Hospice Tairawhiti general manager Barbara Grout says there is absolutely no truth to the rumour that people visiting its Peel Street shop need to be tested for Covid.“We had a call from a visitor to the shop who said she had been contacted by...

The holiday season is only just around the corner, so here is a quick reminder around how, which, and when, to pay those problematic Public Holidays. If you are lucky enough to have a complete shutdown over the December and January holiday period...

TWO more medals completed a successful campaign at the New Zealand short-course swimming championships in Auckland for Enterprise Cars Swim Team. Jack Keepa added to his haul with third place in the 14-year boys’ 100 metres butterfly. He was also...

The year drawing to a close is not one that will be remembered fondly by millions, marked as it was by acts of extreme violence and cruelty. This year it was the turn of the UK, usually one of the most stable countries on the planet, to experience...

THE Rangatahi and Pasifika Youth Courts, first developed in Gisborne under Judge Heemi Taumaunu, have gained international recognition for their innovative community-based approach to justice. In a ceremony at Auckland’s Orakei Marae yesterday...

A metservice heavy raining warning over the weekend did not amount to much. The warning was in place until midday today, an expected further 30 to 50mm of rain to accumulate on top of what had already fallen, especially about the ranges. Peak...

Jo Ferris discovers history and romance while visiting some of Wairarapa’s landmark hotels

Summer is on its way and volunteer surf lifeguards will soon begin weekend patrols to keep beach-goers safe. Tolaga Bay lifeguards will patrol Uawa beaches from November 1, Midway and Waikanae Beach patrols begin on November 14, while Wainui surf...

A parade to commemorate the return of the Maori Pioneer Battalion from the First World War promises to be a rare spectacle on a scale never to be seen again in Gisborne, say organisers. It marks 100 years to the day since part of the battalion...

A friend owns a large contracting business in Auckland. When I visited he was operating out of an upstairs addition to a 6m x 6m custom-built garage, employing almost 50 people. The business has easily doubled in size since then. What he told me was...

Poverty Bay players involved in today’s Ranfurly Shield challenge will carry history on to Tikorangi Domain near New Plymouth. Poverty Bay Rugby Union chief executive Josh Willoughby presented Gisborne Herald editor Jeremy Muir with a Bay jersey...

Gisborne woman Ngatoia Skipper-Whaanga Pincott’s poster with the theme of whakapapa has won first prize in the E Tu Whanau poster competition.“I felt a huge excitement when I won. The support I got from everyone blew me away and I want to thank...

GISBORNE District Council has been awarded the prestigious 2015 ALGIM Excellence in Innovation award for developing a smart financial management system called Financial Business Intelligence (FBI).Gisborne had two projects nominated in the final...

STUDENTS from eight Gisborne and East Coast schools will hold mock elections in September through the Electoral Commission’s Kids Voting programme. The students from Hatea-a-Rangi School, Tolaga Bay Area School, Gisborne Girls’ High School...

THE Government has shored up a continued supply of blood and plasma for New Zealanders, says Associate Health Minister, Peeni Henare. The Covid-19 response and recovery funding of almost $11 million will help the New Zealand Blood Service recover...

PUBLIC Health officials are hopeful that what appears to be an outbreak of Norovirus affecting 29 people at Kiri Te Kanawa retirement village will soon be over.“It looks like Norovirus, and is acting like Norovirus”, said Hauora Tairawhiti...

The Federated Farmers “Farmers Feed Families” initiative supporting the Auckland City Mission made $69,700 — a fantastic result, Gisborne-Wairoa provincial president Toby Williams says. A total of 239 donors contributed to the cause supporting...

NEAR-flat conditions at Waikanae Beach yesterday reared up in the afternoon into big surf, combined with strong currents, and resulted in four rescues between Waikanae Beach and Roberts Road. As the tide went out and the surf grew in size, several...

Friday night was a huge occasion for the King family from Motu and for Kristy Roa from Tolaga Bay when they received respectively the Te Puni Kokiri Ahuwhenua Trophy for excellence in Maori sheep and beef farming, and the Young Maori Farmer...

New Zealand's infrastructure industry is booming but a shortfall of around 44,000 skilled workers in the next five years could have it come to a grinding halt. Roads need replacing, leaky water pipes need upgrading, power lines need maintaining and...

RURAL homes, farms, schools, doctors and businesses in three more areas here will soon be able to benefit from faster internet speeds, following a $1 million boost from the Government. Communications Minister Simon Bridges yesterday announced a $1...

Members of the public will no longer have to use a vaccine pass to access Gisborne District Council community facilities. The change comes into effect at 11.59pm tomorrow, and follows the government decision last week to loosen vaccine pass...

Hawke’s Bay man Ewan McGregor is writing a book on the history of Williams and Kettle Ltd and is keen to identify the location of a photograph he wants to win in the book. This image was captured in the early 1950s.“I have sourced it from the...

Gisborne ParkLIAM Wallace is better known for his musical skills. Last Saturday, the EIT Tairawhiti student proved brilliant with an instrument of the sporting kind. Wallace had a hole-in-one on the 155-metre par-3 second hole while playing with...

HE was speaking during the hearing of submissions on the council’s long-term 10-year plan in support of the Friends of the Makaraka Cemetery, who want to have headstones buried by the former Cook County Council dug up and restored. Spokeswoman Dot...

We are very pleased to see that the council is progressing a cycling “spine” to enable easy and safe cycle routes around the city. A built environment that promotes active transport contributes to improving the health of the whole population. In...

Electrinet ParkRODNEY Moore and Mihi Marino made it three Lunken Cup mixed pairs foursomes titles in four years on Sunday. The Moore/Marino combo defended the title with a net 70, with Anthony Pahia and Wiki Morrissey and Pete Stewart and Tracey Ford...

I have just watched John Kasich’s speech as he announced his withdrawal from the US Republican race for the presidential nomination. It was, for me, at the same time one of the most inspiring, gracious and yet sad experiences of recent times. Here...

In the interests of journalistic integrity, I think The Gisborne Herald should do an editorial on the outrageous avoidance of any reference by the American media to the Hunter Biden scandal, especially the censoring of the New York Post story by...

PASSERSBY acted swiftly yesterday afternoon to help a man working under a stationwagon, when the vehicle suddenly came down on top of him. It happened in the council's Grey Street carpark at around 4pm.“The vehicle was jacked up while the man did...