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'Lovely, optimistic voices of the future': Kids' art brightens CBD
Te Wharau pupils, aged 5 and 6, have filled a vacant CBD corner with art.
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Vape stores caught selling to minors, selling disposables in compliance checks
Four stores were caught selling vaping products to people under 18.
Gisborne leaders await decision on $29.7m East Coast recovery bid
If approved, the money would fund community, environmental and economic recovery.
‘Unmitigated disaster’: Weeds 'suffocating' council’s native planting, resident says
The council says the dense planting of roughly 4000 plants will outgrow kikuyu.
Gisborne councillors back waste hub site despite mana whenua opposition
Councillors backed 275 Lytton Rd despite opposition from Te Kurī ā Tuatai Marae.
Council’s commercial arm buys building block in city centre revamp push
The site includes Just Thai, several small businesses and flats above.
'Near misses daily': Kura pushes council for pedestrian crossing dropped from annual plan
A video with 15-year-old student leader Malea Procter has reached around 56,000 views.
Grey St trial street design rollback under way as Phase 1 completed
Most reinstatement work is due to finish between late March and early April 2026.
Tairāwhiti highway closures: Council warns of ‘learned acceptance’ risk
Leaders fear that per-capita funding models will leave Tairāwhiti behind.
‘From one area to another’: Māori Wardens fear move-on orders miss point
Rough sleeping has troubled Tairāwhiti for decades, Mayor Rehette Stoltz says.
School principal says liquor store has transformed bus shelter into 'day club'
Red Door Liquor Store sits directly opposite Kaiti School in Gisborne.
Cyclist breaks shoulder and pelvis on Gisborne cycleway rail gap, fixes underway
Eastland Port will fill the track gap and add anti-slip coating this month.
From storm to cabin: East Coast whānau start again after landslide wrecks home
The Torreys' hillside home was yellow-stickered after the January 21 slip.
'Pen pushing and not enough action': Te Araroa pleads for urgent stream works
The Gisborne District Council plans emergency works on the stream before forecast rain.
From reels to phone calls: How Gisborne councillors engage with constituents
LGNZ now runs training on safe, effective social media use, popular with younger members.
‘The council needs to build its own one’: Volunteer closes Gisborne motorhome dump station
The Awapuni Rd dump station, voluntarily run by Brian Hall, closed on January 31.
Gisborne council urged to stop 'appeasing' forestry industry
The group wants the council to block forestry consents on red and orange land.
'So well looked after': Te Araroa cafe owner back serving after flood evacuations
Maree Brownlie feared losing both her home and business, with fridges full of food.
'Incredibly disheartening': Fake evacuation calls target Gisborne residents
Around 30 whānau evacuated to centres and marae across Tairāwhiti overnight.
Red and orange rain warnings in Gisborne: What you need to know
Gisborne's north now has a red heavy rain warning, with 250-350mm forecast.
Rehette Stoltz on Gisborne council staffing, RMA reforms and 2026 plan
Now LGNZ president, Stoltz insists her first priority remains being mayor of Gisborne.
One children's author sweeps Gisborne's most-borrowed books list
Dav Pilkey wrote all five of Gisborne’s most-borrowed library books last year.
Gisborne council disability strategy left to expire for more than a decade
The council now plans a memo early this year on reviving the Disability Strategy.
Heat alert as weekend highs tipped to climb into 30s
Gisborne is forecast to hit 32C tomorrow, with a 33C peak on Sunday.
'A time to remember their past': Rangatira Marae whānau lay Cyclone Gabrielle taonga to rest
The new marae and site will be rebuilt a few minutes’ drive from the original.
Free summer gigs to bring live music to Gisborne city centre
A heritage facade fund offers grants to spruce up ageing CBD buildings.
'Utterly disappointing': Gisborne politicians split over RMA reforms
The new planning system is expected to fully replace the Resource Management Act by 2027.
'Any rubbish must be dropped off during operating hours': Council warns dumpers
Illegal rubbish dumping at the gate cost Gisborne ratepayers $570,000 this year.
Gisborne yacht club’s future uncertain as hapū seeks council to honour land return commitment
The Gisborne Yacht Club says it will fold if forced to move from Kaiti Beach.
How Gisborne’s transfer station became a magnet for illegal dumping
Rubbish left outside the transfer station has cost ratepayers $570,000.
'It keeps me awake at night': Councillor sounds alarm on Te Arai water supply threat
The council called the situation its biggest known utility risk over the long term.
Gisborne mayor backs rate cap but warns exemptions must be 'timely'
From 2029, councils need a regulator sign-off to go above a 4% rate increase.