The Government is being petitioned to change its stance and increase the house price cap for Gisborne first-time home buyers to access its First Home Loan Scheme. The scheme allows qualifying people to take out loans for properties up to a certain...
NGATI Porou East Coast Rugby Football Union is among the many to have paid tribute to former player Willie Collins, who died in a diving incident in Wellington at the weekend. Wellington-based Collins, a cousin of All Black Jerry Collins who was...
SwimmingFinals — Jodiesha Kirkpatrick (Gis Int), 12yrs girls age group: 1st in 200 metres breaststroke; 2nd in 100 individual medley; 1st in 50m breaststroke; 3rd in 100m butterfly; 2nd in 200m IM; 8th in 200m freestyle; 1st in 100m breaststroke...
A woman was taken to Gisborne Hospital in critical condition this morning after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Roebuck Road and Aberdeen Road. The crash happened at around 8.35am. Police said a 25-year-old woman in one of the vehicles was...
Our columnist today can rest assured he is not misusing the term “some of my best friends are Maori”; it is indeed a common deflection for people who wish to make comments or take positions that could be seen as anti-Maori or racist, and serves...
TAIRAWHITI paddlers have history on their side in the waka ama national sprint championships at Lake Karapiro next week, but Horouta Waka Hoe face strong northern competition for the title of top club. Mareikura Canoe Club and Horouta have some of...
AMONG works produced by 20 artists at Adair School of Art are pieces by artist-in-residence Jess Jacobs. The school opened in April and runs a mix of evening and weekend courses made up of eight-week and six-month programmes
Greetings and salutations to our Tairawhiti dart enthusiasts. Tutu’s come out of retirement to give you some weekly updates on the local GCDA and club darts scene. President Ian Wood, not as youthful as he once was, expressed a keenness to...
CRICKETHIGH School Old Boys have reasserted their No. 1 standing in Poverty Bay cricket’s DJ Barry Cup.“I was thrilled we performed the way we did,” Bollywood Stars HSOB captain Scott Tallott said after an emphatic statement from his side...
A PURPLE town clock might seem strange, but that is what people will see on the main street this evening in recognition of World Prematurity Day. The Lighting Up Purple campaign is a worldwide event that sees a purple hue cast over iconic landmarks...
A MAN charged with raping a female aged over 16 and an associated charge of burglary entered not guilty pleas and was granted bail in Gisborne District Court. Hira Hone Taingahue, 34, was further remanded until a Crown callover in the court on April...
A teenage girl is on life support in Gisborne Hospital after she came into collision with a van in Lysnar Street at Okitu at Wainui yesterday morning. The incident happened as the 14-year-old as she rode her bicycle out of a driveway near the...
Gisborne District Council is now mostly moved into its new building. Without doubt it will have been designed and built to meet every building code best-practice standard so that all who are working inside can be assured they are in a safe and...
Yesterday morning on TV1’s “Breakfast” we saw news presenter Hillary Barry seriously step over the mark in her position, which cannot be biased at all. Television news presenters have an important job to do. Freedom of speech is a most...
Huge weekend of vaccinations as outbreak intensifies
GISBORNE'S housing market is out of an enforced lockdown and with just nine houses sold last month, realtors are prepared for change. Latest data from the Real Estate Institute New Zealand shows sales fell to single figures in April while the...
We have just listened to an interview of Colorado author Ben Cort talking with Bob McCoskrie. This issue of legalising marijuana is full of lies — lies of ommision. We are not being informed of the huge increases in the THC of plants today. In the...
The founder of The Kids Music Company will be in Gisborne next week to give teachers of 2 to 5 year olds, and parents and caregivers with children in that age range, the opportunity to discover the value of music as a motivator. Janet Channon’s...
A LATE penalty by midfielder Grant Jones won the Poverty Bay Cup for United (3) at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday. It was the start of a good day for team coach Chris Adams. He hit the winning spot kick for United firsts in the Bailey Cup penalty...
Gordon Webb seems to be working overtime to persuade people to do nothing about climate change. He projects no visions but the status quo and a ridiculous extreme, ignoring the rich possibilities in between. This paucity leads to something more...
Well, 7000 Auckland screamers say the country can’t have Guy Fawke’s sales of fireworks any more, as the 1.5 million of them bludging off the rest of the country for their roads etc want this. What is so wrong with this picture?Well, I’m sick...
Re: ‘Undermining democracy', Jan 13, and ‘We want to see equity', Jan 14.A big shout out to Josh as well as Aimee Milne, Lara Meyer and Maree Conaglen — mighty waahine toa who have publicly expressed their condemnation of and opposition to the...
Final figures for export trade through Eastland Port last month show a total of 273,042 tonnes of logs shipped from Gisborne in July. The wood went overseas on 11 ships during a month when loading was disrupted by bad weather. The cart-in rate of logs...
Budding creatives from Gisborne Intermediate have been busy writing, filming and editing promotional videos to show off the tourism potential of Gisborne for TV One's current affairs programme Seven Sharp. The year 7 and 8 students have submitted...
Frustration with local Government was a big issue for about 70 people who attended an open conversation with Minister for Crown/Maori Relations Kelvin Davis at Manutuke last Saturday. Manutuke township was the seventh of 16 places a hui was held as...
A crowd of around 180 attended the First Fresh “Freshies” awards in the NZ Fruits packhouse in Lytton Road last Thursday night, and were throughly entertained by special guest, comedian Ben Hurley. Waerenga-a-Hika grower John Macpherson took home...
STU Blair and his good Marist mate Kevin Ford were tired but still joyous after the All Blacks’ successful defence. Following the semifinal victory against the Springboks, Stu detoured off to Poland. There he enjoyed the attractions of Krakow and...
A SECOND trial burn of tree debris on the Tolaga Bay beachfront last Friday was so successful, the decision was made to continue with the fan-burning technique this week. Tens of thousands of tonnes of forestry slash, logs and other debris on the...