Gisborne HeraldHardly any rain, El Nino buildingThe Gisborne area has now had 50 days without significant rain — another indication of the building El Nino. Historical records show no dry spell has started this early in the year. The last decent drop of rain was 35.7 millimetres on July 21. In...09 Sep 05:08 AM
Gisborne Herald‘We are horse people’Producers hope people take away different kaupapa from series Showcasing Māori horsemanship in taming wild Wīwī Naati horses in just 100 days is front and centre of a television series with connections to Ngāti Porou. The show, Native Ride, has...09 Sep 05:04 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldMan brutally bashed, permanently disabled: brothers sentencedTwo brothers who brutally bashed a man at Mahia, dragging him into a ditch and leaving him there with life-threatening injuries, have been sentenced. Ryan Ormond, 28, and Harland Ormond, 24, were sentenced together in the High Court at Gisborne...09 Sep 05:00 AM
OpinionVote for climate actionI am often surprised many still believe climate change isn’t a threat. I no longer receive continuous outright climate change denials, but despite the urgency of the climate crisis, many of the same defence responses continue to come. For example...08 Sep 09:07 AM
Gisborne HeraldSchools orchestra on tour, around townThe Gisborne Combined Secondary Schools Orchestra took their music to the people this week with four performances in one day entertaining a diverse audience ranging from school students to retirees. Playing a repertoire made up mostly of...08 Sep 09:04 AM
PremiumPremiumSportCoast v Bay tripleheader in RuatōriaRuatōria will be rugby central tomorrow when Ngāti Porou East Coast host Poverty Bay in a Heartland Championship Week 5 derby with more than just competition points on the line. What is shaping up to be another classic duel between the scarlet of...07 Sep 10:09 PM
SportFourth placings for GBHS, GGHS teamsGisborne Boys’ High and Gisborne Girls’ High finished just out of the medals in their secondary school hockey tournaments last week. GBHS, coached by Wade Manson assisted by Aidan Scragg, were fourth at the Founders Cup in Napier. GGHS, coached...07 Sep 10:06 PM
SportGisborne into bottom three at NZ Open champsGisborne have continued to battle hard at the NZ Open netball championships in Dunedin. The Ingrid Brown-coached Gisborne team were beaten 40-34 by Taranaki in their final Pool D game at the Edgar Centre. It followed losses to Counties Manukau...07 Sep 10:04 PM
SportGisborne basketball club league resultsMen’s open championship, Week 5 — Horouta 37 (Myles Walker 10, Hone Waitoa 8, Taylor Haenga 6) Rizzlies 56 (James Aston 17, Israel Kerisome 16, Wayne Bartram 7 - Q1 Rizzlies 15-3, HT 34-16, Q3 47-30). Gizzy Gilas 36 (Raphael Heria 14, Cabinian...07 Sep 10:03 PM
PremiumPremiumSportDemons out to deny United cup doubleWainui Demons will run on to Childers Road Reserve No. 1 tomorrow in pristine condition for football’s Bailey Cup final against Gisborne United. The reason? Well, they don’t train for a start . . . no pesky training injuries for them. Even their...07 Sep 10:01 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionA festival of sport to divert from electionIt won’t be daylight saving for another week but many New Zealanders will be getting out of bed early from tomorrow as the Rugby World Cup coverage starts at 6.45am. The competition to find the best rugby team in the world runs on to October 29...07 Sep 10:00 PM
OpinionIvermectin should not be used as Covid treatment, but some trials ongoingIvermectin for COVID-19 is discouraged by multiple international assessments due to the availability of more effective treatment options and vaccines, with a potential for re-evaluation pending further clinical trials.07 Sep 09:58 PM
OpinionRapist’s sentence patheticWhat is happening to our legal system? I read the article of the trial of the man who decided to invade a child’s sleeping space — yes she was 17, a child — and raped her. As he ran off, her friends caught him. Why oh why does he get his eight...07 Sep 09:56 PM
OpinionCTU ad not inherently unfairThey say, “All’s fair in love and war” yet the political advertisemt placed in the NZ Herald (4/9/23) by NZCTU seems to have raised a few eyebrows. Given the current electoral climate, I cannot see the ad as inherently unfair. I do wonder...07 Sep 09:55 PM
Gisborne HeraldGladstone Rd in running to be Keep NZ Beautiful’s ‘best street’Gisborne’s Gladstone Road has been nominated as a finalist in the Keep New Zealand Beautiful national awards. Keep New Zealand Beautiful recently announced the finalists and recipients of its Beautiful Awards 2023, including Aotearoa’s Most...07 Sep 09:53 PM
Gisborne HeraldExtended high barometric pressure causes local rivers to recedeHigh barometric pressure over the past few days has seen local rivers drop further at low tides, exposing more of the riverbeds and banks. The high reached 1033 hectopascals off the coast and the pressure was still 1026 yesterday afternoon07 Sep 09:50 PM
Gisborne HeraldEntry into Australian market a ‘pivotal’ moment for RuaTairāwhiti-based medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience this week announced its “momentous” entry into the A$240 million-a-year Australian medicinal cannabis market. On Tuesday, an NZX statement said Rua Bioscience had teamed up with Anspec...07 Sep 09:49 PM
Gisborne HeraldCampaign challenges ‘abysmal’ medicine fundingA prominent health advocate says New Zealand needs to step up its game to address a medicine funding crisis that is forcing people to look offshore. This week, Patient Voice Aotearoa chair Malcolm Mulholland began a 16-stop nationwide tour to launch...07 Sep 09:48 PM
Gisborne HeraldTheatre and books combine in two different playsThe worlds of theatregoers and bookworms combine over the next two days with plays being hosted at both traditional and non-traditional settings one after the other. The Book Addict is by Annie Ruth, a former Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School director...07 Sep 09:45 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldAccused of letting dogs suffer and dieA man is facing 10 animal cruelty charges relating to a team of dogs, including one he allegedly allowed to become so emaciated that it died. Matthew Gordon Brown, 46, of Te Karaka, made a preliminary appearance in Gisborne District Court yesterday...07 Sep 09:43 PM
Gisborne HeraldHelp for two young ’uns wanting to make go-kartThe thrills of go-karting have been revived for two Tolaga Bay Area School junior students. The boys, Te Ahi Kaa Edwards, 9, and Jayden Piahana, 10, spent a morning at the Tairāwhiti Menzshed, along with their teacher aide. The idea to build...07 Sep 09:40 PM
Gisborne HeraldNew Emergency Coordination Centre in Potae Avenue openedAn emergency response to natural disasters, including a possible magnitude 9 “megathrust” earthquake is in better shape, following the opening of a new purpose-built Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) Te Manawa Whakarauora. An official opening...07 Sep 09:36 PM
Gisborne HeraldWorld Alzheimer's Month 2023 aims to reduce risk and extend supportSeptember is World Alzheimers Month and a chance to support people and their whānau living with dementia. The theme for 2023 is “never too early, never too late” to emphasise what people can do as individuals to reduce their risk. “Dementi...07 Sep 09:29 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldAunt’s death prompts change to dangerous intersectionThe niece of a woman who died after being struck by her own vehicle in a collision caused by a careless driver on Awapuni Road, has successfully campaigned for a change to nearby road signage. Determined not to let her aunt Margaret Ohuka’s death...07 Sep 09:19 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldCouncil will try to retain freedom camping at iconic beach sites this summerPouawa and Turihaua are not yet lost to campers wishing to camp there this summer. 07 Sep 09:15 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGolf roundupPatutahi Shayde Skudder will be giving it his all on two sporting battlefields over the weekend. “Skudz” will co-captain Poverty Bay Wekas in their Heartland Championship rugby derby against Ngāti Porou East Coast in Ruatoria on Saturday. The...06 Sep 08:59 PM
SportExpanding rugby into the futureFor the first time in over five years Poverty Bay held the Junior Intermediate Inter School Rippa/Tackle competition at Barry Park. Among the schools that competed, Gisborne Intermediate School met Patutahi and beat them in the final of the Ripp...06 Sep 08:54 PM
SportMixture of club colours for Gisborne’s opening dayThe greens were manicured and fast, the weather was perfect, and 54 players in their club uniforms were keen to begin the 2003/04 season at Gisborne Bowling Club’s opening day. Club president Chris Bunyan welcomed the teams and asked life member...06 Sep 08:53 PM
SportTough draw for GisborneThe Gisborne Netball Centre representative team had a tough start to the Netball NZ Open Championships in Dunedin on Tuesday but it was not unexpected. The week-long tournament features 19 provincial teams split into five pools. Gisborne is in...06 Sep 08:52 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGBHS 'super unlucky' not to reach finalGisborne Boys’ High School’s first 11 football team finished an “unlucky” fourth in the Rex Dawkins Tournament in Napier last week, but they have inspired their coach to aim much higher. “We were super unlucky not to reach the final,”...06 Sep 08:50 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionPotential Putin-Kim arms deal a worryNews of a proposed alliance between Russia and North Korea is alarming, with its potential to extend the disastrous war in Ukraine. American intelligence and overseas news reports say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to visit Russia this month...06 Sep 08:48 PM
OpinionPositive influences learning to sailDon Miller I would like to endorse the letter by John Wells (The yacht club lease renewal hearing, September 2). I started tutoring kids in how-to-sail classes at the Gisborne Yacht Club in 1987 and continued for over a decade. During that time...06 Sep 08:45 PM
OpinionWaka hourua like a marae on TangaroaIt is with sadness, confusion and mamae that I respond to the “Waka hourua row” article on the 5th and the TV3 Hui coverage the next night. In Pakeha terminology, we ask, “What the hell is going on people?!” To see a Gisborne Herald picture...06 Sep 08:44 PM
Gisborne HeraldTwo trying for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti meet in debateThe race for East Coast electorate Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is wide open, after Meka Whaitiri’s shock defection to Te Pāti Māori. Whaitiri (Ngā iwi o te Tai Rāwhiti, Ngāti Kahungunu) has held the seat for the last 10 years but may have scuppered her...06 Sep 08:42 PM
