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
FREE TO READ News Tairāwhiti schools shine at Turanganui Māori cultural festival Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air Thousands of tamariki from across Tairāwhiti took the stage this week at the Tūranganui Schools Māori Cultural Festival. This year is the 39th year of the annual event, which brings together... Click here Gisborne Herald 22 Nov 2024
FREE TO READ News Faces of the Coast art exhibition raises suicide prevention awareness Faces of the Coast, an art exhibition and auction of donated artworks, opens on Friday at Forty10 Cafe on Lowe St. The paintings on sale will raise money for Mahia Wave Warriors for the work they do in the community. This is the fifth year of the... Click here Kim Parkinson 21 Nov 2024
FREE TO READ News Uncertainty for Gisborne after Simeon Brown’s speed limit reduction reversal Gisborne residents who successfully petitioned for slower speeds on some local roads are pushing for those changes to remain. Councils have until July 2025 to reverse blanket speed limits that took effect on January 1, 2020, under a new rule by the... Click here Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter 21 Nov 2024
FREE TO READ News Report reveals massive growth for Turanga Health amid changing health sector Tairāwhiti-based Māori health organisation Turanga Health has sustained strong growth in its enrolments amid a rapidly changing health sector. Turanga Health’s 2024 annual report Reke Tū released this month reveals that the iwi health service... Click here Gisborne Herald 20 Nov 2024
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