Last year, our population boomed. After two years of anaemic population growth, 2023 saw the country grow by a whopping 2.8 percent or 145,100 people. We haven’t seen anything like this amount of growth for at least a generation. But this was...
Re: Ex-MP, not ex-Green MP — March 19 letter. Gosh, it’s been so hard to keep up lately: First we have Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, ex-Green MP, then ex-MP. Then we have Golriz Ghahraman, Green, ex-MP. Now we have Darleen Tama, Green MP — Suspended...
I have a few concerns about the Waka Bridge. Has anyone even noticed that Te Maro actually faces diagonally away from the proposed viewing platform and will likely be obscured (or even potentially blocked) by the base of Titirangi and its...
People have voted for those who say they’ll hold rates or those who don’t increase taxes for decades. As a consequence, there hasn’t been enough money to pay for new infrastructure or maintenance — even though money did need to be spent...
Eastland Port is gearing up for a bountiful time over the next three months, with the return of kiwifruit ships, and seven charter ships scheduled to visit marking an exciting milestone for both the port and local horticulture industry. Over 8000...
Forty years after teaching religious studies and geography at Campion College, Father Mark Field has returned to Gisborne as parish priest at St Mary’s Star of the Sea. Father Mark took up the role in February after acting as parish priest in...
by Ann Revington Building infrastructure resilience post-cyclone could be under threat with changing NZ Transport Agency-Waka Kotahi funding formulas. Wairoa District Council Infrastructure and Regulatory committee last month wrestled with the...
The visit of boutique cruise ship Heritage Adventurer went ahead as scheduled on Monday. The small ship went to anchor out in Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay until early afternoon, and 75 of the passengers on board came ashore for an excursion to...
Armed with passion, knowledge and experience, Gisborne Hospital’s diverse new group of social workers all want to ensure that the whānau voice is heard. The new social workers are Sela NiaNia Tai, Fontaine Maxwell, Celeste Chetty and Jennifer...
Wairoa landfill in just six years has gone from having the capability to accept rubbish from other councils to having to offload its rubbish to other councils. Wairoa District Council’s 2018 Waste Management and Minimisation Plan said: “Wairo...
Three new community care coordinators are taking the “ick” out of bowel screening in Tairāwhiti. Aroha Hokianga, Stacey Reeves and Linda Ngārimu are making sure eligible residents are taking part in the free National Bowel Screening Programme...
There are 57 active cases of Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti, according to the latest official figures. Health NZ figures up to midnight on Sunday state there have been 26,629 cases of Covid and 43 deaths in Tairāwhiti since the pandemic broke out in New...
Study investigating small systems to ensure connectivity in severe weather. New Zealand needs to shift to micro infrastructure to ensure electricity water and waste systems remain connected during big weather events, a research student says. Zainab...
Any outright ban on gang insignia on graves and monuments in council-controlled cemeteries here is likely to be highly controversial, a new report warns. A review of Gisborne District Council’s bylaw around cemeteries has proposed a new bylaw be...
Sixth fire along the beach in two weeks; “disgruntled locals . . . have taken matters into their own hands”.
The Salt Shack Surf School Push In event held at Midway Beach on Friday drew up to 70 participants ranging in age up to 12 years of age. Each of the surfers, along with their mums, were assisted in catching a wave
Newly elected MP Dana Kirkpatrick has appointed staff across her vast East Coast electorate but is still looking for an office in Gisborne. Erica McNeil, until recently the Poverty Bay A&P Association general manager, is team leader of the...
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Midway produced a stunning effort on the last two days of the national surf lifesaving championships at Mount Maunganui to finish runners-up to the host club at the weekend. The Mount amassed 133 points across the Alan Gardner Trophy club...
Waka ama paddlers preparing for world champs are among those who have been learning about kayaking on the Waimata River in the past few months. Gisborne Boys’ High School student Maia Campbell, who won the J19 men’s 250-metre dash at the Wak...
Monday, March 11 — Ryman Kiri Te Kanawa Village Pairs 2 (Howell movement) Anne Roberts, Mark Fleming 58.93 Caroline Kirkpatrick, Raewynne Cook 55.36 Ann McCombe, Vicki Taylor 54.76 Bette Parker, Elizabeth Jackson 53.65 Caroline Taylor, Brent...
Winston Peters has never been far from the headlines in his long political career and he has been at it again in the past few days, with comments on the Government’s “fiscal hole” and a comparison of co-governance with Nazi Germany in...
People have become relatively poorer over the past 50 years while others have more wealth than they know what to do with. We’ve gone from only one household income earner being able to buy a house, a nice car, save a little and go on holidays...
If the Houthis do have hypersonic missiles in their “bag of surprises” for battles at sea, to counter the United States and its allies, it seems unlikely to me that they would stop attacks against merchant shipping even if a ceasefire in the...
Re: On the future of rail here, March 13. Peter Langer and PJ Reed — you two are out of touch. The Gizzy to Wairoa link has been closed for over 10 years now. The only section capable of holding any weight is from the Gisborne rail station to Coop...
Will the change of ownership at GH also bring about a change of editorial direction, or will the practice of cancellation continue? A debate on scientific matters is long overdue, but will we continue to be told that the science is settled, and as I...
A misleading headline last week about the unfortunate Golriz Ghahraman should not go uncorrected. “Ex-Green MP,” and clearly (if you understand hyphens) should have been “Green Ex-MP.” Big difference. Gavin Maclean
A special fly-over towards the end of their round reminded golfers just why they were playing in the Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust Charity Golf Tournament. Returning from attending a trauma in Wairoa and taking the patient to hospital in...
Twenty volunteers spent a sunny Saint Patrick’s Day clearing weeds and litter from native plants at Alfred Cox Skate Park next to the Waikanae Stream on Sunday. Organising team member Jason Akuhata-Brown said that in two hours the team filled...
Has any Gisborne show enjoyed such a responsive, raucous, ribald crowd as the audience at Centre Stage’s opening performance of the New Zealand comedy, “Ladies Night” ? Unlikely. The play centres on a group of jobless blokes who hit on the...
Owners of homes that require lifting after the weather events of 2023 will soon be able to access a fund of $15 million for the work. Gisborne district councillors have adopted their Elevate Tairāwhiti Policy which applies to about 175 Tairāwhiti...
by Erin Cox, Otago Daily Times A Dunedin woman has been jailed for drunkenly ramming into a flock of lambs, killing 29 of them as a Tolaga Bay shepherd attempted to steer them to safety from the impending Cyclone Gabrielle. Annabelle Wyant, 43...
A log truck rolled on State Highway 2 at Muriwai at around 9.30am yesterday. The empty vehicle tipped over onto it side and blocked both lanes. Light traffic was diverted through an orchard adjacent to the road. The truck driver was checked over by...
Juken NZ is seeking buyers for its Matawhero mill site after concluding a transitional period and closing down. Juken NZ managing director Hiroyuki Kawado said from this week and for the rest of March and April, the company would be meeting with...