It is exciting to see the council decision to support a reduction in the number of councillors, having all representatives elected by the whole district and to establish community boards. I would like to acknowledge the way Rehette Stoltz chaired the...
It was 40 degrees-plus and I was submerged up to my nose in a cool pool when my friend Margy suggested we use the few hours of leisure we had before our organised tour of Morocco began, to visit a garden. Sigh! A snooze on a shady lounger to fend off...
IT WAS rough fishing but there was a good turnout of boats for the third and final day of the Enterprise Cars Nicks Head Charity Fishing Tournament. Competition secretary treasurer Maria Ericksen said although the conditions were rough, there were...
Gisborne's New Zealand trampoline representative Kaiya Huta returned from the national championships at Tauranga with one gold medal, one silver and a hairline fracture to his ankle.“We’re lucky that it was a hairline fracture as Kaiya is...
I note that changes to rural-urban representation have gone to the Local Government Commission. An interesting read is to Google Ārewa ake te Kaupapa — Raising the platform. This would suggest that changes in local governance are only starting from...
STORIES her grandmother told about people she encountered as a mental health worker inspired Tokomaru Bay woman Claudena Maaka to follow the same career path. For the past 14 years, Claudena has worked for the same organisation as her grandmother...
The finals of Gisborne senior netball will be played at Victoria Domain on Saturday. Senior prizegiving is to follow at the Gisborne Netball Centre pavilion as soon as possible after completion of the 10.30am round. All games are 4 x 10-minute...
Poverty Bay-East Coast fell just short of relinquishing the wooden spoon as the Freyberg Masters interprovincial wrapped up on the Paraparaumu Beach course yesterday. The bottom-seeded PBEC lost 5-0 to Aorangi in the Round 9 of the over-40s men's...
Former Federated Farmers provincial president Charlie Reynolds has put his name forward for the Waipaoa ward in the local body elections. He wants to play a part in helping the community meet its challenges.“To see and act on those challenges is...
A GREAT beginning to the season, that’s what Bollywood Poverty Bay made in beating McCaw Lewis Northern Districts Maori by 49 runs in a 35-over cricket match on Sunday and by 18 runs in yesterday’s Twenty20 game. The two wins made for a great...
Re: Responsible for clean-up, July 27 comment. I have no issue with the placement of the Hawaiki Turanga sculpture and I agree with Murray Palmer on one thing, but one thing only; it certainly is “time for action” on the fiasco. However, I cannot...
Phil and Sue Newdick continue their pre-pandemic trip from the UK to Switzerland
THE Gisborne/Tairawhiti regional surf lifesaving Awards of Excellence 2021 were held on Friday. The winners were —Frother Junior Lifeguard of the Year: Ella Whibley – Wainui; Bella Fitzharris-Stevens - Waikanae. Lifesaving awards - Volunteer of...
Round 3 of Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club’s beach racing series hits Makorori Beach tomorrow. Hard racing is expected from riders trying to move up the table in the final points round of the season.“Road warrior” Dylan MacGregor (Yamaha R1)...
William Peters has been thinking a lot about the Treaty of Waitangi, or more specifically, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the te reo Māori copy. It is New Zealand's founding document, the Māori Magna Carta, a monoethnic item wrapped in history, war and...
DODGY truck shop credit deals, along with a harsh winter and rising power bills are some of the reasons 350 Gisborne families have debts totalling $2.1 million. This week is Money Week and Gisborne Budget Advisory Service manager Lynda Markie has...
Along with learning drama techniques such as improvisation, voice and body movement, Gisborne Theatre School students develop their own characters and scripts, says tutor Bo Jarratt. Bo and her team have set up the theatre school as a place young...
The making of the documentary Tupaia's Endeavour was a journey of discovery — and if a history-making moment at Uawa-Tolaga Bay wasn't mind-blowing enough, wait till you see the discovery that makes sense of the Raiatean arioi and navigator's map...
DOZENS of children attended the opening ceremony yesterday and before long they were biking around the course, which includes roundabouts and traffic lights. Gisborne District Council and Gisborne Wainui Lions were the driving force behind the...
I've been cycling round Gisborne since the 1950s. A bike has always been my primary mode of transport and I currently own three; a funky retro bike with all the bells and whistles, a brand new fold-up electric bike and a beat-up old BMX to ride...
A man accused by a young girl of sexually assaulting her has been found guilty by a jury in Gisborne District Court. It was the second trial of its type in the court this week. The first resulted in a not guilty verdict. The defendant in the second...
HAUORA Tairawhiti is in “a recovery phase” following the junior doctors’ strike a month ago. The health board had to cancel 307 outpatient clinic visits, 25 surgery appointments and 18 endoscopy procedures to ensure acute care took...
After speaking professionally to top female executives in the United States, Frederique Irwin moved her family from Washington DC (District of Columbia) to Gisborne EC (East Coast) for a year. Andrew Ashton speaks to the Her Corner founder and finds...
It’s Wellington College at Wanganui Collegiate this Monday at 1.30pm. That will be Game 3 of the Poverty Bay under-16s’ season. The Bay opened their season with a 77-10 win against East Coast at Rugby Park this month but lost 43-10 to Hawke’s...
CRICKETHe must be Happy Jack after that. Bollywood High School Old Boys Pups’ Jack Whitehead-McKay has claimed top spot on the T30 Colts cricket batting leaderboard with the only half-century of Round 1. The 14-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman hit two...
Rua Bioscience has successfully exported to Germany a sample of medicinal cannabis flower grown in Ruatorea. The sample of dried flower is similar to the product Rua aims to export in commercial quantities by the end of this year as part of its sales...
PLASTIC chairs served as percussion instruments for drumming rhythms that combined to create complex patterns in the hands of Cobham School’s senior students yesterday. The students have been part of a music residency under Christchurch Symphony...
On Monday, June 17 I was lucky enough to attend a day of learning “Perspectives from Our Multicultural Community on End of Life Care”. This seminar was hosted by Hospice Tairawhiti and included a snapshot of some of the different cultures we...
Justine Tyerman gets seriously waylaid in the loos in Switzerland . . .“You were in the loos a l-o-n-g time,” I said to my travel companion who had been gone a good 15 minutes. We were at the top of magnificent Mt Schilthorn in Mürren...
“And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh thereof.” Genesis 2, 21-22. God didn’t take it from Adam’s feet for her to be trampled on, nor from his head to be lord over her. But...
TUESDAY, October 24 — Singles 2: Michelle England 71.25; Pippa Williams 55.63; Ann McCombe 55.00; Trish Corson 55.00; Dawn Wood 53.75; Sally Knight 53.13; Graham Maclaurin 53.13. WEDNESDAY, October 25 — LJ Hooker Pairs 3North/South...
Climate change will have widespread social, environmental and economic impacts on the district. That is the warning in a report to be discussed at the council tomorrow. Warmer temperatures mean issues such as drought, water security and flooding may...
WORK began on the long-awaited ?one-kilometre Waikanae to Midway walkway this morning. The walkway, named in Gisborne District Council’s agenda as the Oneroa Cycle and Walkway, will consist of 344 metres of concrete and 562m of boardwalk with total...