Hemi Porou is a familiar face outside Countdown where he regularly busks but if anyone marches to the beat of his own drum, guitar, double bass, euphonium, bagpipes, it is the Gisborne multi-instrumentalist. Hemi talks to Mark Peters about the...
It was a fire drill with a difference for the children at Matawai School yesterday, who got to experience what it would be like to get out of the building when there is limited visibility due to smoke. Six crew from Matawai Volunteer Fire Brigade...
'I was absolutely terrified but I told myself not to panic'
DRIVING positive values into the hearts and minds of New Zealand school children came by way of a Vodafone Warriors truck in this district on Tuesday. The Mac Superline emblazoned with the Warriors logo is New Zealand’s biggest mobile classroom and...
Rocket Lab's most controversial Mahia launch to date is scheduled to take place from tomorrow. The US-based space company will open daily launch windows from 11.20am tomorrow through to March 31. The mission, dubbed They Go Up So Fast, will deploy...
A LIFE-LONG passion for textiles and fabrics has led to the award of a prestigious medal to former Gisborne woman Raechel Laing. As director of Otago University’s clothing and textiles centre, Professor Laing researches the structure and...
This region has already gone through a total change in land use for environmental reasons, aimed at protecting our diminishing resource base. We are now having to look at helping to save the planet through “world-first” agricultural emissions...
Nine more log ships, two more cruise ships to arrive this month
TAYLER Reid’s coach says his win in race 2 of the National Elite Series at Takapuna was a bonus and the result of “smart decisions”.“The biggest thing for us was Tayler making smart decisions, something we have been working on,” said...
THE last month of spring is a busy one in the garden with beautiful roses in bloom, ripening fruit, vegetables and herbs growing rapidly, and lush green lawns. November is a lovely time to pick fresh flowers from your garden. Alstroemerias last for...
Receiving medications proved a problem for East Coast patients and pharmacies during last week's storm. Horouta Pharmacy and Gordon's Pharmacy both deliver prescriptions twice a day to various Coast locations, but the service was disrupted when State...
WAIKIRIKIRI School has been busy upskilling staff ahead of a complete school modernisation next year. More than half have completed the National Aspiring Principals Programme (NAPP) and more than a third have completed the Mind Lab post-graduate...
TUESDAY, November 5 — Turanga Pairs 1North/South East/WestJoy Marden, Diana Styche 56.25 John Hudson, Vicki Taylor 56.79Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 55.42 Helen Kerisome, Pippa Williams 54.64Jean Bennett, Robin Bennett 53.33 Ann McCombe...
RESPONDING to the anger caused by its plans to use an overhead cable to bring Ultra Fast Broadband to Okitu, telecommunications company Chorus today announced it was putting a temporary halt to planned work. A resource consent review of the plan to...
Rosa Briant is a Gizzy girl and former teacher who sold up and dedicated her life to travelling the world. Currently on her fifth continent her goal is to step foot on all seven and share the experiences, the growth, the ups and the downs, through...
There are no official council meetings this week, but the council's Regulatory Hearings committee will be hearing submissions on the draft Freedom Camping Bylaw 2021 on Wednesday. Consultation on this bylaw ran from March 1 to April 5, 2021...
Fresh from $152.7 million of Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) spending announced for this region, and with projected costs for the Waipaoa Flood Control Upgrade now double the $16.4m budgeted in the Long-Term Plan — after river modelling refinements...
Kayaker Quaid Thompson is back in Gisborne after a whirlwind year of training and competing at the highest level in an ongoing pandemic. It hasn't been an easy 2021 for Thompson, who missed a month of preparation for the national championships after...
GISBORNE rugby fans are holding their breaths for tomorrow's big match and showing their support for the team. What's likely is that just like last week's match against France, the streets will be empty when the teams meet tomorrow morning our time
Some Gisborne-East Coast residents have expressed concerns about risks to the environment after the government-initiated consultation process on future oil and gas exploration in northern parts of the East Coast Basin. These concerns relate to the...
A WOMAN pleaded guilty to three driving charges in Gisborne District Court, and the court was told the driving with excess blood alcohol charge was her fourth and the most serious of the present charges. Andrea Lyn Dawn Eva Paul was charged with...
THE occupant of a house died in a fire in Wairoa last night. Police and Fire and Emergency NZ staff were called to the house in Kiwi Road, Wairoa. The scene was guarded overnight. Examination of the house remains will be undertaken again this...
Whether the council proceeds with its office rebuild or opts to have the information this decision was based on reviewed comes down to three councillors. If just two join the five who signed up to a notice of motion to revoke the decision, that would...
Hospice Tairawhiti staff have moved into their new $3.2 million building after an early morning blessing this week. Covid restrictions meant the blessing — done by Morehu Pewhairangi from the Ringatu church with the assistance of Wirangi Charlie...
Gisborne has seen a big rise in sales of houses worth $1 million or more, data from the Real Estate Institute shows. The Million Dollar Price Report, released by REINZ this week, shows that in the first half of 2019 eight “million-dollar” houses...
OBR openers Craig Christophers and Kieran Venema will be key players in tonight’s Walker Shield T20 cricket final at Harry Barker Reserve, from 5.30pm — when Bain Construction OBR take on Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates. Both players have been in...
A Wairoa man has been jailed for 12 months after violently attacking his dog, smashing its leg in several places. Serrin MacPherson, 29, was sentenced in Wairoa District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to wilfully ill-treating his dog Rock...
Re: The Botanical Gardens playground. What a wonderful addition this is to this area. The numerous times I have been there with my grandson, the place is bustling with kids of all ages. I am however very disappointed that there is so much rubbish...
A woman’s claim a police officer punched her in the face and that she intended to lodge a formal complaint about it met with little support from Judge Charles Blackie in Gisborne District Court. Judge Blackie said while the woman’s allegation was...
SURF LIFESAVINGTHE day in late January that four 14-year-old girls from the Wainui Surf Life Saving Club decided they wanted to have a go at surf canoe turned out to be a happy day for them, and a gift for me, their ageing coach. Sofia Zame, Olivi...