This time of the year, a lot of people take great delight in spotting what they think is our giant native toetoe grass flowering along roadsides, beaches and various other parts of the landscape. Travellers and holidaymakers share photos online of...
Will the Rugby World Cup have an impact on the coming national election? That is the fascinating question being raised again after two major upsets at the weekend. First the All Blacks suffered their heaviest loss ever to the Springboks, going down...
I write in support of the excellent letter to the Herald by Pat Seymour on August 9 (More degradation of beachfront and dunes). A photo in The Herald on August 8 shows the serious beachfront erosion at Turihaua which extends north to the Marine...
I write as a newspaper lover. May our local paper continue for at least my lifetime. Best wishes to all involved with the forthcoming changes. However, more importantly I would like to thank all those young people who — rain, hail or snow — seem...
With sadness another tradition has come to an end. For years young people were able to earn a little for themselves or to help families. A big thank you to our paper boys and girls and parents who have delivered The Gisborne Herald to Dunblane for...
“Poland’s President Andrzej Duda confirmed on Tuesday that Russia has begun shifting some short-range nuclear weapons to neighbouring Belarus, a move that he said will change the security architecture of the region . . .” This worries me...
How many of you knew that National Party MP Tim van de Molen was censured by the multi-party parliamentary privileges committee for threatening a Labour MP? He is the first MP to have been censured since Winston Peters in 2008, even though several...
I guess teamwork really works.” That was the reaction of a stunned Alicia Hoskin after helping create New Zealand sporting history at the Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships in Duisberg, Germany. Dame Lisa Carrington, Gisborne’s...
The Sky Blues are now on a roll. Head coach Kahu Tamatea’s Enterprise Cars Ngāti Porou East Coast beat North Otago 38-29 in an astonishing gut-check on Saturday. The NPEC Kaupoi (Cowboys) led the Old Golds 21-14 at halftime and out-scored the...
Jimmy Somerton scored a hat-trick for Gisborne Thistle on Saturday — his third of the season — and still ended up on the losing side. Palmerston North United beat ALH Gisborne Thistle 5-3 at Childers Road Reserve to clear the first hurdle in...
Saturday morning was one for New Zealand rugby fans to forget after the All Blacks’ ill-disciplined 35-7 battering by South Africa. Saturday afternoon featured discipline issues for Poverty Bay as well as they let a 17-11 halftime lead slip to...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: TK Kaio 2, J Noanoa 2, A Taukamo-Pohio 2, M Jones, A Charlie, Q Stevens, M Stevens, I Eyles, T Campbell-Ratapu, F Waihape, S Ratima, A Kaiwai, M Hawea, H Eyles. TEAM RESULTS (P = pairs, S = singles, T = tons) A GRADE...
Monday, August 21 — Ryman Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village Teams (final results) Ann McCombe, Eileen Lee, Bette Parker, Patricia Corson 77.83 victory points Pippa Williams, Helen Kerisome, Caroline Kirkpatrick, Amanda Smith 57.27 victory points...
There are currently 68 active cases of Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti, according to Te Whatu Ora figures last updated at 2pm yesterday. No deaths have been recorded in Tairāwhiti for a month and the number of cases total 25,131. Across the country 26...
About 80 people turned out to celebrate Pickering Street Kindergarten’s 50th birthday on Saturday. The celebration started with a welcome and karakia by Colin Taare , followed by the planting of a tree, cutting of a cake, speeches, and a trip down...
Rheis Walker was one of about 50 runners delivering The Gisborne Herald around the city for the final time on Saturday afternoon. Rheis has been doing the K-42 run in the Paraone Road-Tamarau area for the past four years, continuing a tradition in...
A legal challenge by forest owners to a new rating system adopted by the Wairoa District Council has failed. In 2021 the council set the rating differential for ratepayers who own more than 100 ha of plantation forest at four. The New Zealand Forest...
Gisborne firefighters had three calls on Saturday that involved a small fire started by a candle at a city motel, a small fire in driftwood at Waikanae and an issue with a home ventilation system. Fire and Emergency NZ sent firefighters to the Teal...
Eastland Port’s ‘Wharf Wheels’ event to celebrate the completion of the new Wharf 7 project was a huge success on Saturday with many hundreds of people involved. Eastland Port Chief Operating Officer Regional Infrastructure Andrew Gaddum said...
GDC hearings committee to consider application to renew land-only agreement Ngati Oneone say it is time for the Gisborne District Council to return any land formerly owned by the hapu, in a submission opposing a land-only lease for Gisborne Yacht...
Fire destroyed a house at Raupunga, south of Wairoa this morning. All firefighters could do was dampen down the remains. Fire and Emergency NZ despatched crews from Wairoa and Putorino to the blaze just after 6am. “It was basically down on the...
The region is on the brink of setting a new, ominous weather record, and it is not good news for those on the land.
The Campbell family from Awapapa Station at Hangaroa feature in Country Calendar on TV1 on Sunday. Alex and Megan Campbell were finalists in this year’s Balance Farm Environmental Awards, and their entry sparked an inquiry from the country’s...
Conservation Week is a national celebration that encourages people in the community to get involved and help to take care of nature. This year the annual event took place from Sunday August 13 to Sunday August 20. The Department of Conservation...
Volunteers picked around 2500 stems but at least one more pick was scheduled before Daffodil Day yesterday
In a surprise move Rocket Lab yesterday launched its first reused rocket engine and then recovered it. Rocket Lab’s 40th Electron launch deployed a spacecraft for American space tech company Capella, a leading provider of commercial Synthetic...
Whakatāne chartered accountant Michael Howe, ACT candidate for East Coast, says living in the United States has left him disillusioned with New Zealand. “After returning to New Zealand with my wife and two beautiful daughters from the US, I...
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is focused on developing flood resilience options for land-categorised property owners in Wairoa. The regional council has established an engineering team, which is working with the Wairoa District Council and...
Today marks the end of an era as The Gisborne Herald moves to a morning newspaper and its traditional paper boy and girl delivery is taken over by local drivers contracted by publisher NZME. Herald chief sub-editor Chris Taewa takes a nostalgic look...
A $64 million investment in flood protection, a further $125m towards rebuilding our local roads and a $30m interest-free loan are the outcome of negotiations between the council and the Government to reach a cyclone recovery cost-sharing...
Re: Teacher training issues, August 25 letter. Lara Meyer I have spent the past month mentoring seven fantastic beginning teachers at one of our local high schools. Whoever has trained them has done a great job. I’m sure the natural talent and...
So, the end is nigh as the curtain falls on arguably the worst government in New Zealand’s history, certainly the worst in living memory, and yes I endured the Muldoon government. He didn’t lock us down, keep our kids from school, nor mandate...
I was very disappointed to see on the news last Sunday all the logs coming down on to the road by the Motu River on the East Coast. Not only was it proof that no regulations have yet been put in place, but it was really dangerous. If those fishermen...
Having not been to Fieldays for a couple of years, Tairāwhiti resident Callum Thompson never thought that he would walk away as the winner of a brand-new Isuzu D-Max. “I saw the Isuzu utes at the gate when I arrived at Fieldays, but never ever...