THIS region’s history is coming to life for a group of students this week. Twelve students from Gisborne Intermediate and Tolaga Bay Area School yesterday started a week-long exploration of stories about the first meetings between Maori and...
GISBORNE District Council has been sending out infringement notices to those dog owners around Tairawhiti who have not yet registered their dogs for the 2021-22 year.“So far we have sent out just over 700 infringement notices for unregistered...
Gisborne district councillors have been told to “seize the opportunity” and advocate for the restoration of the Wairoa-Gisborne rail line. Former council planner Hans van Kregten, in his Long-Term Plan (LTP) submission, said the silence of...
GISBORNE Thistle finished a goal down and a man short in their Central Federation League football match against Massey on Saturday. Thistle lost 4-3 to a team who sat at the foot of the table before the game but who had shown in Gisborne they were...
The decision of the NZ Transport Agency, Waka Kotahi, to back away from what it calls saturation of New Zealand roads with new speed cameras because of a feared public backlash could cost hundreds of lives. In a business case released to RNZ, the...
PatutahiTHE King of the Coast extended his realm to the Country on Sunday. William Brown won the men's King of the Country three months after claiming his first King of the Country at Tolaga Bay. Denise Johnston won the Queen of the Country held...
State Highway 35 from Opotiki to Gisborne around East Cape closed again at the weekend, as the weather continued its assault on the district’s roads. More rain in recent days has added to the list of closed roads, and to the large weather-related...
GISBORNE-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie advanced to round 3 of the Vans World Cup of Surfing contest at Hawaii’s Sunset Beach this morning (NZ time).Christie finished second in his round 2 heat with a score of 10.94 (5.17, 5.77) for his two best...
GOLFTHE top of the order made a statement as Poverty Bay-East Coast made a move on the penultimate day of the Freyberg Masters national interprovincial golf tournament in Taupo. Pete Anderson and Tony Akroyd racked up two wins apiece to lead their...
AS families gather for the summer holidays, the variety of fruit and vegetables available makes it easy to create tasty and heart-healthy meals. Busy schedules at this time of the year mean eating healthy food is even more important to help fight...
There is an ancient but dangerous dance that many living things perform. It is the dance of death, which involves posturing, flexing, threatening and sometimes attacking one another in a fight to the death. Mankind has historically performed this...
The Tairāwhiti economy remains “constrained” due to a range of challenging conditions, according to the latest Infometrics Quarterly Economic Monitor. Provisional estimates show a 1.4 percent fall for the September 2022 quarter compared to last...
A GISBORNE pet owner is struggling to find any clue as to why her cat was shot less than a year after another of her cats was shot and died from its injuries. Jennifer Burrell is still reeling after Chino, a seven-month-old tabby, was shot in the...
Leaving my family and friends in Pakistan was one of the saddest experiences I have ever had. However, I knew I was going to see them again and that there were many new things to experience ahead in a different part of the world. When I saw the...
Gisborne District Council has an interesting dilemma on its hands as it considers the sort of constitution it should adopt for an enlarged Gisborne Holdings Ltd. On the one hand it wants GHL to act commercially and without the political constraints...
TWO opening batsmen dominated club cricket on Saturday. Fifteen-year-old Drew Scott scored 92 off 94 balls for Gisborne Boys’ High School against High School Old Boys while Pirates’ Olly Tilley scored an unbeaten 151 against Campion...
Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust (TAT) is reflecting proudly on a year of achievement in 2022 including building a world-class skate park and pump track. Trust chairman Haimona Ngata, speaking at the trust's annual meeting, said the assets lifted the...
Tairawhiti under-18 softballers will make history this weekend when they become the first team from this region to compete in the ISA New Zealand men’s tournament in Hastings.“This will be a fantastic opportunity for these young boys, many of...
FOCUS on the Land would like to encourage rural folk of the district to share the joy they capture on camera more this year. Please feel free to email your contributions to murray. robertson@gisborneherald. co. nz and help make the Focus on the Land...
A police drugs expert says a secret “grow room” built into a Tamarau house was probably the most sophisticated of any indoor cannabis venture he has seen in Gisborne. When police searched the converted workshop home of David Dean Holloway, ak...
A cellphone blu-tacked to a telescope got young astrophotographer Angus Bodle up close to the moon for a picture. Astrophotography might not be art as we know it but it is out there. It captures the beauty of the skies, says president of the Gisborne...
AN old game that causes participants to faint has caused concern at one Gisborne school. Campion College issued a warning in their end-of-term newsletter letting students and parents know the dangers of the fainting game. Principal Paul McGuinness...
NGATI Porou East Coast co-coaches Troy Para and Wayne Ensor are looking for a huge effort up front in tomorrow’s local derby clash against Poverty Bay at Whakarua Park in Ruatoria.“We believe we have a pacy backline but there’s not a heck of...
THE emergency services were called to a spot on State Highway 35 past Whangara this morning after a vehicle left the road and struck a tree. It happened at around 9am on the Tolaga Bay side of the Panikau Hill.“A van left the road on a bend, hit...
People who overestimate their knowledge or ability, particularly in areas with which they have little to no experience, are under the influence of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Covid-19 vaccine sceptics?Rāwiri Gilgen
THE ethos for the team behind the popular East Coast Farming Expo have always focused on bringing the best of innovation to the coast. It is held mid-week (February 23-24, 2022) to make it easier for sheep and beef farmers from the East Coast and...
Twenty-four volunteers spent two hours collecting litter, weeding and spreading mulch at the Waikanae Stream on Sunday afternoon. The long-term community project to replace rubbish and weeds with native plants resumed for 2018, with workers clearing...
Children constructed prototype earthquake shake tables at a holiday programme workshop at the Tonui Collab last week. Large scale tables similar to the ones the children built are used extensively in seismic research, as they provide the means to...
Poverty BayKATHRYN Flaugere (skip) and Andrew Ball won Poverty Bay Bowling Club's open mixed pairs club championship over three evening meetings. They were unbeaten in all five games they played, and defeated Jeff Davis (skip) and Joy Davis 19-10 in...
It is great news that the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle is 12 weeks pregnant. Congratulations to both Meghan and Prince Harry on setting an example of loving parents who welcome their child with joy. It is encouraging that the media are referring...
A planned strike at Gisborne Hospital’s X-ray and radiology department has been called off. Medical imaging technologists (MITs), which covers staff conducting X-rays, CT scans, magnetic resonance imaging mammography, angiography or nuclear...
If timing is everything in politics then Labour and the Greens may have made a bad choice for their joint campaign launch, which would be a pity for Andrew Little who made one of the best speeches of his career. For one thing the media was...
WITH Tairawhiti's double-vaccination rate at 73.4 percent, the region is fast approaching an “unwanted” red light situation, forcing businesses to make “unideal” choices to survive. All of New Zealand will move into the Covid-19 Protection...