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5 days ago · 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...
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Five Gisborne marae, including Puketawai, to relocate due to flood ...
15 hours ago · Ablution facilities were almost finished and piles were about to be put in for a new whare kai when Cyclone Gabrielle struck in February 2023. Five Gisborne marae at risk of flood and erosion will be relocated under Gisborne District Council plans. Local Democracy reporter Zita Campbell looks at Puketawai Marae’s “earth-shattering ...
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.
Tairāwhiti news digest: Gisborne’s Kōpūtūtea zone enters …
14 hours ago · The Kōpūtūtea zone of Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Tairāwhiti District is now in a restricted fire season. The season began at 8am on Wednesday and is until further notice. This zone covers Gisborne City and the Poverty Bay Basin, including Manutūkē, Pātūtahi and Ngatapa. During a restricted fire season, anyone planning to light ...
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.
Three cyclone destroyed bridges to not be replaced, two others …
Oct 11, 2024 · Gisborne District Council director of community lifelines Tim Barry said on Thursday that two of the lost bridges had been indicatively endorsed for replacement, while two others required further economic and design considerations. “Three of the destroyed bridges will not be replaced,” he said. The Hollywood Bridge on Bushy Knoll Rd, one of ...
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.
Government plan leaves question mark over future of Gisborne’s ...
Oct 6, 2024 · As the Government looks to take control of national forestry regulations from councils, questions linger on what it will mean for Gisborne. A research paper released online last month showed that Gisborne region was the only council that developed rules in a “strategic and principled” way after law changes in 2018 enabled councils to set their regulations.
Gisborne records two more Covid deaths
Jan 16, 2024 · Gisborne has lost two more people to Covid-19 as the country continues to experience a fifth wave of the virus. The latest Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora figures, released yesterday, show 38 deaths were recorded nationwide in the week ending January 14, including the first Tairāwhiti fatality for some months. But the figures also show a total of 41 ...