One hundred years ago today Gisborne became the home of one of New Zealand’s first radio broadcasting stations. Station 2YM was started by three Gisborne amateur radio operators — Percy Stevens, Ivan O’Meara and Bob Patty — who obtained one...
An old Irish saying goes, ““Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout”. There is something serene about fishing, where time stands still, and the only sound is the swishing of the fishing line being cast and the waters running...
She had invited her ex-partner for a weekend of reconciliation but, high on meth, all that jealous and mentally-unstable Rimu Morrell could dish out was terror — not just for the woman but the general public too. Assaults, verbal abuse, dangerous...
The Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC) alliance is coming to Gisborne in a big way, taking over the three-storey heritage building on Gladstone Road that formerly housed Eastland Group, recruiting locals — some likely to come from businesses...
Bob Hughes I was born in September 1932 during the Great Depression and was an infant when Hitler, leader of the Nazi party, became the chancellor of Germany in 1933. Woodville was our home. Our Mum read us bedtime horror stories like Hansel and...
I just wanted to write and thank the voters in the East Coast electorate for trusting in me to deliver for the electorate over the next three years. I am deeply humbled by the support and will always do my best to represent you all fairly, with...
Seeking school friend Joseph Francis Sheriff of East Cape area, born about 1952. Any information appreciated. D. Bourchier hambears@xtra. co. nz
by Rockin’ Robin The first meeting of the Eastland Kart Club’s 11th season was held on Sunday, featuring a different format for the year. Just the rookies and juniors run under the 3 heat format front, middle and back. However, the added feature...
Gisborne Boys' High School Blues and Royals' six-wicket win over the Campion College second 11 in round 1 of the secondary schools’ Year 9-11 Challenge Cup officially led off organised cricket in Poverty Bay on Wednesday. All three junior leagues...
PATUTAHI MONDAY — Men’s net: Dave Skudder 65, CharlieTaylor 68, Graeme Holland 68, Lindsay Jamieson 68. Twos: Dave Skudder. SATURDAY — Patutahi open closing day and Ruka Tupara Memorial Trophy, Canadian foursomes stableford: Tony Green/Helen...
OBITUARY: ARTHUR BACON Half-hearted wasn’t in Arthur Bacon’s vocabulary. If he was going to do something, he was going to give it his best shot. And giving it his best shot almost always meant doing it well. Especially in the sporting aren...
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling on councils to open workshops to the public by default, to reduce the perception that decisions are being made behind closed doors. This follows an investigation of eight councils (not including Gisborne or...
The New Zealand Government announcement yesterday at the United Nations calling for a “humanitarian pause” in the Israeli war on Gaza is an insipid response to the slaughter of Palestinian civilians in their thousands in Gaza. Already over 5000...
Thank you Lara Meyer for your October 24 letter: Vote upsetting, immoral. You said it all from your own experience of the indigenous Australians’ position. I agree with all your comments 100 percent. You said it was a punch in the face; I will add...
When sufficiently motivated, we will purposively work in the best interests of each other. It is meaningful to do so. We need confidence in each other and the system. Faith is helpful in the face of adversity. Presently, without fundamental change...
Whoop, whoop Murray Ferris, absolutely brilliant letter (Over left-leaning vitriol, October 24). I couldn’t have said it any better. I have been wanting to write in for a while about the same thing. I have had a few run-ins with Mary-Ann de Kort...
The process to independently review the performance of Hawke’s Bay’s flood scheme assets and river management programmes in response to Cyclone Gabrielle is under way. The review has been instigated by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HRBC) in...
A man’s persistent and unwanted advances on a woman one night at a social function has ruined her life, she says, causing her sleep disturbances, health issues, and decimating her career. And because Corey Te Urikore Walker, a 30-year-old barber...
by Jack Ward, Wairoa Star Protection against pests in native fauna and flora is coming to the Whakakī Lake Trust. The trust will receive $113,900 for the pest control project from the Department of Conservation Community Fund Pūtea Tautiaki...
Sign language interpreters are becoming a more familiar sight with seemingly never-ending civic emergency announcements and regular government announcements during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. But what about the general election, and everyday...
Tyla Gordon knows a thing or two about managing a fast-paced and popular fast food restaurant. She’s been a manager of the McDonalds restaurant chain for over 15 years, starting at the tender age of 14 and now approaching 30. “I needed money...
Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand is holding an open day to explain how data captured through seabed surveys helps to improve nautical charts and knowledge of the marine environment. The open day is on Tuesday, November 7 at 11.30am at...
A woman has narrowly avoided being jailed after her desperate attempt to stop Australian police acting on her daughter’s complaint of being sexually abused by two relatives in New Zealand. In a two-hour video call to her 12-year-old daughter...
Ulysses Motorcycle Club of NZ Inc will be in Gisborne next month as part of a new nationwide initiative — a countrywide Baton Relay — to raise money for victims of Cyclone Gabrielle. From November 5 to 19, hundreds of bikers will travel the...
In its ninth annual funding round, the Sunrise Foundation has given a funding boost to 35 worthy causes in Tairāwhiti-Gisborne, awarding $200,753 of grants across the arts, education, environment, health, social and sports sectors. Sunrise invites...
A striking selection of artworks by senior art students at Gisborne Girls’ High School including painting and photography is part of a special exhibition opening at the school tonight. Prints of the artworks have been hung on the walls of the...
Licence to research indigenous fungi containing psilocybin a milestone for groundbreaking marae-led project
Review by Avery Lavelle A look back over some of the highlights of the Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival. Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival’s 2023 “RĀ” season was a triumph and brought the Gisborne community together through the activities and events...
Six new artists will join the She Shed Tour this year extending the already wide offering of more than 30 artists who show their arts and crafts on the tour. The first is Steph Barnett, a visual artist, animator and educator whose work orients...
An artwork by Year 13 student Fiona Walker from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Uri a Māui was chosen to be part of the Ringa Toi Student Exhibition at Te Papa in Wellington. She felt honoured to be chosen to participate in the exibition which...
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...
Global hit Ladies Night is on the hunt for new blood. Gisborne Centre Stage is looking for actors who are comfortable shedding their clothes for its next production which was labelled New Zealand’s sexiest comedy. The popular production was penned...
Of all the ways that a relationship can end, a fundamental disagreement about a work of art is in some ways extremely silly. And yet, a film or a book exposing an irreparable rift in a love that perhaps wasn’t as compatible, as symbiotic or as...
Odeon Multiplex Killers of the Flower Moon In the 1920s, members of the Osage Native American tribe are murdered after oil is found on their land, and the FBI decides to investigate. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro Lily Gladstone and Jesse...