Congratulations Tairāwhiti Alzheimers on your 50th birthday. Those before you and those now have given so much to many of our most vulnerable people in our society. It is frightening to see the growth in this very sad disease and to know it is not...
The reason Healthcare New Zealand took over the support worker contract from CCS, who had ably run it for 30 years in Tairāwhiti, was because they would be “cutting costs”. HCNZ’s latest cost-cutting onslaught has been to shorten support...
Extremely bad luck for any politician to “go down” with Covid so close to an election, and more so for a prime minister wishing to lead the government again after that election. In my humble opinion, while it would not have completely solved our...
A waka suspended in the air? Incongruous and unrelated to its form or function. Why not build the bridge to look like a kite? What a shame to have lost the observatory. Wayne Rickard
Bay of Plenty steamrolled their opponents at the National Scholastic Surfing Championships in Gisborne last week, claiming their first victory in six years. They secured two titles on the final day, Friday, with 10 of the 12 team members featuring...
MONDAY, September 25 – Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 8 (Howell movement) Pamela Clay, Mark Fleming 62.92 Vicki Nickerson, Frank Roach 62.38 Helen Kerisome, Pippa Williams 57.14 Anne Roberts, Raewynne Cook 57.14 Diana Styche, Joy Marden...
Hawke’s Bay Today’s candidate evening for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti was held at Karamū High School in Hastings. Editor Chris Hyde has the run down . . . Why candidates want to be MP Meka Whaitiri: Kia ora whānau, thank you for coming out tonight. I love...
Tairāwhiti GP Fergus Bruce Aitcheson says general practice is in the worse state he has ever seen. The Three Rivers managing partner and specialist GP recently appeared on Newshub as one of several medical specialists who said his sector was in...
Restoring the life of kākahu (Māori garments) cared for by Tairāwhiti Museum is a part of the new exhibition opening on Sunday. Tairāwhiti Museum kaitieiki Māori have organised an exhibition called He Kākahu Rerehua The Uplifting Wind, that...
After weeks of dry, September returned to the year’s unfavourite flavour of weather -—wet, wet, wet. The month ends with a rainfall total of more than twice the September normal figure. The total stood at almost 180 millimetres yesterday...
The skateboarding national championships at Alfred Cox Skate Park were forced to change their final events to yesterday due to a forecast of “100 percent chance” of rain for today. The last-minute adjustment added to the excitement for the...
Swift work by local residents stopped a potentially devastating fire in its tracks at Parihimanihi Marae at Waihirere on Thursday night. Firefighters said there was only a minute in it. The fire is being treated as a probable arson. Fire and...
Mistrust over what Gisborne District Council would do with proceeds from potential commercial asset sales and disbelief at its challenged commercial arm’s “short-term” view of Tauwhareparae Farms were two main takeaways from a public meeting...
The $500,000 Lotto prize struck by a Gisborne ticket in last weekend’s draw was claimed at the Ballance Street Bookshop on Wednesday, much to the delight of the winners and shop staff. The Gisborne ticket, sold at the bookshop, shared the First...
The Gisborne owners of the dog mistakenly put down and Gisborne District Council say they have resolved the matter, issuing a joint statement yesterday afternoon. “Sarge’s owners and Gisborne District Council have settled the matter between...
Urgent repairs to a wastewater outfall pipe at Midway Beach are being treated as emergency works following bad weather in the region. But one concerned resident with a background in environmental advocacy believes the issue could have been avoided...
Labour’s Tāmati Coffey and the Green Party’s Jordan Walker are friendly East Coast political adversaries and hold similar views on the health sector. The possibility of more vigorous debate and disagreement at a health-themed election meeting...
The challenges of the past year that led to Gisborne Holdings Ltd’s board deciding they could not pay GHL’s council owner $2.5 million of anticipated income also seem to have helped unify their thinking. The directors didn’t appear to be...
John Kape Council had planned to discharge treated sewage on to Midway beach during the school holidays. This would have forced probable cancellation of a National Junior Surf competition planned for the pipe surfbreak. There are a number of...
It used to be that newspaper presses were built like battleships and lasted forever. They were reminders of an age gone by when they were huge mechanical monsters, served by ink- and oil-smeared men in overalls. I know all things change, as is the...
SQUASH Surf City Squash Club achieved one championship, two runners-up spots and two top-four placings in the national superchamps week held around the country. The women’s F Grade team won their tournament in New Plymouth, beating Geyser City...
Gisborne Thistle had the second-best scoring record in Central Football’s Federation League, and the worst defensive record. Their goals for couldn’t keep pace with their goals against and so they finished second-last in a five-team competition...
Andrew Rickard, son Adam and daughter Rachael have won the Poverty Bay-East Coast Indoor Bowls Centre Closing Trios in a one-sided final. They beat Malcolm Trowell, Lois Lamont and Mike Foster 11-5. After four ends of nine, the Rickards were in...
The advantages of an artificial green were evident again when play in the McKenzie Shield Open Mixed Triples was able to go ahead at Poverty Bay Bowling Club on a sunny day after heavy overnight rain. Three games of 90 minutes were played in the...
Tuesday night league INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: A Taukamo-Pohio 2 (2NZEF TAO Vikings); K Arahanga 2 (RSA Stallions); I Eyles (RSA Gunz); J Ahuriri, T Ratapu (2NZEF TAO Spartans); H Woollett (Brezz’n Gold); R Leach (RSA Outlaws); M Evans (RS...
by Kate Green, RNZ Apprentice builders in Wairoa are earning their qualifications by repairing flood-damaged homes. After homes north of the river were inundated by metre-high flooding during Cyclone Gabrielle, locals looking for work found it in...
Gwynne Dyer The Polish hate the Russians The Slovaks hate the Czechs, The Bulgars hate Serbs And everybody hates the Jews. — with thanks and apologies to Tom Lehrer. Tom Lehrer’s original song, “National Brotherhood Week”, was about how...
The women of Tairāwhiti came together at Empower You, an event to help nourish body, mind and spirit through connection. The Gisborne Herald’s Gillian Cowperthwaite was there to experience the magic first-hand . . . When local business owners...
With over a decade of dedication to Supergrans Tairāwhiti (SGT), manager Linda Coulston, has made a huge impact in the lives of many whānau throughout the region. By listening, responding and transforming lives of clients, employees and volunteer...
Keep the kids entertained during school holidays with these simple and enjoyable rock painting projects at home. School holidays are here, and if you need a simple and engaging project to keep your kids occupied, try Painted Rock Fish and Ladybird...
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...
Mike Yardley explores the captivating narrative of Albania, uncovering its enigmatic allure along the enchanting Adriatic Coast. A foray to Albania, fringing the Adriatic coastline, was a runaway highlight of my two-week long Balkan Adventure...
Election fever is heating up this weekend with two meet the candidates events. The first is being organised by the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce and is on tonight. A Federated Farmers-organised event is on tomorrow night. Both are at the Waikanae...
East Cape residents will get partial access to Ōpōtiki, after State Highway 35 was closed by multiple slips in the Motu Bluffs area. The biggest slip has occurred in the same location that brought logs and debris cascading down the hillside across...