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Chopper ‘a godsend’ after quad bike accident

Waimatā Valley farmer Jeremy Watson was miles from home when he was injured in a quad bike accident, but help was on its way in the form of the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter. It happened a year after Cyclone Gabrielle but Jeremy...

Saturday’s the day for 2024 colour run

Save the date, says Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC). They’re talking about this Saturday, April 13, and the annual Colour Run for Diversity. The 2.5km run starts and finishes at Marina Park, with a start time of 11am. Already nearly 1000...

State Highway 35 asphalting work in Gisborne starts on Thursday

NZ Transport Agency/Waka Kotahi has announced detours will be in place during six weeks of overnight sealing work on State Highway 35 in Gisborne. Crews will begin asphalting work to renew the road surface at the Jolly Stockman intersection with...

Monuments cleaned ahead of Anzac Day

War memorials around the region have been cleaned in preparation for the Anzac Day commemorations later this month. Gisborne District Council liveable communities director Michele Frey said cleaning and caring for the many monuments, statues and...

NZDF payload on rocket launched in US

The New Zealand Defence Force is unable to confirm or deny it intends to send a military payload into space from Rocket Lab’s Māhia spaceport. This is after the NZDF last week revealed it had launched its first ever payload into orbit on board...

Safety, resilience, accessibility priorities of council’s transport plans

The region’s long-term transport needs will be confirmed following public hearings this week. The hearings involve the council’s Regional Land Transport Plan ( RLTP), Public Transport Plan (RPTP), Mode Shift Plan and Active Travel Plan...

Barbarich-Waikari wins Gisborne heat of Apprentice Challenge

Antonio Barbarich-Waikari has claimed the title of Gisborne’s champion apprentice for the second year running in the regional heats of the annual ITM New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge. Apprentices were put through their paces in...

Social housing milestone: Thirty-one families moving from temporary accommodation to new homes

Whānau are set to move into Gisborne’s new 31-home social housing development in Tamarau — the largest such development in the city in decades.

Gisborne Herald 9.04.24

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They’re not ‘crossings’

When is a crossing not a crossing? Leaving the chicken out of it — when it does not comply with the law. In the recent hoo-ha over some coloured stripes, commentators have referred to that piece of road as a crossing. By inference, it appears they...

Russia: The really dangerous ones are sane

There are plenty of crazies in Russian politics who make bizarre claims about their country’s victim status (“the evil West made us do it”) and issue blood-curdling but implausible threats about using nuclear weapons on their enemies. But the...

They went down fighting

Gisborne Boys’ High School put Kelston BHS to the acid test yesterday. Auckland powerhouse Kelston scored five unanswered tries in a 27-15 win against a gallant GBHS first 15 under game-day captain, tighthead prop Whetu McGhee. They were kept in...

Six decades of voluntary instruction

Dedication to pony club across 60 years has been recognised with the presentation to Shirley Hyland of the Volunteers Long Service Award from the New Zealand Pony Club Association. It celebrates the instruction and advice she has given many...

Teams for today’s premier rugby season-openers

With all six game-day squads for Tiny White Opening Day in Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Premier Grade confirmed, the rugby public can now cast a discerning eye over the talent to roll out at the Oval today. At 1pm on Oval 1, blindside flanker...

On the mats

Gisborne indoor bowlers made their presence felt at a “mini nationals” tournament in Napier over Easter Weekend. Dylan Foster played magnificently to reach the final of the singles. Foster, 18, was up against South Island team representative...

Sparks from welding started fire

Sparks from some welding set off a fire that extensively damaged a shed on a property in Collins Street in Te Hapara on Thursday afternoon. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two appliances to the property at around 2pm that afternoon after neighbours saw...

Sceptical about Destiny Church leader's plan to sue councils

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...

Prices ease slightly

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...