FREE TO READ News Baby’s rapid arrival leads to fast Gisborne flight for Māhia whānau A little girl caused a big noise after she arrived in the world last Tuesday when she and her parents were helicoptered from their Māhia home to Gisborne Hospital. Ihaia and Breearna Maxwell had planned to make the just-over-an-hour’s drive to... Click here Gisborne Herald 18 Nov 2024
FREE TO READ News Five Gisborne marae, including Puketawai, to relocate due to flood risks Five Gisborne marae at risk of flood and erosion will be relocated under Gisborne District Council plans. Local Democracy reporter Zita Campbell looks at Puketawai Marae’s “earth-shattering” cyclone experience, the progress since then and how... Click here Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter 13 Nov 2024
FREE TO READ News Hīkoi to Parliament: Communities unite in Tairāwhiti for Toitū Te Tiriti hīkoi Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air People from East Coast communities have been travelling down State Highway 35 en masse as part of the Toitū Te Tiriti hīkoi heading to Wellington. The nationwide hīkoi was organised in response... Click here Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter 14 Nov 2024
FREE TO READ News Tairāwhiti Hīkoi mō te Tiriti unites thousands in Gisborne for Treaty rights Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air Pākehā, Māori and Tauiwi (non-Māori) all showed up en masse at Heipipi Park in Gisborne on Thursday evening to make sure the Tairāwhiti perspective was put on the map for Hīkoi mō te Tiriti... Click here Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter 15 Nov 2024
Letter Investing in sustainable jobs We were once told that farmers were the backbone of our economy and essential to our survival. Now, we’re told that extracting minerals is crucial for wealth and job creation. Are we being fooled again? Surely, we can invest in research and... Click here Gisborne Herald 05 Nov 2024
Letter Nightmare on Grey St It beggars belief that the Gisborne District Council has approved the design of the chaotic, ideologically heterogeneous, multicoloured maze of speed bumps and concrete blocks now clogging Grey St. This erudite, verbose, crapulous nonsense is... Click here Gisborne Herald 05 Nov 2024
Letter Environmental impact of meat works closure OPINION The pending closure of a significant South Island meat works is a worrying sign of Government failure to control the environment in which our major export industries operate. The stated reason for this disastrous Mid Canterbury decision is... Click here Gisborne Herald 05 Nov 2024
Letter Grey St woes OPINION Reading Conrad Lewis’ letter (Nightmare on Elm St, November 2) was amazing and joyful, and I hope others follow his example to rid Grey St of this mess. From the day it was implemented, I couldn’t believe the council approved the design... Click here Gisborne Herald 05 Nov 2024