The council proposal for Gisborne’s coastal bay to be renamed Turanganui a Kiwa/Poverty Bay is a good one — officially reclaiming the original name for our place, while retaining our other historical and, in the case of Gisborne, widely-known...
What have the Romans ever done for us? I propose London changes back to its original name, which could have been Llyn Dain, Welsh for “pool of the Thames”, or Llan Dian, referring to the Temple of Diana which was supposed to have stood where St...
The young teams in Senior B club cricket are doing it hard and that's how it should be. Both Gisborne Boys' High School (2) and Campion College had a tough weekend, up against good older teams at the Harry Barker Reserve. Nor did Hope Cup holders...
The latest World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Living Planet Report has found that half a century of human activity has decimated global wildlife populations by an average of 68 percent. The study analysed population sizes of 4392 monitored species of mammals...
SATISFACTION levels with the services provided by Gisborne District Council remain high according to information contained in the 2016/17 annual report. The council was told that 60 percent of residents rated the council’s performance as good or...
The National Party released an economic policy discussion document this week, with the attention-grabbing headlines that it would “set a bonfire on regulations” and commit to progressively raising the retirement age from 65 to 67, starting in...
Incumbent Gisborne district councillor Shannon Dowsing told Thursday’s candidates meeting at Holy Trinity that he was going to make an unpopular statement.“Council is actually doing very well,” he said. The council was “right on budget”...
The Spring Show will go down as one of the district's best and, as usual, it was a family affair again, just ask the Teutenbergs from Hinenui Genetics (pic 1) who took home the T.S White Memorial shield in the wool section. The stock competitions...
Poverty BayGOUT in his foot kept Wynne MacLellan out of golf for over two months. He’s back and on Sunday booked himself a place in the semifinals of the senior men’s club championships. The 60-year-old, who qualified 13th for the champs in his...
A SLICK Waikohu side outclassed Horouta Gold in Gisborne premier grade netball at the YMCA last night. Claydens Waikohu (1) now have the same points total (28) as YMP, who remain on top of the table by virtue of a better goal differential. In the...
Surf lifeguards from the Waikanae and Midway clubs will be in action at Mt Maunganui tomorrow in a carnival staged to give them something to make up for the cancellation of the New Zealand championships. Surf Life Saving New Zealand this week...
Public riots in London's Hyde Park in 1855 gave rise to the free-speech tradition that continues today at the park's Speakers' Corner, and it was partly the soapbox orators' theatricality that inspired the show, The Man. The performer behind the...
THE congregations of St Andrews, St Davids and Matawhero Presbyterian churches in Gisborne have welcomed a new minister into their ranks and for the three churches it ends lengthy periods without one. The Reverend Mary Petersen has been in Gisborne...
A correspondent this week said there were suggestions council-controlled Gisborne Holdings Ltd “adopt the Eastland Group model, with a commercial board of mostly out-of-town directors” — and asked how it would perform without the monopoly...
THE final Chorus design cabinet design has gone up and it takes a different direction to the previous four. In those four, Amie Coker created a stylised depiction of Turanganui a Kiwa-Poverty Bay, Julianne Poninghouse painted a Kaiti Beach scene...
Like the millennium and Gisborne’s opportunity as first city in the world to see the sun, the Tuia 250 commemoration of first formal meetings here between Maori and Europeans, in October this year, has focused minds on the legacy potential of...
Hospice Tairawhiti general manager Barbara Grout says there is absolutely no truth to the rumour that people visiting its Peel Street shop need to be tested for Covid.“We had a call from a visitor to the shop who said she had been contacted by...
Two caravans stolen from their freedom camping spots at Pouawa yesterday morning were removed with the wheel clamps still attached. One of the caravans was recovered in Glenroy Road, 7km north of Pouawa, with a missing wheel. Both caravans were...
The holiday season is only just around the corner, so here is a quick reminder around how, which, and when, to pay those problematic Public Holidays. If you are lucky enough to have a complete shutdown over the December and January holiday period...
THE Rangatahi and Pasifika Youth Courts, first developed in Gisborne under Judge Heemi Taumaunu, have gained international recognition for their innovative community-based approach to justice. In a ceremony at Auckland’s Orakei Marae yesterday...
The year drawing to a close is not one that will be remembered fondly by millions, marked as it was by acts of extreme violence and cruelty. This year it was the turn of the UK, usually one of the most stable countries on the planet, to experience...
TWO more medals completed a successful campaign at the New Zealand short-course swimming championships in Auckland for Enterprise Cars Swim Team. Jack Keepa added to his haul with third place in the 14-year boys’ 100 metres butterfly. He was also...
A metservice heavy raining warning over the weekend did not amount to much. The warning was in place until midday today, an expected further 30 to 50mm of rain to accumulate on top of what had already fallen, especially about the ranges. Peak...
Jo Ferris discovers history and romance while visiting some of Wairarapa’s landmark hotels
Summer is on its way and volunteer surf lifeguards will soon begin weekend patrols to keep beach-goers safe. Tolaga Bay lifeguards will patrol Uawa beaches from November 1, Midway and Waikanae Beach patrols begin on November 14, while Wainui surf...
A parade to commemorate the return of the Maori Pioneer Battalion from the First World War promises to be a rare spectacle on a scale never to be seen again in Gisborne, say organisers. It marks 100 years to the day since part of the battalion...
Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz says council staff are working around the clock to address the fallout of devastating flooding in Tairāwhiti this week, with the reopening of roads being the main focus. Speaking from her home where she is...
A friend owns a large contracting business in Auckland. When I visited he was operating out of an upstairs addition to a 6m x 6m custom-built garage, employing almost 50 people. The business has easily doubled in size since then. What he told me was...
Can we please have more appropriate signage for the “Dropout” on top of Gundeons/D9 Hill please?“Seal Repairs” and “30km Temporary” signage does not “cut the mustard”, and is inappropriate for our local and outside traffic to...
Poverty Bay players involved in today’s Ranfurly Shield challenge will carry history on to Tikorangi Domain near New Plymouth. Poverty Bay Rugby Union chief executive Josh Willoughby presented Gisborne Herald editor Jeremy Muir with a Bay jersey...
Gisborne woman Ngatoia Skipper-Whaanga Pincott’s poster with the theme of whakapapa has won first prize in the E Tu Whanau poster competition.“I felt a huge excitement when I won. The support I got from everyone blew me away and I want to thank...
GISBORNE District Council has been awarded the prestigious 2015 ALGIM Excellence in Innovation award for developing a smart financial management system called Financial Business Intelligence (FBI).Gisborne had two projects nominated in the final...
STUDENTS from eight Gisborne and East Coast schools will hold mock elections in September through the Electoral Commission’s Kids Voting programme. The students from Hatea-a-Rangi School, Tolaga Bay Area School, Gisborne Girls’ High School...
THE Government has shored up a continued supply of blood and plasma for New Zealanders, says Associate Health Minister, Peeni Henare. The Covid-19 response and recovery funding of almost $11 million will help the New Zealand Blood Service recover...