DoC “committed to undertaking essential repairs”; early 2024 reopening “if possible” by Anna Rankin, Wairoa Star Morere Hot Springs could be reopened to the public early next year, the Department of Conservation (DoC) says. The facility has...
Court rules in favour of council’s increased rates for gold variety orchards Gold kiwifruit growers are staring down the barrel of a sustained hike in their rates after failing in their appeal of a High Court decision. It concludes...
The next two launches from Rocket Lab’s Mahia spaceport are good to go. The latest mission, titled Baby Come Back, is scheduled to lift off from Pad B at Launch Complex 1 no earlier than 11.30am on Saturday. The mission will carry seven satellites...
A round with an All Black legend goes under the hammer tomorrow night to help one of the district’s top golfers. All Black fullback Christian Cullen will be in Gisborne this weekend to play in the TP Strong 4 Andy fundraising tournament on the...
After a solid month of shipping in May, the weather caused major disturbances in June, impacting on cart-in and port operations at Eastland Port. “We still managed to ship 193,499 tonnes of logs across nine ships for the month of June,” an...
Hot election topic as National announces 40 percent cap mark if voted in as Government. A new legal decision is putting the brakes on the level of discount offenders can get at sentencing. Offenders can theoretically get an entire sentence wiped out...
The dire straits in which the constant bad weather has left the region’s forestry industry has been laid bare in a statement from Eastland Wood Council. “The impact of this year’s storms on the forestry sector across the East Coast (on the...
There are 71 active cases of Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti, according to Ministry of Health figures up to 1pm on Monday. There have been 35 deaths in Tairāwhiti and a total of 24,484 cases in all. The Ministry has reported 3159 deaths across the country...
Extended meteorological outlooks indicate a decent spell of fine weather lasting up to 10 days for the Gisborne-East Coast region. New Zealand and overseas weather agencies are all looking to indications of a change as a result of El Nino conditions...
A woman was taken to Gisborne Hospital suffering burns after fire extensively damaged her home at the city end of Awapuni Road in the early hours of Tuesday. Fire and Emergency NZ and St John ambulance were called to the blaze at around 1.15am...
Food bank struggling to keep up with demand The Salvation Army Winter Appeal has come at a time of great need as the Gisborne branch struggles to keep up with growing demand for food parcels. The Sallies used to give out around 10 parcels a week but...
Emphasis on employing locals; more funding to be made available: Grant Robertson.
Doris Higgins has been volunteering at Gisborne Hospital since 2007. “After moving from the country into town and finishing up work, I was looking for something to do,” said Doris. Her role as a volunteer involves directing people where to go...
The Te Puka Hunting & Fishing Club competition held recently in Tokomaru Bay was a big success with more than 420 entries and 700-plus pigs, deer, goats, possums, turkeys and hares weighed in. Co-organiser Rozzi Pethybridge said it was a big...
Gisborne’s community pharmacies are celebrating after the High Court in Wellington ruled that licences issued to five Countdown pharmacies, including the Gisborne store, are unlawful and invalid and should be quashed. The Ministry of Health and...
Staff from the Gisborne branch of accountants BDO hope they will inspire other companies here to follow their lead after stopping work for a day to help local volunteer organisations. BDO consultant Pete Jarratt said the initiative turned out to be...
A group of Gisborne musicians have raised $55,000 to aid the efforts of charitable trust and men’s mental health organisation Hear4U. The band with no name’s manager Dana Kirkpatrick said since Cyclone Gabrielle, they wanted to put on a party...
Congratulations to Yvonne Waide and Ann McCombe for scoring 69.84 percent on Wednesday. Monday, July 3 — Woodward Chrisp Restricted Pairs 1 North/South East/West Beverley Evans, Bette Parker 59.17 John Hudson, Vicki Taylor 61.67 Patricia Corson...
High-scoring and one-sided games are likely in Gisborne premier grade netball at the YMCA tomorrow night. At 6pm, Claydens Waikohu (1) play Farmlands Ngatapa. Waikohu had a big win when these teams met soon after Ngatapa’s promotion to premier...
Poverty Bay and East Coast club rugby results from Saturday — Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 men’s club rugby final: Roseland Tavern Tapuae Taniwha 25 (Eneriko Tupou 2, Iowane Filimoni, Kyoni-Tyrese Te Amo-Poki, tries; Te Amo-Poki con, pen)...
The perfect season ended in the perfect way. East Coast Farm Vets YMP are the Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Premier club rugby champions for the second year in a row. They defeated GT Shearing Waikohu 15-0 at a rain-drenched Barry Park on...
Gisborne speedway racer Ethan Rees was named Superstock Competitor of the Year at the New Zealand Speedway awards presentation in Christchurch at the weekend. The 25-year-old had 3NZ on his car by the end of the season. Before that it was 127G...
A police inquiry continues into the “unexplained” death of a man at an address on Kaiwaitau Road in Mahia on Thursday last week. Police were called to the home at around 12.25pm that day. “At this time the death is being treated as...
Emergency services responded to two incidents over the weekend — a vehicle crash in Tucker Road and an unattended cooking fire at a house in Makaraka. At around 4pm on Saturday, appliances were sent to a property at the corner of Ora Street and...
Māori author Witi Ihimaera will be the guest of honour at the 33rd International First Peoples’ Festival in Montreal next month. The multidisciplinary festival includes concerts, dances, poetry and more than 60 films. It is billed as a flagship...
More rain, more flooding, more damage . . . the latest rain has inflicted more of everything the district does not want. The Gisborne-East Coast roading network now could hardly be called that as a monumental amount of damage has made road travel...
Eastland Generation today announced a strategic capital raise to help fund the expansion of its renewable generation portfolio. The company intends to raise funds by offering a 50 percent ownership stake. Matt Todd, chief executive of parent...
Yet another in what seems like an endless succession of wet weekends could have left the people of Tairāwhiti as prime victims of the seasonal affective disorder SAD. Every time it seems we might be getting a break from the wettest winter in most...
Re: ‘Shop local’ great advice, July 8 letter by N. Miller Yes, “shop local” certainly did not come into consideration when the decision-making panel appointed Belgravia. Perhaps that is because, as previously mentioned, one of that panel was...
Re: Degrowth and regrowth. As Richard Whitley says (July 6, “Worst case”), Japan is facing a tanking birthrate and an increasingly aged population, and this was not achieved in a stable and controlled manner. However it is not, as he claims...
Re: Weather events, fewer fires. Here on Saturday Iain Boyle attempted to disprove the Ministry for the Environment information I offered that climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, and will continue to...
The front page banner heading on Friday, “Support builds for coastal shipping”, is misleading. The only support that counts is that from customers who might use ships — and they have already made it clear they prefer road transport. As a Port...
Reading the column by Jack Marshall (8th July), I thought of how lovely to have. 1) The last time I saw Sam Stubbs (founder of Simplicity) he said he had been to see the council and Mayor that morning and offered the Simplicity building programme to...
With the recent floods, have you or someone you know had an insurance swimming pool claim? I would welcome a quick chat about your circumstances and outcome. Please phone me on 027 2777 345. Craig