The long-established ritual of predominantly young Gisborne people “bombing” into the Tūranganui River has again come up for discussion before Gisborne district councillors. Councillors were ...

North/South: Mark Fleming/John Hudson 60; Katrine Matthews/Hans van der Kuijl 54.17; Raewynne Cook/Anne Roberts 53.33. East/West: Sharon Kelman/Glenys Evans 55.83; Margot Searle/Joy Marden 52.92; ...

Life is tough right now — and not just for low-income earners. Working families on what would be deemed good incomes are lying awake at night worrying about how they’ll pay their bills. Mortgages are ...

The Chardonnay Affair. A series of sumptuous events celebrating chardonnay: Sat 12-5pm, Chardonnay in the Vines, Bushmere Estate; Sat 1pm-3pm, Chardonnay Masterclass, Tahu; Further event details and ...

A mismatch between housing supply and demand has seen escalating rental costs and registrations for social housing in recent years, with major impacts on household budgets and whānau wellbeing in ...

More people are receiving JobSeeker Support payments in Tairāwhiti but our unemployment rate remains at 4.5 percent — the same as in 2022 — there was a smidgen of employment growth last year, and our ...

Gisborne District Council’s draft 2024 Infrastructure Strategy that recently came into the public domain brought with it news of a renewed effort to build a district landfill, and a plan to spend a ...

Isaac Thomas’s feat last Saturday was stupendous. The Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps all-rounder backed up his 37-ball innings of 65 from first drop with an over for the ages against ...

A field of around 300 runners set off at daybreak today in the second First Light Marathon to be held in Te Tairāwhiti. Of those, around 100 are doing the full marathon (42.2 kilometres) and the rest ...

Police have been rapt with the performance of drivers, both local and visitors, when it comes to drink-driving so far this New Year/Christmas period. Tairāwhiti area police commander, acting Inspector ...

Mark Karalus and Phil Mickelson share two things in common. Both are left-handers. Both have shot sub-60 — albeit Mickelson’s was off the stick (59 in winning the Grand Slam of Golf at Poipu Beach, ...

Zac Corban is a big fan of Poverty Bay cricket. Corban has great memories of playing — and now coaching — the Hamilton team at the Emerging Rangatahi Northern Districts under-19 tournament being held ...