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Traumatic ocean ordeal after yachtsman caught out by storm

21-year-old battled terrifying five-metre swells and 50-60km/h winds.

Cumulative impacts are tough to handle

In the latest setback in what seems to be an endless winter, the Gisborne and Wairoa districts have yet again been pummelled by more severe weather. We entered the weekend faced once again with what seems like a never-ending series of rain warnings...

No reason to fiddle with major city road

Roger Handford So a behind-the-scenes alliance of council, the NZTA and a skateboard group is to take over and “remake” Grey Street. I don’t know about other ratepayers, but I am sick and tired of interest groups and the council creating...

A privilege for region that Mātai has established here

Mātai is shaping the future of medical research and innovation. What an incredibly informative and inspirational symposium they held at the War Memorial Theatre last week, with so many distinguished speakers. Mātai Medical Research Institute has...

Go play on the road!?

Re: “Play Streets”. I’m confused. Are roads/streets for vehicular travel or children’s playgrounds? Are we now teaching our children that it’s a good idea to play on the road? Perhaps Health and Safety might have an opinion about this...

New Climate Minister needs to get to COP 28

Bob Hughes New Zealand has a new Government with a new leadership team. Sadly, Simon Watts will be Climate Minister outside the Cabinet. Unlike the previous Labour government with the Green Party’s James Shaw as its representative, climate change...

Positive read much appreciated

Re: Adversity and recovery themes, November 25 story in Focus on the Land. Page 16 in The Herald on Saturday was such a positive read. I am so negative about our next three years, so this article gave me the warm fuzzies! Congratulations Dr...

Winners and losers of election

The Labour Party lost the election decisively. I want to congratulate the three winning parties and the tobacco industry, and commiserate with the losers: child poverty and climate change advocates and our kids who will once again be denied the...

Hospital bursting with babies: October's mini baby boom

October brought 50 pēpi/babies into the world in Tairāwhiti at Gisborne Hospital. The busiest day of the month was Thursday, October 12, with 5 bubbas now sharing a birthday. Hauora Tairāwhiti gave a “big thank you to our maternity team and...

Rain, debris, clean, repeat

The southerly that dumped large quantities of rain on the region at the weekend sparked evacuation alerts at Te Karaka and caused a considerable flow of debris down city rivers which has again covered beaches in wood.

Special day for former Gisborne Refrigerating Company workers

Organisers of today’s freezing workers reunion now expect close to 200 people to attend the first get-together of former Gisborne Refrigerating Company workers since the works closed in late 1994. The reunion starts at 2pm this afternoon in the...

Change in government heralds referendum on Māori wards

Gisborne District Council voters will have a referendum at the 2025 local body election to decide whether to retain the Maori ward. That is the result of a policy announcement made yesterday by the newly sworn-in coalition Government. The policy...

New East Coast MP Dana Kirkpatrick looking forward to maiden speech

Yesterday was an exciting day for new East Coast MP Dana Kirkpatrick as the National-led coalition Government was sworn into office. Ms Kirkpatrick is eagerly looking forward to delivering her maiden speech. “I have been thinking about my maiden...

Man admits child sex offences

A Tongan national has admitted three historical sex offences, involving a girl under 12 years old. Leimoni Raymond Taofi was helped by a court-appointed interpreter to enter his guilty pleas during a Crown call-over fixture in Gisborne District...

Taking the White Ribbon Pledge to help reduce men’s violence

People here have been signing the White Ribbon Pledge to help reduce violence to women. The Violence Free Network yesterday held a signing session ahead of White Ribbon Day (today), encouraging men to sign a pledge committing them to one of eight...

Redundancy letters to 45 at Juken mill sent ‘with regret’

Redundancy letters have been given to more than half of the 80 employees at the Juken mill at Matawhero. In a statement late yesterday afternoon, Juken NZ managing director Hiroyuki Kawado said, it was with regret that the redundancy letters had...

Suspected Riverdale home invaders back in court

A trial date has been set for a group of men accused of attacking a 61-year-old in his Riverdale home. Mana Wimutu, 27, Iras Tipene-Brown, 22, Mohi Apanui, 23, and Israel Benjamin Peri, 28 , had allegedly been stealing alcohol from shops on...

Te Ihi o te Rā harnessing the power of the sun

Gisborne’s horizon just got greener with the launch of Te Ihi o te Rā, for now the largest operational solar farm in New Zealand. Spanning 6.1 hectares and equippped with 8000 bi-facial solar panels, the 5.2-megawatt Te Ihi o te Rā solar farm...