Search continues for Gisborne father a year on
A year after Joseph Ahuriri went missing during Cyclone Gabrielle, police have vowed to do all they can to find him.
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Weekender 10.02.24
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‘Can’t be back here fast enough’
The flying F2 midgets will be out on the Gisborne Speedway track again tomorrow night, this time with a slightly bigger field than last time in mid-January. They made an entertaining debut at the track that night and produced open-wheeler racing at...
Maiden over wins it
Isaac Thomas’s feat last Saturday was stupendous. The Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps all-rounder backed up his 37-ball innings of 65 from first drop with an over for the ages against Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby at Harry Barker...
Luxon confirms Treaty bill will fail
Fresh from facing the music at Waitangi — most notably a waiata protest during his speech — David Seymour’s Act Party launched a public information campaign on Wednesday to try to boost support for its Treaty Principles Bill and put pressure...
Back to work for some, surfing for others
Clive Bibby On Monday I made one of my increasingly irregular trips to the “big smoke”. Gisborne is 45 minutes away from our humble dwelling which is slowly emerging from the devastation left in the wake of Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle. Our house...
How long does it take?
It has been over five months since Gisborne District Council was first made aware of the non-consented work being carried out by Meng Foon to a section of the Tatapouri foreshore. During this time the council has undertaken an investigation...
East Coast shoreline carved away
by Kate Green New research a year on from Cyclone Gabrielle shows parts of the East Coast’s shoreline are the most eroded they have been in decades. Scientists at the University of Auckland have found parts of the coast have more than 10 metres of...
Solar farm basking in Gizzy sunshine
With Gisborne bathing in sunshine this week, the region’s first solar farm has been generating renewable energy. Construction of Eastland Generation’s Te Ihi o te Rā solar farm at Gisborne Airport was completed last year. “Te Ihi o te Rā has...
Six log boats, seven cruise ships come calling in January
Eastland Port had six log ships dock in January and ISO Limited loaded 150,000 tonnes of logs on to them. “Log stock levels on port look good so we are hoping for a solid February, with nine log ships expected to come in,” an Eastland Port...
Stick to the limits on Bailey bridges says NZTA
Heavy transport operators have been reminded to stick to bridge weight restrictions in place in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay. A weight restriction remains in place on one highway bridge in this region and on two in Hawke’s Bay. The Hikuwai Bailey...
Learning about Te Tiriti
by Zita Campbell A hui at Te Poho o Rawiri Marae on Waitangi Day highlighted knowledge gaps in the public understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. More than 100 tāngata gathered at the marae for the Wānanga Waitangi. “We need to be kind,” said...
Two suffer moderate injuries in Matawhero crash
Occupants of a ute that collided with a truck on State Highway 2 at Riverpoint Road, Matawhero, were taken to hospital yesterday with minor to moderate injuries. The incident happened at around 1.15pm. “Three people from the ute were transported...
Ten-year road map to tourism success in Tairāwhiti
Tairāwhiti’s regional tourism organisation has released a major new plan to bring in more tourism dollars and help the industry out of its post-Covid slump. Two years in the making, Trust Tairāwhiti’s Destination Management Plan (DMP) intends...
Two more Covid-attributed deaths in Tairāwhiti
The Covid-attributed deaths of two Tairāwhiti residents has lifted the region’s official tally to 44. Figures from Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora, on cases reported last week, show there are 66 active cases in Tairāwhiti. Total Tairāwhiti cases number...
Grape harvest kicks off on one of the hottest days of summer
by Mihi Fitzgerald There was an air of excitement around the first grape pick of the 2024 season in Tairāwhiti this week. Wrights Vineyard and Winery picked chardonnay grapes from their Manutuke block on Wednesday for their certified organic...
Locally developed swab test for bee-killing disease set to go global
Gisborne researchers and beekeepers have developed a world-first method to save New Zealand’s honey industry millions of dollars and are working to export the technology worldwide.
Castle leads the way
Richard Nixon said, “Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.” So it is with batsmen for whom one ball can mean a week between opportunities, and the best of them make...
One last victory before university
by Rockin’ Robin Eastland Kart Club members will wish Luca Vita all the best as he heads off to university, and a few might relish the prospect of moving up a place in the club’s A Group racing in his absence. On Sunday, Vita recorded the...
GOLF ROUNDUP
Electrinet Park Kino White delivered a comeback queen performance to win the Agnes Attwood women’s matchplay final on Saturday. Trailing opponent Carney Pipi 5-down after nine holes, White fought back to square the match and went on to win the...
Day 1 results of Equestrian champs
Results from Day 1 of the Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships (competitors from Gisborne unless otherwise stated) — JUMPING Open Horse 1.15m — Horses 7 years & under, Special 2Phase, Art 274.2: Cindy Kershaw, Kiwi Vision, 1; Ashley...
Bridge results
TUESDAY, January 30 — Opening Night North/South East/West Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 65.00 Katrina Duncan, Yvonne Waide 60.71 Vicki Taylor, John Hudson 51.67 Tracy Clayton, Hans van der Kuijl 52.86 Bette Parker, Patricia Corson 50.83...
Fab Drag a feast of sequins and glitter
To celebrate Pride Month, the Tairāwhiti Museum is partnering with Tairāwhiti Rainbow Collective to present Fab Drag, an exhibition of the fabulous costumes of The Divine Joanne Neilson. Ms Neilson has been performing for over 40 years, with...
Family tensions at play
A new play, Beachfront Reality, set at a bach in an East Coast community, will have its world premiere at Evolution Theatre on February 22. It is the first full-length play to be produced in Gisborne as a result of the East Coast Scribes programme...
Films a celebration of the bicycle
Fans of cycling and cinema are in for a treat this month with the Big Bike Film Night — a showcase at the Dome Cinema of some of the best cycling short films from around the world. This is a milestone year for the project which originated in...
Fresh perspective
There’s a certain groundedness about the Tuari Brothers that’s tangible in all they touch. They’re musicians, producers, writers, composers, artists, creatives and performers, and three of the very talented Tuari family who delighted Te...
Difficulty funding transport ambitions
In a briefing to new Transport Minister Simeon Brown, Waka Kotahi/NZ Transport Agency has warned that its spending plans for the next decade are about twice as much as it expects to receive in revenue, and that it won’t be able to deliver on what...
‘He copied that’ all MSM had
Despite all the “noise”, the new Government passed the annual day of controversy with flying colours, given all MSM (mainstream media) could come up with was “he copied that from last year”, in referring to Luxon’s speech. Straw clutching...
Nightmare for Palestinians
With Israel’s military indicating through official media channels they are about to take military action against Hamas in southern Gaza, in the Rafah area, the 1.9 million Palestinians who have been packed into that area will likely believe their...
Warmer atmosphere means more water
Re: ‘Atmospheric rivers’ pummel California, Saturday page 10. “Heavy rain flooded California roadways and much-needed snow piled up in the mountains as the first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers pummelled the state yesterday. The storm...
Meth dealer jailed three years
by Ric Stevens, Open Justice A drug dealer used a sick child’s medical pass to get through Auckland boundary checkpoints during the Covid lockdown period as he moved wholesale amounts of methamphetamine to Hawke’s Bay. Auckland spent more than...
Man’s incest admission ‘took courage’: judge
A man has admitted incest despite his lawyer and a judge noting a strong legal basis for him to have challenged the charge. The man, who is in his 30s, cannot be named due to permanent suppression that automatically applies in incest cases. He...