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No sign of Mediterranean fanworm or other invasive pests

The dive team who did biosecurity checks in Eastland Port looking for Mediterranean fanworm and other marine pests came up empty-handed. Gisborne District Council’s biosecurity team leader Phillip Karaitiana reported the team found nothing of...

Drink-driving deportee gets court reprieve to finish road repairs

A judge has “gone out on a limb” for a 501 deportee he believes has got his life back together since returning to New Zealand and finding stable employment as a road worker. Peina Teriapa Clarke, 44, was to have been sentenced on Tuesday this...

Successful mission first of ‘busiest year ever’ for Rocket Lab

The first launch of more than 20 planned for this year lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Māhia spaceport yesterday. The space-junk focused mission for global data and analytics company Spire Global and space sustainability, safety and security company...

Wairoa community mourns crane-jumping tragedy

by Gary Hamilton-Irvine, NZ Herald A man who died during a misadventure jumping from a crane into Wellington Harbour is being mourned in his home town of Wairoa. The town’s mayor, Craig Little, says the tragedy has affected a lot of people...

Nod for draft transport plans to go out to public

by Zita Campbell Mayor Rehette Stoltz is heartened by the priority of safety in drafts of two transport plans for the district, but is mindful of the demands of cyclone recovery work. She was speaking at Wednesday’s regional transport committee...

Not 'squatting': Desperate family takes over vacant state house

The unauthorised occupants of a state house in Totara Street say they weren’t “squatting” but as “tangata whenua” were entitled to live there. The couple and five children, aged from preschoolers to teens, say they were desperate for...

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Waitangi Day Festival in Wairoa wins Govt funding

Government funding will go towards helping people in Wairoa commemorate Waitangi Day on Tuesday. Wairoa’s Waitangi Day Festival takes centre stage in the heart of town at Manukanui Green overlooking the Wairoa River. “This much-loved community...

Happy to support ‘fun cloud of colour’

There will be an explosion of colour as the Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC) host the Colour Run for Diversity on April 13, thanks in part to a $15,000 grant from New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT). The Colour Run has become a significant...

Water Safety NZ 'groundbreaking' report offers detailed analysis, recommendations

The single drowning death recorded in Tairāwhiti in 2023 was consistent with the 10-year average of 1.8 drownings a year in this region, according to Water Safety NZ’s 2023 national Drowning Report. It related to an incident in mid-August last...

Farming smarter focus of expo

Innovation and excellence top the bill in the trade exhibits at the 2024 East Coast Farming Expo to be held at the Wairoa racecourse on February 21-22. The two-day, mid-week expo for sheep and beef producers is focusing on farming smarter. Event...

Lucky escape after car flipped multiple times

The driver of a car that went into a drain, hit a culvert and flipped several times was walking around outside the vehicle when emergency services arrived on Tuesday night. An emergency services spokesman said given the extensive damage to the car...

Waingake plant in full flow for Gisborne city

The Waingake water treatment plant is back to full production, pumping the summer-time demand of city water from our dams. The milestone is just two weeks shy of the first anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle, which caused considerable damage to the...

Connecting with raupō focus of wetland day

This Friday is World Wetland Day, and a perfect opportunity to pitch in to help with volunteers looking after the region’s biggest wetland. The kaupapa this year is Wetlands and Human Wellbeing Ngā Repo me te Oranga Tonutanga. The small volunteer...

Woman accused of harbouring murder suspects faces court

A woman charged with being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Lower Hutt man Rawiri Wharerau has appeared in Ruatōria District Court. Judge Tony Couch granted interim name suppression and remanded her without plea on bail until her next...