A year ago today, a Friday, our front page screamed the warning that Cyclone Gabrielle was tracking our way and set to dump intense rain on the entire district from Sunday through to Tuesday, bringing with it strong wind and a large swell. The page...
Roger Handford “Plan to get us moving” was the Gisborne Herald front page headline, Tuesday, January 23. The sub-head was: “Draft ‘Mode Shift’ plan to remove city roundabouts and on-road parking facilities, instal (sic) active travel...
Road or rail? There has always been a lot of controversy about this and I for one think it is time we looked outside the very narrow way we approach this subject. State-owned NZ Rail and now KiwiRail have never been good providers — so why not...
Gwynne Dyer It did not end well for Karolina Shiino, the young woman who won the title of Miss Japan two weeks ago. She has just handed her crown back after a scandal-mongering magazine revealed that she has been having an affair with a married man...
The Gisborne junior surf lifesaving Top Club competition last weekend produced excellent racing from the district’s under 14-year-olds who gave it everything across Friday evening and Saturday sessions of their carnival. These are the detailed...
Gisborne surfer Saffi Vette is in the New Zealand team to contest the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Puerto Rico at the end of this month. It will be team members’ final qualification opportunity for the Paris Olympic Games which begin from July...
Gisborne waka ama paddlers Vesna Radonich and Bec Hoani were first and third in the master women’s division of the James “Bhutty” Moore-morial race in Tauranga last weekend. Strong winds and rough seas persuaded organisers to change the...
A total of 3745 Wiltshire sheep were put up for auction at Matawhero on Thursday in the inaugural Wiltshire Fair, and with only a small bench of buyers present, prices did not reach the heights of recent sales outside the district. There were some...
A total of 1389 sheep were yarded yesterday in the weekly Matawhero sheep sale where there was a small rise in prices paid for the 1060 store lambs. Baytown Investments Ltd, at Māhia, were paid the best price of $110 for 40 store Wiltshire ram...
Don’t forget growers in Tairawhiti, Hawke’s Bay and other places hit hard by cyclone near the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle,” is the plea from Horticulture New Zealand. The organisation has called for a renewed effort to support...
by Zita Campbell Busy contractors tied up with fixing Gisborne’s roads have delayed the Grey and Kahutia streets development. Originally set to start as a trial on January 15, the Grey and Kahutia street layout remained untouched yesterday. The...
Burglars have again targeted the Evolution Theatre group, who lease premises off the Chinese Community Association in Disraeli Street. This time the offenders made off with several power tools. The break-in was the third time the group has been hit...
Most of the workers affected by the closure of Juken’s Gisborne mill have been supported into new jobs, Juken New Zealand managing director Hiroyuki Kawado says. Late last year, Juken made the decision to stop production at the mill after almost...
Cruise ship visit number 15 happens today when the smaller Le Laperouse visits again for the day after having been here multiple times in previous seasons. The ship has 83 passengers and 127 crew on board and will dock at No. 8 Wharf in Eastland...
United States space company Rocket Lab is set to take out the trash in its next mission from Māhia. The On Closer Inspection mission is scheduled to launch during a 14-day window that opens on February 19. It will deploy the Active Debris Removal...
The Poverty Bay A&P Association has awarded its annual scholarship and due to the high calibre of applicants this year, two have been awarded. Each receives $2000. “To qualify for our scholarship the applicant has to be entering their first...
More than 100 entrants registered for the annual fishing competition run by Te Puka Hunting and Fishing Club in Tokomaru Bay last weekend. Club president Rozzi Pethybridge said they were rapt with such a good response. When it came to any fishing...
Visitors to Eastwoodhill are in for a once-in-a lifetime display with recent “crazy weather” resulting in rare happenings at the national arboretum. The most recent instance is the flowering of an agave geminiflora plant. Native to the Nayarit...
Gisborne Chinese Association is welcoming in the New Year. “Gung Hi Fat Choi, Happy Dragon Year from the Gisborne Chinese Association to our Tairāwhiti whānau,” association president and former Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon said. “We are...
A fun family day but with an important dual purpose. That is the new-look Relay For Life Gisborne, a fun and respectful way of commemorating loved ones who have been lost to cancer while financially supporting the Cancer Society. Gisborne East Coast...
A year after Joseph Ahuriri went missing during Cyclone Gabrielle, police have vowed to do all they can to find him.
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The flying F2 midgets will be out on the Gisborne Speedway track again tomorrow night, this time with a slightly bigger field than last time in mid-January. They made an entertaining debut at the track that night and produced open-wheeler racing at...
Isaac Thomas’s feat last Saturday was stupendous. The Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps all-rounder backed up his 37-ball innings of 65 from first drop with an over for the ages against Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby at Harry Barker...
Fresh from facing the music at Waitangi — most notably a waiata protest during his speech — David Seymour’s Act Party launched a public information campaign on Wednesday to try to boost support for its Treaty Principles Bill and put pressure...
Clive Bibby On Monday I made one of my increasingly irregular trips to the “big smoke”. Gisborne is 45 minutes away from our humble dwelling which is slowly emerging from the devastation left in the wake of Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle. Our house...
It has been over five months since Gisborne District Council was first made aware of the non-consented work being carried out by Meng Foon to a section of the Tatapouri foreshore. During this time the council has undertaken an investigation...
by Kate Green New research a year on from Cyclone Gabrielle shows parts of the East Coast’s shoreline are the most eroded they have been in decades. Scientists at the University of Auckland have found parts of the coast have more than 10 metres of...
With Gisborne bathing in sunshine this week, the region’s first solar farm has been generating renewable energy. Construction of Eastland Generation’s Te Ihi o te Rā solar farm at Gisborne Airport was completed last year. “Te Ihi o te Rā has...
Eastland Port had six log ships dock in January and ISO Limited loaded 150,000 tonnes of logs on to them. “Log stock levels on port look good so we are hoping for a solid February, with nine log ships expected to come in,” an Eastland Port...
Heavy transport operators have been reminded to stick to bridge weight restrictions in place in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay. A weight restriction remains in place on one highway bridge in this region and on two in Hawke’s Bay. The Hikuwai Bailey...
by Zita Campbell A hui at Te Poho o Rawiri Marae on Waitangi Day highlighted knowledge gaps in the public understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. More than 100 tāngata gathered at the marae for the Wānanga Waitangi. “We need to be kind,” said...