Participants encouraged to bring entrepreneurial spirit to Startup Weekend Tairāwhiti event
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Community-led transport suggested for Coast
by Zita Campbell A Botswana local living in Ūawa has suggested the district council operate a locally-led bus service along the East Coast. Thabiso Mashaba, an Edmund Hillary Fellow, told the “Let’s Talk Transport” hearing on Thursday it...
Water security: Aussie expert back in Gizzy 'training the trainers'
Australian engineer and inventor Dael Liddicoat has been back in Gisborne “training the trainers” to operate the lightweight deployable water desalination purification systems he has created for the Tairāwhiti region. Tairāwhiti Emergency...
Interactive science show at Tairāwhiti Museum good timing for school holidays
Tuhuru Otago Museum has set up its interactive Te Mana o Te Hā science show at Tairāwhiti Museum for people to explore issues around smoking and vaping. The hands-on science showcase has different interactive features that take people on a journey...
Enterprise Swim Centre closes for refurbishment, maintenance
The Enterprise Swim Centre has closed until near the end of the month for refurbishment work and maintenance. A pool spokesman said the work was overdue. “Hopefully we will be reopening on April 29 if all goes to plan. We are renewing the starting...
Critically injured in Wairoa stabbing
Assault suspect arrested after incidents at two addresses. A man has been arrested following an alleged assault incident in Wairoa in the early hours of yesterday that left three people injured — one of them critically. At about 4.40am, police...
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Disappointment as beach dig reveals no sign of missing Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri
The family of missing Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri and police were left “disappointed” and still searching for clues as to his whereabouts after an unsuccessful beach dig near Napier this week. Two diggers were put to work near the Esk River...
Demolition work begins on site of the Olympic Pool Complex
Demolition contractors moved on to the site of the Olympic Pool Complex yesterday morning and their heavy machinery made short work of the administration centre. Demolition has been pending since the Olympic Pool Complex closed last year to make way...
Mātai welcome mat to be rolled out for grand opening
Mātai Medical Research Institute opens its new purpose-built facility on the former St Mary’s School site in Childers Road on Friday. Everyone is welcome to join the opening celebration, meet the Mātai team and take a tour of the facility. The...
Firefighter Challenge: Manutūkē volunteer Rob enters Lion’s Den
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...
Big Latch On initiative expands to Ruatōria
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...
Hundreds attend 'successful open day' at Gisborne Fire Station
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...
OBM snatch late cup win
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 make a premier point
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...
Two from two for defending champs
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...
Slim lead to Patutahi at Oligoi Jug
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)...
Tough lessons for young players in 10-goal beating
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...
Stabbing spree at Bondi mall horrific
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...
A pantomime crisis, not a real war
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?...
Chivalry alive and well here
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...
Cross with ‘crossing jumps’
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...
Remember Maungapohatu
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...
Long-time supporter falls victim to nature of rescue chopper work
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...
Warm welcome for Welsh sculptor here to learn from master
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...
Grants for ‘passionate locals’
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...
Investigating vehicle fire in Chalmers Road
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...
Rallying for a cause
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...
Smash Palace co-owner bemoans night-time transport options
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...
Soil moisture deficit continues, highest in 10 years
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...
Missing man investigation development: Beach search near Esk River
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...
Footpaths a nightmare for disability scooter riders
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...
District council systems frustrate trust as Grey Street project drags on
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...