Latest from Gisborne

Chronic underfunding: Reprieve for Alzheimers Gisborne-Tairāwhiti with renewal of contract, but still not enough

Fears that Alzheimers Gisborne-Tairawhiti will close in July have been overcome, but the organisation remains chronically under-funded despite new funding from Te Whatu Ora. Manager Tracy Robinson said it had been a relief to have a new contract...

Reshma’s new Asian funk single resonates

Addictive, catchy and funky is the best way to describe the latest music video and single, Where My Asians At? which has raked up more than 10,000 views and counting on YouTube alone. Performed by New Zealand-based Malaysian pop star Kareshma Martin...

NZSO's rendition of Biber delights

Emotional exuberance was at an all-time high at the War Memorial Theatre, as locals were treated to the sensuous richness, tension and drama of legendary Baroque violin virtuoso Heinrich Biber’s music on Tuesday night. Led by New Zealand Symphony...

Transformers a box-office hit

It was Miles Morales and the Spider-Verse versus the Transformers at the box office last week and the bots came out on top. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the seventh entry in the series, took the No. 1 spot in its first weekend in North American...

What's On Gig Guide

This Week ■ Thursday Build-a-Band Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, 7pm-11pm, free entry. ■ Friday Night Karaoke Breakers Jandal Bar, from 8pm to midnight, free entry. ■ Spirit and Tradition | Dancers of Damelahamid The Dancers of Damelahamid are...

Hip-hop champs head to Portugal

Gisborne dancers took the top honours at the Hip Hop Unite National Dance competition held in Wellington this month. Proud pair Kylah Ashwell and Paul Hawaikirangi were declared winners in the adult duo category, while also coming second in the...

Garg regains her musical rhythm

Meet sitarist Shalu Garg who looks to join forces with tabla maestro Manjit Singh during Tairāwhiti’s first Indian Classical Music and Folk Songs event next month. She hails from the Indian captial, Delhi, and started learning the sitar (plucked...

Shown the ‘turned thumb’

Self inflicted Whoonery’s only result in one being Whooned — literally being shown the “turned thumb”, much to the merriment of those in the imperial box and attic alike. Being selected as a sacrificial lamb is the result of an accumulation...

Outstanding nationals for Poverty Bay-East Coast bowlers

Gisborne indoor bowlers stormed the ramparts of the national championships in New Plymouth last week. Nathan Trowell, now based in Auckland but with Gisborne in his bones, won the Robertson Trophy for player of the tournament, while Poverty Bay-East...

Farmer Time had successful year

Farmer Time, an education programme that connects New Zealand school students (Years 1 – 8) and their teachers with farmers and growers across the country, had a highly successful first year. More than 1000 students participated in the Beef + Lamb...

Celebrating 55 years of ingenuity

In addition to commemorating its 55th anniversary, Fieldays also proudly celebrated 55 years of highlighting and supporting innovation in the primary sector. The Fieldays Innovation Award winners exemplified the full innovation lifecycle...

Fifty-five crews fixing Gisborne's roads and bridges, protecting our rivers

Fifty-five crews are working on roads, bridges and river protection, as well as debris and silt removal and clearing drains across the region. This from the Gisborne District Council weekly update on rural roads reinstatement work. The council...

$1m contribution means less pain for Wairoa over rates rises

Record dividend from Quality Roading and Services welcomed as chance to mitigate rates burden in ‘rapidly changing situation’ Wairoa rates rises will not be as bad as first feared, after Wairoa District Council received a record $1.05 million...

Hoping for another successful Bull Week

Excitement is building in the district’s Angus studs ahead of the annual rising two-year-old bull sales season from Friday, and into Bull Week from Monday. This region maintains a proud reputation as the home of well bred, quality hill country...

Pygmy whale strands at Waikanae

The Department of Conservation (DoC) humanely euthanised a stranded pygmy whale at Waikanae Beach yesterday. DoC heritage and visitors senior ranger Moira Lee said the whale had repeatedly beached itself on the Gisborne shoreline. “The pygmy sperm...

Judge orders mental health reports after alleged threat against police station

A woman accused of threatening to blow up Gisborne police station has been remanded into custody for mental health reports. Marie Eileen Brown, 47, threatened to blow up the station on June 8, this year. As a result, she was charged with a Crimes...