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...
Poverty bay Darryn White and Marg Colebourne are the 2023 Primo Cup champions. White won the men’s title while Colebourne won the women’s crown, along with the hidden partners competition run alongside the Primo Cup final. White shot 77 off his...
Described as a “national treasure” and “New Zealand’s most indispensable ensemble”, NZTrio is renowned for its eclectic repertoire, outstanding talent and warm Kiwi stage presence. Bringing together three incredibly accomplished artists...
Golf is a game of inches in a couple of ways. There’s the six inches between your ears that the great Arnold Palmer said were “the most important”. And there’s the inches out on the course where the smallest mistake can come back to bite...
Campion College are getting better. Last season’s Senior B Grade champions the Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps beat Campion’s first 11 by 42 runs . . . after the Mark Naden-coached up-and-comers gave them a push. The younger set...
Winston Peters seems set to teach National leader Christopher Luxon a lesson or two in the power dynamics of coalition negotiations, and could force a change in tack. The NZ First leader told National Business Review on Tuesday that he believed...
Marcus Roberts, Maxim Institutedirector of research We are still a week away from finding out the final shape of the 54th New Zealand Parliament. It will probably take a little longer for the coalition negotiations to be concluded and for...
Your Saturday report on the serious damage Storm Ciarán wreaked on the British Isles and Europe, and the mean sea-level pressure reading for England and Wales in November being the lowest ever, deeply concerns me. I remind readers, we in the...
At 1.30am one Friday morning the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter headed to Te Kaha in response to a trauma. The call-out itself was routine and in the early hours of the morning the patient was flown in a stable condition to Taurang...
Lotto NZ handed out almost 90 grants to recipients in Tairāwhiti in the 2022/23 financial year as part of lottery funding that helped around 4000 groups made up of community, hapū and iwi across the country. Te Puna Tahua Lottery Grants Board...
There was plenty of demand for the large number of quality cattle on Tuesday at the monthly Matawhero Cattle Fair. Many of them were trucked out of the district to new homes for a large bench of visiting buyers. In all close to 2000 cattle were...
Season two of Frocks on Friday (FOF) got under way last week with a social event to reconnect and welcome new “frock stars” into the fold. The newbies have added their support to a kaupapa that raises awareness and funds for #Hear4u — a local...
Police were shocked by some of the drivers stopped by the impairment prevention team. Over the course of two days policing the roads in Tairāwhiti last week, 10 drivers were found to have excess breath alcohol at checkpoints targeting drink...
The emergency services were called to the corner of Childers Road and Derby Street on Tuesday night after two cars collided at the roundabout. A senior firefighter said the people in the vehicles suffered minor injuries. The crash call came in at...
The busy cruise ship season kicks off on Monday when Eastland Port welcomes back the National Geographic Orion, described as a state-of-the-art expedition ship. She begins a cruise season that will see 25 cruise ships of varying sizes and capacities...
Wainui couple Wes and Lorraine Franks have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, but only after their three daughters persuaded them. “You’ve got to celebrate this!” they said. The couple were married in 1963 at St Andrew’s Presbyterian...
A new photography exhibition featuring portraits taken by the Millard Studio opens at Tairāwhiti Museum tomorrow taking viewers on a journey back to Gisborne in the early 1900s. Edward Arthur Millard established and operated a photographic studio...
A Gisborne railway bridge which doubled as a popular jump spot prior to Cyclone Gabrielle is once again open to the public. But the council warns even though safety barriers have been removed and the structure is now clear of hazards, heavy rain...
Jurors in a High Court murder trial have heard how Russell Allison’s daughter appeared “unemotional” when told about her father’s death. On day three of the trial for murder accused Lynne Maree Martin, 63, the jury was also told that police...
A baby boy, described by his mother as “my little soldier”, was not expected to survive after being assaulted by a man who has been jailed for four years and nine months. The baby, aged three-and-a-half-months, was left with permanent brain...
Wairoa District Council is monitoring the impact of heavy rainfall overnight Tuesday and Wednesday. Civil Defence controller Juanita Savage yesterday said there had been Fire and Emergency NZ-assisted evacuations from Nuhaka properties and from...
Budding actors from Ilminster Intermediate and Gisborne Intermediate came together for a friendly competition in Theatresports on Monday and while they weren’t being judged or marked, they tried their hardest to outperform the opposition...
The Dome Cinema presents a selection of films from the 2023 British and Irish Film Festival, making it a little mini-fest especially for Gisborne audiences. Each film will only play once so be sure to book in and visit the website for links to see...
Nia DaCosta, director of the upcoming The Marvels, has a diagnosis for the recent struggles of superhero movies. It basically comes down to, she says, “Mo’ money, mo’ problems.” Success inevitably breeds bigger budgets. Box-office...
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...
Odeon Multiplex The Marvels Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. However, unintended consequences have her shouldering the burden of a destabilised...
"A very wet night last night across that area there, some spots as much as 120mm of rainfall in just 12 hours or so - really intense bursts of rain, but over a prolonged period as well," MetService meteorologist John Law told Morning Report