Negotiations between the three parties trying to reach agreement to form the next Government have progressed well in the latter half of this week, from soundings given by their respective leaders. There is a good chance the trickiest final parts...
Tara Oakley Section 27 or “cultural” reports have been described by the incoming government as written by “individuals without expertise or qualifications” and as “designed to influence judges to deliver lighter sentences”. This...
Re the start of the cruise ship season. Great to know we are to expect lots of visitors into Gisborne this summer. It’s exactly what we need. However, can council please do something about the vagrancy and the mess they make? Can the real estate...
Now that NZ has had a fortnight to mourn the loss of what would have been a fourth Rugby World Cup, an Aussie from across the ditch couldn’t be more impressed with the dignity and gentlemanliness Kiwis have shown. A gutsy All Blacks beaten by the...
Re: Talking about racism, November 9. Well, Matthew Roderick, your tirade proves my analysis. I of course am saying that racism is just one part of “the human condition” which to some extent is inherent in all of humanity. And no, it is not just...
Newly appointed Presbyterian Church Moderator Rose Luxford is in Gisborne this weekend on her first “official” gig. It is a big weekend for the local Presbyterian parish with a remembrance and healing service at the Matawhero Presbyerian Church...
Four rōpū from different Tairāwhiti kura showed off their performance skills at Te Mana Kuratahi/Aotearoa national primary schools kapa haka competitions in Nelson. Te Kura o Manutuke, Te Kapa Haka o Puhi Kaiti,
Yvonne Steggall and her late husband Warwick encountered all walks of life back in 1994 when they took over Gisborne Backpackers. Yvonne chats with Loren Sirl. Yvonne Steggall has written a book about her experiences managing Gisborne Backpackers...
That Mason Ball clearly shares his cartoonist father Murray Ball’s humour is evident in his just-released warm, funny, honest biography, Murray Ball: A Cartoonist’s Life. Mason talks to Mark Peters about the creation of the book. A border collie...
Gwynne Dyer With practically all the media bandwidth for non-local news taken up by two tribal territorial struggles that would not have seemed out of place in the 15th century AD — or indeed the 15th century BC — you may have missed the latest...
Mike Yardley unravels Rotterdam’s post-war rebirth into a thriving mecca of architectural innovation and design excellence. If your idea of a dream European destination is charmingly quaint, cute and cobbled, Rotterdam is not for you. But like an...
Explore the world of mobile vege gardening and learn how to grow your own produce in small living spaces. You don’t need a big space if you want to grow a vege garden — in fact, you don’t even need to own your own home. Creating a mobile vege...
Eat Up New Zealand: The Bach Edition by Al Brown is a revised edition of Al’s iconic book Eat Up New Zealand. This book includes more than 150 delicious recipes especially aimed at easy bach living. Meatballs with spiced tomato lentils is my...
He’s known to most as “Solly” but David Solomann has earned himself another nickname at the Freyberg Masters men’s interprovincial tournament in Gisborne this week . . . “Afternoon Specialist”. Solomann collected a huge scalp as his host...
Poverty Bay Bowling Club members held their annual Melbourne Cup Fun Day Tournament on Tuesday. The winners, with three wins and 15 ends won, were Dayvinia Mills (skip), Marion Jones (director) and Margaret Parsons (lead). The runners-up — Bruce...
Impressive draw bowls by Dayvinia Mills proved decisive in the final of the centre 2-4-2 mixed pairs completed at Gisborne Bowling Club on Sunday. Mills combined with Geoff Pinn to defeat Marcus and Jasmine Merrick 15-8 in the decider. The...
No green, no problem. Tolaga Bay won the men's section of the senior interclub competition at the Kahutia Bowling Club on Saturday, even though their home green is still out of commission. Cyclone Gabrielle caused the Tolaga Bay green damage that...
Can Gisborne Boys’ High School end the blue-and-whites’ dominance of Premier Grade cricket? Two weeks into the 40-over Doleman Cup season, Bollywood High School Old Boys’ margins of victory have been 156 runs against Breakers Horouta Te Wak...
Chippie is back but can he reinvigorate a party that has just gone through a major rejection from the voting public? The decision of the Labour caucus to reinstate defeated Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is unsurprising, particularly as there are no...
Bob Hughes Over the years here I have been called a “lefty communist” and a “watermelon” (green outside, red inside); been told I live in a cave, and that “as a worm” I would “do an admirable job” (John Fricker, 2019); and most...
Real estate political party donors will do very well if Act are able to allow foreign buyers or gift landlords $billions. But there’s really no conflict of interest eh? Really. Companies will still charge 3.95 percent commission even if the house...
Gisborne will next week host the National Geographic Orion, the first cruise ship visit for the 2023/24 summer season. It is scheduled to arrive at 8am on November 13, bringing about 106 passengers and 75 crew members for a day-long excursion. The...
Waihau Road is open to residents and may soon open to the public. Gisborne District Council acting director of community lifelines Dave Hadfield, reporting to the operations committee yesterday, said the washout repair was almost complete. The road...
A rare scientific phenomenon seems to have been the cause of a failed mission from Rocket Lab’s Māhia space port. The United States-based space company yesterday provided an update on the cause of an anomaly that resulted in the failed mission...
Wastewater works at the Lytton Road/ Stout St roundabout are taking longer than expected. The Gisborne District Council reports that as contractors were working on the repair, further breaks were identified which caused a sinkhole to develop. Other...
The Electoral Commission has found vote counting errors in the East Coast electorate, but the final result has not changed. The votes were included in the preliminary count but were not included in the official count, said chief electoral officer...
It was a case of sport for all at the Parafed open day last weekend. “The day, held at Ilminster Intermediate, was a great success,” Parafed regional development coordinator Louise Ellery said. “Loads of fun was had and many people in our...
REVIEW A show for the whole family and that the kids will love — that’s School of Rock, the Musical Theatre Gisborne production which opens tonight at the War Memorial Theatre. The show opens with Dewey Finn, played by Kevin Harrard, playing...
Poverty Bay Horticultural Society president Wendy Davies was “very, very happy” with the society’s annual Summer Show last weekend. She was impressed with the number of entries for the show, which was at the Farmers Air Showgrounds Event...
A policy position for the clean-up of woody debris on beaches approved by Gisborne District Council operations committee yesterday was “unacceptable”, the community group that called for a review of land-use rules earlier in the year says. Man...
Tairāwhiti Museum has faced a challenging year but managed to come out the other side in a strong position. Those were the comments of outgoing museum director Eloise Wallace at Gisborne District Council’s finance and performance meeting on...
What is the “natural” state of beaches? Gisborne District Council’s operations committee faced that issue yesterday when they endorsed a proposed “position” on woody debris on beaches for later adoption by council.
Hawke’s Bay took the honours in their neighbourhood rivalry with Tairāwhiti in Round 6 of the Freyberg Masters men’s national golf interprovincial in Gisborne this morning. The men in black beat the host province 4-1 on the penultimate day of...
Gisborne Yacht Club son-and-father sailing team of Ross and Colin Shanks, representing the East Coast, have uplifted one of New Zealand’s oldest sailing trophies after a close-fought contest on Lake Rotoiti. The Sanders Cup was in its 99th year of...