Young Gisborne musician Jed Skuse has made the final of the New Zealand Blues & BBQ Festival competition and has the chance to win three days of recording time and other prizes. The 18-year-old has original songs on Spotify and also plays a lot...
Wellington schoolboy Apirana Ngarimu upstaged the heavyweights to win the East Coast Open championship at Te Puia Hot Springs Golf Club on Sunday. Ngarimu, 13, defeated William Brown — the head greenkeeper at Poverty Bay Golf Club and a member of...
Monday, November 13 — Tūranga Pairs 3 (Howell movement) Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 60.00 Vicki Nickerson, Frank Roach 59.52 Glenys Evans, Beverley Evans 57.92 Sally Knight, Yvonne Waide 54.29 Jean Turnbull, Caroline Taylor 54.17 Louise...
Sunday event brings in nearly 300 competitors to run or walk despite the rain.
A quad bike accident at Potaka last Thursday required a hillside landing by the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter to get help to an injured farmer, who was flown to Gisborne Hospital in a stable condition. The chopper crew headed back up...
A person doing spadework in the garden accidentally severed a gas line to a house in Oman Street behind Kaiti School early on Sunday afternoon. Fire and Emergency NZ responded at around midday that day. “A resident had been digging in the garden...
An air rifle has been used to shoot two protected birds found dead on the beach at Pouawa, prompting Department of Conservation staff to appeal to the public for information. Some time between November 1 and November 3, an adult variable...
The 100 annual Kiwibank Local Hero medallists have been announced and fourth-generation Gisborne farmer Laura Watson is one of six recipients in this region. She talked with Murray Robertson The Kiwibank Local Hero award judges say Laura Watson is...
Next Friday marks the centenary of what was a massive step forward in Gisborne’s development – the opening of what was touted as the borough’s first permanent public work, the humble yet crucial Peel Street Bridge. Sheridan Gundry and Jane...
Defend your orchard’s glory! Master the art of preventing Leaf Curl, Brown Rot, Apple Black Spot, and Codling Moth for a thriving, trouble-free harvest. Most diseases and pests of stonefruit and pipfruit can be prevented, by proactively treating...
Sundays: A cookbook is a collection of fresh, modern recipes to celebrate that Sunday feeling through brunches, feasts, long lunches and quiet evenings. The book is full of laid-back food that’s absolutely packed with flavour and here’s one of...
Mike Yardley discovers the enchanting blend of Ottoman charm and neoclassical opulence in Skopje, North Macedonia, unravelling a tale of history, art, and architectural marvels. Amid the spoil of delights that revealed themselves on my two-week-long...
It seemed inevitable after the announcement three weeks ago about potential closure in the face of ongoing financial difficulties and tough trading conditions, but confirmation yesterday that Juken will close its Gisborne mill after nearly three...
Clive Bibby Business support packages that are based on unsustainable incentives can do more harm than good. And those that involve special treatment of foreign companies, to keep them operating in this country, can prove disastrous — even if...
Gwynne Dyer Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. Or rather, don’t, because it’s relevant to the current situation, and we have to bring the people who don’t know the story up to speed first. It’s about a frog, doing whatever it is...
The current toxic shellfish warning is another sign of poor land-use decisions. What we do on land ends up in the sea — poisonous seafood is the payback we get for abusing Mother Earth. Algae and phytoplankton blooms are not just the result of...
Central School were the winners of the Division 1 Interschool netball tournament that ran through term 3 and Muriwai School took out the second division. There were 18 local schools competing this year, which was contested on a home-and-away basis...
Fangs and claws are being sharpened for Round 2 of the second Gisborne Basketball Association Draft League. The inaugural competition was a huge hit last year and in with new team names, inspired by big cats. This weekend's action at the Gisborne...
Hamish Swann was a happy captain last Saturday. His Campion College team have now tasted victory three rounds into the 30-over Hope Cup championship of Senior B club cricket. In beating Horouta by 39 runs, the school team won the Naden-Taylor...
The chop of helicopter blades filled the air at Gisborne Intermediate yesterday when an air force A109 light utility helicopter dropped in for a flying visit. The chopper stayed on the ground for the visit and a talk to the students, before...
Another bout of heavy rain is on the way for the district, according to the severe weather outlook from MetService. A low is developing west of the North Island and is expected to deepen today, then move over the North Island tomorow, although the...
Firefighters were called to burning driftwood at the mouth of the Waipaoa River on Thursday and they have made a plea again for people lighting fires on the beach to ensure they were completely out before they leave the beach. Fire and Emergency NZ...
Covid-19 numbers are up in Tairāwhiti with 74 active cases, as the country experiences a “fifth wave” of the virus. The latest official figures, for the week up to midnight last Sunday, showed 5942 cases were recorded across the nation. Health...
Hato Hone St John will soon begin Whakaōrite Whiwhinga Mahi, the organisation’s first region-wide targeted recruitment initiative in Tairāwhiti and the Eastern Bay of Plenty. St John has partnered with tertiary, local iwi, hapū, whānau and...
The ice-strengthened expedition cruise ship Heritage Adventurer was scheduled to call into Gisborne this morning as the next cab off the rank in the cruise ship season. Built in 1991 by Rauma shipyard in Finland the ship measures 125m in length...
Gisborne people are among this year’s Kiwibank Local Hero Te Pou Toko o te Tau medallists. From a record-breaking number of nominations, a panel of independent judges have selected 100 “legends and leaders” as medallists. Bevan Chapman, Daryl...
Sixteen-year-old Serita Karauria is on a mission to become a nurse, while also having a tilt at representing New Zealand at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics in Taekwondo. “I will be old enough to compete at the event by then,” says the motivated...
Arson is the “easiest thing in the world and very hard to trace” a woman accused of killing her father in a house fire, told an undercover cop. In 2020, the young officer who called herself “Millie” had been slowly befriending alleged...
Once again Farmers stores across New Zealand will be raising funds for their local hospice service in the lead-up to Christmas. It is the 10th year Farmers staff and customers will join together to raise funds, to keep hospice care free of charge in...
Dozens of Gisborne mill workers have been told they will be out of a job just three days before Christmas.
Dozens of Gisborne mill workers have been told they will be out of a job, just three days before Christmas. Juken New Zealand managing director Hiroyuki Kawado confirmed news that the Japanese-owned company was closing its Matawhero sawmill in...
gisborne Speedway Club tonight hosts the fastest machines in the sport in New Zealand — sprintcars. Seen by many as the pinnacle of speedway racing, the 800-horsepower winged warriors produce amazing racing. They can get around the track at an...
Bay of Plenty masters representative Craig Van Der Nagel isn’t far away from becoming an adopted Tairāwhiti local. And he will move a significant step towards that this weekend when he heads up State Highway 35 to play in the East Coast Open at...
The return of all senior club cricket to the Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow is great news. In Round 4 of the 40-over Premier Grade Doleman Cup matches to start at 12 midday, Bollywood High School Old Boys will clash with Breakers Horouta Te Waka on...