Many Māori are nervous about what the change in Government will mean for them, so it was interesting former Māori Party co-leader Dame Tariana Turia telling Whakaata Māori/Māori Television last week that she believes more can be accomplished for...
Tim Wilson, Maxim Institute executive director Remember the word “unprecedented”? It was deployed during the pandemic — with some validity. The virus moved quickly. Countries were caught out. Death tolls mounted. Because the threat posed by...
Murray, swap your pen for a trout rod, go fishing. “Relax, Winston’s back.” Frank Murphy
It’s been almost 10 years since the 2014 multi-award-winning movie, The Dark Horse, shone a spotlight on the game of chess. Noble Keelan and Bailey Sadlier reflect on how the movie changed the perspective of the game. Before the movie the game of...
Gisborne is home to native bats also known as pekapeka. “This is often a surprise to people,” Ecoworks NZ’s Steve Sawyer says. “Don’t worry — they aren’t bloodsucking vampire bats or anything that will hurt you or spread disease...
The Surfing for Farmers initiative created by Gisborne’s Stephen Thomson won the FMG-sponsored Rural Champion Award when the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards were handed out in Christchurch recently. The now nationwide farmer mental health and...
Another Tairāwhiti resident has died of Covid-19, taking this district’s death tally to 39. Figures updated at 2pm on Monday show Tairāwhiti has 20 active cases and a total of 25,338 cases since Covid-19 broke out in early 2020. There are 4013...
A man wounded during one of the recent gang-related firearms incidents that have Gisborne police on high alert, has been discharged from hospital after bullet and car door fragments were surgically removed from his leg. Meanwhile, two men accused of...
It is still not known how many back office jobs at Gisborne Hospital are on the chopping block as Te Whatu Ora Health NZ undergoes a massive restructure. Te Whatu Ora earlier this year said some 1600 positions across New Zealand could potentially be...
The Civil Aviation Authority has released its findings into a light aircraft crash in the Waimata Valley last year. An investigation was started after an Air Ruatoria Cessna P206E suffered an engine failure while cruising at 2500 feet (762 metres)...
A man suspected of burgling Gisborne’s Zambrero Restaurant twice in one night is also accused of twice burgling a beauty business four days earlier. Aidan Wesches, 40, made a brief appearance during an arrest list in Gisborne District Court...
Sitting in the helicopter cockpit, an instructor beside them, the pilot pulls a hood down over their face and flies with just cockpit instruments to guide them. That’s the traditional technique pilots use to train for flying in conditions like...
Waka ama clubs were ready to engage contractor but council now aims to have ramps cleared next week.
A lot of hard work has paid off for the Gisborne Intermediate School boys' first 11. The David Milne-coached side played some brilliant cricket to beat North City by nine wickets in a 40-over match, went down to Wellington Collegians by 30 runs in...
The Challenge Cup kicks Poverty Bay Cricket off this afternoon at Nelson Park. Poverty Bay Cricket's first competition game of the season will pit the Gisborne Boys' High School Blues and Royals against the Campion College second 11 in a 20-over...
More than 1000 properties have been removed from the Future of Severely Affected Land (FOSAL) framework after further assessments. Letters have been sent to these property owners, as well as those remaining in FOSAL Category 2A to provide an update...
The East Coast was once again a high-demand destination for the six missions completed last week by the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter. The schedule of flights for the week starting Monday, October 16, began that day when the team...
It’s three and counting for organisers of the Longline Classic summer music festival. Around 3000 people enjoyed an event organisers described as “a showcase of some of New Zealand’s best talent” at the Gisborne Soundshell on Saturday...
Good wine, good food and good mates added up to good times for the 1500 people who took part in the First Light Wine & Food Festival on Sunday. Souvenir globelet glasses were filled with white, red and rose from Matawhero Vineyard and TW Wines...
Police arrested three men on Friday and charged them with firearms-related offences following two search warrants executed as part of inquiries into recent gang-related shooting incidents in Gisborne. The warrants were conducted at addresses in...
Encouraging students to action their learning outside of the classroom is the focus of new EIT | Te Pūkenga art and design tutor Steph Barnett. Steph, who describes herself as a “creative from day dot”, recently joined the IDEAschool team in...
Rotary district governor Bill Robinson returned to his birthplace last week with a message for the Gisborne members of the service organisation. “Membership is the lifeblood of Rotary,” he said. “If we don’t have membership we are out the...
OBITUARY Tuta Ngarimu Tuta Ngarimu, a staunch advocate for the people of Tairāwhiti, died unexpectedly but his legacy will live on forever. Tutarangi Hohepa Ngarimu, 61, of Ngati Porou, passed away at midnight on Monday October 9 after suffering...
There’s a pollutant rapidly accumulating in our waterways and seabed — one that’s arguably more serious than even forestry slash but features far less in media reports. It’s sediment. New Zealand is losing 192 million tonnes of soil each...
With the Labour Weekend behind us, there is an air of both expectation and apprehension about the coming week for many, with the excitement of a Rugby World Cup final tempered by concerns over the growing Middle East crisis. Looking at the Gaz...
Re: Cruel policies, more poverty — October 18 letter. I am all for the right for others to have differing political views to my own, but Mary-Ann de Kort has been banging away almost nightly in the letters to the editor with her left-leaning...
Re: Atlantic hurricanes on the rise, October 21 story. Did readers notice this AP story on page 11 in Saturday’s Herald? With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from...
For years, little children living in Gaza born with heart defects have been admitted to Israeli hospitals where they’ve received corrective surgery from Israeli doctors. Their parents are often amazed that the people they’ve been taught to hate...
A fun run under the summer sun was enjoyed by Awapuni School students and teachers this week. The annual event features multiple obstacles ranging from a slip and slide mat to hay bale jumps, and there's also the matter of being coated in coloured...
Unconsented work on a Gisborne foreshore undertaken by former mayor Meng Foon has been halted by the district council he once represented. But the man at the centre of the action has confirmed he continued for several weeks after initially being...
People living in Gisborne are twice as likely as those elsewhere in new Zealand to have trouble paying weekly bills, the first Tairāwhiti Wellbeing Survey (TWS) shows. Interactive data dashboards from the survey are available on the Trust...
Ministry of Social Development (MSD) staff will remain based at the Tangata Rite building in Lowe Street after low levels of mould spores were successfully managed or mitigated. Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti recently confirmed their staff had been...
A man has been taken into custody following two burglaries in Gisborne last week, police say. “On Wednesday, October 11, police were alerted to a burglary at a store on Gladstone Road,” Tairāwhiti Detective Sergeant Brent Griffiths said. “On...