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Timely advice to prepare for future on our own

Clive Bibby When replying to Shamubeel Eaqub’s excellent advice on how we might achieve much-needed growth with or without Government assistance, l am mindful of all the submissions made to this and previous councils which have been ignored by...

House prices tumble, listings up

Gisborne’s housing market last month recorded both the nation’s biggest year-on-year drop and the biggest increase in listings. Latest data from the Real Estate Institute (REINZ) shows Gisborne’s median price decreased by 15.2 percent year on...

Crews working to clear woody debris from Tolaga, Tokomaru

Six contracting crews have been working to clear the beaches at Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay. Kuru Contracting Ltd has had three crews at Tolaga Bay, clearing the estimated 21,000 cubic metres of wood debris. They cart it to a site in Paroa Road...

Latest statistics show 44 in district have Covid

The latest Health NZ Te Whatu Ora figures show 44 Gisborne residents have Covid-19 as at midnight on Sunday. That takes the total number of cases in Tairāwhiti since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 to 25,749, and includes 39 deaths. In the...

Sex offender deliberately defied court order to stay away from children

A man on a court order to stay away from children for seven years has been jailed for breaching it four times. Jeremiah Cole Gobbie, 47, was sentenced on Tuesday in Gisborne District Court to 15 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to four...

B+LNZ base ‘better support for farming community’

Beef + Lamb New Zealand formally opened its first office in Gisborne on Wednesday afternooon, “to be in the community with our farmers”, said chief executive Sam McIvor. It is situated on the fifth floor of the former Post Office building in...

Celebrating ‘beating heart’ of the community

Every year the Gisborne District Council honours those people it calls “the beating heart of the community”. These good sorts, unsung heroes and community characters are acknowledged with a civic award, for their substantial voluntary service...

‘Māori David Attenborough’ named as semifinalist in 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards

East Coast conservationist Graeme Atkins has been named a semifinalist in the 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards. Mr Atkins (Ngāti Porou and Rongomaiwahine) is one of 10 people named in the New Zealand Environmental Hero of the Year Te...

‘Smoke chaser’ used to fight out-of-control cooking fire

Firefighters were called to the end of Kaiti Beach Road on Wednesday night after a small cooking fire a man had lit in trees and scrub got out of hand. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews there at around 8pm. A Senior Station Officer said they could...

Police arrest two men in connection with burglaries

Police have charged two men following multiple commercial burglaries in the city last month. Officers executed search warrants on Tuesday at two residential addresses which resulted in the recovery of some of the stolen items, including property...

Forestry workforce declining — report

The number of people employed in the region’s forestry contracting industry has halved in size in just two and a half years, a new report reveals. The situation was laid out at the end of November, in a report from Tairāwhiti CARE, the Regional...

Judge questions woman's remorse in posting sex pics 'for all to see'

A woman who posted sexually explicit pictures of her partner’s ex-girlfriend to several online sites has received an electronically-monitored sentence after failing to show much remorse. Last week in Gisborne District Court, Judge Turitea Bolstad...

'I was a child!':Woman thanks jury as 82-year-old convicted paedophile jailed

I would like to thank the jury, the judge and the court for removing a paedophile from our community that everyone should be protected from.” Those were the words from a young woman as her 82-year-old step-grandfather was jailed this week for...

Bumper crops: Tipenes top of the tater pops in Spud in a Bucket

It is amazing how many potatoes can be grown in a 2-litre bucket.” That was the standard comment at the weigh-in for the Alzheimers Gisborne Tairāwhiti Spud in a Bucket competition at Bunnings Warehouse on Saturday. The Tipene whānau had the...

Milestone 10th launch of the year as normal service resumes

After a three-month break, space company Rocket Lab has confirmed a launch is good to go from Māhia, tomorrow. It will be the company’s first launch since a failed mission in September. The failure led to the company suspending launch operations...

Scholarship winner eyeing super yachts

Lytton High School student Jeremy Auckram is this year’s recipient of the Tourism Operators of Tairāwhiti Gisborne Scholarship. The scholarship will go towards funding Jeremy’s studies at the New Zealand School of Tourism in Auckland. He hopes...

Ruatoria airline helps out when bridegroom and best man stranded in Gisborne

Air Ruatoria’s Mahanga Maru came to the rescue on Monday afternoon to help two key ingredients of a bridal party get to a wedding in Auckland after their flight from Gisborne was cancelled. The bridegroom and his best man made it to Auckland in...

Coastguard rescues stricken boat off Mahia

A Coastguard crew from Napier rescued three people from a disabled 12-metre pleasure craft off Mahia Peninsula late on Tuesday night. Police and the Coastguard were called at about 10pm on Tuesday to assist the people on board the Gitan II. In the...