Getting children and adults alike excited about science is the aim of Whizz Bang Science creator Emma Lucas’ show which she is bringing to Gisborne next week. The Unbelieve-a-Bubble Science Show has inspired sold-out audiences across the North...
The Infometrics economic monitor for the region that is commissioned by Trust Tairāwhiti contains useful insights on economic, labour market, housing and social indicators. The December 2023 quarterly monitor was released last week, with the...
Poverty Bay club rugby’s community event of 2024 takes place tomorrow at the Gisborne Oval. This season is boosted by the inclusion of Wairoa-based Tapuae in the premier grade and a Waikohu team in the senior 1 grade. Tomorrow the Oval will be the...
Coveted trophies go on the line at Gisborne Speedway Club’s track tomorrow night and the drivers will be going hard out to win them. The Roseland Tavern Stock Car Classic has always brought out the best in this class and there will be some hard...
More big guns have drawn a bead on the Rectory. After a year off, the man who led Kelston Boys’ High School to back-to-back Auckland 1A rugby titles in 2021 and 2022, Matt Howling, has again brought his crew here to battle the Gisborne Boys’...
Gisborne United got their competitive season off to a winning start with a 3-2 victory over Palmerston North side Takaro Jokers in a Central Federation Cup match at Marewa Park, Napier, on Saturday. The day before, Thistle lost their cup match 6-3...
Kick-off at 1pm in Hawke’s Bay tomorrow could be called Electrinet Gisborne Thistle’s moment of truth. Thistle face Taradale in the first game of the nine-team Central Federation League competition. All the preseason training and speculation...
The Pak’n Save netball competition begins for 2024 at the Victoria Domain courts tomorrow in the senior, secondary and intermediate grades, while in the premier division eyes will be on the performances of YMP, Horouta and Whangara. Premier and...
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Temporary Accommodation Assistance will soon be available to more people who cannot live in their homes due to the severe weather events here last year, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “This will help more people who...
Public interest in roading recovery following Cyclone Gabrielle has led to changes in planned public information drop-in sessions. Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC) is an alliance set up to plan, design and manage the delivery of much of the...
Rocket Lab’s next launch from Māhia is a double whammy, with two payloads due to be released into two different orbits. The “Beginning Of The Swarm” mission is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, during a 14-day...
The call has gone out for “amazing stories” of local businesses on the world stage as the ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards celebrates its 10th year. The awards celebrate outstanding exporters in the Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne region and...
Eastland Port was chocker yesterday and will be again today with kiwifruit and logs being loaded on Wharf 7 and Wharf 8. The second kiwifruit consignment of the season to leave Gisborne by sea is being loaded on to the freighter Crown Opal —...
There has been a happy ending to the abandoned dog story the Herald ran last month. Roamin, the 18-month-old Labrador/Greyhound cross is roamin’ no more. He was found abandoned in a local forest and cared for by two Gisborne women. Now a Makorori...
Directors Chubby Rewi and wife Agnes of log transport company Rewi Haulage have said goodbye to a business they founded 10 years ago. A farewell breakfast was held at the Cossie Club in Gisborne this week with some 60 people attending. Kuru...
The Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter crews involved in the search for a missing fisherman off the coast of Hawke’s Bay covered over 50 square kilometres of ocean during their 10 hours flying time involved in the extensive search...
Police impounded a vehicle allegedly used in a “wheelie” attack on the rainbow crossing in Gladstone Road in the city centre at the weekend. At around 8.30pm on Friday, they were told of a car doing a burnout at the crossing. That vehicle was...
Te Huinga was a chance for kura kaupapa Māori tauira (students) to connect with others and aspects of te ao Māori through different activities over three days. Te Huinga was born out of the original kaupapa called Hui Tōpū, which was an event...
At 75, Virginia Christensen has finally decided what she wants to be when she grows up — a painter. Her first solo exhibition opens on Sunday, at The Aviary Collective in Childers Road. Virginia hails from Wellington but spent part of her...
Aspiring musical theatre performers had a chance to strut their stuff on Tuesday night at a dance workshop ahead of auditions for Priscilla Queen of the Desert — The Musical. Director and choreographer Dean McKerras was in town to take the...
Sadly, Gisborne artist, teacher, scholar and writer Norman Maclean passed away before the release of his young adult read, Gobby — but it is hard not to see something of the author in the novel’s main character, Sam. Sam is a talented, aspiring...
Waikohu Te Rata Ritchie is the latest name to be added to one of Waikohu’s most prestigious trophies — The Terry “Dunga” Rutene Memorial Cup. Ritchie beat Terry Reeves in the final of the Rutene cup 4x9-hole Easter matchplay tournament that...
Wainui Beach School cricket has risen again. In the past two years, under coaches Mike MacLeod and Nic Shand, teachers Jo Shand and Katie Knight, and manager Mike Hope, they have raised their stocks from three cricketers to two teams. Yesterday...
Gisborne bowling twins Kyle and Liam Pinn returned from the national under-21 singles championship at Naenae Bowling Club without a title but with a wealth of memories and big-game experience. The 13-year-old Kahutia Bowling Club members are only...
As the sun sets on the illustrious career of Sam Whitelock, rugby in New Zealand finds itself at a crossroads. For Scott Robertson, the new All Blacks coach, the path ahead just became more challenging. The man who won hundreds of lineouts for the...
Maryanne Spurdle Maxim Institute researcher After years of aspirational leadership, we’ve been served a cold slice of reality in place of the delectable cake of good intentions. Headlines announcing former Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s...
Hundreds of Gisborne Hospital staff were thanked for their care, skills and community devotion with an “appreciation meal” at lunchtime yesterday.
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Seven members of Gisborne Rangataua o Aōtearoa Martial Arts and Culture Club return with glistening hardware around their necks; coach happy.
Aucklander Justin Parry gained a confidence booster leading into the world championships, when he won the 2024 New Zealand waveski surfing open title at Gisborne over Easter. He beat defending titleholder Dave Mitchell in clean conditions at Tolag...
Monday — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 2 North/South, East/West Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 56.94 Murray Owen, Delwyn Arthur 57.94 Vicki Nickerson, Frank Roach 53.13 Katrina Duncan, Yvonne Waide 55.16 Eileen Lee, Ann McCombe...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: J Love, T Kaio (Done n Dusted); E Tamihana (Souljahs); N Wallace (Spandangles); H Ngarangione, A Charlie (Stallions); J Waihape (Valkyries); M Hawea (Vikings). Highest start (180): J Love (Done n Dusted). Highest finish...