The Rapid Relief Team’s community support day on Friday in Dunstan Road was a huge success with more than 300 local farmers taking home free $1500 fencing packages, enough fencing gear to repair or replace 90kms of Cyclone damaged fencing. “It...
As the fallout continues from the Council of Trade Unions attack ad on National Party leader Christopher Luxon, some political commentators are wondering what happens next. The CTU ad was certainly dramatic, taking over the front page of the New...
Tim Wilson, Maxim Institute executive director Elections are a contest not solely for power but also for trust. Politicians know this. That’s why National has portrayed the Government as profligate (translation: untrustworthy with money). Here’s...
I am writing to express my concern about the September 5 opinion piece by Alexis Copland in your paper that promotes Ivermectin as a cure for Covid-19. This is irresponsible and dangerous misinformation. Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug that has...
How can National’s Nicola Willis talk about getting revenue by taxing online gambling, but then be unaware of VPNs and how they’ll help gamblers get around borders? Then there are the problems with international tax treaties which will prohibit...
If you have been feeling a little tight-headed, or been feeling joint pain, it might be to do with the high pressure readings of the past day or so. A large high has been positioned immediately to the east of New Zealand, with the centre measuring...
Sharing the thoughts and feelings of the Te Araroa community where a barge facility has been proposed is the main purpose of the short film Te Huka o Te Tai. Keeti Ngatai-Melbourne, 22, (Te Whānau a Hinerupe, Ngāti Porou) is from Te Araroa and...
A Gisborne developer with the distinction of being the country’s first person to be prosecuted for mismanaging contaminated soil, has been given a further chance to avoid conviction and a $10,000 fine. Yannis Kokkosis, 34, and his company Gypsy...
The creators of a fibreglass bridge say it can be manufactured to be as strong as steel and could save regional councils across the country millions of dollars. The technology is travelling the length of New Zealand on a demonstration tour and...
Gisborne senior doctors, like their colleagues around the country, took their case for better pay and working conditions to the public yesterday. A total of 5500 doctors and 100 dentists, employed by Te Whatu Ora, walked off the job for two hours...
State Highway 35 at Kopuaroa Hill, beyond Te Puia Springs, will close for up to nine hours this Sunday (September 10) to make improvements to drainage. The installation of a new culvert to replace and reposition older drainage is part of the...
Firefighters were called to two separate accidental false alarms at city schools yesterday that involved evacuations. The first was at around 11,30am at Gisborne Girls’ High School, a senior firefighter said. “The second was at 12.30pm at...
A woman’s meth addiction led to offending that included her extorting about $56,000 from an elderly businessman, and using a child as a human shield as police tried to get drugs out of her mouth. Diane Winter, 35, a mother of eight, was jailed...
The circus came to town for Te Hapara School on Monday. Otherwise known as Clint Woodvine, Mr Circus is a one-man travelling show visiting schools across New Zealand. He had a keen audience of excited and enthusiastic children at Te Hapara School...
Police yesterday released the name of the man who died in an incident on Moana Road at the northern end of Wainui Beach on Saturday. He was 70-year-old Alan Hjorth of Wainui Beach Gisborne. Mr Hjorth was walking along the footpath opposite the...
The massive $10 million-plus Lotto win that came the way of someone who bought a ticket in Wairoa was claimed on Monday afternoon. The winners went to Lotto HQ in Wellington to collect their winnings. The ticket was sold at Wairoa’s New World...
The public opening of the new Kiwa Pools at the weekend was affected to a degree or two by slightly cooler water temperatures but that did not deter more than 2000 people from visiting the complex for a dip. Three of the four public sessions on...
Councillors to consider recommendation to prohibit freedom camping at Turihaua and Pouawa
A drop goal in the 79th minute decided a thrilling Week 4 Heartland Championship match at the Oval on Saturday. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Wekas fought back with a late try double to fullback Ricardo Patricio to level the game only for Mid...
Sky Blue rugby fans worldwide jumped for joy on Saturday. The Enterprise Cars Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi, holders of both the Lochore Cup and Bill Osborne Taonga, beat Francis Mining Buller 24-21 at Victoria Square in Westport. A weekend of...
Gisborne Intermediate School’s Sylvia Allen on her way to second among 128 other Year 8 female athletes in the 3 km cross country event of the AIMS Games on Sunday. She crossed the line in 11 minutes, 8.74 seconds — 11 and a half seconds behind...
Oska Smith marked his return to Federation League football with two goals in Gisborne Thistle’s 4-2 away win against Palmerston North United (PNU) on Saturday. But celebrations were muted by the sending-off of Thistle players Campbell Hall and...
Two contrasting campaign launches have set the scene for the next six weeks leading up to the October 14 general election. While Labour chose to launch its campaign on Saturday with a dental promise, National opened its campaign with an event that...
Alexis Copland The Ministry of Health takes a strong position against the use of Ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19. A considerable body of evidence shows the drug is well tolerated and it’s general safety is well documented. Three to 4...
I too would like to express my gratitude to the Rapid Relief Team for their generosity putting on the event at Dunstan Road on Friday. It was an amazing spectacle there, blowing the minds of all those who visited to collect their bundle of fencing...
Donning the Hairsplitter’s Hat (an irritating piece of headgear for both user and observer), I feel I must point out that your front-page picture of the Moon on Saturday was not in fact a full Moon. To be astronomically precise, the photo by Carol...
Re: Close eye on smaller parties, September 2 editorial. A really good editorial that, in my opinion, tells it like it is. However, in keeping that entreaty — “the close eye” — in mind, it still appears that the print media is studiously...
Due to international treaties with China and other countries like Singapore and Australia, many overseas buyers are not able to be charged any more tax than a New Zealander is charged. If such a tax was implemented, NZers would need to be charged...
August has been a big month for the Gisborne East Coast Cancer Society, celebrating the first year in their new complex and staging another successful Daffodil Day appeal. But society fundraising and events coordinator Shay Podjursky says the...
The Trust Tairawhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter “Auction Night” later this month at the Showgrounds Park Event Centre has once again sold out. The 337 guests there last year raised a record $144,000 towards the $700,000 costs of running the...
A man’s nieces claim he sexually offended against them for years but the accused says they simply outgrew the rough and tumble, childish fun he’d always had with them and he didn’t realise they’d begun perceiving it differently. On trial...
Former Justice Minister Kiri Allan has opened up about the grief she has experienced over the last month, the cost her job has taken on her family and new mental health diagnoses. Allan, who resigned her portfolios and went on indefinite leave in...
A marine oil spill exercise is being held at Kaiti Beach today. The exercise is based on a scenario where a private launch has anchored just off the rocks at Kaiti Beach after losing power coming into the region. The launch has 400 litres of diesel...
Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging people to start preparing for the risk of wildfire early with hotter, drier weather forecast this summer. Service delivery wildfire manager Tim Mitchell said the forecast higher temperatures, reduced rainfall...