Gisborne Herald
Oct 25, 2024 · Website and daily print publication for the Gisborne region. One of only four independently owned daily newspapers in New Zealand.
Gisborne residents transform main street with art and teamwork
1 day ago · Gisborne’s main street has been “spruced up” and “revived”, with local artists painting bright colours to uplift the community. About 30 residents swept the streets, painted over unwanted graffiti, and cleaned up rubbish, and the outsides of shop windows as part of the Spring Clean on Sunday.
Gisborne councillors to decide on Grey Street T-intersection change
1 day ago · A safety-influenced T-intersection will be reinstated to the controversial Streets for People trial concerning Grey St if Gisborne district councillors adopt the recommended option at an extraordinary meeting scheduled for tomorrow. …
Gisborne farmer runs 11 marathons in three days
1 day ago · Glenn Tomlinson (second from left) completed 69 laps of a 6.706-kilometre course - a total of 462.7 kilometres over nearly three days. Running next to him is Jeremy Pelvin, with John Bayne and Jane McAlpine behind them.
From tired to jazzed up: Gisborne’s main street’s spring clean
2 days ago · Three local volunteers are facilitating a clean-up of Gisborne’s main street on Sunday and the public are invited to join them. “We want to change the conversation around Gisborne’s CBD,” say former councillor of 10 years Meredith Akuhata-Brown, husband and furniture restorer Jason Akuhata-Brown and real estate agent Bronwyn Kay say.
Isolated Gisborne farmers fight for cyclone bridge rebuilds after ...
Oct 24, 2024 · Isolated Gisborne families are anxiously awaiting updates on the council-owned bridges which were destroyed during Cyclone Gabrielle and cutting them off from public roads. Funding for rebuilds has been secured for only two of eight cyclone-damaged bridges. Of these, three bridges considered crucial ...
Gisborne alcohol control bylaw review set for 2025 after council ...
1 day ago · Gisborne district councillors have quickly decided to undertake a statutory review of the 2015 Alcohol Control Bylaw. The bylaw must be reviewed by June 2025, otherwise a new bylaw will need to be adopted within two years of that date. Councillors decided a bylaw was the most appropriate way of ...
Helicopter used in Gisborne water rescue
1 day ago · Surf lifesaving guards and a rescue helicopter were involved in a rescue off the coast of Gisborne’s Sponge Bay on Tuesday morning. A statement from Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) confirmed that the Gisborne Search and Rescue Squad responded to an emergency at Tuamotu Island involving one person unconscious in the water.
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A collaboration between a Te Araroa school and a Tairāwhiti-based strategic management service to build primary-age students’ financial literacy will benefit from $140,000 in funding.
Gisborne Herald archives need new home to preserve local history …
Oct 30, 2024 · The archives, which include several other now-defunct local papers, have been safely secured at the Herald, owned by the Muir family from the 1880s until the paper was bought out by NZME in March.. The former Herald premises in Gladstone Rd will go on to the market at some stage, and former company director Michael Muir is keen to preserve the invaluable resource at a new location.