A community snorkel day is being held at Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve on Saturday to celebrate Seaweek. EMR (Experiencing Marine Reserves) coordinators and volunteers will be there to guide people in the water. There will also be the chance...
Gisborne Boys’ High School (GBHS) held their athletic sports day at the Rectory Field yesterday. The selection of pictures above is just a snapshot of all the action on the day. Students clearly gave it their all. • These and other photos are...
The No. 1 fan of Black Ferns star Renee Holmes, 10-year-old Gisborne girl Charlotte Moore, has been added to the “ball kid” roster for the Chiefs Manawa squad and she worked her first game last weekend when Manawa took on the Hurricanes Poua in...
Surf lifeguards from Midway Surf Life Saving Club leapt into action on Monday afternoon when a group of young adult students on stand-up paddleboards were seen struggling against a strong offshore wind. It happened at around 1pm. The group of five...
Heavy rainfalls over the past day or so at the top of East Cape have been a reminder of just how wet it was last year. The wettest spot was Raukumara Station which received almost 160mm in the past few days including over 100mm in the 24 hours up to...
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Blow for democracy be damned. Newshub wrote their own obituary when they, like many others, signed up for Ardern’s funding on the premise that the truth is no longer a requirement for MSM (mainstream media). MSM have been disgraceful in their...
WATERPOLO The Diamond Cup for water polo went on the line for the first time in 60 years between Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay in the Hawke’s Bay Regional Aquatic Centre at the weekend. “It was awsome to see this tradition reignited,” said...
Gisborne riders have been competing over the past several months with the aim of qualifying for a start in the Horse of the Year events. Horse of the Year is the pinnacle show for many. It is even more special this year because it hasn’t run since...
Gisborne’s Saffi Vette had to settle for a top 50 finish at the ISA World Surfing Games which finished in Puerto Rico over the weekend. Vette was eliminated in repechage 3 of the women’s competition at the event which was also the final...
Monday, February 26 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 1 North/South East/West Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 62.08 Anne Roberts, Raewynne Cook 54.17 Vicki Nickerson, Frank Roach 57.50 Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 53.33...
Getting tough on gangs is popular with the public and in the face of escalating gang membership and gang violence, driven in part by an influx of 501 deportees from Australia, National and its coalition partners campaigned on and won a mandate at...
Bruce Holm Ah, beliefs, aren’t they wonderful things to have — especially as they offer such certainty. If I were to stand at the corner of the Sheepfarmers building in Tokomaru Bay and declare to all and sundry that I am Jesus Christ returned...
Re: Religious protection equal, February 29 letter. I would suggest that you are right. Mr Best’s argument is not that something is being erected, but that it is Buddhists — a group of people who are not, through colonialistic motives, forcing...
I admit to some anger addressing those who made comment on the editorial re media and democracy. It annoys the hell out of me as a long-standing journalist trying to serve the public good that such people appear to have no real understanding of the...
Poariki Station on Burgess Road, Pehiri has almost come to a standstill for the first time in its 120 years. The only access to the sheep and beef farm, a bridge across the Hangaroa River, was destroyed in Cyclone Gabrielle. Station owners Ian and...
The Rotary Foundation annual Tractor Trek headed down the East Coast over the weekend, driving into Gisborne on Sunday. The convoy of vintage and modern tractors started their journey in the Waikato, continuing through Matamata, Rotorua, Ohope...
Registrations are still open for Thursday’s Ways to Keep your Brain Healthy workshop run by Alzheimers Gisborne Tairāwhiti. The two-hour workshop is a non-clinical presentation that is easy to understand with activities that make it interactive...
NZ Post is urging charitable organisations and social enterprises here to apply for free courier services. NZ Post’s Delivering for Good programme aims to foster stronger, healthier communities around the country by offering up to 34,000 free...
A strategic review into the possibility of selling off Gisborne District Council-owned commercial assets, including Tauwhareparae Farms Limited, is now five months overdue. GDC-owned Gisborne Holdings Limited last year began a strategic review after...
Boaties are being warned of large swell conditions off the Gisborne-Mahia coast over the next few days. The wave warning is for the area from Mahanga to Potikirua Point. For the Portland Island marine area MetService has put out a gale and a swell...
A woman was seriously injured in a surfing accident at Wainui Beach on Sunday afternoon and Wainui SLSC lifeguards at the beach played a key role in looking after her before she was taken to Gisborne Hospital. The incident happened at around 3pm...
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After 34 years on Tūranga FM, Walter ‘The Wiz’ Walsh is moving on. He spoke to kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. Walter Walsh, 56, is definitely the whizz who is The Wiz, on the mic at Tūranga FM after entertaining the communities of...
Tina Ngata (Ngāti Porou) is looking forward to the opportunity to kōrero about urgent issues facing Māori, on the stage of M9. M9 is an event that is a mix between the modern-day TED talks and the age-old practice of oratory. The two-hour event...
Craft your own versatile garden with mobile planter boxes on wheels, personalised to fit your gardening needs and easily movable to any desired location. Planter boxes on wheels are pretty handy. They create a portable garden that you can move...
Prepare a quick dinner with Cheat’s Chicken Pomodoro — a delicious dish perfect for an effortless meal. Traditionally made with fresh cherry tomatoes, this dish makes a great speedy dinner. If you’re cooking for two, this recipe is easily...
A group from the Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club enjoyed hiking a section of the reopened Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, soon after it opened on January 10. Beautiful new information panels greet visitors inside the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk...
by Trevor Mills Kahutia Bowling Club members Dayvinia Mills and Mere Nepia earned bronze medals at the Bowls New Zealand national women’s fours at Taranaki last weekend. With teammates skip Kaye Bunn (Thames Coast) and Janeen Noble (Whanganui)...
The Tairāwhiti apple harvest has been going since the beginning of February, with the Royal Gala variety the first picked in the country this season, and it has been going well. Local apples have been packed and shipped to export customers in Asi...
Five vendors were brave enough yesterday to send store lambs to the weekly Matawhero sale but prices for these lambs remain very depressed, with no sign of improvement until meat schedule prices lift. The larger lambs, of which there were few, still...
A fascinating development in the Newshub shutdown saga emerged yesterday with the revelation of a meeting just over a week ago, where TV3 bosses floated a plan for a joint newsgathering service with the leaders of TVNZ and RNZ. The proposed news...