Latest fromGisborne

Premium
Chance to collaborate and craft
Gisborne Herald

Chance to collaborate and craft

Arts and crafts arose in the wake of the Industrial Revolution and its mass-produced and banal decorative arts. But modern-day practitioners such as Patsy Matete know of the therapeutic value and the camaraderie of arts and crafts. Mrs Matete is an...

Premium
Upset win for Whangara
Sport

Upset win for Whangara

NETBALLWHANGARA Old Girls pulled off the upset of the Gisborne netball season so far when they soundly defeated High School Old Girls at the YMCA last night. Whangara held the lead throughout this Pak’nSave premier grade match and won 48-35. They...

Premium
Gisborne house listings stay same
Gisborne Herald

Gisborne house listings stay same

Gisborne's online housing market remained much unchanged last year, bucking the national trend. Figures from realestate. co. nz show new listings remained low in almost all regions last month compared to December 2021. Year-on-year only Taranaki and...

Premium
Civil Defence test alerts some
Gisborne Herald

Civil Defence test alerts some

Yesterday’s nationwide emergency phone alert test has been hailed a success — even though two-thirds of phones did not get the message. Tairawhiti Civil Defence and Emergency Management training assistant Paul Stuart said while the outcome of the...

Premium
Gisborne double for Vette and Smith
Sport

Gisborne double for Vette and Smith

SAFFI Vette and Stella Smith achieved a Gisborne surfing double at Raglan’s Manu Bay yesterday. Vette and Smith won the under-17 and u14 female divisions respectively in the Backdoor GromBash. And former Gisborne surfer Josef Jungwirth, now based...

Premium
Massive win Chris Moore Cup
Sport

Massive win Chris Moore Cup

Thistle Massive ensured they would finish the season with a trophy when they beat Lytton High School 5-1 in football’s Chris Moore Cup final on Saturday. Carpet Court Thistle Massive were in this competition because they lost their Bailey Cup...

Premium
Storyboards tell tale of Taniwha
Gisborne Herald

Storyboards tell tale of Taniwha

Locals can now read as they walk along the Taruheru River with Tairawhiti's first Hīkoi Kōrero StoryWalk along the riverbank as part of Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival. The Hīkoi Kōrero is a series of storyboards that tell the story of Taniwh...

Premium
Add fibre . . .
Opinion

Add fibre . . .

It is a national disgrace that gifts and other incentives are being offered to get people to get vaccinated. Maybe an injection of moral fibre might also help. Keith watts

Premium
Surfer saves kids blown out to sea
Gisborne Herald

Surfer saves kids blown out to sea

Quick action by a surfer prevented a possible tragedy at the southern end of Wainui Beach early Saturday evening after strong winds blew two children on an inflatable toy out to sea. A witness said the north-westerly blew the youngsters at least 100...

Premium
ErnieJ debut album
Lifestyle

ErnieJ debut album

“I didn’t realise there were so many Ernies out there,” says Gisborne musician ErnieJ who marked his metamorphosis from bluesman to pop-rock recording artist with his debut album I Know (You Don’t Know Me).“I knew no body knew me but...

Premium
The Guide
Lifestyle

The Guide

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nzThis weekThe Bandroom — TRAAMPS open mic for acoustic music, poetry and song; Saturday, May 21 (2pm).War Memorial Theatre — Young musicians battle it out in the East Coast...

Premium
One dead in Frasertown van crash
Gisborne Herald

One dead in Frasertown van crash

A MAN died, another suffered serious injuries and two others suffered minor injuries last night when the small van they were in rolled on the side of Awamate Road in Frasertown near Wairoa. Police, St John Ambulance, the Wairoa volunteer fire brigade...

Premium
Keeping fossil monster . . .
Opinion

Keeping fossil monster . . .

It is interesting to hear that our Prime Minister is not happy that a vast number of our citizens went without power and suffered from the cold. It is also disappointing to hear that they are still investigating why, after 10 years of continuous...

Premium
Let down by 'sensible one'
Opinion

Let down by 'sensible one'

Craig Bauld, I have known you for many years and although you can be a bit flaky at times I have always considered you the sensible one on the council. This time though you have let me down with your adamant views on this waka-inspired edifice. When...

Premium
Women's combo win in first outing together
Sport

Women's combo win in first outing together

Vern Marshall and Mick Maunder are centre open men’s pairs champions and Queenie Takurua and Dayvinia Mills have the women’s title following the finals at Kahutia Bowling Club on Sunday. For Tolaga Bay Bowling Club’s Marshall and Maunder, the...

Premium
Faith is not contrary to reason
Opinion

Faith is not contrary to reason

Martin Hanson (October 6 column) claims that faith is usually defined as “belief without evidence”. “Fact on the other hand, is that which is strongly supported by empirical evidence.” Where then is the evidence that there is no soul and...

Premium
Just remove pest trees
Opinion

Just remove pest trees

Having seen at least two articles in this paper about the detrimental properties of silver birch trees, and that they should really not be anywhere near urban areas, I now wish to ask the GDC through this column why action has not been taken...

Premium
Campion, OBR power to Hope Cup victories
Sport

Campion, OBR power to Hope Cup victories

The correlation between more cricket for junior high school players and the keenest of them reaping good reward is undeniable. Poverty Bay club cricket’s Hope Cup competition on Saturday saw Campion College follow their season-opening win against...

Premium
Historian enriched the community
Gisborne Herald

Historian enriched the community

There was a time when if anyone had a question about Tairāwhiti's history, the answer would be “ask Sheila”. Sheila Robinson, that is — former history teacher, Gisborne (later Tairāwhiti) Museum curator of history, Historic Places...

Premium
Tamatea leads MVP standings
Sport

Tamatea leads MVP standings

YMP No. 8 Willis Tamatea has a two-point lead at the top of the premier rugby division’s Most Valuable Player standings. He took three points in Saturday’s 20-14 win against Waikohu. Tamatea has 20 points but with two games remaining before the...

Premium
Coast favourite calls time
Sport

Coast favourite calls time

BULLOCKING forward Horace “Horse” Lewis has announced he will pull the plug on a stellar 42-year rugby career after the Ruatoria sub-union’s Barry Cup challenge against Uawa next month. Lewis played a major role in Hikurangi’s 18-16 East...

Premium
Support for Te Ao Maori welcomed
Gisborne Herald

Support for Te Ao Maori welcomed

IKAROA-Rawhiti-based Green Party list MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere has enthusiastically endorsed yesterday's Budget. The first-term MP said the Green Party's Te Matawaka (Maori and Pasifika) caucus acknowledged the new investment in Maori health...

Premium
No parties won, yet
Opinion

No parties won, yet

Now that the final election results are in, here’s a question for those moral mandators out there: with National on 44.4 percent and Labour/Greens on 43.2 percent, who has the moral authority to form a government?Others on the right, in an attempt...

Premium
Do visit da Vinci exhibition
Opinion

Do visit da Vinci exhibition

Congratulations to the museum for the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. Well worth a visit, as the museum is. Considering he lived from 1452 to 1519, da Vinci was extremely imaginative, ahead of his time and talented in so many ways. The exhibition is...