The Tairāwhiti Secondary School ‘Fast 5’ netball festival was held at the Victoria Domain courts yesterday. It involved 357 students and 48 teams from eight schools (Te Karaka, Manutuke, Sonrise Christian School, Girls’ High and Boys’ High...
Kevin Kennedy fell just short of the ultimate snooker tribute to his brothers in the recent Kennedy Shield handicap tournament. The shield, previously known as the Suncity open tournament, was held at Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club, with 16 players...
There will be 450 children in 43 teams from 25 of the region’s primary schools cranking up the action today at the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union’s ‘Rippa Rugby’ tournament at Waikirikiri Park. The union’s junior development officer...
Showcase of kī-o-rahi skills. Kī-o-rahi rōpū from across Aotearoa will gather at Watson Park tomorrow and and Friday to compete in the Manarahi Kī-o-Rahi Kura Tuarua — The National Secondary Schools’ Kī-o-rahi Tournament. Kī-o-rahi is...
Cook puts his name on saloon trophy, McArthur wins stockcar classic.
Seeking input from agricultural sector after ‘tough season for farmers’.
An open day at the property of this year’s East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards Supreme Winners will be held on Tuesday, April 16. The winners were Simon and Josi Beamish and Hugo and Pip Beamish of Awapai, a grazing and finishing farm...
A one-two finish for Graeme Cook in the heads, a fine win to Hannah Hutchinson in the zigzag and another win in the straight hunt to the consistent Ben Te Kahika were highlights of the Waipaoa Dog Trial Club’s trial on Friday and Saturday. Cook...
The 2024 New Zealand Farm Forestry Association annual conference has started in Hawke’s Bay, running through until Saturday and offering a raft of fascinating speakers. Sponsored by Pan Pac Forest Products, the conference has attracted 230 farm...
A mismatch between housing supply and demand has seen escalating rental costs and registrations for social housing in recent years, with major impacts on household budgets and whānau wellbeing in Tairāwhiti. The following housing indicators in the...
by Tim Wilson, Maxim Institute executive director “The lady doth protest too much, methinks . . .” Tim Wilson A famous line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It’s uttered in response to the insincere overacting of a character in a play within the...
Re: Seeking Government approval to reopen Napier-Wairoa line, March 13 story quoting “a KiwiRail spokesperson”. There has been conjecture the track could be mothballed again — with over 400 damage sites from the devastation caused by Cyclone...
I’m writing to thank Pastors Guthrie and Jennifer Boyd from the AOG church for organising a vigil for the Israeli hostages on Saturday at Endeavour Park. Blown up photos were on boards that we held, and it was very moving looking at the names and...
The Patutahi War Memorial looks splendid just in time for Anzac Day. It is interesting to note the soldier is not holding his rifle by the butt like the city’s War Memorial, on the Esplanade. Can any readers shed light on this and the Patutahi War...
Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC) is gearing up for the much-anticipated return of the Colour Run for Diversity 2024, an event that celebrates unity, inclusivity and cultural diversity. Taking place from 11am this Saturday at Marina Park, the...
The Big Latch On annual breastfeeding event returns this weekend at a different time of the year and with a historic first. Health NZ-Tairāwhiti is hosting two Big Latch On events on Friday — one at HB Williams Memorial Library from 10am; the...
After a dry start to the month, the district can expect a few drops in the next few days. MetService’s outlook for the end of the week says to expect rain from Friday through to Monday. At this stage it is forecasting Friday to be the wettest day...
Whānau, friends and colleagues at Toitū Tairāwhiti Housing (TTH) celebrated the graduation of 32 workers who completed a 12-week training course to be able to work in the iwi housing development organisation. The celebration took place at Te...
Fishing tournament proceeds go to vital equipment for Planet Sunshine, neonates The local fishing community is backing Gisborne Hospital again. The annual Nicks Head Charity Fishing Tournament continues to support the hospital’s neonatal unit and...
Firefighters were called to a house in Childers Road near the Elgin shops yesterday morning after a passer-by heard smoke alarms going off inside and saw smoke coming from the house. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews to the house at around 8am...
An event showcasing what it is like to work in emergency services is being run for students tomorrow. A mock emergency at Harry Barker Reserve will demonstrate the roles of police, Fire and Emergency NZ staff and St John Ambulance. Students will...
Gisborne District Council is holding a hui for residents of Te Karaka and surrounding areas this Saturday to present and seek validation on flood modelling being undertaken as part of the Te Karaka Flood Resilience Improvement Project. Council...
Hundreds of people attended the 71st Tamararo Festival over the weekend and enjoyed the performances of 21 different rōpū from across Tairāwhiti. Tamararo is the country’s longest-running regional kapa haka competition, having started in 1952...
Tiny White Opening Day was a great one for Poverty Bay rugby. A forceful Larsawn Ngatapa posse beat Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 40-0 on Oval 1, after which defending champions East Coast Farm Vets YMP came from behind to be 49-15 victors over...
NZ Transport Agency/Waka Kotahi has announced detours will be in place during six weeks of
Premier Grade defending champions Whangara Old Girls had to come from behind in the final quarter to beat Girls’ High Senior A in their opening game of Round 1 of Gisborne senior netball at Victoria Domain on Saturday. Girls’ High picked up...
Six months have now passed since the deadly attack by Hamas that prompted the latest Middle East war, and Israel is facing pressure on a number of fronts to end or adjust its military response. The greatest of these is from key ally the United...
Meredith Akuhata-Brown The irony of David Seymour calling Māori wards undemocratic, when the whole purpose of these wards was to provide for Māori representation within a democracy reliant on Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Strangely he is not also calling...
Full marks to Friday’s student demonstrators. They truly want a healthy planet; in other words a future. They may have little knowledge of the drastic degrowth that is the only way to achieve this, but that will come . . . both the knowledge and...
Associate education minister David Seymour said students should turn up to school and get a good education if they want to effect real change in the world, instead of protesting during school hours. “If students feel strongly about sending...
I always appreciate John Wells’ contributions to the letters page. He is always solutions focused and his ideas reflect his depth of experience and knowledge, without him having to state it. Geoff Meade
I stand to be corrected, but is it not true that at the moment of birth a child knows nothing, let alone matters of gender and culture? All that is subsequently learned comes from millennia of human existence. How will that child know right from...
The winter competition season also got under way for senior netball and Eastern League men’s and women’s football
Wairoa’s Anzac Day commemorations have changed this year to make sure the morning is not rushed, Wairoa District Council says. “Thursday, April 25, is a significant day when New Zealanders can officially remember and acknowledge those who have...