The Kiwifruit started to come off the vines around the district this week and NZ Fruits is working towards the first export shipment of the season from Eastland Port on March 15, Sunday week.“We expect to be able to export around 300,000 trays, or...
Tairawhiti police have brought an extra 40 staff into the district for the festive season to help manage the anticipated influx of holidaymakers. The extra officers from around the country will be here until the middle of January.“We are expecting...
GMC Green inflicted the first defeat of the season on defending champions YMP A in senior women’s hockey on Saturday. The “Green Machine” scored the only goal of the match. Hockey commentator Tony Scragg said the result was healthy for the...
District begins mammoth task to clear wood debris after ex-tropical Cylone Hale
NGATI POROU surfer Geoff Pardoe, of Gisborne, retained his stand-up paddleboard (SUP) title and finished runner-up in the longboard at the Aotearoa Maori Surfing Titles at Waitara, Taranaki, over the weekend. And while Pardoe was the only Gisborne...
Geordie Bull loves driving into Gisborne for the Poverty Bay A and P Show. His father Martin is from the region. He is remembered by many as a great horseman who did a lot of breaking and shepherding, and hunted the hounds in Mahia and Hawke’s Bay...
Poverty Bay have now tasted victory. The Jimmy Holden-coached Mixed Schools team won their second 30-over match at the Riverbend Year 8B cricket camp by 15 runs. The Bay achieved victory over Whanganui yesterday morning with a great performance but...
The most advanced and expensive telescope ever built is going to explore the “cosmic dark ages” and hopefully see into the first galaxies and stars since the universe came to be. The James Webb Space Telescope (known as JWST or Webb) infrared...
A WAIROA man who sexually abused two of his nephews was yesterday jailed for five years by Gisborne District Court judge Warren Cathcart. The man’s details are not being published to protect the boys’ identities. His name will now be entered on...
A man turned himself in to police after deliberately slamming his partner’s arm in a car door during an argument at Tatapouri Beach, Gisborne District Court was told. Rihara Eruera Raharuhi Maxwell, 34, appeared for sentence by Judge Warren...
Re: CBD parking meters. As an old hat, I was so used to the old meters, so it was time to change. After parking in Peel St outside the library, I walked down to the new meter and followed the instructions: rego and money entered, all good, pressed...
Poverty Bay players will be sporting newly designed uniforms for their Ranfurly Shield challenge tomorrow and a lot of thought has been put into it. The strips will still be the traditional scarlet in colour to stay true to the region but will also...
A rocket launched from Mahia last night marked a “major step” towards being able to make rockets re-usable, launch company Rocket Lab says. The mission, named ‘Running Out Of Fingers’ in recognition of Rocket Lab’s tenth launch, lifted off...
I have refrained lately from the ‘male v female' and the cultural-guilt discussions that have dominated your columns lately, as most of them do not auger for a better society locally or around the world in general. While the “British”...
From a Neil Diamond tribute to The Beatles a capella. From ukuleles to hauntingly beautiful Celtic music . . . the Musical Medley concert in aid of Alzheimers Gisborne Tairāwhiti had it all on Saturday. The fundraising event made about $1800, almost...
A brain injury survivor told Gisborne District Court a woman got it all wrong when she thought she saw him assaulting a man outside the public library. It was he and associates who were under attack, the accused, Louis Rehutai, told the judge. The...
The end of February marks the traditional end of summer and it seems to have been like one of those traditional summers we all remember from our childhood. A lot of hot days, many over 30 degrees with not too much rain to be had. In this region we...
Plans to upgrade the existing mountain biking trails within Whataupoko Reserve have been accepted by Gisborne District Council. Gisborne Mountain Bike Club approached GDC with a proposal to develop and extend riding trails at the reserve in Fox...
A WOOLSHED burned to the ground on Whiorau Station between Morere and Nuhaka yesterday afternoon and the cause is still to be established. The four-stand woolshed caught alight at around 2.30pm. Firefighters from Nuhaka volunteer brigade and Wairo...
Gaddums Hill could have been mistaken for a scene straight out of the wild west this morning. Cow boys were slinging guns like the good old days, as part of the Gisborne Pistol Club Gaddums Hill End of Year Shoot. Starting from 9am six-shooters...
The value of New Zealand’s primary sector exports is set to grow by $505 million to a new record high over the coming year, says Labour’s locally-based list MP Kiri Allan. The Ministry for Primary Industries’ latest Situation and Outlook report...
East Coast MP and Cabinet minister Kiri Allan has paid further tribute to Jacinda Ardern and publicly endorsed Chris Hipkins, who will become the country's 41th Prime Minister on Wednesday. The Justice Minister said the outgoing Prime Minister's...
WILLIAM Terrence Carrington, 63, breached a protection order for the first time since the order was made in 1993. Carrington pleaded guilty in Gisborne District Court and was ordered to do 90 hours community work. Judge Warren Cathcart said he wholly...
ALL three Doleman Cup cricket games at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday were abandoned at 5.30pm. After rain delayed the start of the games, scheduled for 40 overs but reduced to 30, Pirates, Gisborne Boys’ High School and competition leaders OBR...
WITH no heated pool available on the East Coast, a group of mums decided to bring their pint-sized swimmers to Gisborne. Parents As First Teachers co-ordinator for Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou Marina Dewes organised a pick-up of parents and children...
High school exams are a stressful time of year with results having the power to decide which future study doors stay open. For last year's exam-taking students there was that same pressure to perform well combined with a global pandemic locking them...
Well-being advocate, best-selling author and public speaker Dr Libby Weaver, known as Dr Libby, is back in Gisborne on Tuesday as part of her From Surviving to Thriving tour. About 10,000 women attended the public appearances of the Australian...
Re: Jacinda's “smoke and mirrors”, October 11 letter. I'm not sure what you mean by “smoke and mirrors show” — this seems pretty open to me, unlike the transferring of ownership, responsibility and funds between various entities. However...
The Roseland Tavern Drawn PairsOn Sunday, Gisborne Club Darts Association members gathered at the Roseland Tavern for the Drawn Pairs Association Trophy. This is a unique tournament where the pairings are given a handicap dependent on their make-up...
Saturday — CSL Security Saturday Summer Series, Race 1. Sign-on 1.30pm to 1.50pm from Bell Road, 2pm start. Graded race: A, B and C grades, 45-57km. Marshals are Graeme Elliott, Ross McKeagueTuesday (Jan 23) — Aon Insurance Brokers Tuesday...
ASPIRING professional cyclist Callum Gordon is feeling fit again. A bout of food poisoning after his memorable tour victory in China last year “just destroyed” him, but the 22-year-old appears to be finally over it. He’ll need to be. The Gisborne...
Manus, bombs, staples or just a plain old leap were among the box of jumping tricks this group of Gisborne children performed as they leapt into the Ilminster Intermediate school pool last week to cool off as temperatures soared. Ka Pai Kaiti is...
Motorists can expect delays on Rakaiatane Road and State Highway 2 at Manutuke from Monday. Tairawhiti Roads advises motorists works will start on Rakaiatane Road as preparation work for a road upgrade takes place. Both lanes will be kept open for...
THE third annual on-farm auction at Puketoro Station has been described as an “incredible” sale. Yesterday’s auction drew a big crowd to the property inland from Tokomaru Bay. The McNeil Farming yarding included more than 7000 ewes and lambs...