RACING was close across most age-groups as 58 riders contested another round of Gisborne BMX Club’s summer series on Tuesday night. StridersZara Law and Sophie Foss led the pack over their five motos, with Tenzing McKinnon, Braden and Travis Foss...
FIREFIGHTERS were called to Opou Road just south of the Waipaoa River Bridge roundabout last night after flames from a rubbish fire spread to grass in a nearby drain. Fire and Emergency NZ sent an appliance and two water tankers at 6.35pm.“We were...
THE special licences sought by Rhythm and Vines for its 2015 festival have been granted in a reserved decision by the district licensing committee, subject to a number of conditions including a one-way door policy and limits on the number of alcohol...
After a 27-day mini-drought, the Gisborne district can expect wetter, cooler weather from tomorrow evening, for about the next week. The last significant rain fell on March 12 and 13, with only a few thin showers amounting to 11.2mm since...
A plan to improve the safety of children on roads near their schools moves a step closer tomorrow when a $2.6 million proposal comes before Gisborne District Council’s Assets and Infrastructure Committee. Tairawhiti Roads has received frequent and...
A 3D digital simulation of Gisborne Airport, designed in Norway by Orbx technician Finn Hansen, was released last week. The Gisborne Airport simulation is one of many modelled locations around the globe. The designs offer flight-simulator pilots the...
POVERTY Bay sevens coaches Dwyane Russell, Chris Neill and Brent Mokomoko will to name their team to compete at the Waikato Sevens tournament on November 25.“We’re close to naming a 14-man squad, which will be reduced to 12 for the regionals on...
Young driver Vinzent MacGregor won the 10-lap feature race at the end of Eastland Kart Club's points meeting last Sunday. MacGregor headed a 14-kart field for the race on the club's Aerodrome Road dirt track. Vinzent MacGregor drives like his father...
All sorts of pets turned up for Gisborne SPCA first birthday fun pet show at Treble Court. One year ago, all SPCA Centres joined into one SPCA. Joining into one organisation means centres like Gisborne get more resource and support. SPCA centre...
KAHUTIA Bowling Club teams achieved a notable double when they won both the women's and men's centre open triples tournaments this month. The Kahutia team of Andrew Ball (skip), Leighton Shanks and Geoff Pinn beat the team of David File (s), Paddy...
Auditions will take place this Sunday for Gisborne Unity Theatre's newest play, The Wolves by Sarah de Lappe. Written in 2016 and named as a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the play chronicles six Saturday mornings in the lives of...
SoftballFRIDAY — Waikirikiri Park, men, 6pm: D1, Spartans v GBHS 1. Saturday — Women, 1pm: D1, Rovers 1 v GGHS3pm: D2, Scorpions v Lytton Gems. Bye: Rovers 2. Men, 1pm: D2, GBHS 2 v Tolaga Titans. 3pm: D1, TWK Rams v Steelers. Tolaga Magic girls...
EIGHT “digi-mamas” graduated on Friday from Tairawhiti REAP’s Computers in Homes Digi-Mama programme. The Kaiti women made up the first intake for the course that gave them skills in the use of software such as Microsoft Office and furnished...
Stevedoring company ISO Limited has been convicted and ordered to undertake significant health and safety improvements in relation to the death of a Gisborne employee Shannon Brooke Rangihuna-Kemp. It must also pay her family $100,000. Ms...
GISBORNE Ukulele Underground turns two this month and to celebrate, the ensemble has invited Taranaki’s Tony Hansen back to Gisborne to help develop players’ ukulele skills. Hansen last visited Gisborne in 2015 to run a weekend of beginner...
Hauora Tairāwhiti chief executive Jim Green estimates 80 percent of people hospitalised in Gisborne with Covid-19 have been admitted for other reasons, and are then tested and found to be positive for Covid. He was speaking at the monthly DHB...
RIVER and stream levels are plummeting, irrigation restrictions loom over the Gisborne Flats and city water use has skyrocketed. The Waipaoa River level has dropped to 0.859 of a metre at the Kaiteratahi Bridge, while Te Arai Stream has dropped by...
Wines produced from Gisborne grapes featured in the 17th annual New World Wine Awards that were announced yesterday, with the wines judged champion aromatic, champion pinot gris and champion “bubbles”, from more than a thousand wines. Coopers...
What do you think about the news New Zealand's 20 district health boards will be centralised into a single organisation?
A LONG road to recovery is expected for a dog the SPCA has dubbed "Jimmy" after he was found malnourished and with severe head injuries, a likely result of being mistreated. An SPCA spokeswoman said Jimmy was found with bad wounds, bruising to his...
GISBORNE District Council is not changing its budgeted spending for the Waipaoa Flood Control Scheme upgrade, despite being faced with a big shortfall in the proposed budget for the project. The Future Tairawhiti committee of all councillors has...
Over three decades after his death, a scholarship started in the memory of Steve Crosby, a local lawyer and outstanding sportsman, continues to benefit Gisborne students. The scholarship, founded by his friends after his premature death, aged just...
Para swimmer Sophie Pascoe lead a 200-strong New Zealand contingent of athletes and support staff at the opening ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast last night. The Kiwis received a huge ovation surpassed only by Australia —...
First I want to congratulate Peter Jones for his timely letter regarding the United Nations (November 22). It is scary stuff reading the Global Compact of safe and regular migration. This will mean that peoples wishing to come to your country, in...
When English pop singer Cliff Richard’s band rehearsed in a London cafe across the road from the cafe bass player Brendon Gill’s band rehearsed in during the 1960s, the two once got together to perform Dream, Dream, Dream. The Cliff Richard...
The Waikanae inflatable rescue boat crews finished third overall at the North Island Championships at Waihi Beach at the weekend and described the event as a solid build-up for the national championships here in a fortnight. The BP Surf Rescue New...
The laws against cannabis have been a spectacular failure, yet people regularly argue in support of the present law by citing road crashes involving cannabis-affected drivers. Since such crashes occur in spite of the present law, they cannot be an...
If there was football at Childers Road Reserve, Geoff Logan would often be there standing by a bin. The co-founder of Sunshine Brewery in Gisborne chipped in to help cover fees for representative teams, adverse weather did not deter his presence at...
Wet weather in the past two weeks has disrupted the very end of the region’s grain maize harvest. Some paddocks were flooded but growers hope they can salvage the crops. Corson Grain has around 5 percent of its crop still to be harvested.“We had...
Call to vaccinate children as soon as possible
CLAYDENS Waikohu get a final chance tomorrow to fine-tune their play ahead of the premier-grade netball playoffs next week and their opponents will give them the workout they need. The Waikohu-Lytton Senior A clash at 11am will be the last game in...
Recently I have been thinking about the role of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce in our region. There are a lot of excellent businesses in our community where people are head down, getting on with business. The local economy is in a good...