Our principal rocks!On Friday I arrived at school with children upset and traumatised by the vandalism that had taken place overnight. But due to the quick, calming influence of our principal, my children and others got down to a normal school day. As...
Implementing a series of management principles made famous by the Toyota Motor Company has helped turn an East Coast business into a “lean logging machine”.Since Stubbs Contractors overhauled its traditional business model for a new approach...
THE top contenders were quick off the mark when 20 teams contested the Women's Pro Pairs at Gisborne Bowling Club at the weekend. Three teams — Kahutia Bowling Club's Glenys Whiteman and Marie Wright, Gisborne's Queenie Takurua and Dayvinia Mills...
The proposal from the Tairawhiti Residents Association for community-owned Eastland Network Ltd to become not-for-profit appears to have strong support, with 72 percent of the 346 votes cast so far on the issue in favour, in this week’s poll on...
First we were the Chardonnay Capital, then the Chlamydia Capital, the Family Violence Capital and now the Porn Capital. Gisborne people ranged from humoured to bemused to angry to learn from national media at the weekend that we spent the most time...
WAIROA'S missing E. Mervyn Taylor mural is likely to play a key role in a national search for New Zealand’s mislaid art works. In a tale directly from a mystery book, an unsuspecting Massey University student stumbled across the case of the missing...
FIREFIGHTERS have been called to the Juken New Zealand mill in Macdonald Road twice in the past24 hours to help deal with fires in a plywood processing machine. The third call in five days brought three appliances from Fire and Emergency NZ to the...
ANALYSIS of core samples taken from the seabed off the east coast will help to assess the risks of large underwater earthquakes. The international research is a five-year project. A team of scientists conducted a survey in November aboard Niwa’s...
I started a petition to stop the selling of glow sticks at my school discos, because they are not good for the environment. I think all schools should try to have zero-waste events. It would be good if Gisborne District Council did too. Felix...
Congratulations to the two members who compiled terrific videos for the heritage meeting last Sunday. Who knew that Gisborne had the first battery electric-operated trams in New Zealand (by Edison). Amazing!Also, the video on the pillboxes built for...
The former Anglican church alongside Makaraka School, already deconsecrated, is being sensitively deconstructed. The 94-year-old building is being demolished to make way for a carpark at Makaraka School. Built in 1928, the old church was deconsecrated...
LIGHTNING strikes during a brief electrical storm over the city left hundreds of people without power for about 10 minutes on Saturday, but the show still went on at the Gisborne Unity Theatre. The storm arrived on cue at about 4pm, coinciding with...
A driver whose passenger died after the vehicle they were in collided with a firewood trailer in Ormond Road earlier this year, has admitted he was speeding dangerously when the crash occurred. The vehicle driven by Norton Turei Hunia, 25, smashed...
A thief who abandoned a baby he discovered in a car he stole from Gisborne's central shopping area has been sentenced to 11 months in prison
The region's firefighters were “ecstatic” about the fireworks behaviour across the region this Guy Fawke's season, with not a single fire caused by wayward fireworks. There was a clean slate for such fires across Thursday, Friday, Saturday and...
GISBORNE surf lifesavers Laura Quilter and Chris Dawson have had a successful two days competing at the Orange Cup pool competition in the Netherlands. Wainui club member Quilter finished in the top three in all four of her individual races, taking...
Parts of the Gisborne-East Cape district have had more rain in the past seven months than they normally get in a year. The excess rain, and the erodible, sedimentary geology of the region explain why so many roads have been damaged, particularly in...
THE SPCA is pleased with its prosecution of two Gisborne men who ill-treated wild goats, then shared footage on social media. The men were sentenced in Gisborne yesterday and SPCA chief executive officer Ric Odom says it was the court’s conviction...
Young and talented rockers are ready to take the stage in Gisborne next week for the Rockshop Bandquest East Coast. There are a record 215 young school bands lined up across New Zealand for this year’s Rockshop Bandquest, the nationwide music...
One of the more famous police dogs in the country passed away in Gisborne on Friday, just three weeks into her retirement. Dakota — who appeared on the Dog Squad TV series — spent her career with the Wellington police dog section, most with her...
The Gisborne Salvation Army’s food bank is stocked up after a successful Resene Hunger for Colour fundraiser, during which people swapped a can of food for a test pot of paint.“We want to say a huge thanks to the Gisborne community, who have...
The “security crisis” at the United States-Mexico border is a political creation that played a big part in President Donald Trump’s election victory, and continues to energise his base — particularly through the constant coverage Fox News...
A GROUP of Tolaga Bay students will wear the silver fern today as they head off to Brazil for the first World Indigenous Games. The games involve more than 30 countries. Participants will compete in a variety of sporting events ranging from a few...
“FRISKY bulls” prompted a course change that meant records were not on the line in the junior and senior races of the Gisborne Boys’ High School cross-country on Tuesday. But organisers and runners were pleased to be back on the school’s...
RUGBY - OBM and Waikohu will face each other for the Lee Bros Shield after they convincingly beat their opponents on Saturday. The wet conditions evened the playing field for the two semifinal games, and OBM beat YMP 36-10 and Waikohu beat Ngatap...
POLICE believe they have made a “significant impact” on the “P” trade in this region with the arrest of seven people on methamphetamine supply and possession charges. Raids were mounted on houses in Gisborne and Wairoa on Sunday night and an...
Despite recent rain, the area around Gisborne remains in soil moisture deficit and follows one of the driest Aprils in the past 115 years. Climate records held by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) show it was the sixth...
GISBORNE has been placed in the high seismicity zone in new earthquake legislation but the decision means that owners of earthquake-prone buildings here have five more years to bring them up to standard, the District Council environmental planning...
There are a number of figures that we should keep in our minds if we want to avoid being thrown into a panic by doomsayers. They are broad, approximate figures and I sometimes round them up or down a bit to make them easy to remember, but they are...
More of Tairawhiti’s tourism attractions, and down-to-earth residents, will be encouraging overseas tourists to come here — and the way is open for the whole district to join in. A year-long Tourism New Zealand campaign went live in Australia on...
Thank you Heather Marion Smith for your reply of August 18. The lesson in economics is duly noted but until that utopia of plentiful money for pest control arrives, aerial 1080 is the best method available for large-scale ecological restoration of...
The Te Araroa Dog Trial Club have cancelled their centenary trial, which was to have been held on February 18 and 19, due to Covid and the red traffic light requirements around gathering numbers. This will be a major disappointment for the club that...
THOUSANDS flocked to Wairoa’s showgrounds for fun in the sun on the last day of the annual A and P Show on Saturday. People had a taste of shearing, rodeo, showjumping, bouncy castles, food and more during the final day of the three-day show, which...