Latest from Gisborne Herald

Arrest after police car rammed in Tolaga Bay

A man was arrested after an incident in Tolaga Bay yesterday morning in which a police car was rammed and damaged. Officers were conducting routine inquiries in the township at around 7am when a man fled from a Paroa Road address. Police allege...

Damning review of forestry auditors

Work severely below acceptable standards.

New-look Gisborne Herald starts next week

The Gisborne Herald undergoes a design and content refresh from Wednesday, May 1. As you will have read in March, The Gisborne Herald is now owned by NZME (New Zealand Media and Entertainment). NZME publishes five regional daily newspapers, 15...

Gisborne brawl deaths: Complex investigation continues with focus on being 'methodical'

Kane Te Paa and Chrysler Stevens-Mark died after a 100-person brawl on March 23.

Police might have upper hand on pay

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has returned from a successful first overseas trade expedition to face some domestic challenges. Luxon’s tour last week took him to three Southeast Asian countries — Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines —...

Domestic air travellers subsidise rest of Air NZ

Air New Zealand is a monopoly with more than 80 percent of the domestic market. A survey this week found that the domestic airfare market was seen by consumers as the least competitive market in New Zealand. Air New Zealand hiked the average...

Thanks GDC for beginning transport transformation

Shut up Simin. I’m sick of you exhorting us all to use fossil fuels and drive everywhere. Last week I took my life in my hands, wheeling my bike across Roebuck Road. It shouldn’t be that dangerous! If only Gisborne had an industrial/heavy...

Hypocrisy, virtue signalling are costly for taxpayers . . .

I was shocked to read that our Government signed off a $41m clean energy transition deal with the Asian Development Bank last week (RNZ story). The Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism uses public and private finance to accelerate...

Embracing gift, well done

Re: Loss but never lost, April 20 article. An open letter to Tanith. Our first meeting when you were eight, standing alongside your humble and outstanding grandparents — wonderful! Watching you up close for a short season, then occasional meetings...

Changes in the wind for navigation safety bylaw

A lot of changes have occurred over the past 10 years when it comes to navigation and boating and swimming safety in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay, which is why the council is proposing a new bylaw on it. The community can have its say on 11 key...

Farmers hoping for rain

A lack of rain across Tairāwhiti is starting to bite for pastoral farmers in some parts of the district and they are hoping for decent falls in the next month. Drier-than-wanted conditions continue to have an impact on the flush of feed required...

New-look Gisborne Herald starts next week

The Gisborne Herald undergoes a design and content refresh from Wednesday, May 1. As you will have read in March, The Gisborne Herald is now owned by NZME (New Zealand Media and Entertainment). NZME publishes five regional daily newspapers, 15...

A time to remember

A personal remembrance . . . that is how Campbell MacFarlane describes the service flags and the flags of New Zealand and Australia displayed outside his home as Anzac Day approaches. His neighbours have told him they enjoy the display. Mr...

Gisborne Herald 23.04.24

Please wait a moment for the PDF to load: Click here for a direct link Click here for a direct link

‘Exceptional work’ for farm forestry

Gisborne’s Kees Weytmans was the joint winner of the Joll Hosking Award for exceptional work for the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association at the association’s annual conference in Hawke’s Bay last week. Mr Weytmans won it jointly with Te...

‘Faithful to Fieldays’ — it’s in their blood

Every year, more than 100,000 people head to Mystery Creek for New Zealand’s iconic four-day agri-event Fieldays. Visitors look forward to the return of fan-favourite attractions like the various Fieldays competitions, and a chance to see the...

Slight rise in prices

There was a slight rise in the prices paid for the 2307 store lambs presented yesterday in the weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards. The best price paid was $99 for a pen of 38 well-presented store male lambs from Haha Station at Rangituki...

Flying New Zealand flag overseas . . .

The naysayers who bemoan our politicians travelling around the world on the taxpayer dollar should consider the upshots of those trips. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon leading a business delegation to Singapore, Trade Minister Todd McClay plying...