Evolution Theatre has put its own spin on one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays, The Taming of the Shrew. The “shrew” of the story is Katherina (Kate), the wilful and obstinate eldest daughter of Baptista Minola, played here by Fraser...
Fire gutted one of six units in a block of emergency accommodation flats, and extensively damaged the two either side of it, in a blaze on Thursday night. It is being treated as a “probable” arson, say police. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two...
The body of a man was recovered from the Tūranganui River on Thursday night in what is being treated as an apparent drowning . Police were notified of a water -related incident in the river near the Cenotaph around 8.20pm that night. The Herald was...
Tauawhi Men’s Centre and Tairāwhiti Men Against Violence have realised a long-held vision with the opening of a respite house for men. Tauawhi Whare Ahuru is a time-out space for men who are struggling to maintain a violence-free lifestyle...
Minister for Women Jan Tinetti addressed more than 40 people who attended the Business and Professional Women (BPW) Gisborne dinner at the Tatapouri Fishing Club on Tuesday. Speaking of her day in Gisborne, Ms Tinetti, also the Minister of...
Plans have been announced to build 100 new state homes across Gisborne. Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities will be sharing its plans at a drop-in session on Tuesday at the Kāinga Ora offices in Peel Street (next to the old Post office Building)...
Paying Eastland Group’s top earner $1.15 million last year despite making a $6m normalised operating loss was a bone of contention at the company’s owner’s annual public meeting on Thursday. The energy generation business and Gisborne port and...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: T Irwin (5), J White (Brezz’n Gold); T Kaio (Done n Dusted); P Waihape (Spartans); H Brown, A Charlie (Stallions); A Kaiwai, A Taukamo-Pohio (Vikings); Q Stevens (Rebels); M Evans, C Andrews (Spandangles); J Budd...
Uncle would have been proud. Sue Hart made the trip from Tauranga to Gisborne for the 20th anniversary Burnie Hart Memorial handicap singles a fittingly winning one on Sunday. Hart, the niece of the late Burnie Hart, won all her matches on the...
I’m really concerned that if we get a National/Act government we will end up being owned by multinational corporates and be under the thumb of foreign governments. Act has cited aims to let public-private partnerships loose in the public health...
Sad to see Act suggesting impractical fettering of our justice system by controlling the parameters that bind judges in sentencing. The “back story” of offenders will always be relevant to sentencing, regardless of their ethnicity. The crime...
Three tries at standing for council and I haven’t come very far. I did, however, get in the final word at the question time part of the Trust Tairawhiti AGM at the Waikanae surf club last night. Hallelujah LOL. I followed on from an earlier...
Re: National ready to get to work — Luxon, August 8 story. The National Party campaign “Back on Track” is on the “wrong track”! They have “tunnel vision” with their transport policy focusing only on investment in roads. Instead, their...
The Trust Tairāwhiti annual meeting on Thursday night was focused even more than usual on issues related to Eastland Group Ltd (EGL), the trust’s dominant asset which it owns on behalf of all of us in Tairāwhiti. It raises again the question of...
Poverty Bay finished the Hurricanes Heartland Under-20 series winless but provided one of the individual highlights. Prop Hayze Nepia was named player of the series which finished with a doubleheader weekend in Bulls. Nepia and Poverty Bay teammates...
Talented Poverty Bay East Coast bowler Matthew Foster flew the district flag high as a member of the North Island team in their annual clash with the South Island in Ashburton. Foster, 19, played lead in the men’s fours team alongside Ali Wilson...
Week 2 of the men’s premier basketball league was mind-boggling stuff. A raft of the Gisborne Basketball Association’s best three-point shooters drew a bead and hit the target on a Tuesday night to remember. Weighn Wilson hit four of Green...
It’s not about winning or losing. It’s about learning and experiencing something different. That was the ethos of the Trish Hina Rugby League 9s Primary Interschool tournament held at Waikirikiri Park this week. Youngsters got a taste of a sport...
The best of the store lambs sold at recent values at yesterday’s Matawhero sheep sale. However, there was a dramatic fall in demand for the later-born store lambs. Prices for them crashed and several pens failed to attract a buyer. A total of 907...
Sudden-death semifinals in the Poverty Bay club hockey competition offer some juicy prospects this weekend and it all starts tonight with GMC Kowhai playing Te Aowera on the turf at Harry Barker Reserve. The winners of that game go through to the...
Space company Rocket Lab looks set to continue operating from its Māhia space port for probably the remainder of the decade at least, after announcing a new five-launch deal. This week the United States-based company announced it had signed another...
Bear with me. When my dad was coaching Gisborne City 55 years ago (it was the first year of the name change from Eastern Union), players would come to him with the work-versus-football dilemma. Every time he would say: “Work comes first. This is...
I am the river The river is me I am dying Understand: I am the whole Understand: I have no parts Understand: The order of relations The Interconnected Whole I am the river The river is me Heed the bells of warning Stand up Draw the lines And uphold...
Bob Hughes I write this on Sunday, August 6 — Hiroshima Peace Day — the anniversary of the horrific nuclear attack on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945. This and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki three days later are the only uses of nuclear...
Figures released this week by Gun Control NZ show that a large and broad-based majority of New Zealanders, 71 percent in total, support the establishment of a gun registry. Introduced in June this year, the registry has been strongly criticised by...
Pultron Composites reaped the rewards of hard work at last night’s Hawke’s Bay ASB Exporter of the Year, walking away with several awards including the top gong. The Gisborne company was named ExportNZ Hawke’s Bay ASB Exporter of the Year and...
“I can’t believe you get 45,000 visitors a year. That’s nearly a thousand a week.” Those comments from Gisborne district councillor Teddy Thompson were among many similarly positive comments from councillors as Tairāwhiti Museum director...
From the opening scene of Michael James Manaia, it is clear the audience is in for a wild ride. Time to strap ourselves in. The one-man play opens tonight at Unity Theatre, with Lawrence Mulligan in the title role. Here he is, recounting his trip to...
Being part of the mahi (work) in the natural environment (taiao) shows young tauira (students) the job possibilities they could be involved in. Te Ngahuru Tikotikoiere team from Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust took a class from Te Kura o Manutuke to one of...
Turanga Health kaimahi (staff) will host another vaccination drive-through service at Te Wai-o-Hiharore (the railway station) on Sunday. Vaccinations will be provided to the public in the comfort of their own waka amid a friendly atmosphere with...
Gisborne residents are invited to a free sausage sizzle and information event on Sunday, to prepare for Conservation Week, which runs from Monday August 14 to Sunday August 20. Conservation groups from across the region will set up a “tent city”...
A home alongside State Highway 35 north of Te Araroa was destroyed in a blaze in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The cause remains under investigation. Fire and Emergency New Zealand received the first 111 call about the fire in the unoccupied...
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) national board chair Sandra Matthews gathered a team of volunteers in Tairāwhiti last weekend to pack 287 support bags for distribution to farming families. RWNZ members from all over the country have donated...
Clients using Gisborne’s Sunshine Service are greeted by some new faces on a Friday once a month, the result of an initiative to increase the service’s volunteer base. The faces belong to members of Eastland Port’s senior management team, who...