Tim Wilson, Maxim Institute executive director Sociologist Brian Steensland says culture is the “symbolic-expressive dimension of social life”. It’s a helpful lens for analysing and describing the functions of a community. In policy, cultural...
Clive Bibby We should not be persuaded by the crocodile tears from Joe Biden or those of his Democrat predecessor Barack Obama professing they have been and always will be right behind the Israeli nation as they try to find a way of defending...
The country’s 2300-plus polling booths close at 7pm tonight. By the end of Wednesday, nearly one million (970,818) ordinary votes had been cast. That compares to 1,565,056 votes up to the comparable day in 2020, and 806,380 votes on the same day...
Gisborne Police are urgently seeking sightings of missing man Matthew Knight. Matthew was last seen in the Raupunga Mohaka area at around 10pm on Monday. He was wearing black work boots, blue jeans, and a black jacket. Police and Matthew’s family...
The past 12 months have been a “year of two halves”, according to the Gisborne District Council’s annual report. The document, which covers the period July 2022 to June 2023, provides an overview of performance as well as offering direction...
by Doug Laing Shearers and woolhandlers have gathered in Gisborne for the first North Island competitions of the new season at the Poverty Bay A&P Show. The annual Gisborne Shearing and Woolhandling Championships opened with a speedshear and...
The final run-off in the Spring Show dog trials championship this morning pitted five triallists from Gisborne and one from Wairoa up against nine visitors from outside the district, and a tight final was predicted. The last five to make the run-off...
Beautiful weather brought the crowds out early to the first day of the A&P Gisborne Show yesterday. Friends and mums Kate Gunn and Bea Tomlinson were happy to be out and about enjoying the good weather. “We are excited for the kids to go on...
A plan to build a new “village” in Gisborne for 150 out-of-town road and construction workers recruited to help the post-Cyclone Gabrielle rebuild has raised questions and concerns.
Eight titles, a new black belt and the judoka-of-the-year honour . . . Gisborne Judo Club had an event to remember at the national championships in Porirua over the weekend. “We won titles from juniors to veterans, which was cool,” club head...
Tyla Hackett is living the dream. The 22-year-old is one of two team riders for Takapoto Estate in Cambridge. She has been there nearly a year and says every day she still pinches herself as the reality of spending her days with horses sinks in...
Adding more firepower to its 21st birthday celebration, Rhythm and Vines has announced its second line-up and day splits. UK superstar Becky Hill, Welsh electronic duo Overmono, Sub Focus (presenting Evolve), and singer-songwriter Declan McKenna are...
Gisborne Airport operations manager Aaron Lum has been named the first Emerging Leader of the Year at the 2023 NZ Airports Awards. Aaron is just one year into his role as the first point of contact for all day-to-day operations at Gisborne Airport...
A forestry company has expressed its “sincere” and “whole-hearted” apology for its environmental offending in Papakorokoro Forest, north of Gisborne, admitting it “could have been avoided”. At a sentencing hearing for Forwood Forest...
A work commissioned by the Gisborne Civic Orchestra in 2019 will have its premiere at the Lawson Field Theatre next month. “The audience can expect a truly moving and memorable musical experience as the orchestra brings this music to life for the...
Predictions that sheep and beef profit margins could fall a further 30 percent this season could be the “straw that breaks the camel’s back” for some Tairāwhiti farmers, says Federated Farmers provincial president Hunaara Waerehu. Beef + Lamb...
Gisborne citrus company First Fresh had an excellent turn out at its Spring Field Day after what company CEO Ian Albers described as the toughest year he could remember in 23 years. The focus for the afternoon was to reconnect with growers and start...
The last time Poverty Bay made a Heartland Championship Lochore Cup final, they turned on their best performance of the season — a 49-22 drubbing of South Canterbury in Gisborne in 2011. And history is definitely on their side heading into the...
Cindy Kershaw has started her 2023-24 season in the best way possible. She won the Dunstan Horsefeeds Amateur Rider Series on the second day of competition at the Poverty Bay A&P Show yesterday. Riding her flea-bitten-grey gelding Kiwi Vision...
Junior players Hinetapora Kaiwai and Joel Horua are mixing it with the adults in the Gisborne Club Darts Association Tuesday night league. Hinetapora, who is only 11, plays in the B Grade while Joel, 9, is in the A Grade. Both are members of Tao...
Rhythm and Vines 2023 is shaping up to be another heart-thumping experience for music lovers. Gizzy DJ Tom Witters continues his nine-year connection with the festival and chats with The Gisborne Herald’s Loren Sirl about bringing his unique vibe...
Ngā Kaihanga Uku: Māori Clay Artists is a new book written by Tokomaru Bay artist and renowned potter, Baye Pēwhairangi Riddell. Kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor had a kōrero with Baye to learn more about the book . . . The rise of...
Loren Sirl writes about her globe-trotting dental journey, exploring affordable care options. I have international teeth — there’s Vietnamese, Thai, Australian, Malaysian and Kiwi — and no they’re not a dazzling gold-filled or...
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...
Explore the world of herb gardening, where simplicity and flavour harmonise. The Associated Press journalist Jessica Damiano writes about herb care, ideal soil conditions, and introduces a variety of herbs to elevate your garden into a culinary...
Gwynne Dyer “On 14 October there is nothing for us to lose — and so much to gain. There is no downside,” said Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese six weeks ago, announcing the date of the great referendum on enshrining an Indigenous...
And we are loyal, keep it that way.” Dave Dobbyn’s anthem aptly sums up the black and white blood that has flowed through Gisborne golfer Tessa McDonald’s veins at national interprovincial level for the past 11 years. And she will be flying...
High School Old Boys, a football team formed in time to take part in this year’s Eastern League competition, completed the Eastern League second division-Chris Moore Cup double at the weekend. They beat Gisborne Thistle Youth 3-1 after extra time...
As we head to the poll that matters tomorrow, the phoenix of New Zealand politics Winston Peters is right where he wants to be — his party polling consistently over 5 percent and him the focus of attention, highly likely to have a pivotal hand in...
It is easy to get the sequence of electoral “bottom lines” incorrect. I believe it was Winston Peters who first said he would not work with Labour again in coalition. That then elicited the expected negative reply from Chris Hipkins. This leaves...
Ngatapa School’s annual Pet Day went off without a hitch on Wednesday. School principal Cheryl Johnston said it was a “fantastic day”, made all the better because the event was nearly cancelled with poor weather in the run-up. “I nearly...
A judge has called out a woman’s disrespectful stance in the dock and for dressing for court “like she has just come from a gym”. It was the same sort of contemptuous attitude she had displayed when she assaulted her children’s caregiver and...
Burials are back on in most sections of Taruheru Cemetery, which will come as a great relief to grieving families. The interment situation at Taruheru has been disrupted several times since cyclones Hale and Gabrielle and other heavy rain events...
New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) has advised the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from near Tolaga Bay due to the presence of toxins. “Routine tests on mussels from Tolaga Bay have shown levels of paralytic shellfish toxins over...