A High Court trial for two people accused of murdering Gisborne woman Maraea Smith, is scheduled to begin on Monday. Ms Smith, also known as Maraea Turnbull, died on her 36th birthday after being shot in Titoki Street, Elgin, at about 9.45pm on...
Three Gisborne athletes are in Szeged, Hungary, contesting the Canoe Sprint World Cup. Alicia Hoskin, Zack Ferkins and Quaid Thompson are part of the New Zealand contingent. Auckland-based Hoskin is a member of the women’s K4 500 crew who won...
The man is ready to step up again. Ngāti Porou East Coast Lochore Cup champion hooker Joe Royal will come off the reserves bench for a completely new Moana Pasifika side in their Super Rugby Pacific clash with the Hurricanes in the capital today...
Recommendations released today from the ministerial inquiry into land use here have been slammed by Mayor Rehette Stoltz after it found the council was in “dereliction of duty”. “We are extremely disappointed in the findings of the panel and...
Te Karaka bowlers Paddy Stewart and John Dawson completed a notable double when they added the Peace Shield Men’s Open Fours to their victory in this season’s champion of champions senior men’s pairs. Sharing the Peace Shield honours with them...
Glenys Whiteman recorded her 76th centre win when she skipped a Kahutia team to her 14th Ella Gibson Open Fours title at Gisborne Bowling Club. Five teams entered the Te Karaka Meat Traders-sponsored tournament — two from Poverty Bay Bowling Club...
Gisborne riders made the most of what was on offer in one of the most challenging seasons for equestrian organisers and competitors. Wild weather forced the cancellation of many shows in the 2022-23 show jumping and show hunter season just ended...
KAHUTIA and Te Karaka pairs won the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast Champion of Champions Pairs tournament for senior women and men at Kahutia Bowling Club. Lucy Shanks (skip) and Glenys Whiteman of Kahutia beat Wairoa’s Glenda Kapene (s) and Jo Sturmey...
Indoor bowls by Horsey Andrew Rickard showed total class on his way to winning the Poverty Bay East Coast centre open singles final 13-6 against Jay Casey . Rickard was unbeatable all day. He defeated Kaye Easton in his first game, drew with Bryan...
Gisborne Club Darts Association INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: L Kaa (Rebels); A Taukamo-Pohio (Tao Valkyries); J Waikawa-Nepe (Tao Vikings); J Collier (Roseland); M Reedy (Done n Dusted); I Eyles (Gunz); T Irwin, J White, M Awatere (Brezz’n Gold); L...
WHEN Gisborne teenager Claire Ellmers lined up at the start gate for her first New Zealand pole ski race meeting on Lake Taupo, she couldn’t help but notice that not only was she the only novice, she was also the sole female. That did not stop the...
A rugby ball for every registered JAB player is the aim of the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union/Bayleys Gisborne initiative Balls4All. Started three years ago, it is about promoting the game by directly “getting a ball in the hands” of all JAB...
“We can substantiate all of it.” Land Use in Tairawhiti inquiry chairwoman Hekia Parata adamantly defended her panel’s report when it was released at a press conference in Gisborne yesterday. Responding to Mayor Rehette Stoltz’s concerns...
Cyclone Recovery Minister Grant Robertson has set out the next steps for property assessments in areas affected by the severe weather events earlier this year. “I am encouraged by the work the taskforce, councils and insurance companies are doing...
Storm-doomed cannabis plot found during police search of offender’s property Armed police sent to the home of a Ruatoria man after he threatened a local with a firearm discovered he was growing a huge outdoor cannabis crop likely to be worth...
The piles required to support the new Hikuwai Bailey bridge on State Highway 35 north of Gisborne will be going deeper to ensure a solid footing for construction. The Bailey bridge will replace the Hikuwai No. 1 bridge, which was damaged in Cyclone...
Federated Farmers Gisborne-based forestry spokesperson Toby Williams is urging the Government to act quickly on the recommendations made in the Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use report. “The Government needs to take the recommendations in this...
The Eastland Wood Council — Te Kaunihera Pororākau o Te Tairāwhiti (EWC) has welcomed the release of the Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use report. “This thorough report is an important step forward for our community, as we all make changes...
Predictably there has been a swift back-slash to the so-called slash report which came out yesterday afternoon. Mayor Rehette Stoltz has come out fighting, expressing “our disappointment”, “serious concerns” and that “we fundamentally...
Gavin Maclean (May 10) obviously missed my point, along with the fact the percentage of tax our wealthiest New Zealanders pay is now being compared and criticised based on their unrealised capital gains over 2021, a year of fast-rising asset prices...
Natasha Baulis Maxim Institute researcher As a foreigner newly arrived here, there’s much to delight in, but I don’t think I will ever be able to get behind “gumboot” tea. Don’t get me wrong; I think the analogy is perfect: the te...
The trepidation with which calls for an independent inquiry into land uses associated with the mobilisation of woody debris and sediment were met in some quarters has been justified by the hard-hitting report released yesterday. That included the...
Turkey’s elections are fairly free, and there is going to be one this Sunday (May 14). President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been in power for two decades, and he should really lose by a landslide. Imagine what the United States would be like if...
Travel writer Mike Yardley discovers a trip to Queensland is incomplete without seeing some of the world’s most amazing and endangered animals. If you’re treating the family to a Sunshine Coast winter escape, spend a night at Australia Zoo. The...
Adorable, colourful and easy to make, these popcorn pops are the sweet treat every celebration needs. If you’re short on time, this is a quick, simple Mother’s Day recipe for kids. These delicious popcorn pops are really easy to rustle up and...
A desire to always be in the forest has subtly inspired Renee Raroa’s mahi. After making headlines for speaking at the United Nations, she caught up with kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. I was blessed to grow up in a place where the hills...
A former Gisborne family is setting sail on a two-year odyssey to bring medical help to poor regions of Africa. Fred and Maria Kuo told the Herald why they were embarking on their mission of mercy. Relocating their family of five to volunteer on...
Seven reserves around the region remain closed following the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in February. Gisborne District Council has confirmed Doneraille Park, De Costa Park, the small reserve at the junction of Fitzherbert Street and Clifford...
Reporting their stepfather’s sexual offending against them cost four sisters their mother but even so, the girl who first spoke up says she has “absolutely no regrets” about doing so as it gave her sisters the strength to come forward too. On...
Gisborne and Wairoa businesses have been given a helping hand as they continue to work through the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle. Business Mentors New Zealand is supporting the ongoing recovery of those affected, with $20,000 worth of mentor...
A woman says a previous sentence of home detention didn’t stop her peddling drugs, but a recent stint on remand in jail was the “big wake-up call” she needed. Standing in the dock of Gisborne District Court yesterday, Darling-Delicia Kaui, 45...
Forestry here has “lost its social licence” due to poor practices faciliated by Gisborne District Council’s “capitulation to the permissiveness of the regulatory regime”. Those are two main findings released yesterday by the Panel for the...
It’s yet another blow to our society and the commercial fabric of Tairawhiti. I write to express my sympathy, empathy, gratitude and moral support to the owners of both Gisborne Herald and Evans Meats. As a dedicated loyal customer and follower of...
When will we learn that when we create electronic equipment that needs metals such as lithium etc, there is a fine art to this creation? It seems that above ground we are running out of these metals. It is disappointing to find that Parliamentarians...