An orange warning has been issued for the Gisborne-East Coast district, as another sub-tropical low threatens to deliver more weather woes to the region. This morning MetService followed up an Easter Weekend advisory with an orange rain warning...
Environmentalist Tom Kay is on a mission to get people rethinking how to protect natural and built environments. But sometimes that includes difficult truths, like realising the devastating flow-on effects of man-made “solutions”. He talks to...
Connection, support and an effort to bring a little normality back into the lives of Wairoa’s cyclone-stricken rural community is the ethos behind the Backyard BBQ initiative. On the back of the successful Wairoa Rural Round Up evening, a series...
City firefighters were called to a gas leak at a house in Aberdeen Road and to a car fire on Back Ormond Road in the early hours of this morning. At 1am, they were called about the gas problem to an Aberdeen Road house under renovation near...
Iscah Montgomerie is about to make her directorial debut at Unity Theatre with Sarah DeLapp’s play The Wolves. She talks to Kim Parkinson about what brought her to Gisborne and why this play resonated with her . . . From being a working theatre...
Abuse of Olympic Pools staff has been an increasing problem for Gisborne District Council. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swan, in her monthly report to the full council, said there had been an increase in abuse of staff over December. Police...
Two brothers accused of inflicting life-threatening injuries on a Mahia man — one of them charged with attempting to murder him — are to stand trial later this year. Ryan Reremoana William Ormond, 28, and Harland Freeman Sterling Ormond, 25...
Don't forget about Kaiti Beach. That is the message from Gisborne district councillor Larry Foster. He told fellow councillors, sitting as the full council, that “a great job” was being done of the clean-up of woody debris at Waikanae and Midway...
A “once-in-a-lifetime chance to dream big” is how one teacher described a school outing to Rocket Lab’s Mahia space port. Gisborne Intermediate teacher Barry Huhu said the pupils appreciated the Rocket Lab team sharing their time and knowledge...
The decision to pack up and head to the home of country music four years ago reached a career high point for former Gisborne performer Camille Te Nahu last week. Te Nahu, husband Stuie and son Sonny — The French Family Band — performed at the...
Home detention sentence, ordered to repay $62,000 A woman who defrauded the Government’s Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme by claiming funds for employees she didn’t have has been ordered to repay $62,000. Shannelle Jan Oraina Hohipa-Kahuroa, 32...
Autumn is a fantastic time to put some care and attention into your garden. It is the time to clean up beds, manage soils, prepare sod, and minimise problems in the new growing season. Follow a few autumn garden tips for a worry-free winter and more...
Come and sing along with legendary kiwi rockers James Reid and Andy Lynch of The Feelers as they arrive at The Dome this Saturday 8th April. They will be joined by local psych-rock group Oceanspace and Pōneke based Nikita Tu-Bryant, lead singer of...
Local musicians’ display of vocal brilliance helped secure them the top spots at the Gisborne Country Music Awards. Held over two days at the War Memorial Theatre and Gisborne RSA, there were 186 entries with competitors from Nelson, Whanganui...
With a background in wardrobe for theatre, movies and commercials, anti-fashion designer Dave Roil (Ngāti Porou/Te Āti Awa) creates high-end alternative couture with an edge. A selection of his designs will be modelled as part of The Deal...
Have you seen an artwork that sings the brilliance of storytelling? Local artist Erena Koopu’s exhibition Ka Waiata Au at Tairāwhiti Museum does just that. The exhibition is an exploration of...
EQUESTRIAN Local shepherd Brian Arnold was the outstanding performer of the Tahora Horse Sports. The event drew a good turnout on a hot, sunny day before Cyclone Gabrielle hit. Arnold single-handedly won for Highland Station the Lands and Survey Cup...
Kahutia It has been a busy time at Kahutia Bowling Club with tournaments in February and March. Following Cyclone Gabrielle the club welcomed members of the Poverty Bay Bowling Club, whose carpet green was seriously water-damaged and out of action...
NETBALL The 300-plus students from eight schools involved in the Tairāwhiti Secondary Schools Fast 5 netball festival had a load of fun yesterday on the Victoria Domain courts. Gisborne Netball Centre youth development officer Monique McLeod said...
LAWN BOWLS by Ginny Sherriff Gisborne Bowling Club’s marquee event, the Burton Cup, is back to its traditional Easter Weekend slot this week. Organisers are keeping an eye on the weather forecast in the hope that mild conditions continue through...
Congratulations to The Gisborne Herald for cutting through the “red tape” to reveal just how bad the staffing shortfall is at Gisborne Hospital and how intolerable the working conditions are there for nurses, and doctors. My commiserations to...
I first sent in letters on 27/1 and 3/2 regarding the state of roading in the region which resulted in a front-page article over the weekend of 11/2. I wanted to flag the council roading department’s failure to operate effective quality controls...
As a libertarian, I oppose laws and philosophies that limit the sovereignty of the individual and groups of individuals to live their best life. As an iconoclast like Jesus in the temple, I have absolutely no issue tearing down and overturning the...
Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan courtroom to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records arising from a hush-money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former president in US history to face...
Gisborne firefighters had been called out nine times in the 24 hours to 9am this morning. The calls included to a small fire in a work shed at the Patutahi Quarry on Tiniroto Road. That call came in at 7.55am yesterday. “Quarry workers raised the...
Hangaroa and Tiniroto residents will be reconnected from tomorrow with the re-opening of Tiniroto Road at the Hangaroa Bluffs (34-41km), closed since Cyclone Gabrielle. It will be open at the Bluffs to light vehicles only, and only between 6am and...
Gisborne Hospital has received $29,500 from the Gisborne Host Lions Club to help people with an eye condition called keratoconus regain vision. “Teenagers are most likely to suffer from keratoconus and experience blurred vision, light sensitivity...
Barnardos’ new service Awhi Tairāwhiti had its official open day yesterday. The new service provides a unique combination of Barnardos Early Learning and Child and Family Services for children, young people and their whānau under one roof. “We...
Affordability seen as key issue in proposed Three Waters legislation. A short period of time to make submissions to Parliament, interrupted by Christmas and Cyclone Gabrielle, have caused problems for Gisborne District Council. But councillors have...
Gisborne City residents will be able to water their gardens and clean their cars this Easter weekend. From today (Wednesday) Gisborne will move to level 3 water restrictions, which means just a ban on sprinkler use. Hoses can now be used for outdoor...
Predicting the weather for this weekend is a bit like guessing what’s inside an Easter egg. New Zealand’s climate agencies have hedged their forecasts because of a low expected to concentrate off East Cape by the end of the week and direct moist...
Nailed it!: Antonio Gisborne’s top apprentice builder. Antonio Barbarich-Waikari is the Gisborne regional champion of the New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge and will further pit his skills against the best in the country. Five...
The insurance bill to fix or replace cyclone-damaged houses and property here has been assessed at $53.368 million. Data from the Insurance Council of New Zealand shows a total of 2021 insurance claims have been made across the region since Cyclone...