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Gisborne artist Glenn Brown wins national art prize with futuristic Battle of Wellington. Gisborne artist Glenn Brown has won the Supreme Award in the Feilding and District Art Society’s 2024 Art Awards with a work which depicts a futuristic vision of New Zealand’s capital city. The painting, titled Battle of Wellington, is 1800cm x...
Gisborne residents transform main street with art and teamwork
Nov 5, 2024 · 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.
Welcome to your new Gisborne Herald online
Apr 3, 2023 · Welcome to the new-look Gisborne Herald website. We hope you like the new site and some new features — which include an events calendar where organisers can submit details and an image, and a newsletter service starting from today for those who wish to get regular summaries of the latest news, or what’s happening on the arts and ...
Gisborne roads to convert from sealed to unsealed amid budget cuts
5 days ago · Council director of sustainable futures Joanna Noble said the policy provided a “bigger strategic context” for decision-making before going to the community-led conversations. According to the report, reverting Totangi Rd will cost $129,000 and Russell $89,000. Most of the costs are associated with drainage improvements and top-up aggregate.
Tairāwhiti news digest: Busy weekend for firefighters; luxury cruise ...
2 days ago · Firefighters spent several hours on Saturday afternoon putting out a fire in driftwood and grass at Browns Beach at Muriwai. Fire and Emergency NZ was alerted at 2.15pm. Crews from the Gisborne brigade, Eastland Fire and Manutuke volunteers were mobilised. A helicopter with a monsoon bucket was also ...
Households self-evacuated across Tairāwhiti, emergency crews …
Jun 26, 2024 · Welfare/evacuation centres in Gisborne have been opened at Te Poho o Rāwiri Marae and the House of Breakthrough. Homes self-evacuated by the Waipaoa River overnight included those in Te Karaka, Lavenham Rd and Branson Rd. There were also evacuations in Ūawa and in Gisborne, with residents on Thompson St and Fergusson Drive leaving their homes.
Gisborne records another Covid death
Jun 20, 2024 · Gisborne records another Covid death. A Covid-19-attributed fatality has been recorded in Tairāwhiti for the second consecutive week. The latest Health NZ figures for the week ending midnight Sunday records the Tairāwhiti death, which takes the district’s Covid-19-attributed death tally to 47. There were 43 active cases in Tairāwhiti as at ...
Gisborne parking fines go up for the first time in 20 years
Oct 7, 2024 · The Gisborne Herald last week reported the fine for parking in a disability park had risen 500% - from $150 to $750. Gisborne District Council director of internal partnerships and protection James Baty said parking infringement fees, which the Government sets and the council enforces, had gone up for the first time in 20 years.
Gisborne drenched, more rain on the way
May 21, 2024 · A “Tasman Sea Special” drenched Tairāwhiti today with more than 120 millimetres of rain falling on parts of the East Coast in 24 hours and floodwaters closing sections of State Highway 2 south and SH35. The heavy rain eased for a while around midday but it returned as forecast thunderstorms persisted at times into the afternoon.