Manutūkē volunteer Rob Graham joined an elite group at the weekend when he won the over-60 years title at the North Island Firefighter Challenge in Palmerston North. Staged by United Fire Brigades Association of New Zealand (UFBA), the event is...
The Big Latch On breastfeeding promotional event is gaining in popularity. Last year, Te Whare Hauora o Te Aitanga a Hauiti organised the first Big Latch On outside of Gisborne. In 2024 the event expanded to Ruatōria, led by the Ngāti and Healthy...
Fire and Emergency New Zealand opened the doors of Gisborne Fire Station to the public on Saturday in what was hailed an “extremely successful” open day. Hundreds of people of all ages attended and enjoyed the experience in perfect weather...
High School Old Boys had one hand on a treasure they have hunted for high and low. But Rikki Terekia’s Enterprise Cars OBM came from 14-19 down at halftime, to pip their arch-rivals 29-24 and retain the Peter Martin Cup. The derby clash for the...
YMP turned the tables on defending premier grade netball champions Whangara Old Girls at Victoria Domain on Saturday and ran out convincing winners in a rematch of last year’s grand finalists. Other premier winners on Saturday were Clayden’s...
Shayde Skudder’s crew are on track. Lee Bros Shield holders East Coast Farm Vets YMP have followed up their 49-15 win on Tiny White Opening Day by beating GT Shearing Waikohu 31-10 in Week 2. YMP trailed OBM 14-15 en route to victory in the season...
Patutahi (1) have the narrowest of leads after the first two rounds of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub golf pennants. Only two points separated the top five teams at the end of the rounds held at Tolaga Bay Golf Club on Saturday. Patutahi (1)...
Call them the Cramer Kids, if you like. It doesn’t have the ring of, say, the Busby Babes, but it gives you an idea of the nature of the team. They’re young, inexperienced and the best rebuild option available to Electrinet Gisborne Thistle...
Some weekends are best forgotten as they seem to hold nothing positive and as far as the news cycle is concerned, the past one was a classic bleak weekend. A vicious stabbing spree in a Sydney mall kept many people glued to their televisions from...
Gwynne Dyer Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s “Supreme Leader”, is embarrassed and humiliated by the complete failure of his drone and missile attack on Israel, but does US President Joe Biden have the empathy to feel sorry for his old adversary?...
I would like to say a big thank you to the man and lady who stopped to help me outside Mitre 10 on Saturday afternoon, to get my wife into the car when she became unwell. It proves that chivalry is alive and well. On numerous occasions other people...
I am disturbed and saddened by the continuation of money wasting by our local council. Efforts to install traffic calming measures do not seem to take account of the road use by emergency vehicles. The installation of raised pedestrian crossings...
Rua Kenana set up a peaceful community at Maungapohatu. Police raided and arrested Rua Kenana and others for what they saw as treason. This came out from the early 1900s Tohunga Suppression Act. History tells us that when the army came to New...
An East Coast resident was supposed to arrive in style to Sunday’s opening of the Te Araroa Aerodrome but saving a life got in the way. Long-time Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust (EHRT) supporter Pia Sanson was to be picked up from Whakarua Park...
The coming together of two cultures through art is represented in a new piece created by Celtic carver Michael James Kerslake and master carver Matahi Brightwell. Michael James Kerslake, 40, from Wales, came to Aotearoa New Zealand to learn about...
Community and catchment groups around the country can now apply for funding from the Westpac Water Care Project to boost their environmental work and improve local waterways. The partnership between NZ Landcare Trust and Westpac NZ was established...
Police have an inquiry under way into a fire that gutted a stationwagon parked on the side of the road outside a house in Chalmers Road early last Thursday night. Fire and Emergency NZ sent an appliance to the incident at 8pm that night. “The...
The Bangers to Bluff motor rally crews, including Gisborne’s Hamish Williams (left) and his Team Whiti Rā mates Jack Harper (director/owner of Driving Miss Daisy NZ Ltd, behind Hamish) and David Jefferd, were in Westport yesterday en route to...
What’s Gisborne’s nightlife economy worth? “We don’t know because we haven’t tested it,” said hospitality businessman and musician Darryl Monteith during the “Let’s Talk Transport” Hearing on Thursday. Mr Monteith co-owns Smash...
The dry start to autumn continues for most of the Gisborne region, despite the grey skies and a touch of rain over the past few days. The soil moisture deficit for April so far is the highest for the past 10 years. As of yesterday, it stood at...
Police and excavators were at work in Eskdale yesterday amid the investigation into the disappearance of Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri, 1News reported online yesterday. “Police are making inquiries as part of an ongoing investigation into the...
The challenge has been issued. Long-serving disability advocate and former deputy mayor Nona Aston has challenged Gisborne district councillors to ride her disability scooter on a city footpath. She told councillors some carriageways and footpaths...
The Tai Uehā Grey Street project is behind schedule and Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust blames Gisborne District Council. The trust’s Amy Spence, speaking to the Gisborne Regional Transport Committee hearing on the Regional Land Transport Plan...
Nature provided a perfect autumn day at Marina Park on Saturday for the much-anticipated Colour Run for Diversity 2024 hosted by Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC). Several hundred eager people of all ages, and from a variety of cultural and...
The GP sector is in a crisis with practices such as Three Rivers, which serves a high-needs population, underfunded by more than 200 percent.
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Thabiso Mashaba from Botswana in southern Africa moved with his whānau to Ūawa Tolaga Bay. He talked to kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. Moving to Tairāwhiti is one of the best decisions Thabiso has made in his life, he says. Thabiso...
Gillian Cowperthwaite looks into the not-for-profit Tairāwhiti Environment Centre which operates a thriving enterprise focused on waste minimisation, conservation and biodiversity and education for the community. The Tairāwhiti Environment Centre...
Seven-year-old Viggo Mikkelsen Steele shares his final adventure tale from the trip, filled with Caribbean wonders and heartfelt farewells. Hello, it’s Viggo again. Since I last wrote a lot has happened. My dad crossed the Atlantic Ocean in our...
Squash, carrot and borlotti tagine is a versatile delight perfect for batch cooking, freezing, and all dietary preferences. Technically speaking, this is more a stew than a tagine because it’s cooked in a pan rather than the type of earthenware...
Discover the joy of growing your own celery from scratch, whether in your garden or a pot, with the flexibility to pick as many or as few as you desire. Do you ever buy a whole bunch of celery from the grocer, only to use a few stalks? Why not grow...
Alain Jorion Re: Stop the 52mm concession, April 11 letter. I have agreed with Merv’s comments about the useless dreams people have about rail travel between Wairoa and Gisborne, owing to soil type that rose from the sea. Far inland, I have...
Everyone has moved on from the 2023 election result, apart from the Labour Party it seems. The coalition Government has not only laid out its programme for its first 100 days in office, knocking off each point, it has also put up a 36-point...
I write regarding councillor attendance records. Is there a problem on council with attendance and are the percentages mentioned in the paper acceptable? Surely not a scandal? At what stage does non-attendance become an issue that requires remedies?...