It’s always dangerous territory to enter when a politician seems to start truly believing in their own spin, as it can have the unintended consequence of portraying the politician as being just a tiny bit thick. Take for example Finance Minister...
I would love to congratulate Alison Crawford on her New Year Honours award — well overdue, may I say. If anyone deserves this award, Alison does. She has worked tirelessly for the Country Women’s Institute. The institute was one of the biggest...
Doesn’t the knighting of Trevor Mallard show what a joke the New Year Honours really are? He’s a thug, a bully and a ticket scalper, and New Zealand is rewarding him for being so. He even falsely accused a parliamentary staffer of being a rapist...
Re: Costs that deliver value, December 21 letter by Niall Robertson, national coordinator for The Rail Advocacy Collective. Niall, all you are doing with your campaign — like Gillian Ward and the Gisborne Rail Action Group — is costing the tax...
A happy ending to a rescue drama on Friday night that involved two girls trapped by the rising tide on Tuamotu Island off Sponge Bay, after they were successfully plucked from the island by surf lifeguards. The emergency services were alerted at...
Festival-goers, holiday-makers, Christmas and the summer season can all mean a lot more foot traffic at our supermarkets. “Our team starts to plan for the holidays around October time,” says Four Square Wainui Road owner and manager Sam Wanklyn...
Police have been rapt with the performance of drivers, both local and visitors, when it comes to drink-driving so far this New Year/Christmas period. Tairāwhiti area police commander, acting Inspector Daniel Kirk, said the drink-drive rate had not...
It has been 50 years since the first novel written by a Māori author was released to the world, which started a lifelong journey of writing for Gisborne-born Witi Ihimaera. “Tangi”, the first novel written by a Māori author to ever be...
Predicted top temperatures of 29 degrees today and 28 tomorrow with forecast fine weather have surf lifeguards bracing themselves for beach invasions by the thousands of young visitors to the district. The Gisborne and Tolaga Bay surf lifesaving...
Tolaga Bay firefighter and Civil Defence volunteer, marae kaumatua, radio station founder and funeral and wedding celebrant Eruera (Eru) Kaiwai receives the Queen’s Service Medal in the New Year Honours list. He receives the award for services to...
Being named in the New Year Honours for his services to Māori music is more about the kaupapa of Māori music rather than himself, says Tama Waipara (Ngāti Ruapani, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou). He has been appointed a member of the New Zealand...
When Lieutenant Commander Makoare (Mark) Kohupara Te Kani was posted to the Cook Islands in January 2020 as a maritime surveillance adviser with the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), he expected to travel all over the Pacific. But just weeks into the...
When Alison Crawford received a letter in the mail advising her she was on the New Year Honours list to receive the Queen’s Service Medal, she threw it out. “Those scammers are even targeting Queen’s Services now,” she told her daughter...
Rhythm and Vines is in full swing, with festival director Kieran Spillane saying it was great that every year the Gisborne community was able to grow into a much larger family to celebrate the New Year together. “It’s even more special that this...
Puketoro Station inland from Tokomaru Bay will stage its eighth annual on-farm sale on Tuesday, January 9 with 6000 sheep, 700 15-month-old steers and 40 cows with calves at foot on offer. The auction starts at midday that day, at 2754 Ihungia Road...
Every year has some sort of significance by which people can remember it and 2023 will live in people’s memories as the one where it never stopped raining. Most people throughout New Zealand but especially in this district and Hawke’s Bay, will...
Josiah Brown, Maxim Institute The old adage that “crime doesn’t pay” appears less tenable than it once did. It seems this “truth” is relative, one that depends on the presence and function of certain structures to make lawlessness...
Clive Bibby The editor’s portrayal of the tumultuous last 12 months in this country as something that will have repercussions we may not like is a deluded interpretation of events that were entirely predictable. What does he expect the voters to...
Re: How climate crisis hit home in 2023, December 28 story. Indeed, scientists have been warning us for decades but few seem to take notice and virtually none are making the lifestyle changes needed. The most disturbing parts of this report are the...
2024 is closing in on us fast. I thought it appropriate to share a little of my poetic brain scrapings. If only things were different, what a wondrous world we’d see Where everyone got on, in peace and harmony If only things were different, great...
Managing Anaura Bay Motor Camp is an idyllic way of life for Tony and Donna Williamson, who are hoping for a “bumper” camping season after the disruptions of multiple severe weather events. They take time to chat to Loren Sirl. Dodging cows...
Artificial Intelligence applications are being used more and more in business, but are Gisborne businesspeople aware of the risks and the limitations of the technology? The Herald’s Andrew Ashton talks to those in the know. Marketing coach Alice...
Tips for cleaning and protecting the different materials that can weather the elements . . . Your outdoor furniture spends a lot of time in the elements. It can start to weather and look worse for wear, but it’s easy to bring it back to its former...
Scrambling to find some ideas for New Year’s Eve drinks? Look no further. Here are a few delicious cocktail recipes to try out on family and friends (and yourself, of course!) . . . Here’s to the end of a pretty crazy year! Cocktails are a great...
Mike Yardley checks out some of the more unique ways visitors can chase the stars in Hollywood . . . If you’re planning a fling with the entertainment capital of the world, a trip to Tinsel Town tingles with a distinct blend of escapist reality...
Gwynne Dyer This year (2023) has probably been the hottest in the past 10,000 years – but everybody agrees that 2024 will be even hotter. That’s because we are now entering El Niño, the part of a seven-yearly oceanic cycle that heaps extra heat...
Gisborne Herald Sports continues its look back on another memorable year of sport when Mother Nature wasn’t spitting the dummy and TMOs had nothing to do with results. by Chris Taewa The Man With The Golden Guns: Gisborne’s John Leach took his...
Get in the . . . 66-test All Black and now commentator Israel Dagg tees off the sixth hole at Poverty Bay Golf Club in the inaugural R&V Classic 18-hole ambrose tournament on Thursday. A field of 144 players divided into 36 teams entered the...
Boaties and other watercraft users must be extra vigilant about cleaning their vessels and gear before transporting them around the country this summer. The warning from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) comes as concerns mount over the...
A woman thought one of her children was getting into bed with her when she was roused from her sleep early one morning by a dip in the mattress next to her. However, when properly awake, she discovered it was a stranger trying to sexually assault...
A serious message will be behind two new East Coast Farming Expo initiatives when the event is staged in Wairoa in the New Year. The Rural News Cadet Challenge and the Beef+Lamb NZ Station Challenge may have plenty of fun involved but Expo organiser...
The festive period is not just a busy time for Santa and his elves, it is also the busiest time of the year for mobile telecommunications networks. One New Zealand says 2519 TB (Tera Bytes) of data went across its mobile network on Christmas Day and...
A man and a woman were flown to Gisborne Hospital early yesterday afternoon after the ute they were in left the Wharekopae Road, crashed through a fence and went down a bank. The crash happened sometime after 11.30am, past Rere Primary School...
Reports of skinny, pale, and what experts describe as “mushy” snapper in some areas of the country, have not been seen with snapper caught in Tairāwhiti waters, according to a local fishing expert. A New Zealand Herald story yesterday said...