Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti allocated $136,141 of the $211,000 available locally through the Community Resilience Fund — an exercise SGT chief executive Stefan Pishief described as a privilege. A total of 47 sports clubs and organisations received...

As soon as Kings of the Gym director James Packman saw Kate Adams he knew he had found the ideal person to play star netball player Annie Tupua in the Kiwi comedy. Annie is Maori, a student teacher in the PE department and a very fit, born-again...

RUGBYFrustration: it’s one of rugby’s essential ingredients. And Saturday’s colossal jostle in the Civil Project Solutions premier-grade match between Enterprise Cars OBM and Larsawn Ngatapa at Patutahi was a tense test of nerve. OBM, the...

AS the number of solar-powered homes in the Eastland Network's region has doubled in the past six months, Eastland Network has launched its own solar research trial to challenge the claims of solar panel manufacturers. The trial will collect real...

Willows are the 'workhorses’ of Gisborne’s rural landscape and often the unsung heroes, said Plant and Food senior scientist Ian McIvor, who is general manager of the Poplar and Willow Research Trust.“Every day, willows are working on our...

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...

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...

At least 40 sheepdogs will go under the auctioneer's hammer on Saturday in the Whatatutu Dog Trial Club's annual sale. The auction takes place on Otara Station with viewing from 10am and the sale under way from midday.“Each dog will be put through...

For the eighth year Tokomaru Bay Heritage Trust is selling calendars to help fund the wharf restoration project. The aim is to collect $6 million to fully restore the wharf. Trust member Lois McCarthy-Robinson said the calendar sale was an annual...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Gumboot-sucking, shin-deep, gluey mud is what mandarin pickers are working in after flooding hit Murray and Wendy Burgess’s Blue Willow Citrus orchard at Te Karaka, and Mr Burgess could not be more proud of his workers.“This is it, our yearly...

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...

“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...

A 3D virtual reality experience that would give visitors to Gisborne “an epic ocean voyage” in a giant waka simulator is being proposed as part of a series of ambitious plans to help boost the region’s tourism industry. Speaking on the final...

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...

The Kaiti community has selected a new ‘‘dream playground’’ to be built at Waikirikiri Park following a six-month consultation process. Initial ideas and input were provided through an online survey and ‘‘dream playground’’ exercises...

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...

ANOTHER young woman was injured in an accident at the Rere rockslide on the Wharekopae River yesterday. It was the second accident at the popular spot since New Year’s Eve. A young Palmerston North woman was hit in the back of the head by another...

Contractors are turning the former Soho and Plunket building into office space for Eastland Port staff. About 20 staff are to move into the Crawford Road building, which is owned by Eastland Investment Properties Limited. Eastland Port general manager...

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...

Teams get down to playoff business

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...