Gisborne Boys’ High School have a big game in them. And tomorrow first 15 rugby will take centre stage at the historic Rectory ground for the second week in a row. A week after hosting Napier Boys’ High in Round 1 of the Super 8 — a 29-5 loss...
Loyal YMP servant Willis Tamatea will achieve a rare milestone when he runs on to the paddock at Te Karaka tomorrow. Tamatea will make his 200th Poverty Bay Premier club rugby appearance in the black and white jersey as his competition-leading team...
The number of logging trucks that rumble along Ormond Road and around the Esplanade has increased so much. The first starts at 4.30am and the last is about 4.30pm. The noise and vibrations are constant. We get woken up every morning. Why can’t...
It was good news this week that teacher unions have suspended industrial action following a meeting with the Education Minister, but I really have been so disappointed to see the present era of teachers striking to get more pay. Sure, times are hard...
I had to continually pinch myself as I sat in the War Memorial Theatre the other night, to be reassured that I was in Gisborne watching an amazing amateur production. The production of Chicago by our Gizzy people could equally take its place on...
High inflation is not only reaching further into our pockets for almost everything we need to buy, the wage inflation it has engendered also has an insidious and perverse impact that is further worsening many family budgets in this cost-of-living...
Six entrepreneurial teams gathered this week, a month after they first got together, to give one-minute updates on their progress. They first met at the fifth edition of the Tairāwhiti Startup Weekend initiative at impact house Taiki e! on April...
Matawai dog triallist Samantha Shaw has qualified two dogs for the finals of the zig-zag hunt at the New Zealand championships at the Warepa Collie Club grounds near Balclutha. She and Rogue yesterday finished in third place in the South Island...
A Muriwai resident tired of having their property ransacked says there needs to be a police officer permanently in the community, and increased funding for infrastructure, to help keep the community safe. Two weeks ago, fences at Tanith Wirihana Te...
Places in Wairoa damaged during Cyclone Gabrielle have been assessed into three risk categories. Next week, the Wairoa District Council and recovery team will engage with property owners directly to share information around which category their...
Eastland Port has handled more than 215,000 tonnes of logs so far in May and the tally should climb by another 60,000 tonnes by the end of the month. A port spokesperson said there have been eight log ships call here so far in May. “There are...
The Sunrise Foundation has appointed Whaimutu Dewes to its board as its newest voluntary trustee. Whaimutu joins an existing board of eight dedicated trustees who provide robust governance, led by Sunrise Chair Rob Dymock. Of Ngati Porou and Ngati...
Worksafe NZ, the Government entity responsible for investigating workplace accidents, says taking a $10,000 grant from a Gisborne community trust with close ties to the city’s port is neither a conflict of interest nor taking money away from local...
An elderly tenant has finally been ousted from a block of pensioner flats in Kaiti, his behaviour apparently so scary and upsetting that other residents were going to their doctors in despair. Despite his age and health issues, the man managed to...
Heritage Tairāwhiti is partnering with East Coast Museum of Technology (ECMOT) for a rare show-and-tell tour on Sunday afternoon. Event co-organiser and Heritage Tairāwhiti committee member Kris Clayton said visitors often idled away hours without...
Scores of upcoming young musicians of Tairāwhiti will perform in this year’s Smokefreerockquest and Smokefree Tangata Beats regional heats at the Lawson Field Theatre this afternoon and evening. The competition, now in its 36th year, is held...
The country’s senior doctors are concerned about Gisborne Hospital being unsafe.
The Reserve Bank expects to keep the Official Cash Rate on hold now at 5.5 percent for a year, confident that inflation is easing back from its peak and on the expectation that a surge in immigration will “ease back towards pre-Covid-19 trend...
Maryanne Spurdle, Maxim Institute researcher A week before Grant Robertson unveiled his hefty election-year Budget, dozens of wealthy Kiwis made a plea for the Government to tax them more. Given the timing, some pundits questioned their motives. I...
Inflation, or “Robflation” as I call it, is quietly eroding New Zealand’s wealth. With a 32-year high inflation rate, our money’s value has shrunk by 7 percent in just one year. The 2023 “no-frills” Budget, which pledged to confront the...
Labour adopting long-standing Green Party policies is a win for Aotearoa. Most policies date back 10-plus years ago, such as warmer Kiwi homes which was campaigned on by Jeanette Fitzsimons in 2009. Despite this Green win, the need for a wealth tax...
There is worldwide inflation and our NZ Government is doing better than most. Don’t ever blame the poor for inflation while CEOs collect millions of dollars and people use the housing market to make millions of dollars. Govt spending has been...
Movie Guide DOME CINEMA ■ Driving Madeleine Madeleine, 92, calls a taxi to take her to a retirement home. A disillusioned driver with a tender heart agrees to drive the streets of Paris, past the places that affected Madeleine’s life. ■ Whin...
THIS WEEK ■ ‘G n I’ Live at the RSA Club Friday May 26. Come and be enertained as Guy Batker and Fiona Cameron sing popular. Free entry, 7pm. ■ Not The Church . . . but damn close at ‘Shave To Cure Breast Cancer’ Fundraiser The Tav, Ruru...
Local artist Jody Tupara’s latest oil painting Ngā haututu o te kāuta was one of the standout artworks in Aotearoa’s annual portraiture awards held in honour of Kiingi Tuheitia in Wellington yesterday. She was one of the three finalists from...
Reggae powerhouse Chad “The Boogieman” Chambers’ long-awaited debut album Nāti Shores carries the heart of soul music and leaves you wanting more. Chambers (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Te Aotāwirirangi me Ruataupare) is set to release Nāti...
Aspiring Thespians who are looking to show their acting chops can now audition for Evolution Theatre’s Shakespearean romantic comedy The Taming of the Shrew. The play which is believed to have been written in the late 1590s narrates the story of...
Upcoming Wellington artist Rei’s latest single All We Got is tuned as a drum and bass cum kapa haka and pop mash that will send music lovers straight back to the vibe of their favourite festival. Following up on this summer’s DnB te reo hit Te...
Rhythm and Vines organisers want to know what the public think about the local music extravaganza with a short survey. Organisers of the three-day music festival said they wanted to hear from festivalgoers as R&V — one of the country’s...
Not one but two renowned international music festivals have invited local band Brazilbeat Sound System to perform at their venues in America this June. Now in it’s 26th year, Sierra Nevada World Music Festival is a three-day camping and music...
Gisborne Hiabs were called in yesterday morning to clean up and recover the trailer of a truck and trailer unit carrying wood chip that came to grief in the railway station yards on Tuesday night. A witness said the trailer tipped and spilled its...
Tolaga Bay’s George Sheild and Wairoa’s David Scragg were joined on the leaderboards at the Tux South Island and New Zealand dog trial championships yesterday by Matawai’s Samantha Shaw. Shaw and her dog Rouge made the top seven in event three...
Kaleb Jacobs is probably not your ideal poster boy for what to do after you’ve dislocated your shoulder. Playing striker for Coates Associates Wainui Demons against Gisborne Thistle Youth last Saturday, Jacobs hit a shot towards goal and fell...
First Kicks 4v4, Watson Park, 8.30am: 1, Central Tahi v Central Rua; 3, Kaiti Horouta v Awapuni Green; 4, Mangapapa Storm v Te Hapara Kea; 5, Mangapapa Mist v Mangatuna; 6, Mangapapa Floods v Wainui Mussels; 7, Bayleys Ngatapa Kiwis v Wainui Kin...