The district council has indicated it will look at spraying the remains of willows removed from the banks of Te Arai River during the major clean-up operation. That news has come as a relief to landowners impacted considerably when the river flooded...
Agri-innovators, top-flight speakers and two full days of networking are in store for those planning on attending the 2024 East Coast Farming Expo next week. The February 21-22 event for East Coast sheep and beef farmers is being held at Wairoa’s...
“We only need one to slip through.” That from group manager Ben Green, speaking at this week’s Tairāwhiti Civil Defence and Emergency Management group meeting. Mr Green said the thunderstorms and other bad weather of early 2024 were...
Tairāwhiti-based Mātai Medical Research Institute has celebrated the success of its 10-week summer internship programme and farewelled those involved. Chief operating officer Leigh Potter says the interns undertook a transformative journey of...
Around 40 percent of the district’s kiwifruit growers have been hit by vine and crop loss as Cyclone Gabrielle continues to leave a destructive legacy.
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Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Tutus on Tour is coming to Gisborne at the end of February with two shows at the Gisborne War Memorial Theatre. The summer tour will visit 11 different regional theatres in 23 days, marking the end of summer and the...
Gisborne people will soon have the chance to learn the drums, Japanese style, with Jessie Gibbs from Wellington’s Narukami Taiko. Throughout history taiko drums have been used in communication, military action, theatrical accompaniment, religious...
Footnote New Zealand Dance, Aotearoa’s leading contemporary dance company, are bringing their critically acclaimed show If You Know You Know to eight centres across the country, with a Gisborne date at the War Memorial Theatre next month. “IYKYK...
The wealth and diversity of creativity within Te Tairāwhiti is set to be showcased across the globe on a daily basis thanks to a collaborative effort between Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival and the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Tikitoi is a free...
A surprising op-ed duo of former prime minister Helen Clark (1999-2008) and her once political opponent Don Brash (2003-2006 National Party leader) appeared in the NZ Herald on Tuesday, urging the Government not to join the Aukus security pact...
Gwynne Dyer Coming up to the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, things aren’t looking bright for the Ukrainians. Their vaunted summer offensive sputtered out with almost no gains. Russia’s winter offensive is...
Re: Tairāwhiti Moves, inner city transport plans/Grey Street redesign. I read with concern the Tairāwhiti Moves plan put forward to council. At the same time we are reading daily the issues and huge expense such plans are having in Auckland, with...
Re the modes of moving nonsense . . . I would seriously suggest that another roundabout is needed to solve a now very-congested intersection. I refer to the Peel Street-Childers Road intersection. This has become a nightmare to negotiate safely, as...
In Jason Heale’s column “Our character deficit . . .”, he cites incidents of politicians and relatively rich businesspeople letting the masses down and, therefore, not to be trusted. He also pontificates by paraphrasing definitions from a book...
The widespread cyclone devastation that ripped through the Gisborne and wider communities is still being felt a year on as the recovery continues. But for a group of Te Wharau School senior students yesterday, it was all about fun and participation...
Patutahi Cheryl Te Rito completed a weekend victory double at Patutahi’s Open Opening Day tournament on Sunday. Fresh from winning the Canadian foursomes stableford at her home Waikohu club’s opening day on Saturday, she repeated the effort —...
Nick Greeks is loving his cricket at the moment and rightly so. The Coastal Concrete Old Boys Rugby all-rounder, who — hampered by an injury to his left ankle — got through to Christmas on courage before stepping down as captain, took 10 wickets...
The maiden visit of cruise ship Silver Shadow to Gisborne on Tuesday was affected by swell in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay. “Tendering of passengers did not start until around midday and the early excursions planned were cancelled because of...
Gisborne-based fruit marketer First Fresh hosted its annual Freshies grower awards night and the Supreme Award winners were Ormond couple Charlie and Vivienne Mills. The awards acknowledge those who achieve the most outstanding performance across...
A major aerial mapping project is under way to gather information on the region’s underground water resources. The project is being carried out by Aqua Intel Aotearoa (a partnership between GNS Science and Kānoa, funded by the Provincial Growth...
by Zita Campbell Plans to build a 20-metre-high Buddhist monument in Gisborne have been marked as auspicious by a highly-ranked monk. His Holiness Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche, a lama of The Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, has appointed the stupa. As...
It was an emotional and beautiful morning in Te Karaka yesterday as over 150 people gathered for the karakia to acknowledge the year since Cyclone Gabrielle hit the region. Residents from Te Karaka, Puha, Whatatutu, and Branson and Lavenham roads...
Deputy Mayor Josh Wharehinga summed up his experience of Cyclone Gabrielle a year after it struck in one word . . . “unreal”. “Unreal is what I think about what we went through last year.” He was one of several Gisborne district councillors...
Relationships were vital to the region getting through Cyclone Gabrielle this time last year, says area police commander Acting-Inspector Danny Kirk. Tairāwhiti Police have valuable mutually supportive partnerships which enable them to come...
A year on from Cyclone Gabrielle and the New Zealand Red Cross says all funds from the New Zealand Disaster Fund has been allocated across affected areas. Including interest earned, a total of $28.5 million has been committed to programmes...
A Gisborne city centre building is up for sale, with its well-read tenant on the move to new premises. Muirs Bookshop co-owner Kim Pittar said the bookshop would continue at a new location. “We are taking this opportunity of this building going up...
The sun shone over the hills as karakia rang through the air in Gisborne yesterday morning to acknowledge a year since Cyclone Gabrielle struck Tairāwhiti.
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Re: East Coast shoreline carved away, February 9 story. I have to ask, who is paying for professor Murray Ford and his team to study the erosion at the north end of Mahanga Beach? I hope it’s not Hawke’s Bay Region Council. Also a question for...
Well, I was looking out my window last night and what a vast difference it was a year ago when Cyclone Gabrielle was bearing down on our region. Rain and strong winds arrived on February 13th and lashed us all that night. When dawn broke the next...
Re: Offering simplistic solutions . . . February 2 column. Lara Meyer wrote that populism refers to leaders who use acts of cynicism and dishonesty to pit one group of citizens against another, and that such leaders offer simplistic solutions to...
Results from Day 2 of the Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships (competitors from Gisborne unless otherwise stated) — JUMPING — Dunstan Horse Feeds Amateur Rider Series 1.10m-1.20m Art 238.2: Sofie Gaddum, Sentra, 1; Cindy Kershaw, Kiwi...