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A year of walking and te reo

House surgeon Dr Kahurangi Ross-Hoskins has walked the length of Aotearoa and learned te reo, all in his gap year, then returned for a second stint at Gisborne Hospital. He talks of his experiences. Gisborne Hospital house surgeon Kahurangi...

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At home in Ūawa

Thabiso Mashaba from Botswana in southern Africa moved with his whānau to Ūawa Tolaga Bay. He talked to kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. Moving to Tairāwhiti is one of the best decisions Thabiso has made in his life, he says. Thabiso...

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Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

13 Apr 2024

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THIS SWIMMING LIFE

Rochelle Somerton has stepped aside after 22 years with the Comet Swimming Club, most recently as general manager.

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Murray Robertson

06 Apr 2024

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From vine to brew

Gillian Cowperthwaite finds out about all things brewing-related at a new adult education course at EIT Tairāwhiti Te Pūkenga. When Tori Räikkönen began the Level 3 Horticulture Skills programme run through EIT last year, she never dreamed she...

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Gillian Cowperthwaite

30 Mar 2024

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Done NZ, now for the UK

Lyall Evans is busy preparing for a UK cycle adventure. Talking to Loren Sirl, he reflects on a lifetime’s love of exercise and sport. While the rest of us are savouring the last few hours of sleep before the dreaded alarm goes off, Lyall Evans is...

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Looking on the bright side: New director of community lifelines optimistic for region

How do you manage the roads and bridges of a region ravaged by a cyclone? Tim Barry remains optimistic but realistic for the future of Tairāwhiti in his new job at the Gisborne District Council. He talked to Local Democracy Reporter Zita Campbell...

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Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

17 Mar 2024

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Family, football and photography

In the lead-up to the charity golf tournament he’s worked on for nearly 20 years, The Gisborne Herald chief photographer Paul Rickard reflects on more than 50 years of photography, sport, and the ‘widowmaker’ that could have ended it all.

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Gisborne Herald

09 Mar 2024

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Hanging up the headphones

After 34 years on Tūranga FM, Walter ‘The Wiz’ Walsh is moving on. He spoke to kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. Walter Walsh, 56, is definitely the whizz who is The Wiz, on the mic at Tūranga FM after entertaining the communities of...

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Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

02 Mar 2024

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Living his teenage dream

Quinn Eru AKA One Three Official is making his dreams of being a hip hop rap artist a reality. Kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor learned more about his journey . . .

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Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

24 Feb 2024

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Weather a blessing and a curse

Paul Thompson, chief executive of RNZ and the broadcaster’s editor-in-chief, talked about Gisborne on the network’s My Hometown series. I moved to Gisborne as a six-year-old in 1973, four years before my first flood. It struck on June 20, 1977...

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Gisborne Herald

17 Feb 2024

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‘Be seen, be you’

A trip to Paris flying business class was the last thing Kylee De Thier might have imagined when he started creating online content. The 21-year-old talks to kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor about his journey, which is just beginning . . If...

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Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

10 Feb 2024

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The good life

Kuratau faces south on a hillside with Mangaheia Station to the west, inland from Tolaga Bay. The first Te Rāwheoro Marae stood here, and it’s where Boydie Pomare Kutia, or Papa Boydie as he is known, was born almost 90 years ago. With his...

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Loren Sirl

03 Feb 2024

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Valuable life lessons on Huanui Station in the ’70s

Dan Maitai takes us on a journey and a nostalgic account of the ‘good ol’ days’ at Huanui Station, East Coast. He chats to journalist Loren Sirl… It was the 1970s and Dan Maitai of Tolaga Bay decided, at the age of 14, he’d had enough of...

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Loren Sirl

27 Jan 2024