Gisborne Herald

Forecasting future floods

by James Pocock An independent investigation into Wairoa’s flooding after Cyclone Gabrielle has found that future floods should now be easier to predict after the risks were highlighted 30 years ago. The findings of the report, commissioned by...

Navy veteran Donnelly to speak at Anzac Day service in Sydney

Royal New Zealand Navy veteran Gisborne’s Jack Donnelly will give an Anzac Day address in Australia. The former Chief Petty Officer will speak at Woronora, a small suburb in Sutherland near Cronulla in Sydney. Mr Donnelly told the Herald he had...

Gisborne Herald

17 hours ago

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Disappointment as beach dig reveals no sign of missing Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri

The family of missing Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri and police were left “disappointed” and still searching for clues as to his whereabouts after an unsuccessful beach dig near Napier this week. Two diggers were put to work near the Esk River...

Community-led transport suggested for Coast

by Zita Campbell A Botswana local living in Ūawa has suggested the district council operate a locally-led bus service along the East Coast. Thabiso Mashaba, an Edmund Hillary Fellow, told the “Let’s Talk Transport” hearing on Thursday it...

Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

17 Apr 2024

News

Out of this world

Tūhura Otago Museum senior science engagement coordinator Dr Andrew Mills explains the Star Compass exercise to a group of young space enthusiasts at the Tūhura Tuarangi - Aotearoa in Space Showcase running at the HB Williams Memorial Library. The...

Court appearance after stabbing in Wairoa

A man made an initial appearance in court in Hastings yesterday after being arrested in relation to alleged stabbing and assault incidents in Wairoa in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police were called about the alleged assault in Queen Street...

Lack of afterhours GP service shocks

A grandmother and former Tairāwhiti District Health board member is stunned that there is no afterhours general practice (GP) service operating in the region. Hiki Pihema worked in the health industry for 35 years , including two terms on the...

Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

18 hours ago

Sport

Javelins’ 100-year-old trophy

yachting The 100th edition of New Zealand’s oldest sailing trophy event, the Sanders Cup Interprovincial Challenge, will be held in Gisborne starting on Anzac Day. Gisborne Yacht Club will host the 2024 Sunshine Brewery Sanders Cup and Javelin...

Gisborne Herald

18 hours ago

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Community engagement programme proving a hit

Gisborne International Music Competition Trust and Chamber Music New Zealand are striking the right note through a programme to promote musical engagement at community level. “The GIMC Trust has been working with Chamber Music New Zealand over the...

Kim Parkinson

18 hours ago

News

Event chance to show skills in care

The public appreciate the skills of Gisborne Hospital staff but an inaugural “skills-a-thon” by staff provided for the benefit of other staff has proved popular. Staff across the spectrum of medical disciplines took part including from ostomy...

Cruise ship season repeat on the cards

The 2024-25 cruise ship season in Gisborne looks set to be a busy one again with 24 ships scheduled at this stage to call here, about the same as the successful season that ended in March. The National Geographic Orion (pictured) was a regular over...

Gisborne Herald

18 hours ago

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Cattle fair prices down from March

Just over 800 cattle were sent for sale at Tuesday’s Matawhero Cattle Fair and they were all keenly sought by local farmers. Only a few buyers were operating from outside the district through Bidr. Prices paid were down slightly on the March...

Trevor Brown

18 hours ago

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Javelins’ 100-year-old trophy

Emotional Kelly Slater falls out of tour, spelling an end to his phenomenal career

Eleven-time world surfing champion and legend of the sport Kelly Slater has called time on his career. A visibly emotional Slater sent a message to his family after the realisation suddenly hit him. It was almost fitting that it took the current...

Golf roundup

Poverty Bay The stars of one of the greatest performances in Poverty Bay club history were at it again on Sunday. Paul Rickard and Brad Morgan successfully defended the Tom Shaw Memorial Awapuni Shootout crown. “Rick”, getting around on his late...

Tight at the top as Oligoi Jug tees off

A vow to earn Te Puia Hot Springs a long-awaited Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants title got off to a mixed start in rounds 1 and 2 of the 2024 edition. William Brown is a Waikohu boy at heart and a Poverty Bay member as the course’s chief...

Season-ending thriller at Gisborne Speedway

‘They were flying!’ - Superstocks racing fan.

Moment of truth for Whangara, Girls’ High and YMP teams

Whangara Old Girls will need to put the big defeat at the hands of YMP (1) on the Victoria Domain courts last Saturday behind them tonight, when they front up to the unbeaten Horouta Koura. Those two teams play the middle game of three tonight in...

Kiwis outgun Aussies in Showjumping Challenge at Equestrian Champs

New Zealand triumphed in the Trans-Tasman Teams’ Showjumping Challenge at the Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships in Gisborne on Sunday. Led by best-performed Kiwi Johanna Wylaars (Christchurch) on Central Zone, the team finished the...

Diana Dobson

31 Jan 2024

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At home in Ūawa

Thabiso Mashaba from Botswana in southern Africa moved with his whānau to Ūawa Tolaga Bay. He talked to kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. Moving to Tairāwhiti is one of the best decisions Thabiso has made in his life, he says. Thabiso...

Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

13 Apr 2024

Lifestyle

A thriving enterprise focused on waste minimisation, conservation, biodiversity and education

Gillian Cowperthwaite looks into the not-for-profit Tairāwhiti Environment Centre which operates a thriving enterprise focused on waste minimisation, conservation and biodiversity and education for the community. The Tairāwhiti Environment Centre...

Gillian Cowperthwaite

13 Apr 2024

Travel

Seafaring adventure

Seven-year-old Viggo Mikkelsen Steele shares his final adventure tale from the trip, filled with Caribbean wonders and heartfelt farewells. Hello, it’s Viggo again. Since I last wrote a lot has happened. My dad crossed the Atlantic Ocean in our...

Gisborne Herald

13 Apr 2024

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Participants encouraged to bring entrepreneurial spirit to Startup Weekend Tairāwhiti event

Under the banner of Rise Up, Start Up!, this year’s event will inspire people to overcome challenges, seize opportunities and bring their ideas to life.

Gisborne Herald

17 Apr 2024

News

Third kiwifruit shipment of season leaves Gisborne by sea

The refrigerated cargo ship Cool Royal joined the logger Atlantic Spirit alongside the Eastland Port wharf on Monday to load the third kiwifruit shipment of the season to leave Gisborne by sea. The logger sailed for Tauranga yesterday to load...

Gisborne Herald

17 Apr 2024

News

Ready for take-off at Te Araroa

New aerodrome at Te Araroa will ‘unlock the tourism and general economy of the . . . area”.

Murray Robertson

16 Mar 2024

News

‘Inspire Inclusion’ encouraged on International Women’s Day

A small group of Gisborne Business and Professional Women (BPW) members marked International Women’s Day by laying flowers on the Margaret Sievwright monument. March 8 was International Women’s Day (IWD) — a day to mark a collective action and...

Gisborne Herald

13 Mar 2024

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Taking the audience on a journey

A new performance piece by celebrated musician, producer and innovator Tiki Taane(Ngati Maniapoto) and multidisciplinary artist Kereama Taepa (Te Arawa, Te Ati Awa), Mai te Uira, combines digital visual art with music in a progressive and...

Kim Parkinson

18 hours ago

Entertainment

Named among Adam finalists

Gisborne artist Tyler Wray is a finalist in the prestigious Adam Portraiture Award after being selected from a record-breaking number of entries. The 19-year-old has always loved to draw and paint but said the portrait was the first large scale...

Kim Parkinson

19 hours ago

Entertainment

Happy (back) together

The cast of colourful characters in The Vicar of Dibley plays are back together again, in the latest offering from Musical Theatre Gisborne, with first-time director Jill White putting her own mark on the production. The Holy Trinity is the third...

Kim Parkinson

11 Apr 2024

Focus on the Land

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Cattle fair prices down from March

Trevor Brown

18 hours ago

Focus on the Land

Strong support for Waingake trial

Henry Gaddum, John Foss, Jono McIntyre and Jake Roche and their dogs top scored to take out events one to four at the Waingake Dog Trial club’s trial on Friday and Saturday. McIntyre and Roche scored particularly well, both of them on 98 points in...

‘Thoughtful koha’ for rural communities

An initiative to get food on tables in the East Coast has wrapped up with more than 450 freezer meals finding their way to homes across Tairāwhiti and Wairoa. FMG partnered with local community groups to deliver locally made, quality meals to the...

Gisborne Herald

17 Apr 2024

Focus on the Land

Better quality, prices

There was a slight lift in prices paid for the best of the store lambs yesterday at the Matawhero Saleyards. A total of 2080 store lambs were offered and all were sold; generally the quality was higher this week. KJ & RE Fisher, at Motu, were...

Trevor Brown

13 Apr 2024

Opinion

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Editorial

Visionary? Or an old pipe dream?

Picture the scene: a capital city with pedestrianised streets, bustling shops, affordable housing sprinkled through inner laneways while a mega underground tunnel diverts noisy traffic away. It’s hard to deny the appeal of such a major...

NZ Herald

18 hours ago

Column

Inward-looking US a global concern

Ewan McGregor The 20th Century was rightly known as the American Century as it became the industrial powerhouse of the world. However, it was not until World War 2 that it became the absolutely dominant political force. It emerged from the war with...

Opinion

19 hours ago

Letter

Intensification paradox

Kiwis should not live on productive land and enjoy a “useful” amount of space — because, relatively speaking, they don’t “produce” much that the market values. That’s exactly where Kiwis should be living because it “produces”...

Opinion

19 hours ago

Letter

Fixing Corrections

Corrections — should we correct Corrections or not? I leave it to the readers to decide. In the 1980s the National Party did some very good work with Sir Doug Graham as the Minister of Justice. Having met with him many times, we were able to...

Opinion

19 hours ago

Letter

MPI should share crayfish pot survey data

Can anyone tell me why commercial crayfishers are allowed to take crayfish 2mm smaller than amateurs? Do people know the juvenile catch is down 80 percent? That means the adult catch will be down in approximately four to five years. Why can’t MPI...

Opinion

19 hours ago

Editorial

Pet bonds not without issues

The Government announced on Monday that it will introduce a pet bond with the goal of making it easier for people in New Zealand to find rental accommodation for themselves and their furry friends. Housing Minister Chris Bishop and his dog...

Jeremy Muir

17 Apr 2024

Column

Un-Civil religion at end of the rainbow

by Josiah Brown, Maxim Institute New Zealand is a melting pot, so what happens when the moral values of government collide with those of its citizens? What happens when the rubber meets the road, or more aptly, when the paint hits the pavement as it...

Opinion

17 Apr 2024

Letter

Town rocked in the ’80s

Re: Smash Palace co-owner bemoans night-time transport options, April 16 story. That is the whole reason I don’t go out; the taxis are so unreliable. They don’t come, and when they do, they charge the Earth. It has killed the night life in...

Opinion

17 Apr 2024

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