The Tolaga Bay dog trial club ended the Poverty Bay Centre’s club season last weekend at Mangaheia Station and the event wins were shared around. Event one, the longhead, was taken out by Graeme Cook and Glen with a score of 94 points. The...

A lack of rain across Tairāwhiti is starting to bite for pastoral farmers in some parts of the district and they are hoping for decent falls in the next month. Drier-than-wanted conditions continue to have an impact on the flush of feed required...

Tairāwhiti surf lifeguards were kept busy over summer with multiple rescue situations and assists, hundreds of preventative actions and many first aid situations. The summer season patrols concluded on March 24. “There were challenges around...

A man who intervened in a dog attack in Tokomaru Bay on Wednesday morning suffered moderate wounds to a hand and an arm. The incident happened at the Waimā end of Tokomaru Bay at around 8.30am. Another man, who was first on the scene after the...

Henry Gaddum, John Foss, Jono McIntyre and Jake Roche and their dogs top scored to take out events one to four at the Waingake Dog Trial club’s trial on Friday and Saturday. McIntyre and Roche scored particularly well, both of them on 98 points in...

'They were flying!' - Superstocks racing fan.

Manutūkē volunteer Rob Graham joined an elite group at the weekend when he won the over-60 years title at the North Island Firefighter Challenge in Palmerston North. Staged by United Fire Brigades Association of New Zealand (UFBA), the event is...

Fire and Emergency New Zealand opened the doors of Gisborne Fire Station to the public on Saturday in what was hailed an “extremely successful” open day. Hundreds of people of all ages attended and enjoyed the experience in perfect weather...

Police have put out a warning again about phone scammers posing as police officers seeking your financial details. New Zealand Police have had reports recently where Kiwis have been contacted on the phone by someone claiming to be an officer. “The...

The Gisborne speedway season ends with two big nights of superstock racing and if the fireworks on the track are not enough action for fans, a $10,000 Saturday fireworks show above it should be. It starts tonight with the McCafferty Metal Cartage...

Gisborne will be well represented at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships on the Sunshine Coast. The “Aussies” run from today to Sunday April 21, at Alexandra Headland, Maroochydore, Mooloolaba and Coolum. More than 7000 competitors...

Fire and Emergency NZ will hold an open day for the public at the Gisborne city fire station tomorrow from 10am-1pm and there will be a range of demonstrations. Hato Hone St John will also be present, with an ambulance on site for information. St...

After two years on the beat in Tairāwhiti, Constable Jade Stafford loves the fact that every day tends to be different on the job and feels blessed with all the support she has had on her police journey. Jade, a renowned local hockey player, and...

Cook puts his name on saloon trophy, McArthur wins stockcar classic.

A one-two finish for Graeme Cook in the heads, a fine win to Hannah Hutchinson in the zigzag and another win in the straight hunt to the consistent Ben Te Kahika were highlights of the Waipaoa Dog Trial Club’s trial on Friday and Saturday. Cook...

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...

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...

Rochelle Somerton has stepped aside after 22 years with the Comet Swimming Club, most recently as general manager.

Sparks from some welding set off a fire that extensively damaged a shed on a property in Collins Street in Te Hapara on Thursday afternoon. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two appliances to the property at around 2pm that afternoon after neighbours saw...

Turihaua farmer and stud cattleman Hamish Williams embarks on a 12-day journey next week with a couple of mates as part of a fundraiser supporting Multiple Sclerosis. The Bangers to Bluff motor rally will involve 20 colourfully decorated cars and...

The grapes have all been picked in this season’s wine vintage in Tairāwhiti. While yields have been down, the grape quality has been excellent, says Gisborne Winegrowers chairman Mark Thompson. The last of the grapes, reds merlot and...

Coveted trophies go on the line at Gisborne Speedway Club’s track tomorrow night and the drivers will be going hard out to win them. The Roseland Tavern Stock Car Classic has always brought out the best in this class and there will be some hard...

The Pak’n Save netball competition begins for 2024 at the Victoria Domain courts tomorrow in the senior, secondary and intermediate grades, while in the premier division eyes will be on the performances of YMP, Horouta and Whangara. Premier and...

Gisborne’s Trust Tairāwhiti rescue helicopter joined the major search for a crew member off a commercial fishing boat who was reported missing overboard off the coast of Hawke’s Bay on Monday night. The emergency services were notified around...

Police have indicated they will consider further charges in relation to the birthday party stabbing deaths of Chrysler Stevens-Mark and Kane Te Paa as their homicide inquiry progresses. Two men, aged 25 and 29, have been charged with‘wounding with...

Two men arrested in relation to the stabbing deaths of two men at a 21st birthday party on Saturday night have been jointly charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

Meeanee Speedway in Hawke’s Bay hosts a huge weekend of racing on Friday and Saturday, and some Gisborne cars and drivers will be right amongst it. There will also be “G” cars in action at Rotorua on Saturday and Sunday nights. Meeanee’s...

‘Steady progress’ being made in Tairāwhiti homicide inquiry; police to continue ‘reassurance patrols’.

Waikanae’s inflatable rescue boat crews finished a highly creditable third overall in the Surf Life Saving NZ national IRB championships at Waikouaiti Beach in Otago over the weekend. The four Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae crews came home with two gold...

The major vegetation fire at Port Awanui near Tikitiki flared up again on Friday evening on part of the fire ground and fire crews were deployed back there on Saturday to put it out. Fire and Emergency NZ sent three crews to the scene, with...

It’s Excitement-plus for speedway fans in Gisborne with news that current New Zealand champion Asher Rees will race with a G on his car this weekend in the North Island superstock championships. Just under 100 cars started the qualifying rounds of...

The Mates of Mates For Mates team - MOM4M — is heading to Tairāwhiti on April 19, with an event planned in the shearing pavilion at the Showgrounds. A MOM4M spokesman said an event like it was seriously needed in a region like Tairāwhiti, that...

Gisborne woman Amanda Hadfield took 18-month-old Roamin under her wing a while back after forestry workers found the dog abandoned in a local forest. Now she wants to find a new home for him, so Roamin can live a normal dog’s life. “It’s...

The tiny Otago town of Waikouaiti (population 1260) will be abuzz when it hosts the New Zealand Inflatable Rescue Boat championships this weekend and crews from Gisborne’s Waikanae club will be right among the action. The BP-sponsored carnival has...

Firefighters were back at the site of the major vegetation fire at Port Awanui near Tikitiki yesterday and it may be a day or two before they will be able to declare it definitely out. The blaze started in driftwood on the nearby beach on Monday...

Tūranga FM YMP 1 came out on top again in the Sutherland Auto-sponsored Kathleen Henderson netball tournament at the Victoria Domain courts on Saturday. “It was a great day at the courts to get our year underway,” centre manager Allisa Hall...

A historic olive tree planted by East Coast identity Hosea Manuel in the mid-1850s has survived the fire that burned around 10 hectares at Port Awanui near Tikitiki this week. However, several ancient pohutukawa were not so fortunate and were...

A spectacular rollover by TQ racer Dylan MacGregor left fans gasping at the Gisborne Speedway on Saturday night and he was fortunate to be able to walk away. It happened on the first lap in MacGregor’s first race of the night on board 17G as he...

Sixth fire along the beach in two weeks; “disgruntled locals . . . have taken matters into their own hands”.

Midway climb from seventh to fourth after a medal surge claiming gold, silver and bronze.

New aerodrome at Te Araroa will ‘unlock the tourism and general economy of the . . . area”.

Alert passersby and neighbours made the difference yesterday morning when they saw smoke coming from the roof area of a house in Ormond Road and firefighters got there in time to stop a fire inside from spreading. The alarm was raised at around...

A gold medal to Waikanae’s Adam Tate on the ski, a silver to Wainui’s veteran canoe team and two bronze medals to Wainui’s Belinda Slement got the medal tally rolling for Gisborne yesterday at the New Zealand surf lifesaving championships. The...

Out-of-town racer to compete in 22 race programme that begins at 6pm tomorrow. The Gisborne Speedway Club hosts best pairs night tomorrow and the action will be hot across all classes, with flat track bikes thrown into the mix as well. It will be...

Hopes are high among the Gisborne clubs for medal success at the New Zealand surf lifesaving championships and the Midway club look set to be a serious contender for the top three places on overall points. The championships start this morning for...