 14: two weeks out from the Hope Cup semi-finals, their club...