Cindy Kershaw has started her 2023-24 season in the best way possible. She won the Dunstan Horsefeeds Amateur Rider Series on the second day of competition at the Poverty Bay A&P Show yesterday. Riding her flea-bitten-grey gelding Kiwi Vision...
Junior players Hinetapora Kaiwai and Joel Horua are mixing it with the adults in the Gisborne Club Darts Association Tuesday night league. Hinetapora, who is only 11, plays in the B Grade while Joel, 9, is in the A Grade. Both are members of Tao...
Rhythm and Vines 2023 is shaping up to be another heart-thumping experience for music lovers. Gizzy DJ Tom Witters continues his nine-year connection with the festival and chats with The Gisborne Herald’s Loren Sirl about bringing his unique vibe...
Ngā Kaihanga Uku: Māori Clay Artists is a new book written by Tokomaru Bay artist and renowned potter, Baye Pēwhairangi Riddell. Kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor had a kōrero with Baye to learn more about the book . . . The rise of...
Loren Sirl writes about her globe-trotting dental journey, exploring affordable care options. I have international teeth — there’s Vietnamese, Thai, Australian, Malaysian and Kiwi — and no they’re not a dazzling gold-filled or...
Sundays: A cookbook is a collection of fresh, modern recipes to celebrate that Sunday feeling through brunches, feasts, long lunches and quiet evenings. The book is full of laid-back food that’s absolutely packed with flavour and here’s one of...
Explore the world of herb gardening, where simplicity and flavour harmonise. The Associated Press journalist Jessica Damiano writes about herb care, ideal soil conditions, and introduces a variety of herbs to elevate your garden into a culinary...
Gwynne Dyer “On 14 October there is nothing for us to lose — and so much to gain. There is no downside,” said Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese six weeks ago, announcing the date of the great referendum on enshrining an Indigenous...
And we are loyal, keep it that way.” Dave Dobbyn’s anthem aptly sums up the black and white blood that has flowed through Gisborne golfer Tessa McDonald’s veins at national interprovincial level for the past 11 years. And she will be flying...
High School Old Boys, a football team formed in time to take part in this year’s Eastern League competition, completed the Eastern League second division-Chris Moore Cup double at the weekend. They beat Gisborne Thistle Youth 3-1 after extra time...
As we head to the poll that matters tomorrow, the phoenix of New Zealand politics Winston Peters is right where he wants to be — his party polling consistently over 5 percent and him the focus of attention, highly likely to have a pivotal hand in...
It is easy to get the sequence of electoral “bottom lines” incorrect. I believe it was Winston Peters who first said he would not work with Labour again in coalition. That then elicited the expected negative reply from Chris Hipkins. This leaves...
Ngatapa School’s annual Pet Day went off without a hitch on Wednesday. School principal Cheryl Johnston said it was a “fantastic day”, made all the better because the event was nearly cancelled with poor weather in the run-up. “I nearly...
A judge has called out a woman’s disrespectful stance in the dock and for dressing for court “like she has just come from a gym”. It was the same sort of contemptuous attitude she had displayed when she assaulted her children’s caregiver and...
Burials are back on in most sections of Taruheru Cemetery, which will come as a great relief to grieving families. The interment situation at Taruheru has been disrupted several times since cyclones Hale and Gabrielle and other heavy rain events...
New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) has advised the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from near Tolaga Bay due to the presence of toxins. “Routine tests on mussels from Tolaga Bay have shown levels of paralytic shellfish toxins over...
Another five combinations were found yesterday after two days of the Poverty Bay A & P Show sheep dog trial championship, in another good day’s competition at the back of the Showgrounds Park. They are Bernard Arends and Parker from Dannevirke...
Wairoa Mayor Craig Little has welcomed the government’s changes to forestry regulations. Recent changes will see local councils having more authority over where new forests are located, harvesting practices and slash removal. Forests planted for...
A vital upgrade is under way at the Waingake water treatment plant to enable the region to cope better with drought conditions. “During the upgrade the city’s water supply will be impacted, which means we’ll need to manage the city’s water...
Showgrounds Park opened its gates this morning to what was set to be an outstanding annual Spring Show, blessed by fine weather. Sunny skies greeted the opening day of the equestrian competition yesterday and the sun was forecast to keep on keeping...
They say some horses are bred to perform . . . well seven-year-old girl Bindi Beatson is most certainly bred to ride. Bindi is the daughter of Waikato couple Jamie and Chanel Beatson. Chanel was a top showing rider who also competed successfully at...
Neighbours of a man who has been hoarding vehicles around his house and on a road reserve outside the property for nine years will be relieved that he has now taken them to a mate’s place. Complaints about the state of the property have been...
Simin Williams In 2021, Biontech’s Comirnaty, still in clinical trial, was mandated on 40 percent of the NZ workforce. However, unvaccinated were banned from cafés/restaurants, churches, libraries, theatres, gymnasiums, and organised sport...
Jeff Davis skipped Chris Bunyan and Janice Allan to victory in Gisborne Bowling Club’s Reg Cook Optional Triples. Second were Dayvinia Mills (skip), Peter Clay and Kevin Findson, and third were George Tamihana (skip), Gus McCabe and Jenny Evans...
High School Old Boys made the most of their pre-season trip to Hawke’s Bay. They won their first game, against Waitakere premiers, by 42 runs in the Kilbirnie Sports T20 competition on a superb grass wicket on Nelson Park in Napier. While they...
Obituary: Don “Cougar” MacDonald The flanker everyone called Cougar was only 21 years old when he captained the Pirates premier side to victory over High School Old Boys at Barry Park in April 1952 in the club’s first ever match. Don...
Poverty Bay Tene Goldsmith is heading into the “Goldie” months — the summer period when his low-trajectory driving earns maximum distance. And with that comes the prospect of the 76-year-old adding to his list of “age-breaking” rounds...
A hangover in our electoral law from pre-MMP days, when winning an electorate seat was the only way to get into Parliament, has come in to play with the death of Act’s candidate in Port Waikato. Only party votes will count for its voters in the...
by Clive Bibby Even the worst performing democracies of the world, when confronted with freedoms under threat, usually react decisively to the truth being told. Clive Bibby In that context, it is very sobering to note the mood for change that is...
It has now become clear that landlords will receive over $6000 a year in tax cuts for every house they rent out. Some landlords own over 200 houses. I know they provide housing for people and some people prefer to rent. However, I am less than happy...
New Zealand’s problem has been that we fail to see some long-term spending as an effective use of taxpayer money. Money spent on increasing incomes, building houses, education, vocational training, tertiary education, primary healthcare, science...
Women’s Institute members here will be out recruiting next week as part of the organisation’s awareness month. “We began in 1921 and have remained relevant for women in town and country communities since then,” Poverty Bay-Wairoa branch...
Daily closures will be in place for a section of the Waioeka Gorge to allow critical road resealing to take place from next Wednesday. When work starts, the road will be closed from Waioeka Pa Road to Matawai between 7am and 5pm each weekday for...