A WOMAN accused of luring a Te Karaka man away from his house so accomplices could burgle it was yesterday found guilty by a jury in Gisborne District Court. Jammie Vera Rigby, 31, went on trial on Wednesday. She had pleaded not guilty to...
For their last album, Sludge Pop, indie group Soaked Oats incorporated lots of synths deep in the mix that fatten out the sound a bit more.“The themes running across our songs change as we do, and as such there isn't one thing we're always trying...
ON an office wall deep in industrial Henderson, a poster frames the face of Dalvanius Prime. It’s in black and white. The late singer, producer, activist, mover and shaker is wearing a superfly hat and a knowing look. Beneath his face: Poi E: The...
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GisborneFamilies were to the fore when Gisborne Bowling Club members held their triples championships at the weekend. Mother and daughter Bobbie Beattie and Tanya Harrison, and husbands and wives Tim and Ginny Sherriff, Peter and Libby Clay and Steve...
The staircase at Tauawhi Men’s Centre is steep, narrow and a bit rickety. Tauawhi is based in roomy premises upstairs but has no street frontage, so there is a sign outside at 71 Peel Street. You enter, straighten up and climb to a landing, then...
TRIALS are expected to soon get under way around land-based irrigation and storage of Wairoa's wastewater. Last year, the Wairoa District Council was granted a town wastewater discharge resource consent by the Hawke's Bay Regional Council. The...
Gisborne District Council has agreed to Gisborne Community Early Education Centre leasing its Palmerston Road properties at 60 percent of market value despite concerns of establishing a precedent in a competitive industry. The council will also enter...
Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti hosted its third and final Activators Programme public event on Wednesday at the Olympic Pools. A bomb competition, tug-o-war, obstacle courses and a sausage sizzle were just some of the attractions and activities Wicked...
CHILDREN'S and young adult’s librarian Raschel Easa-Danes says the turnout for the latest holiday programme is the biggest she has experienced since the library has been in the temporary new Awapuni Road premises. With more than 100 children taking...
Inclusion of the New Zealand wars in the school curriculum is a theme of historian Vincent O’Malley’s talks at schools around the country, including Gisborne Girls’ High. Dr O’Malley has focused largely on the Waikato wars, which he describes...
Circumstance seems to have forced the Government into a risky gamble with the latest decision on alert levels that has seen Auckland finally given some respite and a small part of Waikato placed in Level 4. After a wearying 34 days in lockdown...
WORK on the multi-million dollar Waipaoa River Flood Control Scheme upgrade is expected to stop for the winter this week, Gisborne District Council was told at its May meeting yesterday. Council lifelines director David Wilson was speaking as...
Organisers of Operation Blue Santa — the police initiative to provide Christmas cheer to needy families in the district — need more help to meet demand. The Gisborne police Whangaia Nga Pa Harakeke team, Te Aka Ora Charitable Trust and Countdown...
The district's keen anglers headed to their favourite fishing spots yesterday as the annual trout fishing season opened. The trout season runs through until June 30 next year.“It's great to have the season under way and there were heaps of people...
TAIRAWHITI police commander Inspector Sam Aberahama has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the New Zealand police and community. New Zealand-born of Cook Islands descent, Tamuera Aitama (Sam) Aberahama joined the New...
POLICE continue their investigation into the burglary of the Challenge Gisborne service station in Gladstone Road early yesterday morning. They have repeated their call for information from the public. A group of five or six thieves, believed to be...
They didn’t win the first challenge but Gisborne couple Amy Moore and Stu Watts produced arguably the best one-liners as the 2018 season of The Block NZ got under way last night. Amy and Stu are one of four teams whose mission is to completely...
The next time you pick up a copy of MiNDFOOD and drool over the gorgeous “foodtography” and recipes therein, spare a thought for the people behind the scenes, the team who design, create, test and photograph the mouth-watering dishes presented...
New research shows many Kiwis are going without an internet connection despite the 21st century's reliance on it for everyday life. Reporter Jack Marshall spoke to local MP Kiri Allan, TaiTech trustee Polly Crawford and Tolaga Bay Inn trustee Lily...
TWO major community planting days have given a boost to the Waikanae Stream clean-up project. Over Friday and Sunday community volunteers planted 1300 native shrubs and grasses. On Friday, four classes from Awapuni School worked with Gisborne...
Te Araroa-born and raised, Geoff Haerewa is in his second term as president or mayor of the Shire of Derby/West Kimberley in Western Australia. In his first visit home in four years, he talked to Kim Parkinson
A brain injury patient has admitted criminal charges, following an incident with a rehabilitation worker. Dan Raniera Te Heuheu Robinson, pleaded guilty in Gisborne District Court to assaulting a female, common assault, wilful damage, and a breach of...
POLICE today are piecing together the events that culminated in the death of three Wairoa Mongrel Mob members and the "miraculous" survival of a fourth, after their vehicle plunged 150m down a bank and into the Mohaka River, on State Highway 2...
MetService is warning of “potentially significant weather” coming New Zealand's way as a low-pressure system could bring long periods of rain to eastern parts of the North Island from Sunday. While there's some uncertainty of where the...
The horticulture sector has welcomed changes to temporary work visas that simplfiy the immigration system and recognise that overseas workers play a significant role in industries such as horticulture. Changes to the employer-assisted temporary work...
A resounding 75 percent of poll respondents say they are not happy with the enforcement of dog control regulations. Of 249 responses, 187 (70 percent) said they were unhappy, 50 (20 percent) were happy and 12 people (5 percent) did not know. Many...
HAWKE’S Bay Regional Council has agreed to help fund next year’s Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival, which is expected to draw hundreds and possibly thousands of performers and spectators from Gisborne. HBRC has approved a grant of $200,000 to Ngati...
A new fund has been set up to help iwi, hapu and whanau protect taonga (treasures) on marae. Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni yesterday announced the opening of the Matauranga Maori Marae Ora Fund— a $5.7 million contestable...
Wow! the recent appointment of Maori/other ethnic minority MPs to important political roles within the Labour Government as well as the inclusion of the Greens, shows us that after 180 years of tokenistic appeasement by all the major political...
Ki-o-rahi has been a front-runner in the revival of traditional Maori games, especially in Tairawhiti. The region has won and hosted numerous national ki-o-rahi tournaments, and now exponents of the game have given the thumbs up for a new app to...
Seth Piper and Malcolm Marfell are unlikely to soon forget Saturday's semifinal in football's Central Federation Cup. Gisborne United goalkeeper Piper put in a man-of-the-match performance in a 3-0 win against New Plymouth side Peringa at Park...