National Party East Coast candidate Dana Kirkpatrick says gang numbers in the Eastern and Bay of Plenty police regions have almost doubled since 2017. The two police areas, which both cross into the East Coast electorate, have recorded a near 100...
House prices here have taken another tumble, new data from the real Estate Institute (REINZ) shows. Focusing on the Gisborne region, REINZ chief executive Jen Baird said the median price in Gisborne decreased 11.9 percent annually to $630,000 in...
A caravan parked on an unoccupied property at the corner of Pickering Street and Dalton Street in Kaiti was set on fire last night in what is being treated as an arson. Fire and Emergency NZ was called to the vacant property at around 11pm. “The...
Relief and final closure may be in sight for families still waiting to bury their loved ones at the Taruheru Cemetery where high ground water levels have stopped interments since Cyclone Gabrielle. Gisborne District Council’s latest burial...
Tairawhiti-based Rua Bioscience has launched its first medicine in Germany, making it one of the first companies of its kind in New Zealand to introduce a branded product in Europe’s largest medicinal cannabis market. Rua Bioscience chief...
A Wairoa man is in hospital with serious injuries after he was assaulted in his bed by an unknown intruder early yesterday morning. It happened at around 2.25am at a house in Brian Avenue. Police have appealed to the public for any information...
More information about Gisborne’s Cenotaph has come in as its 100th birthday was marked at the Anzac Day service on Tuesday. June Stichbury says her father-in-law, Captain Leslie Stichbury, is the serviceman that the soldier on top of the marble...
The owner of a Gisborne bar hoping to set up shop on the main street has been met with strong opposition from a Māori kura kaupapa operating just a few doors down. The tension was palpable at a liquor licensing hearing held at Gisborne District...
A Josh Adams hat-trick powered Gisborne United Firsts to a 5-2 victory over Wainui Sharks in Eastern League 1 football on Saturday. Adams scored the second, third and fourth goals for Heavy Equipment Services United in a game that was closer than...
Tough customers like Shyann Wyllie are the sabre’s tip in rugby. This Saturday, fearless forward Wyllie, 24, will play his 50th premier game since 2017 in the legendary black and white hoops of East Coast Farm Vets YMP against Kevin Hollis Glass...
Electrinet Park Foursomes success is no rocket science formula. It won’t work without both players firing — a basic equation proved by Jo Kerr and Lynne Holmberg at the Gisborne Park Ladies 18-hole Open Foursomes tournament yesterday. The...
A room full of locals with an interest in literature joined in to celebrate the release of two books: Brothers in Whalesong, authored by Regina de Wolf, and Not Just a Teacher, by Taranga Kent, at Waikanae Surf Club last week. Speaking to the...
Art has always been a relevant and unexpected tool in teaching history. Pictographs, photographs and paintings have often been known to communicate information about historical events. Whether it be the prehistoric cave art of Altamira or the Taj...
Join in for a whole new experience of learning, creating and connecting with music through an exciting music-based programme which arrives in Tairāwhiti this May. The programme is presented in collaboration between Gisborne International Music...
“Just for fun” is how local painter Claire Kizlink describes her latest exhibition displayed at Verve Cafe. Her artwork consists of a selection of oil and acrylic paintings which carry a feeling of “motion and excitement”. Kizlink said: “...
“We will remember them” is not a cliché. Anzac Day guest speaker Commander Yvonne Gray — the commanding officer of Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui — urged military veterans, serving personnel and the public who gathered at the...
Do the #nznationalparty really think it’s ok to reselect Barbara Kuriger as their candidate for Taranaki-King Country? I’m really surprised they did. They don’t seem to care about serious flaws in the character and actions of their candidates...
The crowd that gathered in front of the Cenotaph on a cold autumn morning in Gisborne yesterday showed that the relevance of Anzac Day remains strong 108 years after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign. As guest speaker Commander Yvonne Gray of HMNZS...
Grade champions — Junior: Mako Fukushima-Hall, 11 points, 1; Manawanui Stewart, 8pts, 2; Sol Bevins, 6pts, 3. Intermediate: Kahu Leach-Waihi, 12pts, 1; James Hamblyn, 9pts, 2; Oliver Egan, 6pts, 3. Senior: Angus Blair, 12pts, 1; Oska Smith, 8pts...
Brown gives Verstappen-like lead over chasing pack It's all on. Patutahi (1) are shaping up as the Max Verstappen of the 2023 Oligoi Jug men’s interclub while the chasing pack are producing matchplay drama befitting an episode of Drive To Survive...
The quest for the Lew Patterson Cup will tax eight great clubs to the limit. Reigning champions Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic have 10 competition points a fortnight into Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 rugby. They had a 32-10 home win against...
Tairāwhiti Coffin Club is holding an open day on Saturday at its premises in the BCR Joinery building at 522 Gladstone Road. The club was established five years ago in response to a need in the community for more affordable options for...
“I know exactly what I’ve done, I know the evidence against me . . . ” and, “I’ve got no chance of getting away with this.” That’s what a man accused of endangering several people’s lives by intentionally damaging their vehicles and...
A list of groups to receive Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti Cyclone Recovery funding printed in a story in The Gisborne Herald on Monday was incomplete. The full list is — Badminton Eastland, Gisborne BMX Club, Comet Swim Club, Enterprise Swim Club...
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists to expect 10-to-15-minute delays on State Highway 2 from the next two months as pavement repairs begin on the Waerenga-a-Hika straights. Contractors will use a method called “foamed bitumen...
Cyclone-hit businesses here have received less than half the amount of damages they wanted because a government compensation scheme was “oversubscribed”. Approved applications for the Government’s business support grants, managed through Trust...
Anzac Day provided the chilliest morning of the year so far, with “dawn paraders” turning out in frosty temperatures. MetService recordings at the airport put the air temperature down to 5 degrees yesterday morning. However, for the first time...
Gisborne's Lion Foundation Coastguard boat and the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter were involved in a sea search on Monday morning after reports of flare sightings offshore of Tatapouri. Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination Centre asked...
A woman charged with dangerous driving causing the death of an American tourist near Te Karaka last year can now be named. Myrtle Talya Heaven-Leigh Arnie Whatarau-Te Puni, 26, previously had interim name suppression but it expired with her...
A Gisborne woman living with terminal lung cancer is continuing her fight against proposed changes to the country’s medicine legislation one signature at a time. Theresa Zame has set up a petition to amend the Therapeutic Products Bill which is...
Penalty awarded in the 90th minute sinks Jags’ hopes A 90th-minute penalty ended Gisborne Thistle’s Chatham Cup adventure with a 3-2 loss at McLennan Park, Papakura, yesterday. The match looked headed for extra time when Papakura City mounted...
Most farmers in the region have been able to take some good solid steps in their recovery from the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle, said Gisborne AgFirst consultant Peter Andrew. “The weather has, and will continue to be, a huge influence on how much...
Community initiative PikUp aims to reduce food waste in Tairāwhiti. Since its inception, it has picked up around 6.6 tonnes of fruits from people’s backyards and rangatahi like Te Waiotu and Maria Wynne say they have a fun time doing the mahi. Te...