Tomorrow is Matariki and people across Tairāwhiti will be celebrating it in different ways across the region. Matariki is the star cluster most commonly known across the world as Pleiades. This cluster is part of a larger constellation of stars...
The weather forced the cancellation of Sunday’s Children’s Day event but organisers still brought joy to some tamariki. Activities were planned at the Stand Tu Maia village on Sunday to celebrate all tamariki of Tairāwhiti as part of the...
Potholes resulting from recent weather events are causing a major increase in wrecked tyres, bent rims and misaligned wheels and Gisborne garages and tyre centres are working hard to keep up with demand. Gisborne Beaurepaires owner Keith Cannell...
A group of Gisborne residents protesting about a new Kāinga Ora development on their street say it’s bad news for neighbours and those who will call the place home
Over the past year, Kāinga Ora has spent $47 million buying houses from Gisborne developers, plus another $50m building its own.
Tairāwhiti will now host its own Tangata Beats regional final event as the region continues to see a boom of music talent in youth. Smokefreerockquest lower North Island event manager Jane Egan and coordinator Samantha Booth, said the event which...
Michael James Manaia is the latest production the Unity Theatre is working on for their August calendar. The play is a poignant story of a Kiwi who returns home from the Vietnam War to find himself at odds with his culture, his history, and his...
The Little Tairāwhiti Comedy Fest is just around the corner and renowned comedian Patch Lambert is one of the performers who looks to impress the locals with his new show called The Flight of the Honey Badger. “I know it sounds ridiculous but it...
A poem about the devastation to our roads caused by the persistent rain Crumpled paper the asphalt roads back roads and rural highways some at the city’s edge sodden land, up and down across the territory do you hear the sound? of crumpled paper...
This Week Thursday Build-a-Band Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, 7pm. Friday Night Karaoke Breakers Jandal Bar, from 8pm. RSA Matariki Buffet and Karaoke Celebrate Matariki at the Gisborne-Tairāwhiti RSA on Friday. Buffet from 5.30pm and karaoke from...
Odeon Multiplex Coco Reo Maori Coco is the fourth Disney movie to be reimagined in te reo Māori. It is written in the dialect of Te Tairāwhiti to honour the Spanish lineage of Jose Manuel on the East Coast. Te Matatini chairman Selwyn Parata and...
by Jocelyn Noveck, AP If you’re like me, there comes a moment of truth in raunchy film comedies when you decide whether to fully join in the fun — or ride it out on the fence. It often comes in a key early comic scene. Can they pull it off? If...
Former Gisborne Boys’ High School student Matthew Ney stunned Canadian cycling officials by winning the Canadian national under-19 individual time trial (ITT) by 0.10 of a second. Last year the Year 12 student returned to Canada to complete his...
An epic encounter between the top two women’s teams, a hard fought win for Paikea and an equally tough battle for Waituhi highlighted the hockey round at the weekend. The Green Machine and YMP A gave each other everything and their match ended...
The Taniwha’s triumph — a perfect season — is complete. Roseland Tavern Tapuae’s 10th consecutive win was a 25-17 victory over two-time defending Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 champions Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic at Lambton Square...
The Sky Blues are serious about staying ahead of the game. To that end, Ngati Porou East Coast director of rugby Hosea Gear and Kaupoi new head coach Kahu Tamatea have been joined by Black Fern Charmaine McMenamin as their performance analyst for...
Kahu Tamatea has picked a strong line-up for his first Kaupoi Heartland squad. Ngati Porou East Coast’s new head coach has named a 52-man mix of powerful, capable forwards and skilful, nippy backs with flair. The players’ experience extends from...
Capital stock cows made up the majority of the yarding of 1100 head at the monthly Cattle fair at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday. The best of those cows realised up to a top price of $1470 for a line from Waitangi Terraces. Good useful cows made...
The announcement that Eastland Group Ltd is putting half its energy generation business on the market will not excite anything like the community opposition that its proposal to sell Eastland Network did last year. Hopefully it will attract...
by Gwynne Dyer When Nato held its annual summit in Brussels two years ago, all 31 presidents and prime ministers of the alliance’s member states dutifully showed up, but their hearts weren’t really in it. France’s President Emmanuel Macron had...
I recently visited the Tairāwhiti Museum and Art Gallery and noticed there was finally some activity going on in the Professor Jack Richards gallery after months of it standing empty. Please, please do not fill this with cheap Kiwiana or the like...
To the young man who helped me look for my purse by the Mangapapa Four Square, a grateful thank you. I found it in a crevice it had got into. You are one of so many young people today who our community can be so grateful for. Your kindness and care...
A rodeo fan has failed to persuade the country’s broadcasting watchdog that a television news item about the sport, was unbalanced and unfair. The item, which featured footage from a recent rodeo in Wairoa, aired on Newshub Live at 6pm on January...
DoC “committed to undertaking essential repairs”; early 2024 reopening “if possible” by Anna Rankin, Wairoa Star Morere Hot Springs could be reopened to the public early next year, the Department of Conservation (DoC) says. The facility has...
Court rules in favour of council’s increased rates for gold variety orchards Gold kiwifruit growers are staring down the barrel of a sustained hike in their rates after failing in their appeal of a High Court decision. It concludes...
The next two launches from Rocket Lab’s Mahia spaceport are good to go. The latest mission, titled Baby Come Back, is scheduled to lift off from Pad B at Launch Complex 1 no earlier than 11.30am on Saturday. The mission will carry seven satellites...
A round with an All Black legend goes under the hammer tomorrow night to help one of the district’s top golfers. All Black fullback Christian Cullen will be in Gisborne this weekend to play in the TP Strong 4 Andy fundraising tournament on the...
After a solid month of shipping in May, the weather caused major disturbances in June, impacting on cart-in and port operations at Eastland Port. “We still managed to ship 193,499 tonnes of logs across nine ships for the month of June,” an...
Hot election topic as National announces 40 percent cap mark if voted in as Government. A new legal decision is putting the brakes on the level of discount offenders can get at sentencing. Offenders can theoretically get an entire sentence wiped out...
The dire straits in which the constant bad weather has left the region’s forestry industry has been laid bare in a statement from Eastland Wood Council. “The impact of this year’s storms on the forestry sector across the East Coast (on the...
There are 71 active cases of Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti, according to Ministry of Health figures up to 1pm on Monday. There have been 35 deaths in Tairāwhiti and a total of 24,484 cases in all. The Ministry has reported 3159 deaths across the country...
Extended meteorological outlooks indicate a decent spell of fine weather lasting up to 10 days for the Gisborne-East Coast region. New Zealand and overseas weather agencies are all looking to indications of a change as a result of El Nino conditions...
A woman was taken to Gisborne Hospital suffering burns after fire extensively damaged her home at the city end of Awapuni Road in the early hours of Tuesday. Fire and Emergency NZ and St John ambulance were called to the blaze at around 1.15am...
Food bank struggling to keep up with demand The Salvation Army Winter Appeal has come at a time of great need as the Gisborne branch struggles to keep up with growing demand for food parcels. The Sallies used to give out around 10 parcels a week but...