The Gisborne Volunteer Centre’s Two Minutes of Good Stuff film festival has been postponed. Centre manger Jenny Greaves said unfortunately they had to make the call to postpone today’s event, after taking into consideration the continuous rain...
A Mongrel Mob man aggrieved over a gang issue chased a woman around a residential street with a machete and used it to damage her vehicle. The incident in Hansford Court, Kaiti, on November 19, last year, resulted in Steven Christopher Fa’Ae...
Auditions for musical comedy School of Rock, produced by Musical Theatre Gisborne, are on this weekend. Andrew Lloyd Webber bought the rights to the show for a stage musical in 2013. The musical has a book by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes...
The impact of Cyclone Gabrielle on the wine industry will be long lasting, says GisVin chief winemaker and chairman of Gisborne Winegrowers Mark Thompson. Like Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne received around two-and-a-half times the long-term average...
Kōrero and haka from rangatahi were centre stage at this year’s Ngā Manu Kōrero and Kapa Haka festival hosted by Lytton High School. This was the 58th year of the annual event which sees rangatahi from different kura across Tairāwhiti compete...
Reviving the retro (some might argue it never went out of fashion) skill of roller skating is the aim of local start-up Gizzy on Wheels. The first session will be at the YMCA in July. Founder and home-schooled Adriana Hoogland, 18, said she first...
When Janet leaves her daughter’s Vogel St house, she still locks the front door out of habit. The place has long been gutted of its contents, Cyclone Gabrielle having turned its interior into a muddy pool by way of a flooded Waimatā River...
Every time it starts to rain, I start worrying.” These are the fears of many Gisborne-East Coast residents as downpours once again deluge the district — fears that were realised when Te Karaka residents were given notice yesterday afternoon to...
Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz declared a State of Emergency late yesterday afternoon as rivers rose and rain continued to fall across an already sodden region. “This gives our whānau and community a chance to self-evacuate tomorrow and make...
The MetService has extended the region's Severe Weather Warning through to midday, Sunday. The forecast is for a prolonged period of rain, which is expected to be heavy at times. "Expect 250 to 350 mm of rain to accumulate about and north of Tolag...
The Government has jettisoned a capable and hard-working minister with a major blindspot for conflicts of interest, after it emerged that Michael Wood had more undeclared shareholding interests in areas that clashed with his portfolios. Prime...
Natasha Baulis, Maxim Institute researcher Our collective noses have been crinkling at the distinct whiff of something not quite right in the press for some time now, but last week was a particular corker for unveiling some fishy elements of the NZ...
E nga whānau and community of the Tairāwhiti region. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou kua tauawhi ki a matau whanau, ahakoa nga piki me nga heke ka titiro angawhakamua matau. As the former Race Relations Commissioner, I want to express my heartfelt...
Since my letter last month on my concerns about the potential closure of Alzheimer’s Gisborne, I am pleased to announce the heartening news of the appointment of a new coordinator. And next month the Sherwood Club will again be operating three...
It is winter and we expect rain but it's been a ridiculous year weather-wise, which continued on Gisborne sports fields over the weekend. The Ngatapa-OBM Poverty Bay Premier club rugby game at Patutahi's Paddy Park turned into a mudbath, with...
All games on Saturday — First Kicks 4v4, Watson Park, 8.30am: 5, Te Hapara Toru v Central Tahi; 6, Wainui Crays v Awapuni Black; 7, Wainui Paua v Te Wharau Kereru; 8, Wainui Kina v Te Wharau Kiwi; 9, Wainui Mussels v St Mary’s Asteroids; 10...
SNOOKER John Berry and Phil Thompson topped a nine-strong field to win the Cosmopolitan Snooker Club’s Ray Swann Championship Pairs last weekend. There were some good combinations which made for a well contested competition. Those to make it to...
POVERTY BAY Phil Allan didn’t know he and partner Chris Shaw were the No. 1 seeds for the 2023 Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs until told three days after qualification. “What? Top qualifiers? How’s that, eh?” the scaffolding...
by Lynne Holmberg YMP Hockey Club is celebrating its centenary year in 2023. A formal dinner is being held on Saturday, July 15 at The Vines restaurant. Those wanted to attend needed to confirm by Tuesday of this week. However, if you missed this...
A man charged for possessing and distributing objectionable publications featuring child exploitation, has been refused bail. Joshua Luke Ripia, 27, faces 18 charges of possessing the objectionable material and two charges of knowingly distributing...
Three people have been charged with indecent assault and aggravated robbery after an alleged home invasion in which they are said to have stripped and searched a woman for drugs. K’Las Tihore (21), Rachael Te Aho (27), and Tom Erwin Hawea (25)...
A truck driver has admitted causing another motorist a head injury after rear-ending his utility vehicle when it turned into a driveway on Matawai Road. Geoffrey Brent Morgan, 56, appeared on Monday in Gisborne District Court, pleading guilty to...
A survey conducted by GDC biodiversity staff is helping to identify trends in gains or losses A biodiversity survey suggests that only 23 percent original native vegetation remains in Tairāwhiti. The survey is led by Gisborne District Council...
The petition started in support of the Comet Swimming Club, and opposing the decision to award the learn to swim contract at the new Kiwa Pools to an Australian company, has gone well past 3000. As of yesterday the online version of the petition had...
Those lucky enough to snap up free tickets to see The Dancers of Damelahamid tomorrow are in for something special, according to Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival chief executive and artistic director Tama Waipara. The intergenerational Canadian dancers...
Name suppression has lapsed for a man accused of sexual offending against two boys. John Raye Tamanui, 67, has pleaded not guilty to five charges arising from the alleged offending, said to have happened in 2019. Four of the charges — three of...
A new and more environmentally friendly method of pet cremation, known as water cremation or alkaline hydrolysis, is now available in Gisborne. New start-up Pet Reflections is the second business of its kind to offer this service in New Zealand...
The latest pool closure at the Olympic Pool complex has now been extended to include Friday due to continuing issues with wood chip for the complex’s boiler. Pool management said in an email to regular users yesterday that they hope to re-open on...
The city end of Aberdeen and Palmerston roads, along with sections of Berry, Disraeli and Cobden streets have been without street lighting for the several nights this week. A council spokesperson said Electrinet has told them that there was a large...
Police have seen a trend in Gisborne over the last month or two involving vehicle crime, where people have left their vehicles insecure with valuables inside and thieves have taken advantage. Inspector Darren Paki said there have been a number of...
East Coast residents fearful of further rain had a foretaste of the next bout of bad weather yesterday afternoon, and the result was swift with surface flooding and rivers rising. After a few hours of heavy downpour the Hikuwai River at Tolaga Bay...
Due to further wet weather forecast this week, asphalt work on State Highway 2 has been postponed to begin next week. The work was due to start tonight. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will provide further detail around the start date as soon as...
Hear4U have what they have billed as a ‘Kia Kaha Tairawhiti’ event planned for early next month that will address wellbeing, mental health and resilience post-Cyclone Gabrielle. The Hear4U Charitable Trust has been funded by the Ministry for...
A new project to sample sediment post-Cyclone Gabrielle is under way. Crown agency AgResearch has sourced funding to undertake silt sampling in Tairāwhiti. The project aims to undertake a rapid assessment of flood-affected productive land impacted...