Re: We’re out: Te Aitanga a Māhaki withdraw from agreement with council, February 24 story. This is one of the saddest stories our region has ever faced. Willie Te Aho says Te Aitanga a Māhaki has withdrawn from an agreement with the District...
Re: Look back to forebears, February 17 letter. I can’t help but wonder, Mr Best, what your problem is. Is it a stupa on Kaiti Hill, or is it that it is Buddhists who want to build it? And why bring the Christian missionary William Williams into...
Re: Highway repairs vs rail, February 27 letter. Hello Niall. On behalf of your National Rail Advocacy Collective you also had letters to the editor on December 13, 2023, “Rail benefits outweigh costs”, and December 21, “Costs that deliver...
This year is Leap Year and today, February 29, is Leap Day — a time seen as both lucky and unlucky, and with the possibility of romance. Newspapers from Gisborne’s past reveal people’s fascination with the four-year adjustment to the calendar...
A monitor farm programme returns to the East Coast tomorrow at Tutumatai Station (pictured) near Ruatōria and the invitation has gone out to all those interested to attend a field day to get the programme started. Tutumatai Station will be a Beef +...
With the second season of Frocks on Friday coming to an end this week, “frockstars” are getting ready to dress up for the finale event — the Frock It All Ball. The theme of the sold-out event is in the typical #FrocksonFriday style of...
Fire and Emergency NZ has further delayed the introduction of a restricted fire season across the region. FENZ had planned to review the fire season changes again tomorrow. “However, the recent rain has put us below the threshold required for FENZ...
A message of unity was shared through a performance at the Tairāwhiti Together Tomorrow Summit “Our differences make us stronger”, Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust kaihautū (chief executive) Teina Moetara told those at the summit on Friday. Mr Moetar...
The second edition of Te Tairawhiti Brick Show is to be held at Easter weekend. Organiser Duncan Chisholm is excited to be presenting the show once again and is expecting a lot more displays than last year. So far, 40 trestle tables have been...
People flying in and out of Gisborne Airport can expect to pay more for seats and luggage as Air New Zealand says it can no longer absorb increasing costs. “Like many Kiwis and businesses, Air New Zealand has faced increasing costs over the past...
How a pod of false killer whales ended up stranded on a beach near Māhia this summer may never be known, marine scientist Jochen Zaeschmar says. A pod of 44 false killer whales and one bottle-nose dolphin stranded last month at Taylor’s Bay. Once...
The Department of Conservation has warned that volunteers trying to refloat stranded whales face a heightened risk of shark attacks in the wake of Sunday’s shocking incident involving a great white shark at Opoutama at Māhia.
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Crown goes to Palmerston North’s Hey; Mulcahy the best of Gisborne's drivers.
A possible sharing with councils of GST revenue from the construction of new houses was warmly received by the local body sector yesterday, after Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop told Wellington’s Chamber of Commerce he was contemplating this...
by Gwynne Dyer More than four months into the sixth Arab-Israeli War, with about 1500 Israeli dead and 30,000 Palestinian dead, all the major local actors are stuck. Only the United States can stop the killing — if it chooses to. Gwynne Dyer The...
I follow with interest the articles and letters about roads, etc. The barrier we hit is disinterest. As I use a wheelchair, my focus is footpaths. The council doesn’t want to repair and maintain existing footpaths. They want to build nice new...
Surely health, like education, housing, justice, employment, transport ki era atu ano hoki are Article 3 citizenship rights under the Treaty of Waitangi. Lady Moxon and her time-wasting mates know this, but choose to confuse and divide New...
Thirty-four years with the Cancer Society working to keep our communities free from the triggers that decimate our bodies and minds with cancer — years of advocating and standing firm, until at last our voices were heard. Hope came in the words...
Good weather played the part for the Matawai Dog Trial Club’s event last Friday and Saturday and the trial attracted a healthy number of competitors across the two days. The titles were shared around across the four events. “A huge thank you to...
It’s hard for event organiser Sue Wilson to pick a highlight from the two-day East Coast Farming Expo last week, aside from saying it was a fantastic success. Nearly 900 people came through the gates at the Wairoa Racecourse over the two days, all...
The Well Wāhine health and wellness event is back for its fourth year. Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti has teamed with local providers to celebrate International Women’s Day and bring 10 days of activities focused on wāhine health, movement and...
One of the region’s biggest working farms is going under the hammer for the first time. The historic Waihau Station has been farmed by the same family for generations, but the 298.18-hectare farm is surplus to the incumbent family’s...
Gisborne’s dry soils gained a reprieve on Monday from a one-hour burst of rain that pulled the Flats and coastal area from the brink of drought. While some rain was predicted over Sunday and Monday, it was an unexpected rain cell that delivered...
Work gets under way at the beginning of next month on a range of safety improvements at Tatapouri Beach on State Highway 35. The work at the popular location will include a new right-turn bay for people to better access the beach from the highway...
Gisborne forestry identity Sheldon Drummond says the industry must “use the whole tree” to be profitable and sustainable. Speaking at the Tairāwhiti Tomorrow Together summit last week, the former general manager of Juken NZ”s forestry...
Coalition Government ministers have approved $3 million for optioneering and geotechnical work to begin the Tiniroto Road rebuild. During Cyclone Gabrielle, Tiniroto Road was washed out along the Bluffs section and approximately 1400 metres of road...
Person in water trying to save stranded whale ‘miraculously’ not injured when 5m shark struck.
Six60 fans are being encouraged to get in early to secure tickets when the band play on the East Coast and in Gisborne as part of their Grassroots Tour of the country in April/May. The 23-show tour, being promoted as “an intimate tour” of venues...
Tasked with finding failings in forestry practices following 2018 storms, but missed a number of 'major' issues: reports.
The cruise ship season resumed yesterday after the cancellation of the Regatta’s visit with the arrival of the Silver Muse, pictured under a rainbow — its third scheduled visit this summer. “The weather and swell conditions were perfect,”...
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There will be a lot more interest than normal in the Reserve Bank’s quarterly monetary policy statement and official cash rate (OCR) decision tomorrow, after stronger-than-expected labour market data out earlier this month pushed back market...