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The flying F2 midgets will be out on the Gisborne Speedway track again tomorrow night, this time with a slightly bigger field than last time in mid-January. They made an entertaining debut at the track that night and produced open-wheeler racing at...

Isaac Thomas’s feat last Saturday was stupendous. The Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps all-rounder backed up his 37-ball innings of 65 from first drop with an over for the ages against Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby at Harry Barker...

Fresh from facing the music at Waitangi — most notably a waiata protest during his speech — David Seymour’s Act Party launched a public information campaign on Wednesday to try to boost support for its Treaty Principles Bill and put pressure...

With Gisborne bathing in sunshine this week, the region’s first solar farm has been generating renewable energy. Construction of Eastland Generation’s Te Ihi o te Rā solar farm at Gisborne Airport was completed last year. “Te Ihi o te Rā has...

Eastland Port had six log ships dock in January and ISO Limited loaded 150,000 tonnes of logs on to them. “Log stock levels on port look good so we are hoping for a solid February, with nine log ships expected to come in,” an Eastland Port...

Occupants of a ute that collided with a truck on State Highway 2 at Riverpoint Road, Matawhero, were taken to hospital yesterday with minor to moderate injuries. The incident happened at around 1.15pm. “Three people from the ute were transported...

Tairāwhiti’s regional tourism organisation has released a major new plan to bring in more tourism dollars and help the industry out of its post-Covid slump. Two years in the making, Trust Tairāwhiti’s Destination Management Plan (DMP) intends...

by Mihi Fitzgerald There was an air of excitement around the first grape pick of the 2024 season in Tairāwhiti this week. Wrights Vineyard and Winery picked chardonnay grapes from their Manutuke block on Wednesday for their certified organic...

Gisborne researchers and beekeepers have developed a world-first method to save New Zealand’s honey industry millions of dollars and are working to export the technology worldwide.

Richard Nixon said, “Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.” So it is with batsmen for whom one ball can mean a week between opportunities, and the best of them make...

by Rockin’ Robin Eastland Kart Club members will wish Luca Vita all the best as he heads off to university, and a few might relish the prospect of moving up a place in the club’s A Group racing in his absence. On Sunday, Vita recorded the...

Electrinet Park Kino White delivered a comeback queen performance to win the Agnes Attwood women’s matchplay final on Saturday. Trailing opponent Carney Pipi 5-down after nine holes, White fought back to square the match and went on to win the...

Results from Day 1 of the Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships (competitors from Gisborne unless otherwise stated) — JUMPING Open Horse 1.15m — Horses 7 years & under, Special 2Phase, Art 274.2: Cindy Kershaw, Kiwi Vision, 1; Ashley...

A new play, Beachfront Reality, set at a bach in an East Coast community, will have its world premiere at Evolution Theatre on February 22. It is the first full-length play to be produced in Gisborne as a result of the East Coast Scribes programme...

In a briefing to new Transport Minister Simeon Brown, Waka Kotahi/NZ Transport Agency has warned that its spending plans for the next decade are about twice as much as it expects to receive in revenue, and that it won’t be able to deliver on what...

by Ric Stevens, Open Justice A drug dealer used a sick child’s medical pass to get through Auckland boundary checkpoints during the Covid lockdown period as he moved wholesale amounts of methamphetamine to Hawke’s Bay. Auckland spent more than...

A man has admitted incest despite his lawyer and a judge noting a strong legal basis for him to have challenged the charge. The man, who is in his 30s, cannot be named due to permanent suppression that automatically applies in incest cases. He...

Consultation is now open on the Tairāwhiti Moves Mode Shift Plan, a 30-year plan to change travel habits and make cycling and public transport more appealing by creating active travel corridors. Establishing those corridors may include the removal...

Ūawa’s main street came alive to celebrate Waitangi Day this year. Market stalls lined the main street, car parks were full and an array of tantalising food was on offer — From mussel fritters and fried bread to a good old sausage sizzle...