2024 is closing in on us fast. I thought it appropriate to share a little of my poetic brain scrapings. If only things were different, what a wondrous world we’d see Where everyone got on, in peace and harmony If only things were different, great...
Managing Anaura Bay Motor Camp is an idyllic way of life for Tony and Donna Williamson, who are hoping for a “bumper” camping season after the disruptions of multiple severe weather events. They take time to chat to Loren Sirl. Dodging cows...
Artificial Intelligence applications are being used more and more in business, but are Gisborne businesspeople aware of the risks and the limitations of the technology? The Herald’s Andrew Ashton talks to those in the know. Marketing coach Alice...
Tips for cleaning and protecting the different materials that can weather the elements . . . Your outdoor furniture spends a lot of time in the elements. It can start to weather and look worse for wear, but it’s easy to bring it back to its former...
Scrambling to find some ideas for New Year’s Eve drinks? Look no further. Here are a few delicious cocktail recipes to try out on family and friends (and yourself, of course!) . . . Here’s to the end of a pretty crazy year! Cocktails are a great...
Mike Yardley checks out some of the more unique ways visitors can chase the stars in Hollywood . . . If you’re planning a fling with the entertainment capital of the world, a trip to Tinsel Town tingles with a distinct blend of escapist reality...
Gwynne Dyer This year (2023) has probably been the hottest in the past 10,000 years – but everybody agrees that 2024 will be even hotter. That’s because we are now entering El Niño, the part of a seven-yearly oceanic cycle that heaps extra heat...
Gisborne Herald Sports continues its look back on another memorable year of sport when Mother Nature wasn’t spitting the dummy and TMOs had nothing to do with results. by Chris Taewa The Man With The Golden Guns: Gisborne’s John Leach took his...
Get in the . . . 66-test All Black and now commentator Israel Dagg tees off the sixth hole at Poverty Bay Golf Club in the inaugural R&V Classic 18-hole ambrose tournament on Thursday. A field of 144 players divided into 36 teams entered the...
Boaties and other watercraft users must be extra vigilant about cleaning their vessels and gear before transporting them around the country this summer. The warning from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) comes as concerns mount over the...
A woman thought one of her children was getting into bed with her when she was roused from her sleep early one morning by a dip in the mattress next to her. However, when properly awake, she discovered it was a stranger trying to sexually assault...
A serious message will be behind two new East Coast Farming Expo initiatives when the event is staged in Wairoa in the New Year. The Rural News Cadet Challenge and the Beef+Lamb NZ Station Challenge may have plenty of fun involved but Expo organiser...
The festive period is not just a busy time for Santa and his elves, it is also the busiest time of the year for mobile telecommunications networks. One New Zealand says 2519 TB (Tera Bytes) of data went across its mobile network on Christmas Day and...
A man and a woman were flown to Gisborne Hospital early yesterday afternoon after the ute they were in left the Wharekopae Road, crashed through a fence and went down a bank. The crash happened sometime after 11.30am, past Rere Primary School...
Reports of skinny, pale, and what experts describe as “mushy” snapper in some areas of the country, have not been seen with snapper caught in Tairāwhiti waters, according to a local fishing expert. A New Zealand Herald story yesterday said...
A young mother who openly advertised cannabis for sale to more than 500 people in Facebook Messenger chat groups named things like “Whacked” and “Premium Scores” has been jailed for two years, two months. Riripeta Linda Samuels, 24, wept...
Gisborne City Vintage Railway volunteers were met with a mess to clean up when they arrived at the Gisborne Railway Station on Wednesday morning for the first of their Christmas/New Year public excursion trips on steam train Wa165. Someone had...
The city surf life saving clubs and the Kiwa Pools will be three locations visiting R&V festival-goers will be able to go to keep themselves clean over the festival period. Dawson Building Midway SLSC are offering showers, and phone charging...
An annual raffle has raised more than $16,000 for Hospice Tairāwhiti. A total of $14,810 was raised through ticket sales and another $1820 through donations. “Geoff and Carolyn Taylor, owner/operator Mitre 10 Gisborne, have once again supported...
Two iconic spots to see in the New Year are closed to the public due to damage on access tracks, caused by this year’s weather events. Access to the East Cape Lighthouse will remain closed to the public this summer as the track has sustained...
Artist Troy Conole had been staring at a blank canvas opposite his house at Wainui for decades — a 22-metre timber fence running along the access way to the beach. Motivation to finally start work on a mural on the fence came in the shape of an...
The transformation of Gisborne into fun city central’ has been completed as the 21st R&V Festival kicks into gear and the city bulges at the seams with predominantly young people here for a great New Year. Gisborne’s CBD filled up steadily...
Gisborne’s New Year’s holiday influx is well under way with our roads filling up and city centre bustling yesterday as the gates opened at Waiohika Estate for the 21st Rhythm & Vines. The music festival that has transformed this time of year...
Roger Handford In reply to those who have criticised my observations regarding pine trees, I would repeat it is land use practices which are to blame for our accelerated erosion problems and the associated issues of wood debris. When people cleared...
It has been interesting reading of the measures the public have to take to keep safe. As I was driven up to my family at Wharekopae on Christmas Day, I was horrified at the state of the road — both tarseal and metal. This road is publicised for...
Your paper recently carried an article over concerns about the high levels of Lake Waikaremoana (December 23), where the TUT spokesperson voiced concerns about the environmental impact. Incredibly, this is the same organisation that halted the...
A one-name unstoppable force of nature will be the enduring memory of 2023 for Tairāwhiti. A cyclone called Gabrielle — the French feminine form of the name Gabriel meaning “God is my strength” — tore its way through the district on...
Motu is getting ready to host The Shepherdess Muster in February, a first-of-its-kind festival where women can leave their cares behind and indulge in a long weekend of creative endeavours, entertainment, workshops and more. The immersive festival...
One marker of just how much has changed this year is the fact we started it with Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister. It wasn’t until after the summer holiday, on January 19, that Ardern revealed she was stepping down from politics as she no longer...
Bob Hughes King Charles III is a committed environmentalist with a long history of campaigning for better conservation, organic farming and tackling climate change. He wants to protect the planet for future generations. As Britain’s...
Various correspondents have criticised my letter suggesting a refuge for Palestinians in the Sinai Desert — with the wider world first urgently building the world’s biggest refugee camp, and potentially then upgrading it to a new and pristine...
It is perhaps unsurprising that as our wettest year on record since 1878 draws to a close, Tuesday should deliver one of the heaviest bursts of rain in living memory. A massive raincloud swept over the city from the west, heralded by thunder, and...
Patutahi The immense contribution George Brown has made to Patutahi Golf Club has been recognised. At Patutahi’s recent AGM, Brown was unanimously elected as a life member of the club. “He has certainly made a big contribution to the running of...
Kim Harris’s first sporting love will always be rugby. And the man who, with the late Poverty Bay men’s captain Garry Thompson, coached the Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 who won the Moascar Cup in 1993 and the Condor 7s, Bank of...