Business Leaders' Health and Safety Forum executive director Francois Barton's talk on mental wellbeing in the workplace has been cancelled due to Covid-19. The event, organised by Gisborne Chamber of Commerce, was to be held at Wainui Surf Life...
GISBORNE ratepayers are likely to end up footing the bill to repair a railway crossing that one councillor believes should be funded by money from the tourism industry. Gisborne District Council’s infrastructure service committee last week agreed...
The outgoing, council-going Federated Farmers branch president and vice-president have both now responded to the editorial last Thursday which questioned what science it was that the farmer lobby group was basing its position around biogenic methane...
A Gisborne woman has shared her precious piece of coronation history in the week Queen Elizabeth II celebrates being the longest-reigning monarch in the Commonwealth. Flora Gillies treasures a silk-embroidered commemoration made for her by her Aunt...
We are two Christchurch mums who both started our businesses recently, and are passionate about getting children outdoors and connecting with nature. We are bringing a film to Gisborne called NaturePlay — Take Childhood Back, which will screen at...
A SINGLE mother warned by a visiting judge he would jail her for her repeated and highly intoxicated driving, was lucky to face a different judge this week at sentencing. Eden Monteith, 27, waitress, admitted drink-driving for a third time and with...
Despite the cancellation of all the region's main summer events, tourists are still flying here in droves. Air New Zealand figures show more than 18,000 passengers have booked to fly in and out of the region over the summer holiday period — from...
THE District Council will make a decision early next week on a change to the Gladstone Road Bridge shared pathway “clip-on” project and, in the Mayor’s words, “they are between a rock and a hard place”.Removal of the concrete parapet wall...
MONDAY, April 9 — Harcourts Vicki Taylor Pairs 2North/South East/WestRaewynne Cook/Trish Corson 61.01 Jean Turnbull/Caroline Taylor 60.71Linda White/John Rouse 54.17 Bette Parker/Carolyn McMurray 59.82Glenys Evans/Hans van der Kuijl 53.87 Pamel...
Keyan Summerlee, Freya Dowding, Gianina Camero, Indie Wolfe, Angus Wolfe and Santino Camero are the youngsters opening the refurbished playground at Gisborne Hospital's Whetu Ao Rawhiti Planet Sunshine. Giving them a helping hand is registered nurse...
A wheelchair is often a sign of disability, but in Gainor Newman's classroom it is anything but. With her new korowai draped around her shoulder, Gainor cuts a regal figure. A teacher at Kaiti School for 34 years she has seen five principals and has...
WINTER has started to make its presence more widely felt around the country and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has reminded pastoral livestock farmers of their animal welfare responsibilities.“This time of year can be challenging for...
The new Motu Bridge on State Highway 2 west of Matawai had traffic travelling over it last week and the $6.5 million project remains on track to be fully completed shortly. Construction of the new bridge started in October 2016. The old Motu Bridge...
Supporters of Tauawhi Men's Centre marked its 10-year milestone with a celebration yesterday at Te Wananga o Aotearoa's Whirikoka campus.“It was a great day for us to acknowledge those who have supported us over the last 10 years and some of the...
The Pine Hollow Riding School Holiday Programme in Te Karaka runs Monday to Friday with about 20 keen horse-riders of all ages and abilities coming together to enjoy all things equine. Owner Jacquie Paull says a typical day will start with the riders...
The Ewe Fair on Wednesday produced a strong start to the sales year at the Matawhero saleyards. All 7347 mums on offer sold and for good prices. The top dollar was paid for a line of two-tooth Romneys from the Hains at Pehiri, at $266 a head, with...
'A person's life can be acknowledged when things calm down'
THE No. 1 spot in the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty representative team is in the sights of Poverty Bay women’s open champion Tessa McDonald.“Hopefully I can be,” the 22-year-old told The Herald yesterday after earning her second Poverty Bay women’s...
Another Kaiti Mall? I’m afraid so. The area around the Lytton West shops has become untidy and dirty. The public toilets are disgusting. It takes just a few to use and abuse a public place, which is not fair on those of us who take pride in our...
Tairawhiti has so far escaped the measles outbreak affecting other centres thanks to a quick response two weeks ago. Four people were placed in quarantine or isolation after being in contact with people who had measles, but none have developed the...
The term conspiracy theorist is used as a weapon to shame and discourage people from critical thinking, where a conspiracy is a group of people who are secretly planning evil intent on another group of people. I will challenge the socialist agend...
Re: Reality that swift action is needed, July 31 editorial. Noted, but:1. No specific suggestions proposed on how the Government takes the people with it to cut emissions. 2. The Paris accord exhorts the signatories to adapt to the adverse impacts of...
A City Centre Spatial Framework made public last week identifies a need and opportunities for residential intensification around the city centre, and deficiencies that include a lack of mature vegetation, places for children, all-weather/paved...
Turanganui Schools Maori Cultural Festival came to a close yesterday after thousands of children from across Tairawhiti took centre stage to show off their waiata and haka skills. The week-long festival featured kapa haka groups from early childcare...
A man was taken to Gisborne Hospital with burns last night after a portable gas heater caught fire in a flat at a property in Rutene Road. Fire and Emergency NZ were called to the property just after 8pm.“The fire started at the back of the gas...
UP TO 100 jobs in Gisborne could go as the wood processing company JNL begins consulting on a proposal to nearly halve its workforce at its mill here.“Although this is a proposal for consultation at this stage we all know that companies don’t...
It has been a big week for the Government, with the relaunch of its disastrous KiwiBuild scheme and the announcement of its plan to restore the country’s rivers, lakes and wetlands. Both projects, however, face challenges and...
As someone who hadn't skateboarded since he was a teenager, I took it up again in my early 50s for the exercise. I'm now 60. Gizzy is great for skating — dead flat, good roads and good walkways. The thing that pisses me off is the number of times...
Families must immunise. That is the message from Hauora Tairawhiti as a board report on immunisation turned into a discussion on the national measles outbreak and the 32 fatalities in Samoa. Families had to keep immunisation up-to-date to prevent the...
Five members of a prominent Gisborne family — three siblings and two of their cousins — last week celebrated a two-day period when all of them were 60 years of age. Although they could not get everyone together for a photo, the Parker family —...
JUST days after foregoing Australia Day celebrations in favour of ensuring smooth going for motorists on East Coast roads, bosses of the Victoria-based roading company Services South East (SSE) are giving the district a big tick. Since SSE was...
GISBORNE surf lifesaver Laura Quilter has history to inspire her heading into a double whammy of international action in Europe. Auckland-based Wainui club member Quilter and Gold Coast-based Midway clubbie Chris Dawson are in the seven-strong New...
A tall mountain but not unconquerable. That's the attitude Rod Moore will take into the challenge of facing top qualifier and the district's lowest-handicapped player — Anaru Reedy — in the men's club championship finals on Sunday. Moore and Reedy...