Seven groups will compete in the Central district round of the national secondary schools’ chamber music contest, at the Lawson Field Theatre tonight. Since its inception in 1965, the annual NZCT chamber music contest has provided a platform for...
People here are being urged to report elder abuse cases, ahead of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Thursday. Age Concern Tairāwhiti’s newly appointed chairman John McElhinney said he was keen to raise the organisation’s profile to encourage...
A video game developed largely in Gisborne is up for yet another global award. Katuku Island, a multi-player survival game with an indigenous overlay, has been nominated as a finalist in the American 2023 Gee Learning Game awards. The award...
The district’s saturated soils cannot take any more water — this was clearly shown during Sunday’s burst of heavy rain. While the amount of rain over Sunday was not particularly high, water levels rose rapidly, with surface flooding and...
A controversial decision not to send a WorkSafe investigator to the scene of a Gisborne forestry fatality severely compromised a probe into the accident, an investigator has told the grieving family. And officials say people they believe have...
Wi Pere Trust Horticulture of Gisborne was named the winner of this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Māori horticultural enterprise. at an awards function in Tauranga on Friday night. Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson made the...
Rugby Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Premier club rugby: East Coast Farm Vets YMP 57 Larsawn Ngatapa 12; Enterprise Cars OBM 24 GT Shearing Waikohu 29; Kevin Hollis Glass Turanga Pirates 29 Earthwork Solutions HSIB 19. CPS Senior 1: LVB Farm...
Mokairau and Wilencote Hereford studs enjoyed almost total clearances in their rising two-year-old bull sales this week and it augurs well for how well the Angus sales will go towards the end of the month. Both studs realised healthy averages across...
There were 1365 sheep sent for sale at the Matawhero Yards yesterday, comprising 50 prime sheep, 1004 store lambs and 266 store ewes of which 131 had been scanned in lamb. Prime prices remained steady. The lamb schedule rose 15 cents/kg at the...
Provisional maps have been released that show the areas here that fall under the Government’s three categories of future risk when it comes to flooding and landslides. The categories were announced last month by the Government, with Category 3...
The Bailey bridge to temporarily replace the Hikuwai No. 1 bridge on State Highway 35 destroyed by Cyclone Gabrielle, will open for traffic next week. It comes four months after the cyclone caused major devastation across the East Coast and having...
Fine should be between $650,000 and $700,000 says WorkSafe prosecutor A judge is yet to decide how much meat processing company Affco should be fined for the death of a worker who was crushed when a steel frame full of cartons fell on him in a blast...
The World Meteorological Organisation caused a stir last month when it raised its assessment of the likelihood the global average temperature would cross the 1.5C threshold for heating the planet since its pre-industrial state in one year sometime...
Clive Bibby Enforced changes to our social behaviour are having the reaction one might expect, and it does not bode well. This is doubly unfortunate for a country that is capable of accommodating any new direction and making slow but good progress...
Re your front page article on June 9. It is interesting to note this Government’s u-turn with regard to the investigation now proposed to use forestry slash as a source of biofuel/bioenergy. In January 2021 the Government agreed in principle to...
I recently wrote a letter to the editor about teachers wanting more pay, smaller classes, etc, etc. Well, I’ve just gone through my school photos from 1946-1956 and there is not one class with less than 31 students photographed. Some had 45-50...
When the youngsters from Tairāwhiti took the field at the home ground of NRL franchise the New Zealand Warriors, their opponents didn’t know where they were from. They do now. Mahaki Warriors and the Paikea Whalers went to Auckland last weekend...
Janine Hamilton-Kells talks to Avneesh Vincent about starting her own dancing club, Rhythm n’ Lines, taking up writing as a hobby and keeping community at heart. Starting Rhythm n’ Lines in 2021 was a way to “keep fit and learn something new...
The Olympic Pool has been hit by boiler issues again this week that saw the 50 metre pool closed for a few days while those issues were dealt with. It reopened again yesterday. Aquatics manager Campbell Macgregor said they had a boiler fault that...
Discussing climate change and introducing the Green Party candidate for the East Coast electorate will on the agenda at Evolution Theatre on Monday. Green Party co-leader James Shaw will speak on the climate challenges facing the country and the...
A proposed temporary law change would enable rural Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay dealing with masses of cyclone and flood debris to burn mixed waste so they can replant and return their land to productivity. Environment Minister David Parker said...
In a small East Coast town two hours from the nearest city, community is everything. Local Democracy Reporter Matthew Rosenberg met with those in charge of the local iwi radio station to find out what makes the locals tick. Radio Ngāti Porou’s...
A Gisborne woman fighting proposed medicine law changes is buoyed by the support she received during a recent trip to Parliament to present her petition. Theresa Zame was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in June 2022, but has outlived her...
Robyn Wilkie takes us on an extraordinary travel odyssey to the untamed spirit of South Island — a realm where adventure and the beauty of nature converge to create an unforgettable experience on horseback. After the storm hit and the river died...
Gwynne Dyer California’s fall from grace has been steep and swift, and now even the insurance companies are pulling out. The two biggest American home insurance companies, State Farm and Allstate, announced last week that they will stop selling...
A pallet garden is easy to make and looks really effective hanging on a fence in the backyard, or simply sitting on a patio. Pallets are pretty easy to get hold of (for free) and look great with just about anything planted in them, whether it be...
From crisp and zingy salads, to fresh and comforting rice bowls, and tangles of tasty noodles as well as plant-based bowls and stir fries, Bowlful will satisfy all your cravings, with 90 easy to follow recipes by Norman Musa. This is my favourite...
Captain Cook’s voyage observations of a transit of Venus from Tahiti and a transit of Mercury from the Coromandel Peninsula in 1769 will be the topic of discussion this evening. Professor Wayne Orchiston and his wife and research assistant Darunee...
Midway were named Club of the Year last night at the Surf Life Saving New Zealand Gisborne-Tairāwhiti Awards of Excellence for the 2022/23 season. The club operated out of containers next to their clubhouse site while their new complex was being...
A man caught driving an unroadworthy vehicle has tried to divorce himself from the charges with a sovereign citizen theory — one judges have repeatedly warned will never succeed. Benjamin Te Pairi, 68, was driving in April, 2021, when he was...
Te Kowhai Road residents in Whatatutu are again cut off, after a $200,000 causeway designed to replace a cyclone-damaged bridge washed away. Resident Chris Hannah said she had effectively been “imprisoned” in Gisborne city, while her husband was...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he is firmly resolved to supporting the “resilient” people of Tairawhiti in flood recovery. He made a quick visit to the region on Thursday including meeting roading contractors near Tolaga Bay and visiting...
GISBORNE CLUB DARTS ASSOCIATION INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: T Ratapu (Spartans); H Eyles (Vikings); I Eyles (Gunz); J Collier (Roseland). Highest start (180): T Ratapu (Spartans). Highest finish (130): T Irwin (Brezz’n Gold). Team Results (P =...
SNOOKER An outside invasion was repelled by the home forces in another successful edition of the Gisborne Masters snooker tournament over King’s Birthday Weekend. On Cossie Club tables described by some as among the best in the country, local...