After another bout of severe weather on June 22, Gisborne farmer Sam Gemmell was without power and completely cut off again. The only road access from his family homestead to Wharekopae Road is via a bridge that was wiped out by Cyclone Gabrielle in...
by Murray Robertson Vortex Power Systems (VPS) is pressing ahead with its project to develop a world-leading alternative electricity generation system. Construction on the Whangara test site will start once ground conditions dry out. The...
Aside from my support for Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Aotearoa — against Japan’s release of Fukushima radioactive-water discharge plus the retention of our nuclear-free Pacific policy — I write this for Hiroshima Peace...
The Labour Party must be really excited that a gang boss has instructed their 800-odd members to vote for Labour in the coming election. This is obviously a reward for the $2 million Labour donated to the Mongrel Mob and their recent tea party with...
Gisborne Girls’ High School First XI went close to pulling off the upset of the season in Poverty Bay women’s club hockey when they met YMP A in a catch-up game on Tuesday night. Defending champions YMP won 2-1 on the turf at Harry Barker...
Head coach Miah Nikora has named his Poverty Bay Wekas 2023 Heartland Championship squad including two new caps and some players who were unavailable last year. Nikora said he was really happy with the squad and building on the foundation laid last...
The shortest day was three weeks ago and Gisborne Thistle get their first home game of the season tomorrow. Their Central Federation League match against Palmerston North Marist at Childers Road Reserve at 2.45pm will be the first of seven home...
PAK ‘n SAVE Gisborne Netball, SATURDAY, Seniors — Duty teams to put up goal pads, set up team benches (courts 1 and 2) and put bins out: YMP Hine Taiohi Whakato & ATS OBM Blue 9am: 1, YMP Hine Taiohi Whakato v ATS OBM Blue (Kaki, Tessa); 2...
The quest for the Rangiora Keelan Memorial Shield for 2023 ends this Saturday when Hicks Bay take on TVC in the final of the Ngati Porou East Coast Premier men’s club rugby competition (2pm kickoff, Whangaparaoa). Hicks Bay last weekend turned the...
Poverty Bay’s 2023 development squad, Tūranga Tāne, features a balance of experienced and new players. A number of players narrowly missed out on selection for the Bay’s Heartland Championship squad but still have an opportunity to step up to...
At a time when most of the world is in the grip of an energy crisis, we here in New Zealand need to take advantage of our position amongst the few who have more time to transition fully to renewable energy sources. In the process of making those...
ANDY Higham wouldn’t have wanted a fuss made but he’s getting it. A fundraising tournament for the Poverty Bay-East Coast representative golfer seriously injured in a car crash in May will have the Poverty Bay course abuzz on Sunday with the...
New Zealand’s newest public holiday is being celebrated for only the second time tomorrow and has already established itself as a day with a character all of its own, very different from the other traditional holidays. Rather than celebrating the...
POVERTY BAY Brian “Beaner” Anderson reckons it is over 30 years since he last played in the Barns-Graham Cup. He’s made his comeback a good one. Anderson and Stefan Andreassen are among the four pairs still standing in the quest for the...
Work will take place over four days in the next fortnight to remove hazardous trees alongside State Highway 2 north of Te Karaka. “The trees have become a hazard to road users, following the weekend’s weather event, as the heavy rainfall has...
A new publication with practical advice for communities interested in undertaking a “just transition” process has been launched today by economic and policy research organisation Motu in Wellington. Representatives from Te Weu Tairāwhiti and...
The police inquiry continues into the crash between a van and a car on State Highway 2 last Thursday in the Bartletts area in which three Mahia people were injured. Eleven elderly people from Mahia were in the van, returning from a trip to Gisborne...
The woman who suffered burns in the house fire that extensively damaged her home at the city end of Awapuni Road in the early hours of Tuesday has been discharged from hospital. Fire and Emergency NZ and St John ambulance were called to the burning...
“Matariki calls you home” is the theme of this year’s Matariki awareness campaign and police want to make sure motorists heading home for it get to reflect and be with whānau and friends this long weekend. Area police commander Inspector Sam...
Te Aitanga a Mahaki lead negotiator Willie Te Aho has condemned what he calls an “arrogant approach” by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and its major contractors within the eastern tribe’s rohe. Te Aho, who also represents Te...
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...