The recent terrorist attack in Christchurch tormented the international community. Voices of condemnation from around the world have projected the narrative of peace as well as human sympathy. However, I am unable to find appropriate words to pay...

Shane Jones's “putea” made up the bulk of the $600,000 spent on the BERL report that he now does not accept but takes the private, non-disclosed report presented by KiwiRail (sounds very much like Merv Goodley's alternative pricing).Was there...

Driver licensing remains an issue for those who live in locations far from Gisborne, despite the efforts of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. Gisborne District Council's regional transport committee received a verbal report from Waka Kotahi's Lind...

Long-Term Plan submissions close tomorrow and if you are a city resident, you should be submitting to protest against the rural-biased roading policy that could well become permanently locked in for the next 10 years. John Kape’s column yesterday...

Lower suicides? Yeah Right!With all the extra stress Labour is advocating . . .Water and phosphate taxesCapital gains and property taxesMore pedantic safety rulesIt is difficult enough now keeping stress levels down — especially for honest, hard...

SOME elderly people in the Gisborne community have been targeted by other people to access their cash and police have become increasingly concerned. Police have had reports that some older people have been targeted repeatedly until all their savings...

GISBORNE Hospital staff are warning people to take extra care as a stomach bug likely to be norovirus is circulating in the city. Hauora Tairawhiti medical officer of health Dr Margot McLean said if people were vomiting, had diarrhoea or stomach...

JUST over 500 dogs were euthanised in the past year, Gisborne District Council’s environment and planning committee was told. The committee adopted the annual report on dog control policy and practices for the year running from July 1, 2016 to June...

Re: It's not Zombie Apocalypse, April 4 letter. Crystal ball gazing and theorising does not solve a pandemic. To theorise that all is lost if you have lost your job, business etc due to lockdown is a terrible message to even contemplate. Many people...

More than $120,000 has been distributed to a diverse range of community projects and events in Trust Tairāwhiti's latest funding round. Motu Trails Charitable Trust was one of the biggest recipients, receiving $30,000 towards the operational costs...

Substantial rain over the last couple of days did not cause sewage to overflow into Gisborne's rivers. Gisborne District Council senior wastewater operations engineer Phil Dodds said the 55 to 70 millimetres of rain across the city would have caused...

Gladstone Road Bridge will be partially closed to traffic tomorrow. Tairawhiti Roads is advising road users that the bridge will be reduced to one lane from 8am to about midday tomorrow while contractors work to install precast columns across the...

INTERCITY bus line has an inquiry under way into how an Auckland to Gisborne bus service last Saturday turned into what passengers have called an appalling nightmare. Several people have taken to social media to talk about the “frightening and...

Emergency services were called to Makorori hill in the early hours of Sunday morning after a car left State Highway 35 and crashed down a bank. It happened at around 1.40am. Rescuers climbed about five metres down the steep bank to reach the...

Anti-family violence advocate David White will be speaking in Gisborne tomorrow in a bid to build safer communities by ending family violence. Mr White’s daughter, Helen Meads, was killed by her husband in 2009 but the bereft father has not yet...

THIS week Whinray Eco Trust started the first stages of its latest predator exclusion fence at Motu.“This project connects to our kiwi chick creche and will hold a range of endangered Tairawhiti plants, gecko, skinks, invertebrates and hopefully...

Martin Hanson claims on February 24 that the Catholic Church is facing “A complete loss of moral authority”. Ill-informed people have been making that claim for 2000 years. The moral authority of the Catholic Church is not dependent on the...

Former Gisborne man Robb Noble was caught up in the high seas emergency on Wellington's south coast yesterday when he was caught between his vehicle and the side of his garage by a surging wave. Seas estimated at up to six metres smashed into that...

A GROUP of men using cycling to raise awareness about health issues in Pacific Island and Maori communities are planning a trip around the East Cape for 2017. USO formed in 2011 to raise awareness about cancer, promote cycling as a way of staying...

by Gwynne Dyer

A shop attendant was hit several times with a claw hammer in one of two aggravated robberies in the city over the past few days. The first robbery occurred at 8.30pm last Thursday night (April 15) at the Kaiti Dairy in Wainui Road.“A male ran into...

AFTER it was shown to be one of New Zealand’s worst-performing lines companies up to last year, Gisborne-based Eastland Network has this year bounced back to put in its best-ever performance. A new Commerce Commission report into the profitability...

An East Coast motorist keen to get her car a new warrant of fitness yesterday endured a futile three-hour-plus wait as drivers poured into Gisborne Vehicle Testing station with the same idea. The driver, who did not wish to be named, paid for the WoF...

I would like to offer my warm thanks to all the big-hearted volunteers in Gisborne who gave their time to volunteer for the Heart Foundation during our Big Heart Appeal street collection. This year saw the biggest collection in our organisation’s...

Whare Wāhi Mākoha, a modular unit intended to extend the capacity of Gisborne Hospital's Emergency Department, was blessed yesterday.“The unit will offer much-needed space to work safely with Covid-positive and Covid- negative people who need...

Expert estimates up to 70 nests lost during construction

A private opening of the Pride Tairawhiti exhibition was held at the museum yesterday. It is open to all members of the community from today to the end of February. Enjoying the opening are (from left) Henarata Pishief (Qmunity Youth Tairāwhiti...

In psychology, cognitive dissonance is a state of psychological stress experienced by an individual as a result of holding two or more contradictory ideas, beliefs or values. It seems that most of us suffer from cognitive dissonance; we want to do...

Gisborne's house prices continue to rise faster than the national average but signs of a divided market are appearing. Figures from Real Estate Institute New Zealand (REINZ) show median prices for residential property across New Zealand increased...

As much as I find news of a breakfast between two people in a large and popular restaurant interesting, its wide coverage seems to be at the cost of another very important story. I read on the Newshub website last week that the Human Rights Review...