Hurricanes Poua again use haka to call out Govt despite warning. Extract from RNZ: “Late Saturday night, the Wellington-based franchise issued a statement explaining while the words of the haka were open to interpretation, the latest haka was not...
Please wait a moment for the PDF to load: Click here for a direct link Click here for a direct link
This year’s Vista Foundation 48HOURS filmmaking challenge is fast approaching with registrations opening on Monday, March 18. The shoot weekend is May 17-19. Since 2003 this competition has recognised and celebrated the future wave of Kiwi...
by Kim Parkinson Please Adjust Your G-String” is the story of a hilarious OE experience, with a difference. Margaret Austin left New Zealand in 1975 with no idea what lay ahead on the other side of the world. Blessed — or cursed — with a sense...
This week Barton & Brodsky Chamber Music NZ concert featuring the Brodsky Quartet and didgeridoo player Wiliam Barton. War Memorial Theatre, Thursday March 14, 7.30pm. Ladies Night Gisborne Centre Stage production of the 1980s classic by Anthony...
If washboard abs and bulging biceps are your thing then this could be the show for you. The Sydney Hotshots are bringing their Magic Mike-style revue to Gisborne’s Shipwreck Bar next Tuesday. This group of dancers boasts Australia’s most...
A Kahutia team recovered from a narrow first-round loss to win the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast junior optional two-bowl triples champion of champions tournament. Teams from Gisborne, Kahutia, Te Karaka and Poverty Bay bowling clubs competed in this...
Hopes are high among the Gisborne clubs for medal success at the New Zealand surf lifesaving championships and the Midway club look set to be a serious contender for the top three places on overall points. The championships start this morning for...
Labour MPs have gathered for their delayed annual caucus retreat and will have a full agenda as the party continues a rebuilding process after its decimation at last year’s election. It was during the party’s retreat in January 2023 that Jacind...
by Simin Williams Last week we learned that the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is putting $800,000 of taxpayers’ money towards a documentary called Jacindamania about former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Apparently $3.2m is needed for the...
Would The Gisborne Herald, the district council and others cease spreading the misinformation of calling that unnecessary structure a “thousand-year bridge”. The Polynesian people who became Māori arrived in Aotearoa around the years 1250 to...
In response to the article regarding the sports complex, I would like to offer some clarity on this topic. During deliberations with the Indoor Advocacy Group my understanding has always been that it would be a multi-purpose complex suitable to...
Re: Report into climate risk finds Europe unprepared, March 13 story. I am pleased that although The Gisborne Herald is no longer locally owned, you continue alerting us to overseas news that globally affects humanity’s long-term wellbeing...
Outward Bound is often referred to as a place where people’s lives are shaped and transformed, and it certainly rings true for Gisborne couple Lanie and Boyd Wilton. They met when they were both on a “Discovery" professional course in Anakiw...
The weather was expected to be fine for the visit of luxury cruise ship Nautica this morning, but sea conditions might play a part. “The captain will weigh up the situation when the ship arrives,” a ships agents spokesman said. All being well...
Time is running out for apprentice builders to get competitive in the ITM New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge. Entries close on Monday, March 25. Regional heats will take place in April in 20 locations around the country, including...
Rocket Lab’s 45th Electron mission, “Owl Night Long,” lifted off from Mahia early yesterday morning. It launched at 4.30am, successfully deploying a satellite for Japanese Earth-observation company Synspective. Rocket Lab has been the sole...
Gisborne District Council’s 2024-2027 Three Year Plan (3YP) is being considered at a council meeting today before it goes out for consultation with the community. The plan outlines the challenges facing the council and how it intends to pay for...
Morehu Pewhairangi has blessed many of the 90 new Gisborne homes Kāinga Ora has built in the last two years. As a kaikarakia based in Tairāwhiti, he knows that a blessing is an important part of providing homes for whānau who haven’t had...
The region’s housing crisis will continue if a proposed development strategy is not changed, the group tasked with solving the problem have warned. Gisborne District Council’s draft Future Development Strategy (FDS), which will shape housing in...
Ormond School held their triathlon on Tuesday. Students flew across the Nelson Park grass in the running races and put in 110 percent in the other two legs of the tri as well - the swimming and the cycling. It was all go and a resounding success
Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC) is in the process of developing a hub for its planned roading and bridging improvements works on the East Coast. A complex is being established on land adjacent to Awapuni Road, alongside the railway station. The...
Please wait a moment for the PDF to load: Click here for a direct link Click here for a direct link
Please wait a moment for the PDF to load: Click here for a direct link Click here for a direct link
Tauranga driver Adam Mayor won the main event at Eastland Kart Club's annual club champs at its Te Maanga Road track on Sunday. Mayor won the main-event final over 10 laps, recorded the fastest lap of the day — 19.255 seconds — and passed more...
A one-hoop advantage in differential determined the winners of Barry Memorial Croquet Club’s Hi/Lo Golf Croquet Doubles tournament. In Hi/Lo competitions, high-handicap players are partnered with low-handicap players, the idea being that the less...
Simon and Josi Beamish and Hugo and Pip Beamish of Awapai Station in the WhanaWhana Valley near Hastings were last week announced as the Supreme Winners of 2024 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards. They will open up their property (pictured...
Approximately 540 cattle were sold yesterday at Matawhero, to a small crowd of mostly vendors, and there was a total clearance with good prices paid for all classes. Arakihi Station sold a pen of six South Devon cross 18 month steers, weighing...
A new era for Tairāwhiti news, story-telling and business promotion is under way with the announcement yesterday that NZME has acquired the publishing and digital assets of The Gisborne Herald. The ownership change secures the future of The...
by Gwynne Dyer Good news! The US logistical support ship General Frank S. Besson Junior has just sailed from Virginia carrying the equipment needed to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza. That will enable the US to deliver food to the...
Recently 1News had an item regarding some police members being very disappointed with the present Government pay offer. I can’t comment on the fairness or otherwise of the current offer, but I was intrigued to hear in the broadcast that sworn...
Those anti-reality protestors may soon be regretting Helen Clark closing down many of the mental health institutions, and Jacinda Ardern for losing $1.9 billion promised for mental health down the back of a couch. For their tirades are becoming more...
GDC ready to start preparatory work on remediation of site at Mangahauini River Gisborne District Council is preparing to carry out work to stop waste from the landfill in Tokomaru Bay being exposed by erosion during severe weather events. Funding...