FREE TO READ News Grateful whānau brought to tears by new Kainga Ora homes Two Gisborne whānau battling health issues and looking for a permanent roof over their heads are relieved to have moved into a new Kāinga Ora development in Hirini St, Kaiti. After more than two years in a motel room, Phillip and Bromlyn thought... Click here Gisborne Herald 02 Sep 2024
FREE TO READ News Kura breach ‘low risk’: Emails show Gisborne school seen to be breaching consent There is disagreement over whether a Gisborne school has been operating in breach of its resource consent for more than five years. Documents indicate that despite being notified by the council multiple times, the school knowingly violated these... Click here Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter 03 Sep 2024
News Makaraka ram-raid: Cigarettes, vapes, chocolate and drinks stolen in early-morning break-in A group of thieves used a car to smash through the door and security grill at Makaraka Veges just out of Gisborne city and steal cigarettes, chocolate and drinks early on Tuesday. Store owner Krunal Shah said the footage showed what appeared to be... Click here Gisborne Herald 10 Sep 2024
FREE TO READ News Whānau first always: Police farewell Tairāwhiti area commander Sam Aberahama When retiring Tairāwhiti area commander Sam Aberahama was a child he saw a lot of police. They were often at his house taking his dad away after another violent outburst. Police gave him and his whānau a safe place to remain and in those early... Click here Gisborne Herald 11 Sep 2024
FREE TO READ News Touched many lives: Whānau celebrate Midge’s life by James Pocock Jacqueline Nankivell has asked friends and whānau to carry on her mum’s legacy by striving to work hard, care for others and smile more. Jacqueline, 17, and brother Rewi jnr, 15, were injured in a crash that tragically took mother... Click here Gisborne Herald 13 Sep 2024
FREE TO READ News Regional economic plan ‘one of best I’ve seen’ — PM Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the Te Tairāwhiti regional economic plan is “one of the best I have seen”. The Prime Minister was in Gisborne on Thursday and met informally with iwi leaders, Trust Tairāwhiti and Mayor Rehette Stoltz and... Click here Gisborne Herald 13 Sep 2024
FREE TO READ News Lease approved for multisports hub, allowing stage one of development to get under way A multisports centre in Gisborne is a step closer to construction. During an operations committee meeting on Thursday, Gisborne district councillors voted to grant a lease for the Victoria Sport and Recreation Hub (VSRH), so stage one of the... Click here Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter 13 Sep 2024
REVIEW News A rock and roll rhapsody: Chance to break free with high-energy production We Will Rock You, a jukebox musical by members of the band Queen and writer Ben Elton, is the latest offering from Gisborne’s Centre Stage Theatre Group and is being staged at the War Memorial Theatre. Set in a dystopian Gaga Land on iPlanet, we... Click here Kim Parkinson 13 Sep 2024
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