This Week Inside the Songs with Daryl Monteith (The Ashes) Smash Palace Friday. The Ashes’ frontman Darryl Monteith performs an acoustic set of his original songs, revealing the stories behind them. Starts at 8pm, $10 door. Hans Pucket Pop-rock...
Evolution Theatre Company is staging its first Shakespearean play The Taming of The Shrew this month with Dinna Myers in the director’s chair. “There is currently a national discussion on the relevance of Shakespeare to modern society which I am...
A new exhibition called Dreamers opens at Tairāwhiti Museum on Friday featuring the work of Louise Walsh and Jolene Douglas. Wellington-based Louise Walsh has taken some time to pick up her paintbrushes again. Her last exhibition was in 2003. She...
Chamber Music New Zealand presents Hine Hōia, an epic saga of love, greed, and temptation, brought to life through taonga puoro, circus arts, and live music. Inspired by the age-old tale of good versus evil, righteousness over temptation, Chamber...
Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand’s new website publicart. nz was officially launched last week at Parliament at a gathering hosted by The Minister for Art, Culture and Heritage, Carmel Sepuloni. The website includes five public artworks by...
Federated Farmers has asked the Government to consider bringing back a wool levy, 14 years after farmers booted it out. The Feds wool spokesman, Gisborne farmer Toby Williams, told the Primary Production Committee last week a levy was the only way...
Just over 740 head of cattle changed hands yesterday in the monthly Cattle Fair at the Matawhero saleyards and the market had a “pretty positive vibe” about it, according to auctioneer Chris Hurlstone from PGG Wrightson. “Spring’s just...
Pay disputes between teacher and nurse unions and their respective ministries have reached milestones on the way towards resolution. The pressure to reach deals before a potential change of government to one likely to be less sympathetic will be one...
by John Wells With the Government announcement of substantial additional funding for infrastructure repairs to Cyclone Gabrielle-ravaged northern Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti/East Coast, now must be the time for Gisborne District Council to join...
Re: Alternative route to Mahia could be considered again, August 1 story. I fully support Wairoa District Council and what they are trying to do on the three kilometres of road and rail along Blacks Beach over here at Mahia. I have met with Mike...
Wow. Doesn’t the National Party grand plan to build a four-lane 382km highway from Whangarei to Tauranga sound wonderful? I can’t imagine how they will deliver it for $6 billion, though, considering that a 2km road in Tauranga was to cost $70m...
I am worried about our rail line, but the holes in the road need to be fixed first. I am a great fan of trains and I will never give up trying to get them back, just like the Rail Action Group. We are going to have a big election and the Green Party...
American president John Fitzgerald Kennedy said on more than one occasion that “one man can make a difference” and on Saturday Ashton Paintin was that man. The powerful Tauranga Boys’ College left-winger scored two tries in the home team’s...
BASKETBALL Pettigrew Arena, Taradale, Day 1, Round 1: Gisborne Boys’ High School 57 (William Collier 20, Ngaru Grayson 10, Cody Tarei 10) Rotorua BHS 101. Q1 25-16 RBHS, HT 50-28 RBHS, Q3 78-39. Round 2: Gisborne BHS 79 (Ngaru Grayson 22, William...
The race for the Premier Grade top four is heading towards the home straight and it could come down to a sprint finish for the last spot. Going into tonight’s two games — Claydens Waikohu (1) v Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A; Horouta Koura v...
Football Central Federation League — SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, ALH Limited Gisborne Thistle v Shani’s Taradale AFC. eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Wainui 1, 1st Class Decorators Wainui Salty Dogs v Coates Associates...
by Crackerjack Bowls Gisborne-East Coast representatives lost to the best of the best at the national champion of champions men’s triples in Dunedin. Kahutia Bowling Club’s July Hoepo-Williams (skip), Leighton Shanks and Willy Murray were...
by Mandy Owen and John Gillies Two teams at the bottom of the points table provided plenty of excitement in women’s Eastern League football on Sunday. Gisborne Girls’ High School beat Tatapouri Marist Thistle 3-2 at Harry Barker Reserve. Marist...
A top-of-the-table showdown in Eastern League football on Saturday will be splashed pink, and the Barbie film has nothing to do with it. Second division pacesetters High School Old Boys will play close rivals Smash Palace Shockers in a match that...
Gisborne Netball Centre (GNC) has named their team for the Netball NZ Open championships tournament in Dunedin next month. Not surprisingly, Premier Grade runaway leaders YMP (1) feature prominently in the 10-woman squad, with six of them from that...
And last-gasp GMC Green goal denies Girls’ High.
A school trip to Rotorua for a Year 11 class from Wairoa College was a chance to experience some joy after the devastating impact of Cyclone Gabrielle. College head of English Margaux Scott said that after a challenging start to the year, the class...
July’s weather figures have again indicated the Gisborne-East Coast region is heading to warmer, sunnier winters. Last month added to the trend of warmer than usual months, and gave further proof of the long-term trend with its mean temperature...
The Poverty Bay Dog Trial Centre held their annual prizegiving on Friday night, wrapping up what was described as a challenging season. Cyclone Gabrielle made her presence felt and subsequent rain events impacted on a number of competitors, farms...
The region’s best grape vine pruners were put through their paces in the annual Gisborne Silver Secateurs Awards at the Ashwood Estate property at the Makaraka racecourse on Monday. It was rescheduled to that day because of the heavy rain on...
Gisborne winemaker Geoff Wright was on the money with his forecast this week, bringing in a frost fan to protect this year’s grapes. “Our Ormond Valley vineyard is known as the Grand Cru appellation of Gisborne. This location produces...
“Managed degrowth” is the subject of a public address to be given by leading environmental scientist and fresh-water ecologist Dr Mike Joy, in Gisborne next Tuesday. The talk will be in the St Andrew’s Community Centre, Cobden St, at 7.30pm...
Vendors are gearing up for what they expect to be another successful Gisborne Home & Lifestyle Expo this weekend. Event coordinator Andy Searle said the event was “jam-packed” with exhibitors from Gisborne “and all over New Zealand” who...
More new homes here have been opened up for their new residents. Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities east north island regional director Naomi Whitewood, (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi) said 12 new public homes were blessed by kaikarakia Morehu...
Overnight closures on State Highway 2 at Trafford’s Hill, north of Gisborne, will be in place next week to complete asphalt resurfacing. The stretch of SH2 between Matawai and the Waioeka Gorge will close at 7pm on Monday (August 7) and reopen at...
The National Party’s newly-announced East Coast Resilience Transport Package will include the priority upgrading of State Highway 2 between Napier and Gisborne, says East Coast candidate Dana Kirkpatrick. In the months following Cyclone Gabrielle...
Eastland Port had a quiet July with only six ships berthed, taking more than 125,000 tonnes of logs out of the region. An Eastland Port spokesperson said there was a fair amount of weather delay. “Also a lack of cargo coming in, which reflects the...
Gisborne District Council says it will be in a position to take a proposal for cost sharing and the buyout of Category 3 homes to the community in the next couple of weeks. This follows the Government’s announcement this week on the Hawke’s Bay...
Gisborne District Council’s finances are in worse shape than expected, a new report shows. A draft full-year summary financial report provided to GDC’s finance committee revealed that for the 11 months ending May 31, 2023, GDC had a net surplus...