There were just 223 sheep yarded in the weekly sale at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, including 63 prime sheep, 136 store lambs and 24 store ewes. AS & KM Bush sold six heavy prime lambs for $101.50, while K Briant sold two heavy prime ewes...
Matawai mum of two, farmer and well-performed shearer Catherine Mullooly produced what Sir David Fagan described as a “brilliant” effort on Wednesday near Te Kuiti when she smashed the women’s world record for strongwool ewes. She eclipsed the...
A sex offender jailed for 11 years is being allowed to appeal his sentence even though it was imposed on him more than three years ago and even though he has already abandoned a previous appeal. Paul Elvis Rawiri McLean was sentenced to the prison...
Choosing Bayleys Gisborne to sell his cyclone-damaged house, resulted in a Gisborne man being $25,000 better off, just before Christmas. That was because he was the realty company’s 25th anniversary prize draw, which saw a number of vendors...
Specialist clinical nurse Jax Atkins has stepped into a newly created position designed to improve healthcare for whānau on the East Coast. The new role came about in response to knowing that those based on the Coast are often unable to make it...
Fire and Emergency NZ has asked the public to be extremely careful with fires in the open this weekend with the mercury set to reach 31 degrees today and tomorrow, and with north-westerly winds. Tairāwhiti remains in an open fire season, which...
Ūawa Tolaga Bay will have a new pump track in the town’s park to help rejuvenate the area and offer another asset for community to use. The concept for a pump track in Ūawa started when Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust (TAT) were constructing the...
by Hamish Bidwell, Hawke’s Bay Today Remote doesn’t mean out of sight, when it comes to the poaching of pāua. Police and Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff stopped and eventually seized a vehicle on Māhia East Coast Rd on Wednesday...
by Kate Green, RNZ A former National minister and deputy chair of Te Urewera Board has accused energy company Genesis of negligence in its management of weeds at Lake Waikaremoana. The East Coast’s Great Walk at the lake reopened yesterday after...
by Doug Laing and Murray Robertson Shearing legend Sir David Fagan has described the world record-breaking effort by Catherine Mullooly on Wednesday as “brilliant”, and said despite “stroppy” sheep, she maintained her shearing standards. The...
There’s a better prognosis for Tairāwhiti cancer patients in the latest Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora report. Every eligible cancer patient received their first treatment within 31 days of a decision to treat by a health professional during the first...
Police Ten One Magazine After a year of trauma and tough times, a group of cyclone-affected tamariki have had an epic adventure in the central North Island. The 28 students from Te Karaka and Hawke’s Bay spent four days at the Wairakei Blue Light...
A culinary experience featuring international cuisines is at the heart of an upcoming Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC) charity event to raise funds for the children of Gaza. It will be held tomorrow at the Gisborne Boys’ High School...
A naked flame has been put down as the cause of a fire in the bedroom of a house in Russell Street late yesterday morning. Firefighters were able to deal with the blaze before it spread to involve much more of the home. A 111 call came in to Fire...
Herbicide spraying starts today on the spartina grass along the edges of the Taruheru River. It is the first stage of a Gisborne District Council project, in collaboration with mana whenua, to get rid of the invasive spartina weed from the...
Getting ready to roll for the new school year, contractor JP Priest started laying astroturf over the old concrete netball court at St Mary’s Primary School this week. Mr Priest expects to finish the work early next week — in time for students...
Food remains on a portable grill hot plate on a stove that had been left on sparked a fire callout to a house at Wainui on Wednesday night. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews to the Moana Road address at around 9.50pm after neighbours heard smoke...
by Ryan O’Sullivan, Wairoa Star A Wairoa school principal is feeling frustrated for her staff, students and school community because of a lack of communication from the Ministry of Education. Tīaho School is having asbestos removed from some of...
One of the outcomes of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 was a requirement for five-yearly global stocktakes, for countries to assess where they are collectively in making progress towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement — starting in...
Tanith Wirihana, Te Waitohioterangi Politicians in their suits and ties, with silver tongues and clever lies, prophets of deceit — oracles of illusion preaching unity whilst sowing the seeds of division. Sham soothsayers such as David Seymour...
It is interesting to analyse the situation whereby South Africa is taking Israel to the International Court of Justice, for alleged war crimes against Gaza. It is surprising to many that instead of ignoring the authority of that international body...
May I congratulate Catherine Mullooly for her outstanding world record achievement in shearing on Wednesday, smashing the world record Amy Silcock set on Sunday. To shear over 400 ewes in one day is a remarkable feat by anyone, let alone a woman...
Gisborne has the chance of another title on the last day of the national surfing championships at Dunedin tomorrow. Saffi Vette, 21, comfortably reached the final of the open women’s division with a second placing in her Round 1 heat yesterday...
Champion of champions titles go on the line for the hard-charging saloons and production saloons when Gisborne Speedway Club launches into 2024 tomorrow night. The ProTraffic Saloon Champion of Champions event will be thrilling. That class has...
Abusing this position by declining to be a forum for misinformation? Gaslighting? For readers who are unsure, this is loosely defined as making someone question their own perception of reality; or more seriously, “a form of psychological...
by Jack Marshall Throughout my travels, I’ve discovered that the world’s greatest cities have public transport from the airport. It’s time Gisborne joined their ranks. Jack Marshall In London, public transport was an adventure. I leapt on to...
Re: A bit late with his climate crusade . . . January 10 editorial. Thanks for the ups Jeremy, but abusing your position of editorial control shows you should consider standing down. That you’ve attempted to publicly pariah only shows how close to...
Gisborne waka ama club aspiring to be the best.
Te Puia Hot Springs Happy new golfing year Bill Clark. Former Poverty Bay-East Coast representative Clark teed off 2024 in supreme style in Round 1 of the Summer Cup series on Sunday. Clark had his best round since March 20 of 2022 — 74-15-59 —...
Dylan Bronlund gets the most out of his ability. The former Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15, Poverty Bay and Hurricanes development camp attendee, who turned out for the University of Western Australia under-19s last season, has signed...
Asher Rees became the first driver to win three consecutive New Zealand Superstock Championship titles when he triumphed at Meeanee Speedway on Sunday. Kihikihi-contracted Rees, 29, had plenty of protection from his father, 2015 superstock champion...
by Ryan O’Sullivan, Wairoa Star Demolition of Winter’s building on Wairoa’s Marine parade will make way for new visitor centre A new i-Site for Wairoa is one step closer to completion, with developed designs finally approved. The visitor...
by Ann Revington, Wairoa Star Nearly a year after muddy silt from Cyclone Gabrielle entered Wairoa’s homes, businesses, farms and infrastructure, an earth-moving contractor has been removing piles of it from the front paddock of Turiroa Station...
The boutique cruise ship National Geographic Orion, pictured here arriving on an earlier visit, is set to make another picturesque entrance into Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay tomorrow morning as she returns for her fifth visit this cruise ship...