Young and talented rockers are ready to take the stage in Gisborne next week for the Rockshop Bandquest East Coast. There are a record 215 young school bands lined up across New Zealand for this year’s Rockshop Bandquest, the nationwide music...
One of the more famous police dogs in the country passed away in Gisborne on Friday, just three weeks into her retirement. Dakota — who appeared on the Dog Squad TV series — spent her career with the Wellington police dog section, most with her...
The Gisborne Salvation Army’s food bank is stocked up after a successful Resene Hunger for Colour fundraiser, during which people swapped a can of food for a test pot of paint.“We want to say a huge thanks to the Gisborne community, who have...
The “security crisis” at the United States-Mexico border is a political creation that played a big part in President Donald Trump’s election victory, and continues to energise his base — particularly through the constant coverage Fox News...
A GROUP of Tolaga Bay students will wear the silver fern today as they head off to Brazil for the first World Indigenous Games. The games involve more than 30 countries. Participants will compete in a variety of sporting events ranging from a few...
“FRISKY bulls” prompted a course change that meant records were not on the line in the junior and senior races of the Gisborne Boys’ High School cross-country on Tuesday. But organisers and runners were pleased to be back on the school’s...
RUGBY - OBM and Waikohu will face each other for the Lee Bros Shield after they convincingly beat their opponents on Saturday. The wet conditions evened the playing field for the two semifinal games, and OBM beat YMP 36-10 and Waikohu beat Ngatap...
POLICE believe they have made a “significant impact” on the “P” trade in this region with the arrest of seven people on methamphetamine supply and possession charges. Raids were mounted on houses in Gisborne and Wairoa on Sunday night and an...
Despite recent rain, the area around Gisborne remains in soil moisture deficit and follows one of the driest Aprils in the past 115 years. Climate records held by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) show it was the sixth...
GISBORNE has been placed in the high seismicity zone in new earthquake legislation but the decision means that owners of earthquake-prone buildings here have five more years to bring them up to standard, the District Council environmental planning...
There are a number of figures that we should keep in our minds if we want to avoid being thrown into a panic by doomsayers. They are broad, approximate figures and I sometimes round them up or down a bit to make them easy to remember, but they are...
More of Tairawhiti’s tourism attractions, and down-to-earth residents, will be encouraging overseas tourists to come here — and the way is open for the whole district to join in. A year-long Tourism New Zealand campaign went live in Australia on...
Thank you Heather Marion Smith for your reply of August 18. The lesson in economics is duly noted but until that utopia of plentiful money for pest control arrives, aerial 1080 is the best method available for large-scale ecological restoration of...
The Te Araroa Dog Trial Club have cancelled their centenary trial, which was to have been held on February 18 and 19, due to Covid and the red traffic light requirements around gathering numbers. This will be a major disappointment for the club that...
THOUSANDS flocked to Wairoa’s showgrounds for fun in the sun on the last day of the annual A and P Show on Saturday. People had a taste of shearing, rodeo, showjumping, bouncy castles, food and more during the final day of the three-day show, which...
THIS has been the greatest threat. The Wairoa sub-union — made up of Wairoa Athletic, Mahia, Nuhaka, Tapuae, YMP of Raupunga and TKT — will challenge Uawa in Tolaga Bay for the iconic Barry Cup at 2.30pm tomorrow. Wairoa have an experienced...
A house built high on a Mahia hill has landed a Gisborne building company a category win in the national Master Builders House of the Year Awards. The category stipulates the house must be a new house valued at between $550,000 and $700,000. The win...
A Tairāwhiti-based cultural initiative to strengthen Pasifika identities through performing arts has been funded by the Department of Internal Affairs (Te Tari Taiwhenua).The Pacific Islanders Community Trust (PICT) has been holding Pasifik...
Community involvement will be key to the process
NEW lending restrictions for investors could be having an impact on home values here, with new statistics showing the average price of a house in Gisborne rising almost 5 percent to $246,757. The latest QV house price index shows the average value of...
A forestry worker died yesterday when he was struck by a falling tree while working in a forest at Raukumara in a remote area about 20 kilometres inland from Tokomaru Bay. Emergency services were notified at around 12.30pm. It happened in a forest on...
WAINUI Sharks beat Bohemians 4-3 at Wainui on Saturday, but the scoreline is not even half of this Eastern League Division 1 football story. Bohemians led 3-0 at halftime, then Wainui came storming back. Ricky Boyd scored a hat-trick as the Sharks...
THE future of the SeniorNet Gisborne computer tuition group is uncertain as membership and tutor numbers continue to fall. The organisation’s options are to be discussed at its annual meeting this Tuesday. SeniorNet Gisborne was formed in 2000 to...
CRICKETWIN or lose tomorrow’s Hope Cup cricket semifinal, Campion College player-coach Mark Naden says Horouta are “awesome to play against” and the Campion boys can’t wait.“They play hard and no doubt will want to make the final against...
Gisborne's premier — and probably only — jazz collective is stepping under the lights again to treat ears to all shades of jazz this Friday at Smash Palace. The six-piece John Mackill's Jazz Collective is bringing decades of experience to the...
Panel discusses stigma, and implications for medicinal users
Driving along magnificent stretches of Central Otago highway without a care in the world, the sun streaming down from a clear, blue, autumn sky, my husband Chris and I encountered some extraordinarily-friendly gestures from the occupants of other...
Anne Salmond’s comments on equality have left me somewhat puzzled. She has accepted the title of “Dame” and is addressed as Dame Anne. Surely knighthoods and dameships are leftovers of the class-ridden society of Britain, and reinforce the...
Gisborne sisters Asia and Mahia Braithwaite finished runners-up in their divisions of the Gisborne Junior Pro surfing contest at the weekend. Asia Braithwaite was second to Christchurch surfer Ava Henderson in the under-18 girls' division. Henderson...
Great to see someone finally has the common sense to get the waka sorted in Anzac Park, which will be a tremendous boat facility with rowing and kayaking there as well. However, I strongly disagree with the overload congestion of the Marina Park...
My name is Gabriel and I am a student at Campion College. On Fridays we do Impact Projects, around things we have a passion for. This semester I have chosen to take part in a project centred around trying to remove single-use plastic bags and straws...
Gisborne footballers Brooke Bennett and Rubi Perano are ready to travel the long and winding road for the next three months. Goalkeeper Brooke, 17, and centreback Rubi, 16, have been selected in the 18-strong Central Football squad for the National...
SOME Gisborne district councillors are unhappy with what they perceive as a lack of progress concerning the Joint Management Agreement (JMA) with Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou. Councillors agreed at their full council meeting to appoint the mayor or...
SCOTT Hollinshead was the toast of a Pirates side who upset the form book with a thrilling two-wicket win against High School Old Boys in Doleman Cup 40-over cricket at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. Hollinshead was superb, hitting 11 fours and...