Date: 18th Sep 2014
TAIRAWHITI / GISBORNE voters were quick to take advantage of advance voting, which began on the 3rd of September. The first voters were at the polling booth in Treble Court (at the McDonalds end) when voting in the 2014 general election…
Date: 22nd Apr 2014
MAYOR Meng Foon has labelled the rules for determining local body and central government constituencies as “depressing” after confirmation of the East Coast electorate boundaries for 2014 and 2017 by the Electoral Commission. The East Coast…
Date: 7th Mar 2011
Muriwai Iwi Ngai Tamanuhiri became one of the Turanga tribes to settle its historical treaty claims when it signed a final deed of settlement at Muriwai Marae on Sunday 6th of March, 2011. One of the eldest Kuia of Ngai Tamanuhi Hera Smith,…
Date: 4th Aug 2010
YMP Celebrations Begin KAHU Tamatea was the toast of a YMP side who won their eighth Lee Brothers Shield premier club final 23-22 over Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates in a thriller at Rugby Park on Saturday. In one of the best…
Date: 22nd Apr 2010
Archaeologists have discovered partial human remains on Haipipi Endeavour Park - believed to be part of a leg dating back to Pre-European times. OPUS Archaelogists have been working on the site since last week before work begins to expand the…
Date: 27th Feb 2010
Te Matatini 2011 will be our first National Kapa Haka Festival for 34 years and Tairawhiti wants to make it the best ever! It will certainly be different - not in a concrete and chrone environment, but on our whenua - natural amphitheatre…
Date: 19th Feb 2010
Media Release 19th February 2010 Carers offered chance to apply for holiday break Te Kainga Whaiora Children's Village in Gisborne is calling for applications for special April school holiday programme for children in care…
Date: 16th Feb 2010
Area school best option for Te Karaka Te Karaka will begin 2011 with a new area school, Associate Education Minister Dr Pita Sharples has confirmed. He signalled he preferred the area school option when he spoke with parents and…
Date: 14th Aug 2008
Community Based Language Initiative was a project managed by Thelma Karaitiana for Te Runanga O Turanganui A Kiwa. The project was completed around 2005. There were many valuable insights, research, partnership and relationships…