Yesterday’s nationwide emergency phone alert test has been hailed a success — even though two-thirds of phones did not get the message. Tairawhiti Civil Defence and Emergency Management training assistant Paul Stuart said while the outcome of the...
SAFFI Vette and Stella Smith achieved a Gisborne surfing double at Raglan’s Manu Bay yesterday. Vette and Smith won the under-17 and u14 female divisions respectively in the Backdoor GromBash. And former Gisborne surfer Josef Jungwirth, now based...
Thistle Massive ensured they would finish the season with a trophy when they beat Lytton High School 5-1 in football’s Chris Moore Cup final on Saturday. Carpet Court Thistle Massive were in this competition because they lost their Bailey Cup...
Locals can now read as they walk along the Taruheru River with Tairawhiti's first Hīkoi Kōrero StoryWalk along the riverbank as part of Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival. The Hīkoi Kōrero is a series of storyboards that tell the story of Taniwh...
It is a national disgrace that gifts and other incentives are being offered to get people to get vaccinated. Maybe an injection of moral fibre might also help. Keith watts
Gumboot-sucking, shin-deep, gluey mud is what mandarin pickers are working in after flooding hit Murray and Wendy Burgess’s Blue Willow Citrus orchard at Te Karaka, and Mr Burgess could not be more proud of his workers.“This is it, our yearly...
Quick action by a surfer prevented a possible tragedy at the southern end of Wainui Beach early Saturday evening after strong winds blew two children on an inflatable toy out to sea. A witness said the north-westerly blew the youngsters at least 100...
“I didn’t realise there were so many Ernies out there,” says Gisborne musician ErnieJ who marked his metamorphosis from bluesman to pop-rock recording artist with his debut album I Know (You Don’t Know Me).“I knew no body knew me but...
A 3D virtual reality experience that would give visitors to Gisborne “an epic ocean voyage” in a giant waka simulator is being proposed as part of a series of ambitious plans to help boost the region’s tourism industry. Speaking on the final...
A MAN died, another suffered serious injuries and two others suffered minor injuries last night when the small van they were in rolled on the side of Awamate Road in Frasertown near Wairoa. Police, St John Ambulance, the Wairoa volunteer fire brigade...
It is interesting to hear that our Prime Minister is not happy that a vast number of our citizens went without power and suffered from the cold. It is also disappointing to hear that they are still investigating why, after 10 years of continuous...
The Kaiti community has selected a new ‘‘dream playground’’ to be built at Waikirikiri Park following a six-month consultation process. Initial ideas and input were provided through an online survey and ‘‘dream playground’’ exercises...
Craig Bauld, I have known you for many years and although you can be a bit flaky at times I have always considered you the sensible one on the council. This time though you have let me down with your adamant views on this waka-inspired edifice. When...
ANOTHER young woman was injured in an accident at the Rere rockslide on the Wharekopae River yesterday. It was the second accident at the popular spot since New Year’s Eve. A young Palmerston North woman was hit in the back of the head by another...
Contractors are turning the former Soho and Plunket building into office space for Eastland Port staff. About 20 staff are to move into the Crawford Road building, which is owned by Eastland Investment Properties Limited. Eastland Port general manager...
Vern Marshall and Mick Maunder are centre open men’s pairs champions and Queenie Takurua and Dayvinia Mills have the women’s title following the finals at Kahutia Bowling Club on Sunday. For Tolaga Bay Bowling Club’s Marshall and Maunder, the...
Martin Hanson (October 6 column) claims that faith is usually defined as “belief without evidence”. “Fact on the other hand, is that which is strongly supported by empirical evidence.” Where then is the evidence that there is no soul and...
Having seen at least two articles in this paper about the detrimental properties of silver birch trees, and that they should really not be anywhere near urban areas, I now wish to ask the GDC through this column why action has not been taken...
The correlation between more cricket for junior high school players and the keenest of them reaping good reward is undeniable. Poverty Bay club cricket’s Hope Cup competition on Saturday saw Campion College follow their season-opening win against...
There was a time when if anyone had a question about Tairāwhiti's history, the answer would be “ask Sheila”. Sheila Robinson, that is — former history teacher, Gisborne (later Tairāwhiti) Museum curator of history, Historic Places...
YMP No. 8 Willis Tamatea has a two-point lead at the top of the premier rugby division’s Most Valuable Player standings. He took three points in Saturday’s 20-14 win against Waikohu. Tamatea has 20 points but with two games remaining before the...
BULLOCKING forward Horace “Horse” Lewis has announced he will pull the plug on a stellar 42-year rugby career after the Ruatoria sub-union’s Barry Cup challenge against Uawa next month. Lewis played a major role in Hikurangi’s 18-16 East...
IKAROA-Rawhiti-based Green Party list MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere has enthusiastically endorsed yesterday's Budget. The first-term MP said the Green Party's Te Matawaka (Maori and Pasifika) caucus acknowledged the new investment in Maori health...
Congratulations to the museum for the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. Well worth a visit, as the museum is. Considering he lived from 1452 to 1519, da Vinci was extremely imaginative, ahead of his time and talented in so many ways. The exhibition is...
Now that the final election results are in, here’s a question for those moral mandators out there: with National on 44.4 percent and Labour/Greens on 43.2 percent, who has the moral authority to form a government?Others on the right, in an attempt...
TWO trumpets and two trombones will raise the rafters with the sound of brass at a lunchtime concert tomorrow. In Gisborne to compete for the Edgar Brass Player Award at the Gisborne International Music Competition (GIMC), are trumpeters Patrick...
The Trust Tairāwhiti Rescue Helicopter was called to Waipatiki Beach in Hawke's Bay on Monday afternoon to winch an injured teenager out of harm's way. The teenager had fallen down a bank off a walking track on to a rocky area at the beach, which is...
JUDGE Warren Cathcart told a woman in Gisborne District Court that she was lucky not to have killed her partner when she stabbed him in the left side of his chest, nicking his lung. Sarah Colleen Gray, 22, was sentenced to 19 months imprisonment but...
A Christmas market with a difference took place on Saturday at the Albert Cox Skatepark — all the stall holders were under the age of 18. The fine weather coupled with the delicious offerings on sale made for a successful market and organiser Cain...
JACK Faulkner had a good season in goal for Gisborne United in Pacific Premiership football this year, but he is not putting his feet up with the onset of warmer weather. He is an all-rounder for Gisborne Boys’ High School in local cricket, and is...
A lack of ability to enforce bylaws creates “perennial” issues, says a senior Gisborne District Council staff member. Senior policy adviser Chris Gilmore made the comments at a Sustainable Tairāwhiti meeting two weeks ago where approval was...
An American teenager was murdered and her body buried on Kaiti Hill, letters sent to police and The Gisborne Herald claim. Police have started an inquiry after receiving the letter three weeks ago. The Herald received a similarly-worded letter...