Re: Build not fully compliant, July 27 story. Here are some things for us all to think about. Resource consent conditions exist to ensure homes are built to a certain standard. This standard has been designed by experts to ensure buildings are safe...
Re: Vax mandates dropped, July 27 story. While it shows some movement in the right direction — the revelation “Unvaccinated health workers can again apply to work at Gisborne Hospital” — I guess the impact actuality of that statement would...
Rocket Lab’s next Mahia launch aims to lift off tomorrow evening. The “We Love the Nightlife” mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at Māhia for American space tech company Capella Space (Capella), a leading provider...
Nearly 1800 voters of Māori descent have changed electoral rolls either to or from Ikaroa-Rāwhiti. The Māori electoral option closed on July 13 with 912 voters moving from the general roll to Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, and 889 voters shifting from...
The region’s best grape vine pruners will descend on Ashwood Estate Racecourse at Makaraka on Monday to compete in the annual Gisborne Silver Secateur Awards. The event was to have been staged yesterday but was postponed until Monday due to the...
The region is presenting a united front as it looks to accelerate the recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle. Seven chief executives from leading organisations in Tairāwhiti signed a Statement of Unity on Tuesday. The statement was from the four mandated...
A lesson learnt at primary school was remembered when it mattered most for a woman at a house in Elgin on Thursday when a lithium ion battery overheated and set fire to a bedroom in the home. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews to the house in Chalmers...
Corson Grain and Cedenco Foods will receive $14 million between them in Regional Strategic Partnership Fund loans to assist with their cyclone recovery. Minister for Regional Development Kieran McAnulty yesterday announced further investment in...
Regional infrastructure company Eastland Group has weathered one of the most testing years in the company’s history, and goes into the second half of 2023 with a fresh strategic focus and ambitious plans for growth. “It’s been an incredibly...
The Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowls team continued their run of success, winning the Hunt Trophy against Hawke’s Bay by 83 points to 79 in Napier. PBEC started the first day of play well, winning two out of three fours games to lead 8-4. In...
SNOOKER Phil Thompson, Mickey Cleaver and Tony Dobson ruled the tables in the Poverty Bay A, B and C-grade snooker championships held on the Cosmopolitan Club tables. The A and C champs were held last weekend; the B-grade event on July 8. Six...
Gisborne Club Darts Association INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180: G Vaotuua, L Kaa (Rebels); A Tangira (Spartans); R Leach (Outlaws); A Taukamo-Pohio, H Eyles, J Horua (Vikings); T Kaio 2 (Done n Dusted); K Tamihere, K Arahanga (Stallions). Highest start...
Mental health campaigner and All Black legend Sir John Kirwan returns to the district next month but a day later than first flagged. Sir John, Westpac New Zealand’s mental health ambassador, will visit Tolaga Bay and Wairoa on August 10 as he...
What They Didn’t Teach Us At School” is the thought-provoking title of artist Clayton Gibson’s latest exhibition at Tairāwhiti Museum. The show is intended to generate conversations about the interpretation of New Zealand history, especially...
Nine days into the Women’s World Cup and the numbers don’t lie. The 2023 edition is well on its way to becoming the “most attended stand-alone women’s sporting event ever”, organisers say. The average attendance of over 28,700 after 16...
College hoops got the crowd in on Monday. The last night of Gisborne Basketball Association (GBA) secondary schools’ action drew 400 to the YMCA. They were treated to four great finals. In Division 1, William Collier-led Gisborne Boys’ High...
Uawa Hinetera took out the Secondary School A-grade title and Nga Uri a Maui Hine Rikoriko the intermediate title in Gisborne junior netball this season. The final games in both competitions were held last weekend. The secondary A-grade runners-up...
Aotearoa men’s and women’s teams have qualified for the 2024 Hockey5s World Cup in Oman. Gisborne couple Kahu and Joy Ripia were the kaumātua delegates for the New Zealand Māori Hockey-selected teams, who travelled to the Gold Coast as New...
We’ll be back. That is the positive news from Tahunga Golf Club after Cyclone Gabrielle cut a swathe through the nine-hole country course, forcing its closure for the 2023 season. In a July newsletter, the club has provided an update on its...
Through the highs and lows of her long and varied life, cyclone survivor Tahu Dansey-Owen-Ruru has found solace in a craft she holds close to her heart — weaving. Matthew Rosenberg caught up with her at her home on the outskirts of Te Karaka to...
This week the New Zealand High Court released a judgement of public interest in regard to a case brought by the estate of Lieutenant Colonel Tā Harawira Gardiner KNZM. The New Zealand Herald’s David Fisher examined why the case is so important...
Mike Yardley discovers the luxurious allure of the Emerald Harmony Star-Ship, offering a sensory journey through captivating landscapes and exceptional culinary delights. River-cruising has become a byword for languid luxury afloat, drifting through...
Celebrate the International Day of Friendship by gifting your friends the charm of Forget Me Not seeds — enchanting vibrant blue blooms. Forget Me Nots (Myosotis sylvatica) have delightful profusions of dainty blooms in vibrant shades of blue...
“Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life,” remarked the renowned author Salman Rushdie. So, why not celebrate International Day of Friendship on July 30 by baking some delicious chocolate chip cookies for your dear friend?...
The Government has moved this week to restore confidence in the country’s carbon market and Emissions Trading Scheme, announcing changes to ETS settings so they will align with advice provided by the Climate Change Commission in July last year...
Bob Hughes On 11th March 2011, an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan and caused major damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Thousands of tonnes of radioactive water spewed into the Pacific Ocean and now Japan feels compelled to...
Tim Wilson, Maxim Institute executive director A rogue shooter loose in a CBD; two innocents slaughtered; a city shut down. Describing the event, the Prime Minister tears up before the cameras. So ended a week during which the Government attempted...
Gwynne Dyer The protesters in Israel came out every week for seven months to fight what they saw as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s assault on democracy, but they lost. On Monday Netanyahu’s coalition government passed a “Basic Law” that...
The fields were still heavy but at least the sun came out to play in sporting events around the district. Gisborne Boys' High first 15 produced a gutsy performance before going down 25-7 to world champions Hamilton Boys' High in a Super 8 rugby...
THE flags of nine golf courses will be flying in the top 16 of the 2023 edition of the King of the Coast which tees off at the Tolaga Bay course tomorrow morning. Defending champion William Brown will be hoisting three of those — his true home...
Eastland host Oroua, Hawke’s Bay, Auckland (3) and Northland super veteran teams at the Badminton Centre tomorrow. The super vets’ competition started in April. Ten provinces were split into two groups. After the first two weekends of...
Dylan Scott is the happiest man alive. The president of Central Hawke’s Bay rugby is over the moon at the prospect of hosting the 2022 Heartland Championship Lochore Cup winners and holders of the Bill Osborne Taonga — Enterprise Cars Ngāti...
Poverty Bay will be represented in force this weekend when four representative teams play on “foreign” soil. The first Heartland Championship match of 2023 is only three weeks away and Poverty Bay Wekas are gearing up with two pre-season matches...
Lytton Old Boys Traktion and Waituhi will contest what is likely to be the match of the round in Poverty Bay club hockey. Prem 1 men’s competition leaders LOB are favoured to win the clash which starts at 6pm on the Hain Farming Turf at Harry...