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...

Regional New Zealand “will not be shortchanged’’ by a National Government says party leader Simon Bridges who was in Gisborne yesterday. National would “clearly” announce its position on the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) in election year...

PatutahiBRIAN Wallace and Rae Burgess headed off clubmates Joe Blair and Helen Humble for top dog honours in the Patutahi open closing day tournament on Sunday. Both pairs returned 44-point Canadian foursomes stableford hauls but Wallace and Burgess...

I have very strong opinions on transportation and believe there is a strong case for congestion charging. Road congestion is an indiscriminate global “pandemic”. Here in Aotearoa, over just the past decade we have one million extra cars on our...

PROVING yourself at home is one thing. Stepping up to the proverbial plate 11,000 kilometres away and smacking one over the fence is by far another. Gisborne cyclist Callum Gordon did just that with his thrilling victory in China’s Tour of Salimu...

From being an addict to becoming a committed leader in the social services sector, 59-year-old Tuta Ngarimu continues his fight against meth addiction in the community. Reporter Akula Sharma attended one of his support group sessions at Puna Ora in...

People from different camps were in majority agreement when it came to their views on this week's Gisborne Herald webpoll question: “Do you agree with the way authorities have handled the protest at Parliament grounds?”Sixty-seven percent of...

A SHIFT in the weather over October has made a big difference to the Gisborne district’s climate picture, except in the one crucial area of rainfall. Just one decent delivery of rain of rain over October topped up the soaking of September, but...

Re: Designed to handle jolts, February 27 letter. You are correct Rex. The council’s building consents manager is a very nice bloke but as I understand, from when I contracted to council, he is not an engineer himself. And the Mayor is a great cook...

DOUBLE All Black William (Bill) Nicol Carson was born in Gisborne 100 years ago today. The rugby and cricket international who played the willow-on-leather game for Poverty Bay aged just 15, was a member of the New Zealand cricket team to tour...

I see the Government has decided to award NCEA to students who didn’t pay their fees, back to 2002. I have no problem with that, but just need to know where I apply to get the fees I paid, for my kids, refunded. A. Abbott

Te Wharau School student Ayden Manuel conducted Gisborne International Music Competition musicians in a community engagement event at the school yesterday. Students and staff enjoyed a performance featuring double bass, tuba, trombone, cello, violin...

Re: Roger Handford letter – September 20. Spot on. Totally agree!“The media should keep strictly to being opinion takers and reporters.”Julian Tilley

TE Aitanga a Mahaki Trust chairman Pene Brown says Raa Maumahara National Day of Commemoration, designed to help people to learn about the New Zealand Land Wars, should be retained. Mr Brown, a trustee of Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa, was...

A friendly cat that popped in daily to visit Tairawhiti Museum was even able to open the automatic doors by herself. The bold cat would wander about the museum’s exhibition spaces before visiting Exhibit Cafe, where she made herself comfortable on...

The chamber is involved in a project that has the potential to bring significant benefit to our region via the horticulture sector — a feasibility study around re-useable water (wastewater).To date there have been many meetings and much research...

A FORMER horse paddock in Kaiti has been converted into a fully-operational garden in nine months. Soraya Pohatu and her Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) horticulture students are proud of what they have achieved at the Tyndall Road Community...

Re: Company seeks consent to establish truck depot at Matawhero, July 20 story. So AF Thompson trucking at Makaraka has a “shabby compliance record”.As this firm and another are responsible for their machinery spreading muck throughout Makarak...

Gisborne Holdings directors to stay on until review completed

Horouta waka ama club's premier women paddlers stamped their class on the national sprint championships with a 1-2-3 finish in the W1 500 metres yesterday. Akayshia Williams outsprinted her rivals in the final race of the day at Lake Karapiro...

THE small truck believed stolen by the man police are hunting in relation to a firearms incident in Gisborne last night was found this afternoon in Te Hapara. The wanted man is 37-year-old Aaron Bagley and he remains at large. It is alleged Bagley...

Ngati Porou East Coast love nothing more than to give this city a shake-up and that's how what they plan to do tomorrow. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay will host Ngati Porou East Coast from 2.30pm at Rugby Park, in Week 7 of the Heartland...

Gisborne and East Coast tourism operators are set to benefit from a partnership between Activate Tairawhiti and Mighway, a technology platform connecting owners of motorhomes with guests. Mighway chief executive Dave Simmons enjoyed a family...

Reporter Murray Robertson speaks to members of the Tokomaru Bay Heritage Trust about their determination to restore the wharf at Tokomaru Bay. The Tokomaru Bay Heritage Trust is determined to continue its work to get the money needed for the...

NZ Landcare Trust have teamed up with Eastern Whio Link and River of Man Adventures to bring a series of free kiwi aversion training events to the Gisborne region. Following on-farm kiwi surveys, the organisations found a small, fragmented kiwi...

Ngati Porou master carver Lionel Matenga talks to Shaan Te Kani about his latest project, and his journey in the Maori art form . . .Before Lionel Matenga entered the realm of whakairo, his journey started off much like an untouched timber...

Local and particularly central goverment are the key players in whether the district’s rail line will be restored because this is a political decision. Despite the suggestion of such, there is no private enterprise putting its hand up yet for the...

Rapidly increasing “events” are largely treated as isolated and unusual. However, the patterns show the opposite: more wild weather fluctuations with massive downpours, increasingly powerful winds, extreme temperatures, uncontrollable “wild...