Gisborne Herald

Arrest after police car rammed in Tolaga Bay

A man was arrested after an incident in Tolaga Bay yesterday morning in which a police car was rammed and damaged. Officers were conducting routine inquiries in the township at around 7am when a man fled from a Paroa Road address. Police allege...

Gisborne Herald

16 hours ago

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Manawanui commander the guest speaker at the Cenotaph

How many Gallipolis do we need to suffer? That is the poignant remark from Gisborne RSA president Trevor Jukes as he looks towards Anzac Day. Mr Jukes invites the public to attend the Anzac Day combined dawn and civic Service at the Cenotaph...

Asphalting work schedule for SH35 updated

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi has revised its schedule for upcoming overnight road asphalting work on State Highway 35 in and near Gisborne. Detours will be in place throughout all stages of the work. The closures will require a combination of...

Gisborne Herald

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New-look Gisborne Herald starts next week

The Gisborne Herald undergoes a design and content refresh from Wednesday, May 1. As you will have read in March, The Gisborne Herald is now owned by NZME (New Zealand Media and Entertainment). NZME publishes five regional daily newspapers, 15...

Gisborne Herald

23 Apr 2024

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Damning review of forestry auditors

Work severely below acceptable standards.

Gisborne Herald

16 hours ago

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Tribute to those who kept ‘home fires burning’

Gisborne Royal New Zealand Navy veteran Jack Donnelly will honour the role of women in war when he gives an Anzac Day address in Australia tomorrow. The former Chief Petty Officer said he had been active in the Woronora RSL (Sydney) for 12 years...

Gisborne Herald

16 hours ago

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The unknown battle: More than 1000 Kiwi soldiers killed at La Basse-Ville

More than a thousand Kiwi soldiers killed at La Basse-Ville.

Wynsley Wrigley

16 hours ago

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St John MIST vehicle ‘a pretty cool piece of kit’

A new Major Incident Support Team (MIST) vehicle for St John in Tairāwhiti was dedicated on Friday at the St John base in Bright Street. The Mercedes-Benz vehicle contains vital equipment in bulk quantities, stretchers, an inflatable rescue...

Anzac Day TV coverage from C Company Memorial House

The C Company Māori Battalion Memorial House is set to broadcast coverage of Anzac Day this year to help share stories and history of those from Tairāwhiti who went to war. Dr Monty Soutar said the C Company Māori Battalion Memorial House was...

Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

16 hours ago

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Sold-out Six60 concert in Tokomaru Bay ‘epic’

The Te Puka tavern in Tokomaru Bay hosted music royalty on Monday night when Six60 played a sold-out gig as part of their Grassroots Tour. Te Puka Tavern GM Chris Woodney said the concert was a huge success and everything went off without a hitch...

Kim Parkinson

16 hours ago

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Changes in the wind for navigation safety bylaw

A lot of changes have occurred over the past 10 years when it comes to navigation and boating and swimming safety in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay, which is why the council is proposing a new bylaw on it. The community can have its say on 11 key...

Gisborne Herald

23 Apr 2024

Sport

Gisborne lifeguards on Aussies’ podium

Waikanae surf lifeguards Oska Smith and Seven Mapu, along with Olivia Corrin from Midway, won medals at the Australian surf lifesaving nationals on the Sunshine Coast. Smith won silver in the U19 men beach sprint and, with Mapu from Kaiaponi Farms...

Gisborne Herald

22 Apr 2024

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Tapuae take down champs

Is being on top in Week 3 a good thing? The mountaintop of Civil Project Solutions premier club rugby is where Kahu Scaffolding Tapuae now find themselves in the wake of their 17-14 win against two-time defending champions East Coast Farm Vets YMP...

Javelins ready to fly

Pieces of the puzzle are clicking into place for organisers of the 100th edition of New Zealand’s oldest sailing trophy event, which starts in Gisborne tomorrow. Gisborne Yacht Club is hosting the 2024 Sunshine Brewery Sanders Cup and Javelin...

John Gillies

11 hours ago

Sport

HSOB have first points on table

The Blue and Whites have their first win of the season. Earthworks Solutions High School Old Boys, under captain and halfback George Halley-Donnelly, beat Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 34-17 at the Oval on Saturday. A side who copped the tough Tapuae...

On the mats: cousins off to pairs zone final

Dylan Foster and his Cousin Kayla Trowell were in command all day to win the local final of the New Zealand mixed pairs competition for the second year in a row, by a margin of 9-2 against Warren Gibb and Lois Lamont. After three of the nine-end...

Waikohu pull out a big one

The country derby between Te Karaka’s finest and their hosts at Patutahi was a Saturday square dance, barn-raising and hoedown rolled into one. GT Shearing Waikohu’s 22-18 victory over Larsawn Ngatapa in Civil Project Solutions Premier Rugby saw...

Poverty Bay/East Coast rugby scoreboards

Poverty Bay Week 3 PREMIERS Kahu Scaffolding Tapuae 17 (Tatana Smith, Iowane Filimone, Rana Hubbard tries; Paoraian Manuel-Harman con) East Coast Farm Vets YMP 14 (James Higgins, Nehe Papuni tries; Mitchell Purvis 2 con). HT Tapuae 5 YMP 0. GT...

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

Lifestyle

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Loss but never lost

Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohiterangi failed at every school they attended. Now they are a candidate for a PhD. In their 29 years, they have packed in a lot. They talked to kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. Instilled with the learnings from...

Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

20 Apr 2024

Lifestyle

No 8 Squadron on patrol

As Anzac Day nears, Wynsley Wrigley looks into the story of No 8 General Reconnaissance (GR) Squadron operating at Darton Field (now Gisborne Airport) during World War 2. He also recounts the sad tale of RAF armourer Cliff (Molly) Morgan who was...

Wynsley Wrigley

20 Apr 2024

Gardening

Stunning perennials

Add charm to your garden with delphiniums, boasting tall, elegant spikes of vibrant blooms in lavender, blue, pink and white hues. Delphiniums (Delphinium grandiflora) are best known for their tall striking columns of massed double and semi double...

Gisborne Herald

20 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

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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

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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

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‘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

Arts & Entertainment

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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 Apr 2024

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

18 Apr 2024

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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LeaderBrand’s ‘mega-greenhouse’ officially opened

LeaderBrand officially opened its new “mega-greenhouse” in Tucker Road last week and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones (pictured above) spoke and cut the ribbon to do the honours. Head of the Regional Economic Development and Investment...

Gisborne Herald

12 hours ago

Focus on the Land

‘Exceptional work’ for farm forestry

Gisborne’s Kees Weytmans was the joint winner of the Joll Hosking Award for exceptional work for the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association at the association’s annual conference in Hawke’s Bay last week. Mr Weytmans won it jointly with Te...

‘Faithful to Fieldays’ — it’s in their blood

Every year, more than 100,000 people head to Mystery Creek for New Zealand’s iconic four-day agri-event Fieldays. Visitors look forward to the return of fan-favourite attractions like the various Fieldays competitions, and a chance to see the...

Gisborne Herald

20 Apr 2024

Focus on the Land

Slight rise in prices

There was a slight rise in the prices paid for the 2307 store lambs presented yesterday in the weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards. The best price paid was $99 for a pen of 38 well-presented store male lambs from Haha Station at Rangituki...

Trevor Brown

20 Apr 2024

Opinion

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Editorial

Crusaders should not be dismissed

Sport is tumultuous by nature and often knee-jerk reactions dominate the headlines. In the case of the Crusaders’ faltering start to the Super Rugby Pacific season under new head coach Rob Penney, the criticism has been swift and loud. Yet, amidst...

NZ Herald

12 hours ago

Letter

Developing a vibrant city centre in the digital age

I love Gisborne and my large extended family live here, but I live in Wellington. I work for the government saving money by helping reduce taxpayer spend on commodity digital technologies and services. My job requires me to understand the impact of...

Opinion

12 hours ago

Editorial

Police might have upper hand on pay

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has returned from a successful first overseas trade expedition to face some domestic challenges. Luxon’s tour last week took him to three Southeast Asian countries — Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines —...

John Jones

23 Apr 2024

Letter

Domestic air travellers subsidise rest of Air NZ

Air New Zealand is a monopoly with more than 80 percent of the domestic market. A survey this week found that the domestic airfare market was seen by consumers as the least competitive market in New Zealand. Air New Zealand hiked the average...

Opinion

23 Apr 2024

Letter

Thanks GDC for beginning transport transformation

Shut up Simin. I’m sick of you exhorting us all to use fossil fuels and drive everywhere. Last week I took my life in my hands, wheeling my bike across Roebuck Road. It shouldn’t be that dangerous! If only Gisborne had an industrial/heavy...

Opinion

23 Apr 2024

Letter

Hypocrisy, virtue signalling are costly for taxpayers . . .

I was shocked to read that our Government signed off a $41m clean energy transition deal with the Asian Development Bank last week (RNZ story). The Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism uses public and private finance to accelerate...

Opinion

23 Apr 2024

Letter

Embracing gift, well done

Re: Loss but never lost, April 20 article. An open letter to Tanith. Our first meeting when you were eight, standing alongside your humble and outstanding grandparents — wonderful! Watching you up close for a short season, then occasional meetings...

Opinion

23 Apr 2024

Letter

An undemocratic inequity

Re A. Casey’s letter, April 18. You ask why commercial fishers can take 52mm concession crays when amateur fishers cannot — even if people legally own the fishery and not commercial. You say the juvenile catch is down 80 percent, meaning the...

Opinion

23 Apr 2024

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