I read in The Gisborne Herald that the tax on fuel will be going back to the full rate at the end of June this year. Well, three weeks ago when my wife and I were about to drive to Hamilton Hospital, we filled the car up with 91 and it was $2.35...
Re: Kura ‘no’ to new bar, April 27 story. This article summarises why Gisborne struggles to move forward. Historically this venue has been an entertainment establishment. It is in the CBD where these types of activities take place. Here is...
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing Tairāwhiti, and recent extreme weather events have only emphasised the importance of taking action now. Meeting the climate challenge has always been a priority for our Government and we’ve...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins may have moved quickly to extinguish any prospect of increased taxes in his major speech to Auckland businesspeople yesterday but he seems to have left one mystery — how to pay for Cyclone Gabrielle. It’s no surprise...
Corson Grain have started on a replacement plan for the mill in Cochrane Street that was badly damaged in a blaze on March 3. In an advisory letter to their growers, chief executive Brett Thompson has said the fire compounded the impact of the...
Face-to-face meetings in Gisborne and Wairoa will help future strategic planning, says Chief Ombusdman Peter Boshier. Mr Boshier is visiting Auckland this week as he continues a series of targeted engagements in some of the regions hit hardest by...
Police have caught 46 drink drivers in this district over the past two weeks and area commander Inspector Sam Aberahama said the results of the checkpoints run were “disappointing”. Between April 20 and 23, 28 drivers were processed for excess...
Risk mitigation work, funding ‘will be a challenge’: council report Steps are yet to be taken to mitigate future risk to Gisborne’s main water pipeline during the repair phase following Cyclone Gabrielle, the district council has revealed. The...
The pregnant woman who suffered a serious head injury in the head-on smash yesterday is reported to be in a stable condition in Gisborne Hospital. She was a passenger in the car involved in the crash with a ute, mid-morning just south of Oneroa Road...
A 12-day extension has been approved for the Ministerial Inquiry into woody debris (including forestry slash) and sediment in Tairāwhiti/Gisborne and Wairoa. The original deadline was April 30. The three-member panel for the Ministerial Inquiry...
Full-time Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) students processed about 400 venison sausages and 100 meat patties as part of their Outdoor Experiences course at the campus kitchen on Monday. The students had been on a hunting trip and used meat...
IT has been two months since Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked havoc on Tairāwhiti and many in the tourism and hospitality sectors are still doing it tough as the recovery continues. In the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, Trust Tairāwhiti, as the...
St John ambulance in Gisborne has been operating a new Critical Care Hilux vehicle in Gisborne for a few weeks now, manned by specialist staff. “The vehicle makes the team more readily available to attend more serious incidents, and to back up...
The table begins to tell its story. East Coast Farm Vets YMP will look to make it four wins from four games when they play at their home ground, Barry Park, against Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates tomorrow. Enterprise Cars OBM are the other team looking...
REVIEW: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Civil unrest, alienation, corruption at the highest level — not much has changed since AD33. So co-directors James Packman and LJ Mill have dispensed with sandals and swords for their high-energy production of Jesus...
Hikurangi Enterprises project Whare Ora has been working to house whānau around Tairāwhiti for two years and is now aiming to get a manufacturing facility set up in Ruatorea. “We want to build for people of the greater Waiapu Valley,”...
Rugby THE rugby draw for SATURDAY Civil Project Solution Poverty Bay rugby, Premier grade, Week 4. 2.45pm: GT Shearing Waikohu v Earthwork Solutions HSOB, Te Karaka Domain. Referee: Ben Holt. East Coast Farm Vets YMP v Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates...
The rising sport of pickleball has taken off in Gisborne. What started as a small group of people playing in October 2021 has turned into 150 members, with up to 70 people turning up to one session. “It’s the fastest-growing game in the...
Old rivers GMC Green and Paikea are the opening act of the 2023 Poverty Bay club hockey season, which starts tonight at Harry Barker Reserve. Teams have been preparing for several weeks for the start of play, and as it says on the Poverty Bay hockey...
News that the uber wealthy in New Zealand pay a lot less tax as a proportion of their incomes than middle-income earners do will come as no surprise to anyone; the only question is what the Labour Government will do about it. A Treasury report after...
Several countries are fighting the onset of demographic transition, which is the automatic dropping of birth rates and hence population when a certain level of economic security is reached. Australia is reported to be one of those countries. The...
Can you imagine being given a terminal cancer diagnosis and given eight months to live? This is the terrifying prognosis given to Theresa Zame, a much-loved member of our whanau. She had two medication choices. 1. Tagrix, a 3rd generation...
Those who question the worth of what this nation did to combat Covid-19 should reflect on the death toll in other countries. A comparison using this week’s World Health Organisation (WHO) figures is a stark pointer to the success of what was done...
At this solemn time of Anzac we remember the fallen — those that sacrificed and paid with their lives. The sacrifice continues as “ELDER ABUSE” infests our society with despicable acts. Our friend, relative and Vietnam veteran “Larry”...
Two of my brothers plus a lot of whanau went to all the wars. My question is, why is the Maori Battalion song not sung on Anzac Day at all New Zealand cenotaphs? Kia Or
New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) has announced Gold FM in Gisborne is to switch frequencies with feel-good music radio station Coast. From Monday, May 1, Coast will broadcast on 106.1FM, and Gold FM will switch to the Coast frequency at...
A review into how rates are applied to Māori freehold land is under way at Gisborne District Council, with policy changes set to be included in the next long-term plan. It comes on the back of amendments to the Local Government Rating Act which in...
Fish and Game predicts a great start to the duck season in this region on May 6 because there appear to be plenty of ducks about. Mallard and grey duck numbers have been low in recent years which has forced Fish and Game to apply restrictive bag...
NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting a May Day launch for a new cyclone-hunting mission. A launch window for the mission, which takes place from Rocket Lab’s Mahia spaceport, opens at 1pm on Monday (May 1) and will launch two storm-tracking CubeSats...
Traffic came to a halt on State Highway 35 near Oneroa Road at Wainui Road this morning after a head-on car crash in which a pregnant woman suffered critical injuries. It happened at around 10am just south of the Oneroa Road corner. The crash...
Eastland Wood Council contractors, supported by local forestry companies, have been removing wood debris from Tolaga Bay beach since Monday. They started at the surf club end of the beach. Wood council chief executive Philip Hope said the EWC was...
National Party East Coast candidate Dana Kirkpatrick says gang numbers in the Eastern and Bay of Plenty police regions have almost doubled since 2017. The two police areas, which both cross into the East Coast electorate, have recorded a near 100...
House prices here have taken another tumble, new data from the real Estate Institute (REINZ) shows. Focusing on the Gisborne region, REINZ chief executive Jen Baird said the median price in Gisborne decreased 11.9 percent annually to $630,000 in...
A caravan parked on an unoccupied property at the corner of Pickering Street and Dalton Street in Kaiti was set on fire last night in what is being treated as an arson. Fire and Emergency NZ was called to the vacant property at around 11pm. “The...