Latest from Gisborne

Ute crash sends two to hospital

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...

No problems with snapper here

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...

'Whacked': Young mum peddles drugs in Facebook groups

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 confront vandalism

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...

Surf clubs open up showers for visitors

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...

Hospice trailer raffle raises more than $16k

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 East Coast attractions a no-go for New Year

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...

Whimsy and a surf break

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...

Asking a lot of humanity

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...

Almost like the tropics

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...

GOLF ROUNDUP

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...

Helping lead Coast in right direction

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...

Eye on economic priorities, funding and necessary leadership

by Andrew Ashton The Tairāwhiti Economic Action Plan (TEAP) is set to be updated and presented to the new Government early next year to identify shared regional economic priorities and potential funding support. First launched under the last...

Driver hurt in crash into tank off Tatapouri Hill

A man was taken to Gisborne Hospital on Tuesday evening after the ute he was driving left State Highway 35 on Tatapouri Hill and hit a water tank about 15-20 metres off the road. The crash happened at around 6.40pm near the camp ground. “The...

Jet skier rescues three at Māhia after kayak tips

by Michaela Gower A jet skier in the right place at the right time saved three people after their kayak flipped off Māhia Peninsula about 9am yesterday morning. The two children and an adult were left clinging to the kayak, with one in the water...

Ahi Kōmau Gemmells on Marine Parade opens in Wairoa after 10-year journey

A dream 10 years in the making was realised on Saturday December 16 with the opening of Ahi Kōmau Gemmells on Parade in Wairoa. The 184 Marine Parade rebuild, home to three businesses, blends the old with the new, paying tribute to the site’s...