A move to mandate the registration and desexing of domestic cats has taken a major leap forward, with a select committee calling for legislation to be put in place. The environment committee made its recommendation to the Government this month after...
Labour has confirmed that it would take GST off fruit and vegetables if it wins the election in October, which will be popular with most people at a time of fast-rising grocery bills but be seen by others as an ineffective way to support households...
Many will be aware that there is an evolving erosion problem alongside SH35, most recently between Makorori and Pouawa. This matter has been raised in recent years but only immediate threats to the highway seem to command action. The more immediate...
Tena koutou Tauawhi men’s group and the Crawford whānau. Congratulations Tauawhi on achieving the long-held dream of having a respite house for men. It has been a long journey and hard work for you all. How blessed we are, as a region, to have...
I am writing about the period of time that YMP player No. 1 has been stood down after a recent game. I understand that he was stood down for four weeks for what seemed to those who witnessed it — a violent, unprovoked and intentional knee to the...
I 100-percent support efforts to help our kids in Gizzy gain a multi-sports stadium. My daughters have played rep basketball for more than eight years for Gisborne Basketball Association. One of my daughters played for the Poverty Bay u16 girls’...
Re: Urgency for indoor venue ‘acute’, August 11 story. This would be a fantastic addition to the community. Amalgamate the YMCA, Badminton Centre, Childers Rd reserve, Gisborne Netball Centre, Surf City Squash and Primal Fitness. Make it...
Kia ora, I support the push for an indoor basketball centre for Tairāwhiti. Embarrassingly, Tairāwhiti is years behind other regions across New Zealand in terms of sporting infrastructure, which affects our ability to retain and attract sporting...
What an Oscar-winning performance by Lawrence Mulligan as Michael James Manaia — and I really, really mean that! If his acting does not emotionally move you, you are dead! Lawrence and director Norman Maclean deserve a wider audience than Gisborne...
Monday, August 7 — Ryman Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village Teams (after two rounds) Ann McCombe, Eileen Lee, Bette Parker, Patricia Corson 32.36 victory points Glenys Evans, Anne Roberts, Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 26.73 victory points...
Whichever impish deity penned rugby’s scripts in Week 1 cut loose with twists and turns. Ngāti Porou East Coast got their Heartland Championship campaign off to a rollicking start at Masterton on Saturday. Wairarapa Bush prevailed 32-31 at home...
Napier City Rovers Reserves came to Gisborne with a part-time goalkeeper and no substitutes and beat Thistle 7-2 in Central Federation League football on Saturday. They led 5-1 at halftime as ALH Gisborne Thistle floundered about in a tragicomic...
Waikohu live to fight another day after ousting Horouta Koura in Premier Grade sudden-death semifinals netball at the YMCA on Saturday. Claydens Waikohu (1) won 59-46 to earn the right to play Whangara Old Girls (1) in another do-or-die semi at the...
Poverty Bay kicked off the Heartland Championship in sensational style on Saturday, scoring 40 points in the opening 23 minutes in a 52-33 win over Buller. Fullback Ricardo Patricio scored 20 of those 40 points, including two tries, and winger Joe...
A man accused of rioting and assaulting a police officer during last year’s anti-mandate protests on Parliament grounds in Wellington, has been refused bail. Damon Preston, 30, appeared last week in Gisborne District Court via an audio-visual link...
Barbie, zombies and Oscar the Grouch were just some of the characters who showed up at Awapuni School last Thursday. It was the annual event where students are asked to come dressed as their favourite book character. “We try to coincide the day...
by Doug Laing, Hawke’s Bay Today A group of five youths and a 22-year-old man have been arrested after a burglary between Wairoa and Napier and a car chase in which the group fled police in a vehicle which had been allegedly stolen in Gisborne...
The Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust hangar is one of the last chopper bases in the North Island to get its own winch trainer and the local team will be making the most of it. Critical care flight paramedic and base manager Richard Curtis said other...
An East Coast whānau are off to the village of Staple in northern France to take part in the dedication of two new street names that connect to their tipuna, Charlie Hillman, who died while serving in World War 1. On Sunday August 20, a whānau ope...
A family living in a house in Pickering Street in Kaiti feel they are lucky to all be alive after fire swept quickly through their home.
Saturday, August 12 Gisborne Ballet Group Dancing Competitions (and Aug 13). Ballet, Tap, Modern. Come and watch local dancers perform. War Memorial Theatre, Saturday sessions 9am, 1.30pm, 6.45pm; Sunday session 8.45am, $5A & $2Ch/session or...
by Molly Para I write this with fond and loving memories of Frazer Joseph Makoha Te Haara, a highly respected and much-loved friend to many at Matapuna Training Centre, who passed on May 26. I also offer an accolade and praise to Matapuna chief...
Mike Yardley embarks on a poignant voyage through Phnom Penh, where the beauty of its Buddhist heritage intertwines with the chilling shadows of the Khmer Rouge regime. Located at the confluence of the mighty Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers, the very...
Eat Up New Zealand: The Bach Edition by Al Brown is a revised edition of Al’s iconic book Eat Up New Zealand. This book includes more than 150 delicious recipes especially aimed at easy bach living. I have had a lifelong addiction to chocolate...
Abutilon is an attractive evergreen shrub that produces a mass of drooping flowers with large maple-like foliage. This unique easy-care, semi-tropical looking plant provides lots of colour in the garden. Abutilon, also known as Chinese Lanterns due...
The moment Ander Batarrita went down on the artificial surface at the Arena Turf in Palmerston North on April 29, he knew it was bad. As leftback in Gisborne Thistle’s Central Federation League team, he was playing with the enthusiasm of someone...
Gisborne Herald reporter Wynsley Wrigley looks at Gisborne District Council’s Dog Control Policy and Bylaw which was adopted on Thursday. Gisborne District Council has menacing dogs in their sights. Councillors have adopted their Dog Control...
Consultation on potential changes to New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) closed yesterday and Beef + Lamb New Zealand has released an independent report on whether changes are needed to the ETS and if so, what these should be. The...
Beef and Lamb New Zealand is to stage a Farming for Profit workshop, titled The Efficient Ewe: Lessons Learnt, in Gisborne next week. A similar event will be held in Wairoa. The Gisborne event is at the Otara Station wool room on Wednesday, August...
A lease application for culturally significant land at Tokomaru Bay has been given final approval, against the wishes of some who say they are descendants of the original owners. On Thursday afternoon Gisborne district councillors approved a series...
Makaraka School raised over $20,000 on Thursday, thanks to the support of sponsors, businesses and the community, with students participating in a lively and entertaining obstacle course fun run. The event was organised by Friends of Makaraka School...
Evolution Theatre has put its own spin on one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays, The Taming of the Shrew. The “shrew” of the story is Katherina (Kate), the wilful and obstinate eldest daughter of Baptista Minola, played here by Fraser...
Fire gutted one of six units in a block of emergency accommodation flats, and extensively damaged the two either side of it, in a blaze on Thursday night. It is being treated as a “probable” arson, say police. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two...