Gisborne District Council adopted the 2023/24 Annual Plan at its meeting on Wednesday. The document outlines where the council’s funding in the next financial year (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024) will be spent. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher...
Sarah Hunter was woken by a huge thump on Sunday morning when a massive pūriri tree on her riverside property fell off a cliff and into the river. On Tuesday afternoon the family got the dreaded news their house had been red-stickered. A total of...
Kiwi surfing icon Maz Quinn is recovering in hospital after he was dashed against the rocks in a dramatic wipeout at Māhia yesterday. Quinn shared news of the accident on social media, revealing that he suffered spinal injuries in the accident that...
Regarding criticism by the council chief executive of our lead story on Saturday, which contained criticisms of council-led Civil Defence Emergency Management at a time it was dealing with a State of Emergency, we accept she makes fair points and...
Roger Handford One of the hardest, basic lessons to learn in tackling the planet’s environmental problems is, first, DO NO HARM. In blunt terms, that means doing absolutely nothing that will make the situation worse. Humans everywhere are still...
I would like to say a very big thank you to the person who handed in my credit card after I dropped it in the Pak’nSave carpark. God bless you for your kindness and honesty. Also, thank you to all those who are working so hard to keep this...
Poverty Bay-East Coast contenders for national interprovincial tournaments will get a welcome taste of top-quality matchplay in Gisborne next month. Wellington and Hawke’s Bay masters squads will be coming through for a 54-hole quadrangular...
Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) has named the Junior Black Fins and New Zealand Pathway teams for the inaugural Battle of the Tasman and six members are from Gisborne clubs. The event is to be held on the Gold Coast from August 24-27. The...
POVERTY BAY BARNS-Graham Cup favourites are about as clear as the mud covering golf courses throughout the district after another rain-pummelling over the weekend. It’s take 2 in the Gisborne Motors BG Cup men’s pairs this weekend after the...
Watson Park is better known as a football venue and golf practice area but in the wake of last weekend’s rain which flooded highway-side areas of the beachside reserve, a group of Gisborne Boys’ High students used it for a sport more commonly...
East Coast MP Kiri Allan has acknowledged volunteers helping out in Tairāwhiti’s latest weather event. which coincided with National Volunteers Week last week. “It’s a special week to honour the collective energies and mana of volunteers in...
A man accused of threatening Gisborne Work and Income staff by pointing finger guns at them, has made insulting hand gestures to a judge who refused to grant him bail. Joseph Hone Tamihana, 30, a fisheries worker, is yet to plead to a charge of...
Two men accused of threatening a woman for drugs and cash, one of them allegedly pointing a shotgun at her head while she was holding a baby, have chosen to be tried by jury. Raniera Tekooti Reuben, 31, and Tuhaka Takarua, 29 , were called...
An education package focused on teaching 3D printing and entrepreneurship was a big hit with students from Te Kura - The Correspondence School. They learned to design and make their own 3D objects. A colourful array of imaginative 3D designs...
The Waingake water supply for Gisborne city was reinstated yesterday and the city was again being supplied from both Waipaoa and Waingake treatment plants. An update from the council’s water team early yesterday afternoon indicated contractors had...
The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team made space for some “awhi” (relief) boxes, courtesy of Gisborne mental health advocacy group Hear4U this week. The boxes were left with whānau in need or in places like community centres or...
Nearly 2500 people are on the waiting list for a first specialist assessment at Gisborne Hospital. Interim lead, Hospital and Specialist Services, Tairāwhiti, Lynsey Bartlett, says waiting times for planned care treatment are “longer than we...
Caught speeding at 177kmh through Wellington’s Transmission Gully, a man flew into a rage and threatened police who stopped him, then had to be pepper sprayed. He was found to be carrying a used meth pipe. Wi Mahuika Thomas, 32, was in Gisborne...
The two massive land movements that have impacted Tauwhareparae Road at the 18km and 37km marks have been assessed by engineers, but the council said in a statement yesterday that it was very unlikely that any physical works will start until summer...
Students from Lytton High School’s Activism in Action class will take a stand tomorrow against the constant disruptions to their education they have experienced in the past three years. They believe it has had a negative impact on their studies...
Cartage and building supplies company M E Jukes & Son has pleaded not guilty to a charge arising from the death of its worker Maurice Dooling. Mr Dooling, 47, was operating a waste shredder at the company’s Stanley Road premises, when his legs...
A staff member from Evans Funeral Services had a lucky escape early on Monday morning when the hearse he was driving was hit by a slip on State Highway 2 in the Whareratas. The man was heading to Waikato Hospital via Taupo to pick up a deceased...
Time is running out for East Coast and Ikaroa-Rawhiti voters who want to change rolls for the 2023 general election. Voters of Māori descent can choose to go on either the Māori roll or general roll when they first enrol to vote and can change...
The rain in the past week may have forced the postponement of East Coast Angus Bull Week but it has not affected the bulls — they have handled the conditions well. Angus sales were put off a week last Friday and they now begin tomorrow at 2pm at...
A record number of pyjamas were donated to Jammies 4 June Gizzy this year with around 2000 items being collected on behalf of the charity. Cassandra Blumfield, who started the pyjama drive here seven years ago to support children in need to keep...
Local artist Paora Peipi is the man behind the intricate artwork adorning the new refrigerated pataka kai at Treble Court. Installed by impact house Taiki e!, the pataka kai encourages a system where people can leave food for other people to take...
“Significant” number of Makorori Beach Road homeowners have received red stickers Gisborne District Council’s principal scientist Murry Cave has one word to describe the state of the region — fragile. Speaking to Local Democracy Reporting...
ODEON MULTIPLEX ■ Carry On Jatta 3 Advocate Dhillon’s son Jass is in love with Meet but her brothers are in conflict with Adv Dhillon who, as a result, rejects Meet as a bride for his son. Jass weaves a madhouse plan to propose to his friend. In...
This Week ■ Thursday Build-a-Band Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, tonight, June 29, 7pm-11pm, free entry. ■ Freedance Movement and dance meditation practice with a variety of sound and rhythms. St Andrew’s Church Community Centre, tonight, June...
Goodbyes don’t tend to mean much in the Hollywood franchise system. Death isn’t a reliable end for characters or, lately, even actors. Technology, nostalgia and the often-inflated value of brands and IP have created a nightmarish cycle of...
Eleventh Hour from Girls’ High were in complete shock after placing first at this year’s Tairāwhiti regional Smokefreerockquest final at War Memorial Theatre on Saturday night
The inaugural visit and performance by Indigenous dance company the Dancers of Damelahamid may have been stopped in its tracks due to weather conditions, but the artistic director Margaret Grenier says they will make Tairāwhiti a priority on their...
The Little Tairāwhiti Comedy Fest is going to be the best little comedy festival as it arrives on Gisborne shores and premieres at Evolution Theatre this July. There are seven shows over three nights, featuring some of the best up-and-coming...
For most aspiring writers or wannabe authors, the walls of hesitation and the constant thought of rejection could be the difference between getting their creative ideas on paper or just staying imprinted in one’s mind — never to see the light of...