AN action plan intended to boost Gisborne’s economy will be released next week alongside a new government report aimed at boosting the economic fortunes of Tairawhiti Maori. The office of Economic Development Minister Simon Bridges yesterday...

A 73-year-old man said it would have been inappropriate to continue with his job after committing a domestic violence offence. Victor Sollum Mackey pleaded guilty to assault with intent to injure. He was sentenced to three months home detention, the...

BY day he is a software engineer in the medical device industry but the rest of the time Auckland-born Justin Chuk is a violinist who has amassed orchestral and chamber music experience in New Zealand and overseas. This week though he is focused on...

Parking plan will cost GDC thousands

THE Poverty Bay dog trial centre’s season started well, with the Whatatutu trials on Friday and Saturday being described as a very successful event. The trial was held as usual on Otara Station, with the 1600 sheep required supplied by the station...

Fire broke out on the first floor of the former police station building in Peel Street last night and it appears to have been started by a cooking fire. Multiple 111 calls about the blaze came in to Fire and Emergency NZ just before 7pm.“The fire...

Labour MP Kiri Allan has organised a virtual series called East Coast Town Hall. The first meeting airs live tomorrow at 8pm on the MP's Facebook page.“East Coast Town Hall is a digital series bringing our community together and giving space to...

A TRAMPLED stock truck driver and a farm worker who rolled a quad bike were admitted to the intensive care unit at Gisborne Hospital yesterday after separate on-farm accidents. Both men were reported to be in a stable condition this morning. The first...

Trust Tairāwhiti and Eastland Group will hold a Gisborne community engagement hui next week about the proposed sale of Eastland Network. Presented by trust chair John Clarke and Eastland Group chair Matanuku Mahuika, the hui will begin with...

Gisborne has stepped into the first day of summer with warm damp conditions, thanks to a strong airflow from the sub-tropics. Meteorologists treat December 1 as the first day of summer on their calendar, while astronomers mark the solstice on...

THE Gisborne District Council building in Fitzherbert Street was closed for several hours yesterday, with police and security called in after a threat was made against a staff member. Customer services was closed while police were notified.“Threats...

THREE dog triallists from this region were on the leaderboard at the end of day one of the Tux North Island titles at Mangamingi near Eltham in Taranaki. Gisborne triallist Annie Flood and her dog Scott were in the top seven in the short head and...

A fireworks extravaganza topped off a perfect Gisborne day as the city celebrated the first day of 2019. The night sky was the stage for a spectacular display as thousands lined the banks of the Waimata, Turanganui and Taruheru rivers to enjoy the...

Jacinda Ardern and the Labour Party, as well as Maori in general, will go into tomorrow’s Waitangi Day holiday in good heart. Ardern’s decision to spend five days in the Waitangi area has proved a shrewd one. She has been warmly welcomed by her...

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FORMER Christchurch resident Andrew Lund walked into Dunblane Rest Home and Village last month while job searching and is now in charge of the office and accounts at the rest home and village.“He was walking in and I was walking out,” said...

GISBORNE dog triallist Rod Mead and Gem finished runners up at the dog trial championships at the Central Hawke's Bay show at Waikpukurau on Saturday. Mead had three dogs qualify for the 15 dog final run off. Sheena Martin from Wairoa had two dogs in...

Three private properties in Gisborne suffered erosion during the region's heavy rain earlier this month. Gisborne District Council (GDC) attended two properties in inner Kaiti which experienced riverside slumps, and one in Whataupoko related to...

‘Amazing’ community response to breast cancer fundraiser

The Media Council has ruled that a published letter to the editor was gratuitously racist. The council has also said that online postings should not have been published in the Letters to the Editor column without making it clear that these were...

A Gisborne man caught up in a Hawke's Bay police drug operation Casino will appear in court there on charges arising. John James Stuart Atkins, 40, has pleaded not guilty to supplying and conspiring to deal methamphetamine, arising out of alleged...

A Dunedin couple visiting Gisborne had to drive 40 minutes out of town to find a place to sleep on Wednesday night because all accommodation was booked up. Heather and Denys Jeffery said they were going to return to Whakatane to sleep at one stage...

God of nations at thy feet, in the bonds of “love” we meet, Hear our voices we entreat. God Defend New Zealand. God Save the Queen! All rise! The court is now in session. Aotearoa was reformed into a colony of the British Empire through coercion...

A PICK and a shovel were not needed last night at Unity Theatre to discover the dark seams of this country’s struggling underclass. In his preview performance of Coaltown Blues, solo performer Chris Green of Black Beech Theatre brought to life the...

?GISBORNE/ Motueka woolhandler Joel Henare finished the open division of the New Zealand championships at Te Kuiti on Saturday in third place. Gisborne and Wairoa shearers also placed highly in the open plate, senior and junior finals. Henare finished...

The Poverty Bay dog trial centre was well represented in the final of the Tux North Island and New Zealand Yarding Challenge last weekend but the national title went to Northland's Murray Child. The event was held at the Waikato Centre in Taupo. Noddy...

THIRTY scientists from around the world will be off the coast of Gisborne next week for an ambitious science expedition to study the Hikurangi subduction zone — New Zealand’s largest earthquake and tsunami hazard. The zone is part of the Pacific...

Bishop of Tairawhiti Don Tamihere will be installed as Te Pihopa o Aotearoa - the Bishop of Aotearoa - at Manutuke Marae tomorrow. Hundreds are expected to attend, with dignitaries including the Maori King, King Tuheitia, and Minister of Maori...

A KINDERGARTEN, Matawai Memorial Hall and Campion College are among several Gisborne recipients of December donations from the Eastern and Central Community Trust. The $15,000 donation to Makauri Rural Kindergarten will contribute to the costs of...

Medical research company Mātai started the development of its $5 million research and education excellence campus with a blessing yesterday. Following this and the ceremonial planting of a pūriri tree at the Childers Road site, Mātai chief...