Re: Seeking Government approval to reopen Napier-Wairoa line, March 13 story quoting “a KiwiRail spokesperson”. There has been conjecture the track could be mothballed again — with over 400 damage sites from the devastation caused by Cyclone...
I’m writing to thank Pastors Guthrie and Jennifer Boyd from the AOG church for organising a vigil for the Israeli hostages on Saturday at Endeavour Park. Blown up photos were on boards that we held, and it was very moving looking at the names and...
The Patutahi War Memorial looks splendid just in time for Anzac Day. It is interesting to note the soldier is not holding his rifle by the butt like the city’s War Memorial, on the Esplanade. Can any readers shed light on this and the Patutahi War...
Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC) is gearing up for the much-anticipated return of the Colour Run for Diversity 2024, an event that celebrates unity, inclusivity and cultural diversity. Taking place from 11am this Saturday at Marina Park, the...
The Big Latch On annual breastfeeding event returns this weekend at a different time of the year and with a historic first. Health NZ-Tairāwhiti is hosting two Big Latch On events on Friday — one at HB Williams Memorial Library from 10am; the...
After a dry start to the month, the district can expect a few drops in the next few days. MetService’s outlook for the end of the week says to expect rain from Friday through to Monday. At this stage it is forecasting Friday to be the wettest day...
Whānau, friends and colleagues at Toitū Tairāwhiti Housing (TTH) celebrated the graduation of 32 workers who completed a 12-week training course to be able to work in the iwi housing development organisation. The celebration took place at Te...
Fishing tournament proceeds go to vital equipment for Planet Sunshine, neonates The local fishing community is backing Gisborne Hospital again. The annual Nicks Head Charity Fishing Tournament continues to support the hospital’s neonatal unit and...
Firefighters were called to a house in Childers Road near the Elgin shops yesterday morning after a passer-by heard smoke alarms going off inside and saw smoke coming from the house. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews to the house at around 8am...
An event showcasing what it is like to work in emergency services is being run for students tomorrow. A mock emergency at Harry Barker Reserve will demonstrate the roles of police, Fire and Emergency NZ staff and St John Ambulance. Students will...
Gisborne District Council is holding a hui for residents of Te Karaka and surrounding areas this Saturday to present and seek validation on flood modelling being undertaken as part of the Te Karaka Flood Resilience Improvement Project. Council...
Hundreds of people attended the 71st Tamararo Festival over the weekend and enjoyed the performances of 21 different rōpū from across Tairāwhiti. Tamararo is the country’s longest-running regional kapa haka competition, having started in 1952...
Tiny White Opening Day was a great one for Poverty Bay rugby. A forceful Larsawn Ngatapa posse beat Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 40-0 on Oval 1, after which defending champions East Coast Farm Vets YMP came from behind to be 49-15 victors over...
NZ Transport Agency/Waka Kotahi has announced detours will be in place during six weeks of
Premier Grade defending champions Whangara Old Girls had to come from behind in the final quarter to beat Girls’ High Senior A in their opening game of Round 1 of Gisborne senior netball at Victoria Domain on Saturday. Girls’ High picked up...
Six months have now passed since the deadly attack by Hamas that prompted the latest Middle East war, and Israel is facing pressure on a number of fronts to end or adjust its military response. The greatest of these is from key ally the United...
Meredith Akuhata-Brown The irony of David Seymour calling Māori wards undemocratic, when the whole purpose of these wards was to provide for Māori representation within a democracy reliant on Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Strangely he is not also calling...
Full marks to Friday’s student demonstrators. They truly want a healthy planet; in other words a future. They may have little knowledge of the drastic degrowth that is the only way to achieve this, but that will come . . . both the knowledge and...
Associate education minister David Seymour said students should turn up to school and get a good education if they want to effect real change in the world, instead of protesting during school hours. “If students feel strongly about sending...
I always appreciate John Wells’ contributions to the letters page. He is always solutions focused and his ideas reflect his depth of experience and knowledge, without him having to state it. Geoff Meade
I stand to be corrected, but is it not true that at the moment of birth a child knows nothing, let alone matters of gender and culture? All that is subsequently learned comes from millennia of human existence. How will that child know right from...
The winter competition season also got under way for senior netball and Eastern League men’s and women’s football
Wairoa’s Anzac Day commemorations have changed this year to make sure the morning is not rushed, Wairoa District Council says. “Thursday, April 25, is a significant day when New Zealanders can officially remember and acknowledge those who have...
Research being done here into how indigenous “magic mushrooms” can treat addiction and mental health issues have taken a leap forward in hitting several milestones, an NZX-listed medicinal cannabis company says. Rua Bioscience has announced the...
History is everywhere you look . . . from the steps on a hillside marking an old pā site to a brick on the beach. This particular brick — or should we say, piece of brick— lay on the beach just south of Midway, its light colour attracting...
Waimatā Valley farmer Jeremy Watson was miles from home when he was injured in a quad bike accident, but help was on its way in the form of the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter. It happened a year after Cyclone Gabrielle but Jeremy...
Save the date, says Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC). They’re talking about this Saturday, April 13, and the annual Colour Run for Diversity. The 2.5km run starts and finishes at Marina Park, with a start time of 11am. Already nearly 1000...
NZ Transport Agency/Waka Kotahi has announced detours will be in place during six weeks of overnight sealing work on State Highway 35 in Gisborne. Crews will begin asphalting work to renew the road surface at the Jolly Stockman intersection with...
War memorials around the region have been cleaned in preparation for the Anzac Day commemorations later this month. Gisborne District Council liveable communities director Michele Frey said cleaning and caring for the many monuments, statues and...
The New Zealand Defence Force is unable to confirm or deny it intends to send a military payload into space from Rocket Lab’s Māhia spaceport. This is after the NZDF last week revealed it had launched its first ever payload into orbit on board...
The region’s long-term transport needs will be confirmed following public hearings this week. The hearings involve the council’s Regional Land Transport Plan ( RLTP), Public Transport Plan (RPTP), Mode Shift Plan and Active Travel Plan...
Antonio Barbarich-Waikari has claimed the title of Gisborne’s champion apprentice for the second year running in the regional heats of the annual ITM New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge. Apprentices were put through their paces in...
Whānau are set to move into Gisborne’s new 31-home social housing development in Tamarau — the largest such development in the city in decades.
Please wait a moment for the PDF to load: Click here for a direct link Click here for a direct link