CEDENCO will make a start on the annual sweetcorn harvest around January 20 and prospects for the season look promising, says agronomy manager David Oudes. The company is set to harvest around 32,000 tonnes of sweetcorn in the Wairoa, Gisborne and...

THE fundraising effort by ?three Gisborne firefighters who take on the Auckland Skytower stairs in May has got off to a flying start, thanks to Doris Hill’s long walk. The 54-year-old will join fellow firefighters Robin Sneddon and Dion Wilson on...

MARTY Davis has resigned as chief executive of the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union.“After 30 months in the role, with the commencement of a new season, I feel the time is right for a new face to lead the organisation,” he said in a statement to...

MIDWAY Surf Life Saving Club coach Matt Sutton was reluctant to speak about Olivia Corrin’s impressive performance in the Eastern Region Championships at Mount Maunganui at the weekend. But after some gentle persuasion and initially singing the...

Work continues at pace in wake of ex-tropical Cyclone Hale

Researcher Jean Johnston shares some of her research into the historic events of 1893 when Gisborne women celebrated their enfranchisement and mobilised other women to cast their ballot. This is an excerpt of some of her research. Mrs Johnston...

PLANNED expansion of Eastland Port has brought a mixed response from election candidates. Three incumbent Gisborne district councillors express confidence in the consent process and councillor Shannon Dowsing says the economic benefits would outweigh...

LOG exports at Eastland Port resumed on Monday after heavy seas in Poverty Bay and a surge in the harbour prevented loading operations for three days. The strong southerly swell got up to 5.5 metres out in the Bay at times over the weekend.“The log...

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a house in Worsley Street in Kaiti on Tuesday morning after a cigarette that somehow went down the back of a seat in a bedroom in the home started a fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand sent crews to the house at around...

Between 70-100 people are expected for a central area Alcoholics Anonymous assembly in Gisborne this weekend. The central area covers the North Island north of Wellington and south of the Waikato. The assembly will be at the Holy Trinity Church and...

THE man seriously injujred in an alleged assault in Bright Street early on Thursday morning remains in the intensive care unit at Gisborne Hospital in a stable condition. A 16-year-old youth has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm in...

A WOMAN died in a smash on State Highway 2 just outside of Raupunga south of Wairoa yesterday afternoon. The car she was driving left the highway and crashed into a bank. Emergency services were called to the crash scene about two kilometres south of...

The death of former Hawke’s Bay and Wellington woman Kathleen Kawana remains “unexplained”.Police have repeated their plea for information about her movements in this district before her death. Mystery surrounds the cause of her death and how...

Five GDC projects in the running for Government

POVERTY Bay under-16 rugby reps play East Coast at Rugby Park tomorrow in the Bay’s first and only warm-up game before their representative season starts the following weekend. The Bay have been training for the past month, and seven Gisborne...

'We're trying to understand the future of cash'

WAIROA mayor Craig Little faces two declared challengers for his job in this year’s local body elections. Three-term councillor Benita Cairns and retired teacher Roland Matley announced their candidacy this week. Mr Little was elected in 2013 after...

ROWEN Tuauau Aupouri, 26, shearer, pleaded not guilty to rape and was remanded on bail by Gisborne District Court for a Crown case review hearing on March 9. Counsel Alistair Clarke said Aupouri elected trial by jury. Mr Clarke sought a variation to...

WAIROA Athletic are setting the pace in the senior division one rugby competition and should make it five wins from five games when they host bottom-of-the-table High School Old Boys tomorrow. Wairoa go into the game unbeaten after three wins...

A perfect Poverty Bay morning greeted the first cruise ship visit of the season today when regular caller Golden Princess nosed into the bay and dropped anchor for the day. The first passengers were tendered ashore just after 8.30am in ideal...

SIONE Ngatu celebrated his 151st game for Poverty Bay with a try in their 43-29 win against King Country at Rugby Park on Saturday. The six-tries-to-four victory over King Country kept alive LeaderBrand Poverty Bay’s hopes of a place in the...

Only 66 young people in Tairawhiti were vaccinated against measles during the “massive” central government-led immunisation campaign that followed 2019's national outbreak. It represents 0.4 percent of the 18,500 immunisations delivered...

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Gisborne business owner Barry Foster says conquering his fear of public speaking has opened doors for him he would never have believed. When appointed to a position in the National Beekeepers Association, he knew the role required public speaking...

TWO cows managed to keep afloat for an hour inside a water tank yesterday before emergency officers rescued them. The cows got into their predicament after walking on top of a water tank in Ormond, which collapsed under their weight. New Zealand Fire...

HE WENT to America last month with humble expectations. He will return home a world mixed martial arts champion. Gisborne’s Byron “Young Blood” Chivers competed as a member of the New Zealand MMA team under American Top Team New Zealand (ATTNZ)...

THE council’s consultation process on the transfer of assets debacle continues to be a mockery. We can now add a series of additional breaches to the council’s claims of proper process and transparency. The original breach, back in August 2015...

MONDAY, April 16 — Harcourts Vicki Taylor Pairs 3North/South East/WestEileen Lee/Robyn Cheyne 69.94 Vicki Taylor/Anne Maclaurin 64.58Lois Grose/Gretchen Ivess 57.74 Joy Marden/John Hudson 51.79Raewynne Cook/Trish Corson 52.68 Jean...

THE launch of Tairawhiti Voyaging Trust’s educational waka hourua is in sight. There has been great progress with the double-hulled waka named Tairawhiti and over the weekend 30 people keen to be volunteer crew took part in Coastguard training...