Wairoa resident Thomas Perston will be bringing big dig energy to Feilding at the end of this week when he climbs into the cab of a 13-tonne excavator to represent Hawke’s Bay - East Coast at the Civil Contractors New Zealand CablePrice National...
Makauri School’s triathlon was an event for all students. The entire school — from years 0 to 6 — took part in the event, which featured a cycle and run on the Bikes in Schools track and a swim leg in the pool. The top performers in certain...
A nature walk at Waihirere Domain this afternoon is part of Well Wāhine Week activities. Three high school students will lead the walk to the waterfall, stopping and talking about native trees on the way. The walk is being run by Women’s Native...
Tapuwae Tairāwhiti Trails Trust wants to take the lead role in developing the Taruheru River Trail. Trust chair Lyall Evans has told Gisborne District Council’s operations committee that the trust would not seek council funding. The organisation...
The long wait for Gisborne’s “1000-year” waka-shaped bridge is nearly over. The bridge, which will connect Tītīrangi/Kaiti Hill and Puhi Kai Iti/Cook Landing site, will be completed by July 29. The council/Ngāti Oneone project was part of...
A small group of Gisborne Business and Professional Women (BPW) members marked International Women’s Day by laying flowers on the Margaret Sievwright monument. March 8 was International Women’s Day (IWD) — a day to mark a collective action and...
Switching to back-up generator on hot days, staff encouraged to ‘safely reduce energy use’. Recent hot days have resulted in Gisborne Hospital wards being switched to back-up generator power to prevent power overload. Documentation seen by The...
Gisborne police are aware of a planned “boy racer” event in the city over Easter and have made preparations to “stop participants in their tracks”. According to Facebook traffic on the subject the “anti-social road user event”, as police...
Corson Grain started its annual maize harvest on Monday and the good weather helped with the start to the season. “Our yields are looking around average at this stage, but the quality of the maize looks good,” Corson procurement manager Richard...
by Doug Laing KiwiRail is moving ahead with plans which could see a reopening of the Napier-Wairoa line if it gets Government approval. Amid conjecture that the track could be mothballed again — following over 400 damage sites in the devastation...
NZME adds Herald newspaper, digital news website to its stable.
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New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) has today purchased the Gisborne Herald’s publishing and digital assets. Today’s announcement sees NZME acquiring the Gisborne Herald’s five-day-a-week newspaper and its paywalled digital news...
A Fijian flier and record numbers in field events highlighted Gisborne Boys’ High School’s annual athletics sports last week. The timing of the event allowed sports staff to assess the top performers and select a team to represent the school at...
Glenys Whiteman and Boon McIlroy were the only pair to win all eight of their games in the Val Smith 2-4-2 Mixed Pairs Tournament played at Poverty Bay and Gisborne bowling clubs. Trevor Mills presented the Evelyn Mills Memorial Trophy to Whiteman...
Only a great side could do what they've done. Bollywood High School Old Boys have a second straight triple crown of Premier Grade club cricket in their sights — and momentum — heading into the DJ Barry Cup two-day final this weekend. The...
The admission by Act leader David Seymour that he has had to backtrack on a coalition agreement regarding interest deductibility for landlords may throw some light on how our first three-party Government will work. Under the Government’s recent...
by Jason Heale Maxim Institute The recent announcement that Newshub will shut down its news broadcasting operations elicits understandable disappointment. Three hundred jobs will be lost, many of them recognisable faces like newsreader Mike...
by Mary-Ann de Kort Some think that the poor are in the gutter and love to wait for government handouts. This is my response to them. Mary-Ann de Kort So, how do you think people can get out of that gutter? Or do you like them being there so you can...
A waharoa (gateway) at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School has been created to represent the school’s history and coming together of te ao Māori and the Catholic faith. The waharoa was carved by multi-disciplinary artist Simon Lardelli who helped...
The MS Nautica is the next cruise ship to visit Gisborne and makes her maiden visit here on Thursday. She will arrive from Tauranga, anchor in the Bay for the day, then sail for Wellington that evening. In other shipping news, charter ship Kakariki...
For St Patrick’s Day this year, the Waikanae Stream clean-up crew invite volunteers to go green by helping weed native shrubs planted near the awa at the Grey Street Skate Park on Sunday between 1pm and 3pm. Organising team member Jason...
Last week got off to a brisk start for the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter with the team carrying out three of the 11 missions completed over the seven days until Sunday. The packed schedule of call-outs began on Monday, March 4...
An identity of Gisborne’s sight-impaired community, Nola Burgess, has sadly had to farewell her beloved seeing eye dog after 15 years together. Black labrador Noelle was euthanised last week. She was Nola’s fourth guide dog and would have turned...
A jubilant Cancer Society wants to “heartfully” thank the community, volunteers, sponsors and more than 700 participants for a successful 2024 Gisborne Relay for Life. Gisborne-East Coast Cancer Society fundraising and events coordinator Shay...
Firefighters, backed up by two helicopters, spent more than six hours on Saturday tackling a large fire in scrub at a Wharekopae Road property and all day Sunday making sure it was out. The alarm was raised shortly before 2pm on Saturday at...
Project a ‘significant opportunity for different sectors of trade’.
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A large turnout of farmers and others attended the Ngati Porou Ahuwhenua Discussion Group Meeting on Tutumatai Station near Ruatoria last Friday for the launch of the Beef + Lamb NZ monitor farm programme on the station. They came from as far away...
Gisborne District Council’s draft 2024 Infrastructure Strategy that recently came into the public domain brought with it news of a renewed effort to build a district landfill, and a plan to spend a further $6.5 million at the Kiwa Pools —...
Brent Sheather INVESTMENT VIEWS This week’s report is the second part of a review of how the 1929 sharemarket crash actually impacted stockmarket investors. It is August 1929, the very top of the bull market and Aunt Daisy has just retired. Taking...
Friday was a memorable day. It was reported yesterday that globally, February was the ninth successive month to reach record-breaking temperatures. February 2024 was 1.7C warmer than pre-industrial times. It was also reported that the world’s se...
I am writing to tell you and your readers that all the rail track has been ripped up at the former Nūhaka rail station. I guess the Gizzy to Wairoa Link will stay mothballed for years before it is officially closed. I think Rail Action Groups and...
I have a question for any ornithological experts in your readership. I live in Lytton West and each morning I awake around 7am and pull back the drapes to see what the day has to offer. On good days, I notice multiple flocks of birds varying in size...