by Felix Walton Legal experts say it will be “impossible” for Brian Tamaki to win his promised lawsuit against local councils, including Gisborne District Council, over initiatives like Gisborne’s rainbow crossing. The Destiny Church leader...
There was a total yarding of 2105 sheep at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, including 1871 store lambs, and prices eased slightly on the sale two weeks ago. MW & AM Flood topped that section, selling 46 heavy, recently shorn ram lambs for...
Trustees of the Waipaoa farm cadet training organisation have described an offer to accommodate their cadets on stations north of Napier as “an unbelievably good match”. The trust was down to its last cadets after Waipaoa Station was put on the...
Turihaua farmer and stud cattleman Hamish Williams embarks on a 12-day journey next week with a couple of mates as part of a fundraiser supporting Multiple Sclerosis. The Bangers to Bluff motor rally will involve 20 colourfully decorated cars and...
Wāhine came together at a Well Wāhine Week 2024 closing ceremony to eat, connect, and celebrate their experiences. “The closing celebration is a great opportunity for participants and providers to reflect on the week that was,” said Whiti Or...
Raukūmara Pae Maunga, the kaupapa working to restore the Raukūmara Ranges to how they were before pests, have been installing infrastructure within the bush to help with the mahi. They are working on Te Ara Tīpuna, a 500km heritage trail being...
Gisborne school students joined a nationwide climate strike yesterday. Their protest at the Roebuck Road roundabout was one of 20 climate strikes across New Zealand. “This strike aims to raise awareness about the urgent need for climate action and...
Talk by the coalition government of free school lunches being stopped has alarmed Waikirikiri School principal Yolande Julies. Losing access to the lunches could have far-reaching effects on students’ physical health, academic performance...
Gisborne District Council has shown its support for retaining Māori wards as the Government looks to bring back binding referendums.
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New Zealand rockers Six60 are counting down to the start of their Grassroots Tour next week — a 24-concert tour during which they will head down State Highway 35 and on to Beach Road, Tokomaru Bay (pictured), for their 10th show at Te Puka Tavern...
The date has been changed for the official opening of the Te Araroa Aerodrome, from Friday April 12, to Sunday April 14. “The date has been changed to the weekend to allow many of the private aircraft owners and others, who found it difficult to...
THERE is no stopping a tsunami or predicting when one will occur, but the warning signs will be there, says Kate Boersen of Illuminate Science. She was giving a presentation at the Māhia Golf Club in the first stop of the Hikurangi M9 Roadshow. The...
by Ryan O’Sullivan Woolly fleeces, cool beverages and record numbers of entries and game weighed made for a successful Tiniroto Easter Game Hunt. Celebrating their 20th anniversary, the hunt had 488 registrations with 369 animals weighed. Of the...
The grapes have all been picked in this season’s wine vintage in Tairāwhiti. While yields have been down, the grape quality has been excellent, says Gisborne Winegrowers chairman Mark Thompson. The last of the grapes, reds merlot and...
New figures from Health NZ Tairāwhiti show 61 pēpē (babies) were born in January and 36 in February at Gisborne Hospital’s Puawai Aroha Maternity Unit. In January there were 35 boys and 26 girls born, with the heaviest baby weighing 4650 grams...
Gisborne District Counci’s freshwater planning has been impacted by severe weather events and policy changes made by the new Government. A report to a full council meeting said staff working on the the Waiapu Catchment Plan were procuring...
Getting children and adults alike excited about science is the aim of Whizz Bang Science creator Emma Lucas’ show which she is bringing to Gisborne next week. The Unbelieve-a-Bubble Science Show has inspired sold-out audiences across the North...
The Infometrics economic monitor for the region that is commissioned by Trust Tairāwhiti contains useful insights on economic, labour market, housing and social indicators. The December 2023 quarterly monitor was released last week, with the...
Poverty Bay club rugby’s community event of 2024 takes place tomorrow at the Gisborne Oval. This season is boosted by the inclusion of Wairoa-based Tapuae in the premier grade and a Waikohu team in the senior 1 grade. Tomorrow the Oval will be the...
Coveted trophies go on the line at Gisborne Speedway Club’s track tomorrow night and the drivers will be going hard out to win them. The Roseland Tavern Stock Car Classic has always brought out the best in this class and there will be some hard...
More big guns have drawn a bead on the Rectory. After a year off, the man who led Kelston Boys’ High School to back-to-back Auckland 1A rugby titles in 2021 and 2022, Matt Howling, has again brought his crew here to battle the Gisborne Boys’...
Gisborne United got their competitive season off to a winning start with a 3-2 victory over Palmerston North side Takaro Jokers in a Central Federation Cup match at Marewa Park, Napier, on Saturday. The day before, Thistle lost their cup match 6-3...
Kick-off at 1pm in Hawke’s Bay tomorrow could be called Electrinet Gisborne Thistle’s moment of truth. Thistle face Taradale in the first game of the nine-team Central Federation League competition. All the preseason training and speculation...
The Pak’n Save netball competition begins for 2024 at the Victoria Domain courts tomorrow in the senior, secondary and intermediate grades, while in the premier division eyes will be on the performances of YMP, Horouta and Whangara. Premier and...
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Temporary Accommodation Assistance will soon be available to more people who cannot live in their homes due to the severe weather events here last year, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “This will help more people who...
Public interest in roading recovery following Cyclone Gabrielle has led to changes in planned public information drop-in sessions. Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC) is an alliance set up to plan, design and manage the delivery of much of the...
Rocket Lab’s next launch from Māhia is a double whammy, with two payloads due to be released into two different orbits. The “Beginning Of The Swarm” mission is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, during a 14-day...
The call has gone out for “amazing stories” of local businesses on the world stage as the ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards celebrates its 10th year. The awards celebrate outstanding exporters in the Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne region and...
Eastland Port was chocker yesterday and will be again today with kiwifruit and logs being loaded on Wharf 7 and Wharf 8. The second kiwifruit consignment of the season to leave Gisborne by sea is being loaded on to the freighter Crown Opal —...
There has been a happy ending to the abandoned dog story the Herald ran last month. Roamin, the 18-month-old Labrador/Greyhound cross is roamin’ no more. He was found abandoned in a local forest and cared for by two Gisborne women. Now a Makorori...