Police have made an arrest and charged a man in relation to a serious assault in Māhia during a disorder incident in the early hours of January 1. A 34-year-old man was knocked unconscious and suffered facial injuries after he tried to break up an...

There are indications a tropical cyclone could be headed towards the North Island at the end of next week, threatening more bad weather for the Gisborne-East Cape region. Climate and weather agencies across the south-east Pacific region are keeping...

December 14 was a busy day for the district’s midwives with six babies born on that day. They were among 50 pēpi born in December, according to Te Whatu Ora-Tairāwhiti figures. The babies were a perfect split of sex — 25 boys and 25 girls...

Cedenco’s annual sweetcorn harvest has been under way for a week and agronomy manager David Oudes says the crop quality has been “better than expected”. Harvesters were busy at work at Poynter Road in Te Karaka yesterday. “We’ve been in...

Drink-drive checkpoints staged around the Gisborne-Wairoa districts last weekend netted just 10 drivers over the limit out of around 3000 drivers tested.

DOME CINEMA The New Boy An Aboriginal Australian orphan boy is brought into a Christian monastery run by a renegade nun. There he begins to question his faith and loyalty to his heritage. Stars Cate Blanchett and Aswan Reid. Two Tickets to Greece...

Champion of Champions titles for saloons, production saloons and sidecars produced an outstanding night of hard and fast racing at Gisborne Speedway Club’s meeting on Saturday night. But the saloons definitely took the cake. Daniel Cook, behind...

Day 1 of Round 1 in local cricket’s DJ Barry Cup ended with High School Old Boys and Horouta Te Waka well placed. David Situ’s Breakers Horouta side took four competition points for their hard-earned first-innings lead against Gisborne Boys’...

There were just over 200 cattle sold yesterday at the first Matawhero Cattle Fair for 2024. The yarding consisted of several pens of light-conditioned cows with calves at foot, and numerous smaller 15-month cattle. There was a very small bench of...

The Bloomfield Road-Bushmere Road intersection is very dangerous at the moment, approaching it from the Matawhero side. For 250 metres leading up to the intersection, Bloomfield Road is an uneven mess of warped tarseal and potholes that get worse...

Frustration over abandoned cars littering the township has led to Wairoa District Council clearing unwanted cars. Council staff aired their annoyance at the number of abandoned cars around the Wairoa township during an infrastructure and regulatory...

A Gisborne police officer has been sanctioned for failing to promptly report a missing taser. According to a notice published last month on the Independent Police Conduct Authority’s website, the authority oversaw a police investigation into the...

Two women normally responsible for managing the public’s booze consumption have been banned from doing so for a month after each being caught drink-driving. Summah Preston and Linear Emma Burkhardt were judged not fit to hold their liquor...

A good crowd turned out to enjoy plenty of action at the Gisborne Rodeo on Saturday, including team roping, barrel races, saddlebronc, bareback and bull riding. More on the rodeo to follow

A Gisborne pool user is asking for clearer and less ambiguous signage at a bus stop outside the new Kiwa Pools facility. Mary Dixon, a regular pool user, said she returned to her vehicle from a swim session to find she had been ticketed for parking...

Budget advisory service clients’ combined debt increased by $2.65m in one year; people struggling to afford the basics.

Gisborne’s Olivia Corrin made surf lifesaving history on Saturday when she won the third round of the Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman series in Sydney — the first time a Kiwi woman has triumphed in a round of the prestigious event. Corrin, who...

Taranaki surfer Daniel Farr claimed his second open men’s national surfing title by the closest margin in the history of the event. In the open women’s contest, 15-year-old Raglan surfer Maya Mateja stunned the field to win the title...

The first college derby of the year was a beauty. Despite a superb unbeaten 92 from Gisborne Boys’ High School (2) adult player Steve Whitaker, Campion College won the clash by eight wickets. Bat dominated ball on a good No. 4 pitch. Campion’s...

Horouta, Mareikura and YMP junior crews were among the pacesetters on the first two days of the Waka Ama New Zealand national sprint championships at Lake Karapiro. Puhi Kaiariki, of Self Storage Gisborne Horouta Waka Hoe Club, won the J16 women’s...

Apart from a wedding in Hawke’s Bay at the weekend, much of the attention of the news cycle in the past week and the one that started yesterday has been focused on overseas developments. At the head of it is the Israel-Hamas war that has now...