Tourism Eastland, Heart of Gisborne and the Gisborne District Council thank the people pictured for volunteering their time to host passengers and crew last summer for the cruise season

KITTEN season has hit Gisborne “like an H-bomb”, say SPCA staff. Each year from the end of spring to mid-January the SPCA becomes one big kitten nursery. Manager Robyn Toon said she had hoped the desexing programme the SPCA ran until January of...

A WOMAN visiting this district was sexually assaulted by two men on the Gisborne beachfront west of Stanley Road last night. Police have appealed for information from the public.“The woman, who is in her 30s, was attacked in the dunes near the...

Assaults on children were a no-go area, a judge reminded a defendant who admitted lifting a boy by the throat up off the floor and smashing a plate over his head. Stacey Robert Lloyd Greaves, 35, pleaded guilty to assault with a blunt instrument (...

The log ship Albany Sound began loading around 21,000 tonnes of logs for China yesterday, the first shipment of logs from the port in three weeks. The ship sailed this morning. Three more are due in the next six days. Eastland Port was given...

Oh what a night! Election 2020 has been intriguing, argumentative and, due to covid, a rather drawn out affair. The finale on Saturday night however was a real showing of winners and losers, and perhaps the overall winner was participatory democracy...

Contrary to the final sentence of Saturday’s editorial, newly-appointed Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon remains our Mayor for now. In fact, as residents prepare to vote on who our new Mayor will be at the local body election on and leading up...

Eastern League 1, SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United v Lytton High School; Wainui, Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks v Carpet Court Thistle Massive; Childers Road Reserve 1, Thistle Reserves v Gisborne...

Tourism officials here have taken a London newspaper to task after it published “misrepresentations” about James Cook’s time on the East Coast. Earlier this week, the Evening Standard newspaper’s website, named the UK media’s “‘website...

THE ECT rescue helicopter has flown four missions in the past four days. One of them involved an incident in Paremata Road at Tolaga Bay on Saturday, where a vehicle left the road and came to rest against a power pole. A 78 year old man in the vehicle...

ROOTS reggae with Pacific, international and old school flavours helped East Coast Vibes celebrate its fifth anniversary with a happy crowd of about 800 at the Soundshell outdoor theatre on Saturday. One Point Five Men opened the show with homegrown...

GBHS into Doleman Cup decider, OBR lie in wait

A Gisborne woman has been charged with accessing a computer system to steal about $150,000. The 48-year-old, who has interim name suppression, faces 14 charges alleging single incidents between November 2018 and September of last year, each involving...

Gisborne district councillors have decided to buy two Banks Street sites, where the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) extension will be built, from Gisborne Holdings Ltd (GHL) in a decision councillor Bill Burdett describes as “sound commercial...

POLICE have an inquiry under way into an incident that involved a cyclist and a passing truck and trailer unit on SH35 at Makorori yesterday afternoon. Police were called about the incident at around 3pm.“The cyclist was not injured in the...

The comic strip style of Footrot Flats trots, stalks, skitters and stamps through playwright Roger Hall’s script for the musical based on Murray Ball’s popular cartoon. Based on the iconic comic strip most of us have grown up with, Musical...

In 2015, I realised a long-held dream, to go trekking and sight-seeing in Ladakh, Northern India (you can read part one of Jane's story ).While in Ladakh with Kay, we met up with a friend and former colleague of mine, Tony Hyde, who taught at Aiglon...

THE shearing gang from Puketarata Station took some time out to cool off at Rere Falls after a hot morning’s work one day after what has turned out to be a long, hot week. What better way to cool off than at Rere Falls?

SPEEDWAYHigh-line daredevil Ethan Cook pulled off the performance of his career so far when he won the New Zealand saloon car championship at Meeanee Speedway in Hawke’s Bay on Wednesday night. Gisborne Speedway Club’s Cook, previously 76G, can...

In New Zealand, creating the next generation of All Blacks involves the crucial step of having elite scholastic teams, like the boys of Gisborne Boys’ High School. In sports, few teams have dominated their competition the way the New Zealand All...

Call for consultation to help improve public transport system

THREE players with links to Poverty Bay or the East Coast have been named in the Maori All Blacks squad announced today. Hurricanes and Hawke's Bay lock Isaia Walker-Leawere (Ngati Porou) played for the Gisborne Boys' High School First XV and won...

GISBORNE police will hold an open day this month to showcase policing as a career and profile the wide variety of work police do in the Tairawhiti community. The open day has been planned for Sunday, March 11, as part of a nationwide...

The re-created Orongo wetlands are an inspiration, says Rongowhakaata taiao fieldwork lead Soraya Pohatu after visiting the base of Te Kuri a Paoa on Nick’s Head Station as part of World Wetlands Day. Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust hosted the World...

A community consultation is under way on a proposal to extend the Wainui walkway/cycleway along Wainui and Crawford roads to the inner harbour.“The cycleway is intended to be a safe and enjoyable space away from the busy State Highway for...

The chief executive’s July report for councillors prior to their meeting tomorrow naturally begins with the impressive national recognition achieved for the What’s The Future Tairawhiti? campaign for early Long-Term Plan consultation engagement...

An extra end was needed to separate the finalists in the centre open men's triples at Kahutia Bowling Club's greens. Te Karaka Bowling Club trio Don Williams (skip), July Williams and William Murray won the “shoot-out” by a shot. It was William...

A jury retired this morning to consider its verdict in the case of a man accused of using his quad bike to deliberately mow down two neighbours in the backyard of their Whakaki home. William Kahukura, 67, went on trial on Monday for two counts of...

During nearly forty years working with the good people of the East Coast, l have built a reputation for delivering on my promises. I hope to continue in that vein if the voters decide to support my candidacy for the council and district health board...

It’s the penultimate round of football’s Pacific Premiership with only three sides left with a chance to win — Gisborne United, Gisborne Thistle and Taradale. Competition leaders Heavy Equipment Services United play their last two games in...