Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union has experienced a surge of interest in the women’s game, resulting in the formation of the inaugural women’s club competition this year. And as playing numbers grow, it is also hoped to get more women blowing the...
A year ago today we woke to the new reality of what Cyclone Gabrielle had wrought the previous day and overnight — although that reality took days to emerge from the water and a communication blackout. It was a storm of huge intensity, with high...
by Simin Williams I thought it might be useful to bring to the attention of Wendy Linton, Ron Taylor and others complaining about various potholes, that the language they use to elicit some remedial action from the council is obsolete and won’t...
The monthly cattle fair at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday attracted a total yarding of 850 head and there was a total clearance. These 32 fat two-and-a-half year steers from Rakopu Farms Ltd at Tolaga Bay sold for $1850. They weighed 560kg...
Gold Creek Simmentals have invested in some new genetics for their Te Karaka stud with the purchase of Woonallee Tavern T578 PP, a Black Simmental, for $35,000. The bull was bought from Woonallee Simmentals in Furner, South Australia. “We have...
The Poverty Bay Centre’s dog trial season started well at Ngatapa on Friday and Saturday, and for Tolaga Bay’s Leo Edginton particularly, it was a strong start to the season. Leo and his dog Larry won the short head and yard with a score of 95...
by Kate Green, RNZ Gisborne horticulture business LeaderBrand has become the first in the country to trial new electric harvesting equipment. A battery-powered harvester and a pair of moving platforms are the latest step in the company’s push for...
What does sustainable land use for Tairawhiti look like? Creatives and researchers collaborated on exhibition pieces to find out. Te Weu Charitable Trust, alongside Toi Āria, a centre for social impact design at Massey University, brought together...
Eagle-eyed East Coast residents spotted a bird of a different feather as the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter carried out its week of life-saving missions. Over the past few days the team’s usual white BK-117 helicopter (ZK-HNP) was...
One year ago, Bruce and Nicki Jefferd found themselves watching the water rise around their farm property on Waiapu Road, Tolaga Bay. At 3am they self-evacuated, taking as many vehicles as they could and pet labrador Bel to the nearby highest point...
On Tuesday, February 7, The Gisborne Herald ran a page 3 story headlined “Keeping eye on weather systems as summer returns”. The next day, hiding under the family notices on page 4, was a five-paragraph story headlined “Cyclone warning”. On...
The search for missing Tokomaru Bay woman Lucy Welsh had a happy ending on Monday night when she was found by searching police. Earlier that day police appealed for any sightings of her after she was reported missing in Tokomaru Bay. Police and her...
Today’s one-year anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle should be a time for reflection, says Wairoa Mayor Craig Little . Wairoa was badly affected by flooding in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, and was cut off for several days. “On February 14, 2023...
by Ryan O’Sullivan The visible reminders of Cyclone Gabrielle are all around town for Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa chair Leon Symes. Twelve months on, grass tries to spread across exposed silt, and anxiety levels climb each time it rains. Getting...
Karakia and events were held across Tairāwhiti today to mark Cyclone Gabrielle. Exactly one year ago, people in Te Karaka were having to run for the hills to find higher ground as water raged through the community, destroying homes and changing...
Remembering cyclone's devastating impact one year on.
Remembering Gabrielle's wrath, one year on.
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Gisborne surf lifeguards enjoyed outstanding success in competitions out of the district at the weekend. The Waikanae IRBs had a big medal haul at Waipu Cove and Midway’s Ella Sutton won big at Piha. Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae had four teams in...
Congratulations to Anne Roberts and Raewynne Cook for their score of 70.83 on Thursday. Anne also featured in the results for every session of the week. MONDAY, February 5 — Summer Pairs 1 North/South East/West Bette Parker, Patricia Corson 61.46...
by Dave Conway There was no storybook ending this time for Wairoa’s Sam Manson in his bid to defend his world multisport title at the 42nd Coast to Coast race on Saturday. Overtaken for third on the final stage, cycling across the Canterbury...
Five of the seven Tairāwhiti teams at the Aotearoa Māori National Bowls Tournament this month qualified for the top 16. The Tainui rohe hosted the 50th Aotearoa Māori National Bowls Tournament, which took place on February 3 and 4. Tournament...
After a tough week at the office, the good news for the Government is that the controversies so far — particularly the upswell of opposition to its proposed Treaty Principles Bill — do not appear to have done the coalition partners serious...
Andrew Holden, News Publishers’ Association director of public affairs This week will be a momentous one for news media in New Zealand, with a three-hour hearing at Parliament having the potential to change the game for our news companies. On...
I live on Waimata Valley Road where the craters (formally known as potholes) have now got to a point where they present a danger to road users. Someone recently lost control of their vehicle avoiding craters and on Friday I hit one, destroying my...
“Additionally, the Kahutia Street intersection will be trialled as a left-hand-turn-only intersection and there will be new road art. The art piece will be a work by Sir Derek Lardelli called Tai Uehā. It’s basically linking the project to the...
It is quite sad that a community resource is soon to be completely gone from Kaiti Mall (Hub). I have been a resident in Kaiti for many, many years and have been amazed at the courtesy, patience, tolerance and understanding shown by the staff at the...
OBITUARY Adrian Cave Admirers of Adrian Cave’s watercolours might be surprised to learn that the artist was more proud of his farming than his painting. And while exhibitions of his work doubled as events on the Gisborne social calendar, the star...
A car was gutted and the surrounding grass set alight in the early hours of Monday morning at the end of Centennial Marine Drive, near the mouth of the Waipaoa River. Fire and Emergency NZ sent a crew to the scene at around 3am. “The car was burnt...
Fergusson Drive and Cobham Place residents gathered together on Saturday for a street party named F**k You Gabby to celebrate the resilience and togetherness their neighbourhood has shown a year on from the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle...
A meticulous diarised record of the 60-year tramping career of Gisborne’s Bob Creswell will fascinate fellow trampers/climbers. Long-time Gisborne conservationist and tramper Sandy Bull brought photocopied images of the late Mr Creswell’s diary...
Saturday’s Gisborne Herald was delivered later than usual around the city due to the NZME delivery truck breaking down north of Tauranga. The papers arrived into Gisborne at 8am, several hours later than normal. We apologise for the late delivery...