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Main street looking festive

My congratulations to the gardeners who created the displays in tubs on corners at various sites in Gladstone Road. I think the main street looks quite festive with the plywood decorated Christmas trees and one shop having an inflatable Santa at...

Rail benefits outweigh cost

The Government has made the rebuilding of the railway through to Wairoa and to Gisborne a “low priority”, indicating it has little idea about the needs of rail customers, regional development and how to fight climate change. It has told these...

Good progress being made on claims: ICNZ

More than 70 percent of insurance claims for cyclone-damaged homes here have been resolved, latest data from the Insurance Council of New Zealand shows. A total of 991 homes were subject to a residential dwelling claim here at an estimated damage...

'Everyone's going to die soon anyway': Man's chilling excuse for pandemic sex attack

Everyone was going to die soon anyway so he could do what he wanted. That’s what a man said when he invaded a woman’s home and sexually attacked her the night before the Covid-19 lockdown started in 2020. The woman’s grandchild was asleep in...

Doing away with ‘blanket approach’ to speed management

The new National-led Government has scrapped the need for mandatory speed management plans that would have lowered state highway speeds on both SH2 and SH35. Changes made this week remove mandatory requirements for road controlling authorities to...

Collective effort for whānau who need a little extra help

The Nest Collective is once again running their Giving Trees campaign to help support whānau with babies and tamariki during the Christmas period and into the New Year. The Nest Collective Gisborne, which was launched in 2021, provides baby packs...

Gizzy resident celebrates 104th birthday

Today marks Gisborne resident Lucy Berry’s 104th birthday. Born in 1919 in Rotorua, she went school at Wairoa, before working for Sir Andrew and Lady Russell in the central North Island as a housemaid. She was first married in 1940 aged 20. She...

Finding funds for 4WD bus

The Tiniroto community, beset by road closures, has banded together to raise funds for a 4WD minibus. Helping them on their way is a grant from Trade Me Property Community Grants. Tiniroto faced severe repercussions from both Cyclone Gabrielle and...

Don Clouston Hay served RSA and his country

by Jack Donnelly and Wynsley Wrigley Don Clouston Hay has “crossed the bar” — the naval term for a sailor who has passed and crossed over the harbour sandbar and out into the boundless deep ocean. His pilot is God. He was 90. Don was a man of...

Eye on next generation

Re: te reo place names. I mentioned to my daughter that I had trouble knowing the government agencies because of their Māori names. She replied, “Yes Mum, but the next generation will take them for granted.” Wise words. Heather van Wyk

Relay for Life back on the calendar for 2024

Relay for Life is back in 2024. After three years of delays and interruptions caused by Covid-19 and flooding, the fun community event and Cancer Society fundaiser is back. The 24-hour event (midday to midday) will be at the A&P Showgrounds, on...

District council preparing transport plan

Important work guiding transport planning in Tairāwhiti is gearing up for public consultation at the end of summer. Every six years, Gisborne District Council produces a Regional Land Transport Plan which details the region’s priorities and...

Early Sunday call-out completes chopper’s week

Sunday saw an early start for the Trust Tairāwhiti Rescue Helicopter, whose final mission of the week was a 2.30am call-out to a trauma at Ruatoria. The patient was flown in stable condition to Gisborne Hospital. The team completed four other...

Supporting cyclone-hit growers at Hort Day

Following the success of The Evergreen Foundation’s recent Hort Day in Hawke’s Bay, the event is being held today at the Four Seasons Packhouse in Gisborne in partnership with Trust Tairāwhiti. Hort Day Gisborne is bringing together about 65...

Tenants turfed out as landlord finally shows interest in cold, mouldy, house

Rats came through the bathroom wall, rain leaked through the dining room ceiling and there was a large hole in the laundry ceiling where a builder’s apprentice fell through while re-roofing. The house a Wairoa family had been renting since 2012...

Kāinga Ora seeks feedback on plan for new houses in Ruatorea

Ruatorea residents will this week have a chance to find out more about new social housing coming to the town. Homes built in Gisborne are to be placed on properties at 9 Amiria Avenue, 7 Holland Place, 10 Holland Place and 25 Barry Avenue...

MP hails Wairoa as ‘heart of Napier electorate’

Napier National MP Katie Nimon paid special tribute to Wairoa during her maiden speech in Parliament, calling the community “the heart of the Napier electorate” with “endless potential”. The Napier electorate includes Wairoa, Lake...

Wairoa council to launch its own flood investigation

by James Pocock Wairoa District Council is about to commission an independent investigation as part of an effort to explain what the town’s mayor believes was unusual flooding linked to wood debris during Cyclone Gabrielle. Residents of Wairoa are...