A massive footpath repair programme has started around Gisborne and will continue until May of next year. Gisborne District Council’s Journeys operations manager Libby Young said there was a big push to respond to an increased number of faults...
When it comes to reasons for speeding, Eastern Police District highway patrol officers have heard it all. From stuck jandals to stressed-out dogs, lead-footed motorists have used all sorts of excuses to get out of a speeding fine. “Summer’s here...
It’s time to try again. After the disruptions of Covid-19 and cyclones, Relay for Life returns next year, to the A&P Showgrounds, and over the full 24 hours. Relay For Life Te Ara Toiora will be earlier in March than in previous years, on...
Documentary series wins best sports programme at national television awards.
Tairāwhiti must unite and plan to recover from future natural disasters without government funding, a top New Zealand economist has warned. That was one of the key points raised in a speech by economist Shamubeel Eaqub at Wainui Surf Life Saving...
Don’t be deceived by appearances. Dorothy M Fletcher may seem like a mild mannered, choral-singing retiree, but in truth she has a penchant for murder . . . Dorothy has written Caroling Catastrophe which opens at Unity Theatre tonight. She is the...
Dudley Meadows, curator of the Millard Studio exhibition at Tairāwhiti Museum, will give a floor talk at the museum on Sunday, January 21, where he will share some of the untold stories behind the photographs. He will also give more background...
Art panels inspired by the concept of kaitiakitanga or guardianship and produced by a group of Year 10 art students will soon have pride of place in the school hall at Gisborne Girls’ High School. The art project involved a lot of research and...
A quote that resonates with Gisborne artist Erika Holden is from Pablo Picasso: “Art wipes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Erika has an exhibition, which is both personal and meaningful to her, on at Verve Cafe. But what the viewer...
This week Build-a-band Every Thursday night at Smash Palace, from 7-11pm. Motivate your muso mates or just turn up — everything’s set up and ready to go. Let’s jam! Free entry. Fusion Bellydance Every Thursday at 5.45pm. Join vibrant and fun...
Gisborne progressive rock band UNI-FI celebrates 10 years with a special show this Friday at Smash Palace. The group is made up of Cory Garrett (lead vocals), Michael Shanks (guitar), Gana Goldsmith (bass guitar — vocals), and Genesis Burgess...
Beyoncé ruled the US box office last weekend. Her concert picture, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, opened in first place with $21 million in North American ticket sales, according to estimates from AMC Theatres on Sunday. The post-Thanksgiving...
Odeon Multiplex The Boy and the Heron (dubbed) Critically acclaimed anime from director Hayao Miyazaki, with the voice talents of Christian Bale, Dave Bautista and Willem Dafoe. Journey to Bethlehem A retelling of the Christmas story with music...
‘We medalled in every race we entered’.
Tairāwhiti schools were visited by Basketball New Zealand’s Hoops in Schools initiative on Tuesday. Awapuni, Ormond, Matawai and Riverdale each received hoops and balls from New Zealand Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns internationals Ethan Rusbatch and...
Electrinet Park You can forgive Park staff, committee and club members for looking a little anxious when it starts to rain. There’s a general feeling of “oh no, not again” when the skies open up . . . as they did yet again this week, resulting...
Gisborne’s Tessa McDonald powered to victory as Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay racked up a second team win at the women’s national interprovincial yesterday. McDonald, at No. 2 in the HBPB side, cruised to a 6 and 4 defeat of Shardae Bulkely in a 3-2...
Cricket can be a hard old life, even for the young. No captain could have worked harder to position his team to win the Junior Hardball T20 final than the Ngatapa Kings’ Archie Gillies, before a tide-turning over from Jack Williams of the High...
Draw for Tairāwhiti senior and junior softball, all games at Waikirikiri Park on Saturday — Senior Division, 12.30pm: D2, Moana Toa v Māori Smurfs; D3, Expendables v More or Less. Emerging Sox Intermediate Softball (Years 7 and 8), 11am: D1...
A steady decline in maths, reading and science ability among New Zealand 15-year-olds since 2009 continues in the latest three-yearly report by the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa), including a 15-point fall in maths —...
by Tim Wilson Maxim Institute executive director Tim Wilson The morning before details of the coalition between National, ACT and New Zealand First were finally announced, Westpac Bank released a report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in business...
I am acutely aware that aside from being human I am part of the universe and, like everything else, I consist of matter that was created in the universe after the Big Bang. I am sure that when my life is finished the compounds of my body will...
I see new Transport Minister Simeon Brown has ordered that the name for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency be changed to NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi. Apparently the English version should come first because some can’t understand the English...
The cruise ship season rolled along yesterday with the fifth successful visit, when the boutique cruise ship National Geographic Orion came calling for the third time and docked at Eastland Port. “The ship was a bit late due to sea conditions, but...
Weather-affected farms in the North Island, including Tairāwhiti, will get veterinary support thanks to funding provided through a new programme, facilitated by the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ). The initiative called Vets on Farm —...
The Matawhero saleyards will host the last of the big ram sales tomorrow with a line-up from Craig and Yvonne Brownlie from Te Ruanui Polled Dorsets at Waerenga-o-Kuri. They will present 80 Poll Dorsets and 20 PollTex — described as “true...
by Jack Ward Plans are on track for a new Nūhaka School, opening at the beginning of the 2025 school year. But exactly where the school will be sited is still being considered, after this year’s weather events. The school was flooded during...
A scientific project gets under way from the end of January 2024 to understand more about Tairāwhiti’s groundwater, after being postponed earlier this year because of Cyclone Gabrielle. The project involves surveying underground aquifers —...
Raise Up YMCA group is aiming to get more rangatahi involved in making a positive impact on the Gisborne community. The group, made up of 23 rangatahi from Gisborne schools, is led by youth and is for youth. They are a diverse group of people of...
Night-time resurfacing work planned for State Highway 2 has been postponed until early in the new year. The stretch of road between Maraetaha Rd and Wharekakaho Rd will now remain open overnight from December 7-19
Firefighters were called to a house in Gladstone Road near Bloomfield Road on Tuesday night after a gas leak started from a meter outside the property. The 111 call about it came in at around 6pm. “We isolated the gas supply to the property at the...
The council’s special programme for addressing stormwater issues across the city is ploughing on, but those in charge say some good weather would be appreciated. Beginning in 2006, DrainWise was established with an important function of working...
Contractors have barricaded the troublesome slip site between Kotemaori and Putorino and put in other safety measures as the highway remains open at that point. A major slip came down at the weekend on State Highway 2 south and geotechnical...