Gisborne trampolinists, tumblers return from NZ nationals with medals galore

Safetree has appointed Wade Brunt, a passionate forestry veteran, to help get forestry workers more actively involved in improving health and safety. Mr Brunt started working on Monday in his new role as Toroawhi, which means “together we create...

Re: November 7 letter. Martin Hanson continues to feel threatened by those who acknowledge that there is a loving Creator who made us for Himself. He has a plan for our lives which belong to Him. Those who believe in the Creator know where they have...

Tairāwhiti-based medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience has signed an agreement with European distributor Motagon to become its preferred Australia/New Zealand supplier of medicinal cannabis products. Rua Bioscience chief executive Rob Mitchell...

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz, or telephone 869-0630. This weekThe Wave featuring Seymore & TDK: The Dome Room, June 9 (6pm). First 30 free then $20 on door. Tomorrow People: Wellington-based reggae...

A couple of “hell” up-and-downs proved vital as Dion Milner put his name on the Tolaga Bay honours board yet again on Sunday.“Coastie” Milner beat Bruce Yates 3 and 2 in the senior men's final of the club champs. He led 2-up after 18 holes...

Deane Smart’s letter in The Gisborne Herald of June 6 denigrating the NZ Drug Foundation demonstrates to us a complete lack of understanding of the problems that have been caused as a direct result of prohibition. The one thing we would agree on is...

SECOND-generation surfers are among the competitors in the 30th edition of the National Scholastic Surfing Championships that got under way at Makorori Beach, Gisborne, yesterday. Junior surfers from around the country have come together for the...

Pat Seymour, chairwoman of the War Memorial Theatre Trust which drove fundraising for refurbishment of the Lawson Field Theatre, and former Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon share ribbon-cutting duties at the reopening of the theatre on Saturday night. The...

NGATAPA loose forward Chase Sheridan has been named in the Heartland under-19 rugby squad. Sheridan, the Poverty Bay u20 captain, is one of 25 players selected from across the Heartland unions for the Jock Hobbs Memorial Tournament, which starts in...

Recent storm damage to the closed East Cape Road cut off five households and isolated people were to be choppered out of the area today. Gisborne District Council reported that 13 people had been isolated — the five affected households all located...

Contractors have moved on to the bank of the Taruheru River by the Peel Street bridge to carry out further work on the bank revetments."It's a continuation of the same project," a council spokeswoman said."This is the second section, covering 62...

As barbecue season gets into full swing, New Zealand researchers are investigating whether certain kinds of red meat could actually protect against heart disease. Researchers have recruited men aged 35-55 willing to eat free meat three times a week...

PREMIER graders Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A and Farmlands Ngatapa proved too strong for their challenge round opponents last night at the YMCA. Girls’ High defeated Taiki 49-27 and Ngatapa beat Whalis 61-43. These were the first of the challenge...

GISBORNE Girls’ High student Rebecca Collier is back from the trip of a lifetime to Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of a Young Enterprise Scheme initiative. She was one of eight student representatives from New Zealand chosen to travel to the South...

Gisborne Girls' High School student Keira Batten Coogan has won the solo/duo section of the Smokefreerockquest East Coast regional competition for the second time in three years. Keira won in 2018 and was second last year.“It felt good to win,”...

A KAI Atua healthy nutrition workshop for people who want to make better food choices was held at Tolaga Bay last week. The workshop is the first in a series for Gisborne, East Coast and Opotiki schools and communities. Healthy Families East Cape...

Gisborne pro surfer Ricardo Christie was knocked out of the HIC Pro Qualifying Series contest at Hawaii’s Sunset Beach this morning (NZ time).Christie placed third in his Round 4 heat with a score of 11.07 (5.17, 5.9) for his two best...

A pig that thinks it is a dog will not end up on a dinner plate. The kunekune-cross pig, nearly two years old, is up for adoption from Gisborne SPCA. SPCA centre manager Lindy Magee said unfortunately the pig grew too big for her previous owner’s...

BONFIRES will be allowed on most beaches throughout the region during the Guy Fawke's season providing smoke from the fires does not drift towards houses. Fires on the city beach front cannot be lit under any circumstances between The Cut and Stanley...

There were songs and tears this week as The Mobility Centre moved into a new home on Kahutia Street and a partnership with two other organisations. CCS Disability Action general manager Colene Herbert for the Midlands Region was unable to hold back...

NEW list MP and East Coast Labour candidate Kiri Allan honoured her mother, her grandmother who was “strapped” for speaking Maori at school and “the voiceless” in her maiden parliamentary speech this week. Ms Allan wore a korowai as she...

A ruling by the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority has reduced the hours granted to the Gisborne Speedway Club by the District Licensing Authority. The club wants to operate longer than the hours contained in the new local alcohol policy. It...

THE 16 units at the former Eastland Motor Lodge are among 2150 transitional housing places that will be created around the country by the end of the year, Minister of Social Housing, Amy Adams said in Gisborne yesterday. Ms Adams visited the complex...

Central government support for some key planks of the Tairawhiti Economic Action Plan launched today are very welcome. The plan itself was only made public as The Herald was going to press late this morning, and will be reported on tomorrow, but the...

POLICE have this afternoon released the name of the man who drowned at Puatai Beach just south of Waihau Beach (Loisels) yesterday afternoon after he got into trouble while snorkelling. He was Tamahou Wanoa, 53, of Wellington. Mr Wanoa had been...

RugbyPoverty Bay club competition, premier division: GT Shearing Waikohu 77 Tapuae 3, Eastland Farm Vets YMP 25 Earthwork Solutions HSOB 17, Enterprise Cars OBM 17 Larsawn Ngatapa 22. Senior 1: YMP Bumbles won by default over HSOB, OBM 41 Ngatapa 5...

The “resignation election” rolls on with Peter Dunne the third party leader to stand down in just three weeks, as this fascinating campaign winds into full operation across an entirely unexpected political landscape — with just a month now...

GINSENG crops fetching returns of more than $400,000 a hectare could grow here alongside the forestry industry, say those growing ginseng in the central North Island. Ginseng is a Chinese herbal plant. Its roots are highly sought after in Chin...

Government minister Kiri Allan has spoken out about her own experience as a teenager with gay conversion therapy through her church but says she doesn't “harbour any ill-will”.On Tuesday night, Parliament passed a bill at its third reading that...