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...
Re: Online response to June 27 column, Poor form during State of Emergency. I was a member of the Civil Defence response for a number of years, and unlike Lara, know what goes into every event. Leading up to and when there is an event, Civil Defence...
We appreciate the opportunity to address the comment that has been made regarding the environmental sustainability of our newly established pet water cremation business. We agree that burying and planting a tree is a great, eco-friendly way for...
Just what the Elgin shopping area needs, a second vape shop. Haven’t we got the highest per capita of anywhere in New Zealand? So why keep adding to it? I guess it’s tax revenue for the government and no doubt they will be putting it to good use...
Gisborne's Renee Holmes will add to her 10 test caps after being named in the starting 15 for the Black Ferns’ clash with Australia in Brisbane tomorrow night (9pm NZ time). Holmes is at fullback in what is being seen as the beginning of a new er...
Gisborne Thistle striker Davie Ure never made the All Whites, but he got a kick out of playing for New Zealand at the Seniors World Cup in Thailand. Eight teams took part this month in the invitational football tournament, which has been held...
Football eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Wainui, 1st Class Decorators Wainui Salty Dogs v Coates Associates Wainui Demons; Childers Road Reserve 2, Thistle Vintage v Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United 1st’s. 2.30pm: Wainui, Sunshine...
A keen contest can be expected when Whangara Old Girls (1) take on Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A in the opening games of Round 3 of Premier grade netball in the YMCA tonight. The 6pm encounter in the Pak’nSave competition promises to be hard...
by Chris Taewa An All Black great and a piece of Lydia Ko memorabilia are part of a fundraising tournament for Poverty Bay-East Coast golfer Andrew Higham. TP Strong 4 Andy is the name of the tournament to be held at Poverty Bay’s Awapuni Links...
The organisers of the annual Tairawhiti ‘Young Grower’ Competition are on the lookout for potential new sponsors for the event scheduled to take place on July 20. “Event planning is well underway and contestants, growers, and wider industry...
Nominations have opened for this year’s Beef+Lamb New Zealand Awards. “What better way to celebrate our great industry and the people in it,” said B+LNZ lead extension manager Mark Harris. This year the northern South Island is the host region...
by Tony Blakely The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is more than likely over. Now is the time to reflect on our experience of what happened and think carefully about how we’d approach a similar crisis in the future. The good news is the mahi of...
The weather is finally turning towards some sunshine and mostly dry weather, so the draining and drying out process is under way for our saturated region. As the recovery phase from this latest prolonged battering of heavy rain shifts into full...
Pine Hollow Riding School in Te Karaka is in clean-up mode again after the heavy rainfall of recent days left the property sodden and covered in mud. Owner Jacquie Paull and her husband David had gone away for a much-needed break when the heavy...
Active lifestyle cut short, court told A man enjoying his fitness, cycling in his senior years, suddenly found himself hospitalised for 10 weeks and facing months of physical rehabilitation after a motorist knocked him off his bike. The driver...
Tokomaru Bay cafe owner Peter Cunningham was busy sandbagging to keep floodwaters away from his business on Friday but not before entering the Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Awards. At Café 35, Peter Cunningham has had the odds stacked against him and his...
“If you’re interested in organising the parade, please get in touch by email to events@gdc. govt. nz.”
A Gisborne swimming club which controversially missed out on a contract at the city’s new swimming pool has officially presented a petition to the council expressing disappointment. But Comet Swimming Club general manager Rochelle Somerton says...
Work continued yesterday morning on getting the Wharekopae Road ready to use as an alternative for the State Highway 2, Otoko Hill closure, and convoy arrangements began yesterday afternoon. The detour on the unsealed road will take about one hour...
Less than 16 hours after a state of emergency was declared in Gisborne, back-up arrived to support the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team as the latest weather event unfolded. The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was sent by Search...
The closure of State Highway 2 north due to land stability issues at Otoko has disrupted the supply chain for fresh fruit and vegetables out of the Gisborne district. Countdown Supermarket chain yesterday put out an advisory to its customers...
by Joseph Los’e Labour has named former East Coast Rugby CEO Cushla Tangaere-Manuel as its candidate to take on Meka Whaitiri, who jumped waka from Labour to join Te Pāti Māori for the 2023 election. Tangaere-Manuel’s confirmation as the...
A man sentenced this week for possessing 60 unlawfully taken crayfish was just a minor player in a much bigger black market racket discovered during a sting on poaching at Mahia Peninsula. Tei Nohotima, 50, was fined $1500 on Monday in Gisborne...
A Gisborne medical centre has been forced to close after torrential rain forced raw sewage back up its pipes into toilets and sinks. On Monday, The Doctors sent a memo to all patients saying it could only do phone consults this week due to health...
Gisborne District Council road and utility crews are working their way through reconnecting communities, where they can. The council has asked for patience from rural road users. As of yesterday, 89 local roads were still closed, restricted or with...
The sound of rain has become a nightmare for many, says Whangara farmer and Federated Farmers national board member Toby Williams. “It’s hard not to cringe when you hear rain falling now and that’s for town or country people in the region.”...
Nedine Thatcher Swann, Gisborne District Council chief executive I am really disappointed The Gisborne Herald placed criticism of Civil Defence, Council and the Mayor on its front page during the State of Emergency. The timing and content of the...
Few weeks in local history can have started on as bleak a note as this one as our rain-drenched district struggles to return to even a fraction of normality. While the weekend rain was not quite as heavy as predicted, it was enough to make a bad...
Gwynne Dyer Russia was in a state of acute crisis up until late afternoon Moscow time on Saturday, with Yevgeny Prigozhin pulling his “Wagner” arm y of mercenary soldiers out of Ukraine and sending some of them racing up the highway towards...