It’s very reassuring to know that the aces are in their places. As opposed to those aces who are now deemed to be wastes of spaces. Too bad for them that they were chunked down and let go through the decision gates — think of it as drafting...
Cabinet minister Louise Upston enjoyed driving an excavator when she came to Gisborne. “It was good,” she said. “I did all right.” The Social Development and Employment Minister was visiting the Truck and Heavy Machine Operator Training...
Brightly coloured liquor stores are “over the top” and such advertising needs to be brought under control. That was one of the points made in a submission from Nathan Cowie of Communities Against Alcohol Harm (CAAH) to Gisborne District...
The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team called on their bushcraft skills with a weekend search that involved multiple landings, an on-foot river crossing, and a hike out of the forest. Dispatched by the NZ Rescue Coordination Centre...
Provincial airline Sunair Aviation now offers daily weekday flights connecting Gisborne to Hamilton, Napier and Whangārei. Chief executive Mark Morgan said the flights from Hamilton to and from Gisborne and Napier were fast, taking just 60 minutes...
A group of the district’s Waste-free Warriors were out in force last week. They collected a huge pile of rubbish from along part of the city beachfront. In just a couple of hours’ work over a five-kilometre stretch of beach, what they found was...
The new format and features for The Gisborne Herald start tomorrow. As a taste of what’s to come, we have included your new Travel magazine in today’s paper. Moving forward, you will also find some changes to regular features such as farming...
Gisborne Hospital’s “unsung heroes” have been enthusiastically upskilling. Healthcare NZ-Tairāwhiti healthcare assistants (H|CAs) have undergone further training in infection control, catheter cares, fall risks and feeding at-risk patients...
The occupants of a car that left State Highway 35 north of Glenroy Road early Sunday morning had to climb out a window after their vehicle ended up on its roof in a shallow ditch. Emergency services were called to the crash at around 4am. “They...
Economic and environmental concerns have grown but the sense of community connection remains strong, according to results from Trust Tairāwhiti’s second Tairāwhiti Wellbeing Survey (TWS).
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A new Bailey bridge has gone up on the Makarika No 2 Bridge south of Ruatōrea.
More than $170,000 in community grants has been approved by Trust Tairāwhiti in its latest funding round. Cultural, sporting and tech initiatives across Gisborne and the East Coast are on the list of recipients. Two roopu have been selected for the...
The prosecution of a charter boat skipper highlights the need for operators to ensure they are properly prepared. The skipper of charter boat Pelagic — Kieren Boyle — was recently sentenced in Wellington District Court for a breach of the Health...
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A goalscorer’s celebration was judged to have gone too far and caused the player to be sent off in Eastern League first division football last Saturday. Xavier Priestley, a central midfielder with Gisborne Thistle Youth A, scored five minutes...
As two of the province’s golf clubs celebrate 50th anniversaries over the weekend, another will be the hotspot in the race for men’s interclub domination. Māhia started two days of 50th jubilee commemorations yesterday, while Tahunga marks its...
Gisborne Boys’ High School v Feilding High School is always hard on the rugby field, and always a beauty. This season’s instalment at Elwood Park, Waipatu, Hastings saw Feilding triumph yesterday 35-7. Feilding went into the clash with Gisborne...
Gisborne sent four young athletes to the Halberg Games held at King’s College, Auckland, last weekend. The 2024 Halberg Games — a three-day national sports festival for young New Zealanders with physical disabilities — drew 220 athletes...
Canoe sprints by Sally Cameron Poverty Bay Kayak Club racked up a huge medal haul at the National Canoe Sprint Championships on Lake Karapiro last week — with 28 of them gold. Three days of racing brought together all the clubs and New Zealand...
Against the wind . . . . The 100th regatta for NZ’s oldest yachting trophy, the Sanders Cup, at the Javelin National Championships off Kaiti Beach here this week, produced its first trophy winner on Thursday. Phil McNeill from Kerikeri and Hamish...
Unlock the secret to effortlessly vibrant gardens with euphorbia — easy to grow, stunning to behold. Unlock the secret to effortlessly vibrant gardens with euphorbia — easy to grow, stunning to behold. There are many, many different perennial...
There had been question marks revolving around Christopher Luxon’s style of leadership. Would he be like the CEO — which he was — answerable to a board and shareholders, or would he adopt a similar stance of former political leaders, who...
A real groovy pension, but plenty of tension You fly cheap for your life, don’t see much of the wife You’re boss of the caucus, but it gets kind of raucous You’ve got all sorts of wheezes, have to put up with greasers You can be stabbed in the...
More and more bull breeders have been using genetic tools, according to the latest research for the Beef + Lamb New Zealand-funded Informing New Zealand Beef programme (INZB). According to the survey, one in five commercial beef farmers now use...
There were no prime sheep or store ewes in the weekly sheep sale at Matawhero yesterday, just 1021 store lambs — mostly ewe lambs — and only two vendors. Prices eased slightly on those paid last week. The top price of $95 went to the Matuku...
by Tiny Thompson Last year Gisborne District Council, together with Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust, received funding from Waka Kotahi/NZTA’s Streets for People initiative. Under this initiative, one of the changes proposed restricts Kahutia Street...
Gillian Cowperthwaite learns more about the flourishing group for seniors that is Gisborne’s U3A. Gisborne’s U3A is a thriving chapter with 422 members, in a global movement which had its beginnings in France in 1972. The first New Zealand group...
The Tolaga Bay dog trial club ended the Poverty Bay Centre’s club season last weekend at Mangaheia Station and the event wins were shared around. Event one, the longhead, was taken out by Graeme Cook and Glen with a score of 94 points. The...
by Takoda Ackerley Regarding the Maxim Institute. In his opinion piece “Un-civil religion at the end of the rainbow”, Josiah takes a concerning stance regarding civil protest and the constitution of secular civil life. Brown, in his discussion...
by Martin Hanson Three recent publications have shed light, rather than heat, on the vexed issue of transgender. The most recent was the April 10 publication of the final report of the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and...
This Saturday is World Tai Chi/Qigong Day and local instructor Walter ‘Wiz’ Walsh invites interested members of the public to join him for a free session of the ancient Chinese practice on the grass in front of the Lawson Field Theatre from...
Gisborne police have made a plea for information that may help them with an investigation into a report of a sexual assault near the boardwalk on the city beachfront on Tuesday. The incident happened at around 5pm. “The suspect has been described...