by Paddy Stewart Geoff Pinn had plenty to celebrate on his birthday this year. He and his wife Karen joined skip Adam McIlroy to win the Gisborne-East Coast centre Bowls3Five qualifying event on Labour Day, which this year fell on Geoff Pinn’s...
The Poverty Bay Bowling Club men’s and women’s open pairs champions achieved their titles the hard way at the weekend. Jan Powell (skip) and Kathryn Flaugere won the women’s pairs and skip George Vaotuua and Steve Jenkins won the men’s...
You could have been forgiven for thinking the final of Gisborne Bowling Club’s junior men’s pairs was actually the senior section of the event, such was the quality of play. Eventual winners Peter Ferris and Chris Bunyan and runners-up Mike and...
Many people are worried about what the next Government’s approach will be to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the possibility of a divisive referendum on the principles of the Treaty. On the campaign trail, Christopher Luxon said National did not support...
by Ran Yaakoby Ambassador of Israel to New Zealand Hamas’s unprecedented massacre of Israelis on October 7th may have elated its supporters in Gaza and abroad, and it certainly delighted this terrorist organisation’s sponsors in Iran, but it...
With dozens of Palestinians killed in the latest Israeli attack on Jabalia refugee camp, our political leaders must act. PSNA has written to caretaker PM Chris Hipkins and incoming PM Christopher Luxon (yesterday) urging the following steps be taken...
An international team of scientists are setting off on a voyage to paint a clearer picture of our earthquake and tsunami risk from New Zealand’s largest and most active fault, the Hikurangi Subduction Zone. New Zealand is dotted with earthquake...
From the beginning of the month yesterday and through summer, MetService will be issuing heat alerts across New Zealand. This is the third year that MetService has trialled alerts to help New Zealanders plan and prepare for extreme heat, alongside...
The district’s croppers have been hard at work with their summer planting programmes and encouraged by the results so far, while grape and kiwifruit growers have also taken heart from the way their crops are shaping up. The recent rain slowed up...
"In the end, I consider you a real danger to women.” That’s what Judge Warren Cathcart told a man with a history of domestic violence whose latest offence was to beat up his partner after going to her house one night uninvited, waking her up...
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will start resurfacing road works on State Highway 2 in the Matawai area today due to the wet weather forcing a further postponement. The work was to have commenced yesterday. It will involve the closure of SH2 north...
Five local students were awarded scholarships from the Walter William McLean Educational Trust this week. The scholarships are worth $5000 and are to help students with their studies in 2024. Glenys Talivai, CEO of the Public Trust, which manages...
Clouds of sea fog rolled into Wainui Beach yesterday afternoon as the MetService issued a severe thunderstorm watch over much of the East Coast. Heavy rain and some hail was predicted, with the risk of a small tornado or funnel cloud. The same se...
Campaign to help restore Tairāwhiti’s “absolutely munted” farm fencing.
Fireworks go on sale in the district from today and firefighters encourage people to take all the right precautions to keep themselves, and their children, safe. Cracker sales remain restricted to a four-day period from November 2 until November 5...
With 80 jobs on the line at the troubled Juken sawmill here, community trust and regional economic development agency Trust Tairāwhiti has confirmed it will not look at buying the mill. Juken staff and management are considering three options for...
Dancer and choreographer Kayla Paige has worked in the USA, Australia and Europe, but nothing compares to being part of the creative team at World of Wearable Arts (WOW) of Wellington where she has worked as a choreographer for the last two years...
Gisborne district councillors have voted to accept a Government cyclone recovery package to the tune of $204 million with little debate on Wednesday. Last month, Gisborne District Council put the all-or-nothing government offer out for a two-week...
A larger-than-life dandelion takes centre stage at Breath, which is Tairāwhiti museum’s newest exhibition. Tiny florets — those fuzzy bits of the dandelion — are scattered overhead, floating mid-air as if released by a puff of breath at local...
“There are lots of little Easter eggs in this show, if you spend the time to look around,” says Melanie Tahata of her current exhibition running at the Tairāwhiti Museum. Named Rima Tekau, it is a sharing and expression of whanaungatanga, of...
Following a sell-out run at Q Theatre, Auckland, Boyd & Brodie Productions are now touring Waiting for Waiting for Godot across Aotearoa. This critically acclaimed production, written by award-winning actor/playwright Dave Hanson and directed by...
Mayor Rehette Stoltz acknowledges ‘Ben Hur’ effort to negotiate buyout programme with the Government.
In a world where values shape our actions and the direction of society, the way we define success and beauty has consequences. “Ngā Ara Whetū, Auckland University’s centre for climate, biodiversity and society, along with The Big Q, have come...
Saturday November 4. Smash Palace, 7.30pm, $35+BF. The Bowie and U2 tribute show will see epic bands thrill the audience for three hours. Bowie is performed by Stardust. A group of experienced musos, they share their love of David Bowie’s music...
by Zanna Gillespie and Greg Bruce, NZH SHE SAW I’d like to think things are better now. Watching Ms. Information, a documentary profile of microbiologist and science communicator Dr Siouxsie Wiles, you’re reminded of what a volatile time the...
Dome Cinema Loop Track A psychological thriller about Ian, who wants to get as far away from humanity as possible, in the New Zealand bush. Other people get attached to him, and he has the feeling they are being followed. A four-day journey becomes...
The powerhouse of Poverty Bay club cricket made a barnstorming start to the 2023-2024 season on Saturday. Bollywood High School Old Boys — holders of all three Premier trophies — began their quest to retain the Doleman Cup 40-overs crown by...
Gisborne’s Chris Dawson will make his debut as captain of the New Zealand Black Fins surf lifesaving team this month in the International German Cup pool lifesaving championships. The event is to be held in Warendorf in Germany from November 23 to...
Revenge came early for OBR. Rawhiti League Old Boys Rugby avenged their Hope Cup final loss to Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps with a six-wicket win in the opening Saturday of the Senior B Grade club competition on Nelson Park’s...
Gisborne Speedway Club started its 2023-24 season in fine style on Saturday night with a big crowd on hand to watch a 27-race programme that entertained from start to finish. Results — Ministocks, Race 1: Tom Steel (21B) 1, Memphis Trengrove (88B)...
The draw for Tairāwhiti junior softball at Waikirikiri Park on Saturday (all games 45 to 50 minutes) — Emerging Sox intermediate softball (Years 7 and 8), 11am: D2, Tolaga Smashers v Campion College 2; D3, Campion College 1 v Waikirikiri. Rookie...
An expectation of swift coalition negotiations after the final vote count is released on Friday afternoon has been raised by NZ First leader Winston Peters, in his first major interview since election night. Speaking to Sean Plunket of online radio...
Clive Bibby In an environment where minority opinion — particularly that which involves the protection of “indigenous” rights (real or imagined) — is promoted by groups claiming to be the only credible authority, we should be concerned that...
May I point out that the last Weekender insert featured an imagined mega-thrust tsunami that is the stuff of Hollywood disaster movies. Comparing the wave pictured with Tuamotu Island (36 metres high), Young Nick’s Head (177 metres) and the...