Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz moved to Tairāwhiti from South Africa over 20 years ago and during that time here she has been on a journey of learning te reo Māori. As part of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor caught...

The Whinray Scenic Reserve at Motu is home to native brown kiwi which have been returned from the brink thanks to conservation efforts over the past 30 years, but the area is also home to other native creatures who are also benefiting from...

True to its name, chain of hearts is a trailing vine plant with heart-shaped, variegated leaves. It is an easy-care, super-tough, hardy, hanging plant that can be used to fill a space situated up high in a corner or on a shelf. Oh, be still my...

Elegantly simple, big on flavour and strong on comfort, these family favourites with step-by-step instructions make an ideal introduction to Korean cooking at home. Like all Koreans, I will always have kimchi and cooked white rice in my...

Still in the South Island, Mike Yardley continues his journey and heads for Westport . . . Sizing up a spring roadie on the West Coast? Just south of Westport, Cape Foulwind Lighthouse stands sentinel-like on the headland – a totem to so much...

Gwynne Dyer This week’s real news is the discovery of life on another planet. As Cambridge University’s Nikku Madhusudhan said in the first sentence of his report: “The search for habitable environments and biomarkers in exoplanetary...

Jack Marshall The definition of insanity is said to be repeating the same action and expecting a different outcome. So, when it comes to housing, there’s a solid case for locking up New Zealand for being clinically insane. We build the same...

Waikato-based Gisborne player Kelsey Teneti tasted rugby success straight out of high school after being contracted to the Black Ferns Sevens in 2021. However it not all been plain sailing since then — going from the highs of national selection...

Poverty Bay East Coast representative top 8 team travelled to Wellington to contest Division 2 of a new National Inter-Provincial Championships. Games of fours, singles and pairs were contested throughout the weekend, starting with one session of...

GISBORNE CLUB DARTS ASSOCIATION INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: H Eyles (4), A Taukamo-Pohio (2NZEF TAO Vikings); L Eyles (RSA Gunz); K Tamihere (RSA Stallions); M Jones (Roseland); S Hohipa (Cossie Done & Dusted); H Pohatu (2NZEF 2NZ3). Highest...

Hearty Ngāti is a term denoting pride, community and a lust for life. And in Game 3 at the YMCA on Monday night, the Gisborne Basketball Association’s flagship ladies’ club Ngāti Porou signed off on round-robin play with a 75-24 win over...

The 2023 round-robin for men’s premier club league basketball is done and dusted and will long be remembered for having gone out with a bang. The biggest bang at the YMCA on Tuesday saw SE Systems topple competition leaders Green Bean 69-67 in...

Black clouds, rain and touches of hail passed over the district late yesterday afternoon, after a 55-day dry spell. Met Service’s forecast was right on-target - "Showers, some heavy, clearing evening. Chance of a squally thunderstorm with hail...

by Neil Reid, Hawke’s Bay Today As builders and family continue to repair Sylvia Bell’s flood-hammered home, the widow has just one wish; to be back in the house she has lived in for the past 50 years by Christmas. Her house was among many badly...

All the signs point to spring having arrived -—particularly the budding and flowering of the yellow-blossomed kōwhai tree. In Māori, spring is kōanga, and it is of significance that both kōwhai and kōanga share the word kō. Kō is the Māori...

“It’s a blessing.” That’s how Connie Kara of Iaopa Road in Te Karaka feels about having her uninsured home fully renovated, thanks to funding from iwi and government agencies. Ms Kara lives there with 11 others in a home that holds many...

Retirement village residents and their families will have a chance to learn more about proposed changes to how retirement villages are governed. Retirement Village Residents Association president Brian Peat will be speaking on the subject at two...

Students of Rāngai, a Tairāwhiti-based media company and school, are rapt to have secured a commitment to broadcast their very own show, “Pūkeko-Man”, on Whakaata Māori. The show is the brainchild of Rāngai students Te Aruhe Fox, Te Aroh...

Ongoing plant and animal control work at Waingake hangs in the balance as Gisborne District Council waits to hear if government funding will be renewed.

THROUGH struggle can come greatness. That was the message motivational speaker and former boxer David Letele AKA Brown Buttabean shared at Te Karaka Area School yesterday. Mr Letele’s Buttabean Motivation (BBM) charity has been helping with the...

RNZ’s First Up reporter Leonard Powell went on a road trip from Whakatāne around the East Cape to test the tone of the East Coast’s towns, pre-election. This is the fourth story from that series. The Home Industries section at the A&P...

A new pump track could be on the cards for Ūawa/Tolaga Bay, dependent on funding and a council lease being finalised. Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust was the driving force behind a new $3 million skate park being opened at Gisborne’s Alfred Cox Park...