Gisborne District Council has issued 190 camping permits so far since the seasonal camping season started at Labour Weekend. Each of the permits entitles campers to occupy a particular site for 28 days. Pouawa and Turihaua Beach have been well used...
The second cruise ship visit of the season went ahead as planned on Saturday when the 140-passenger Heritage Adventurer spent the day at anchor out on Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay. As usual the visitors on board came ashore to enjoy a range of...
Tahuna Irwin and Mihi Awatere were named senior men’s and women’s players of the year at Gisborne Club Darts Association’s prizegiving at the Gisborne RSA. Hunter Eyles and Mihimoana Waihape were named junior or youth male and female players...
Alliance Group’s pure south handpicked 55-day aged beef has been crowned the best grass-fed steak and the best ribeye steak in the world. It triumphed over entries from across the globe at the World Steak Challenge awards ceremony in London...
Greenpeace have shown they are nothing but an anti-farming lobby group by criticising Fonterra’s new on-farm emissions targets, says Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford. “Last week Fonterra announced that they plan to reduce their...
A Beef + Lamb New Zealand Knowledge Hub learning module explains that there are generally four months between weaning and mating and the first two are key to best body condition going into mating. “Getting the feed management right in the two...
Seb Wilson muscled the Tigers into Gisborne basketball’s Draft League final with a league-high tally in an 80-38 victory over the Lions on Sunday night. The night before, the 6ft5in 18-year-old had fouled out in a Round 3 clash against the...
The Comet Swimming Club turns 65 this year and continues to provide all aspects of water confidence, water safety and swimming services to the Tairāwhiti community. It was established in 1958 by Beth Meade. The club’s mission statement read —...
Club spirit shone brightly on Friday night when Gisborne Speedway Club overcame a wet track that ultimately led to the record lap times as the sprintcars revelled in lightning-fast conditions. An error with watering of the track just prior to racing...
The time it is taking to form a government has become a growing headache for Prime Minister elect Christopher Luxon and his National party, so they will have been glad to announce yesterday afternoon that they have reached policy deals with both Act...
The truth — pine trees do NOT cause erosion. Aside from natural erosion by quake, wind and water, human activity is the prime cause of damaging erosion in this district. Those who are spreading misinformation about erosion and land use need to...
I believe many of your readers will not have liked Gwynne Dyer’s “The frog, the scorpion and Hamas” column because it is an accurate treatise on the factors governing the Gaza conflict, yet like all good analysis it is pragmatic in the...
Imagine Eastland Group as a sailing ship like the Spirit of Adventure. Under full sail it is a great sight as it powers steadily forward. This is not good enough for the owners and the captain, however. They require more performance from the ship...
I am not happy that the United States plans to spend about a trillion dollars over 30 years to rectify its nuclear shortfall. This is a reversal from President Barack Obama’s 2009 Prague speech that laid out his agenda for further nuclear...
Rivers around the region are being surveyed by a high-tech drone this summer, replacing traditional ground-based methods for gathering river information. Jet skis and kayaks will also be used to collect depth soundings, which together with the drone...
Gisborne District Council staff member Kerry Hudson has been described as a hero of soil conservation and land management in Tairāwhiti after he was honoured at a national event last week. Kerry was awarded the Outstanding Contribution award at the...
Life Education Trust is celebrating the successful return of the Five Buck a Duck Race and looking ahead to the next one. “After expenses, we have netted around $22,000, but we have yet to make donations to Rotary and the Gisborne Yacht Club for...
Te Whatu Ora-Tairāwhiti is looking for former health board employees who may have been underpaid. Health boards, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Enterprise (MBIE), police and many other employers, including in the private sector, were found to...
Gisborne’s median house price decreased by 5 percent year-on-year last month to $570,000, data from the Real Estate Institute shows. “The region saw investors tentatively returning to the market following the election,” REINZ chief executive...
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...