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Readers To Rejoice As Library Reopens
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 12:43 pm | Gisborne District Council
Readers around the region will be happy to hear they can head back to the HB Williams Memorial Library from Monday, but strict guidelines will be in place to ensure the safety of visitors and staff. Librarians are already back on site in readiness for ... More >>
Aerodrome Road Upgrade Brings Our People Home
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 3:06 pm | Gisborne District Council
When Fulton Hogan disbanded its road surfacing team in 2015 due to lack of work, sprayer operator Jimmy Wanoa left Tairāwhiti and took his valuable skills and experience with him. “When the news came in that the team was being brought ... More >>
Council Services At Covid-19 Alert Level 2
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 11:33 am | Gisborne District Council
Gisborne District Council, like many businesses throughout New Zealand, is opening a range of its services at COVID-19 Alert Level 2 but it is all part of a gradual move to what will become a new normal. Council has measures in place to ... More >>
GizzyBus Reduced Services Remain In Place
Friday, 8 May 2020, 9:13 am | Gisborne District Council
GizzyBus service will continue to operate at a reduced level during Covid-19 alert levels 3 and 2 to help keep drivers and passengers safe and maintain social distancing. At lower alert levels more people are allowed to access bus services, but extra safety ... More >>
Message From Mayor Rehette Stoltz
Friday, 8 May 2020, 6:46 am | Gisborne District Council
Hello again, and what a lovely and encouraging week it's been. Nationally zero new cases were reported two days in a row and on Wednesday only two new cases. We’ve been doing a brilliant job during lock down of remaining safe, but our work now is ... More >>
Let's Finish The Job
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 1:06 pm | Gisborne District Council
We need to stay in our bubbles. That’s the message that Tairāwhiti Mayor Rehette Stoltz wants to impress on everyone living in Tairāwhiti. ‘We’ve been doing a brilliant job during lock down of remaining safe in our bubbles, but we have to ... More >>
United Efforts To Help Tairāwhiti Recover
Monday, 4 May 2020, 1:19 pm | Gisborne District Council
Tairāwhiti community leaders are uniting in their efforts to ensure the region has the best possible chance of a strong economic recovery post COVID-19. Leading the charge is Tairāwhiti Rau Tipu Rau Ora – the Regional Recovery Governance ... More >>
Tauwhareparae Road To Reopen Sunday Night
Friday, 1 May 2020, 4:13 pm | Gisborne District Council
Tauwhareparae Road will be reopened to all traffic from midnight this Sunday (May 3). Contractors are currently working to stabilise the road and will work through the weekend. The road has been closed to heavy vehicles at the 20km mark since Wednesday, ... More >>
New Appreciation Of Life After Roughing
Friday, 1 May 2020, 8:57 am | Gisborne District Council
Koji Teranishi planned to make a flying visit to New Zealand after a spur-of-the moment decision to watch the Corona Piha Pro surfing competition. But it was a Corona of a different kind that ended up making the biggest impact on this Japanese chef ... More >>
ECC Helping To Roll Out Welfare Assistance
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 9:59 am | Gisborne District Council
The nation may have moved to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 but it hasn’t lessened the demand for welfare assistance across the rohe. In the last three days alone, the Gisborne District Council’s Emergency Coordination Centre has had another 44 kai ... More >>
Resilient Pakeke Heartened By Operation Manaaki
Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 2:45 pm | Gisborne District Council
When Operation Manaaki was mooted, the aim was to ensure the elder people of Te Tairāwhiti felt safe, included and connected during the COVID-19 pandemic . . . but it provided so much more. The operation was a joint initiative put in place by ... More >>
Caution Advised Over Inter-Regional Travel Under Level 3
Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 9:13 am | Gisborne District Council
Inter-regional travel may be allowed at COVID-19 Alert Level 3 but Gisborne District Council Emergency Coordination Centre group controller Dave Wilson is reminding people there are still strict rules to be followed. Government guidelines say people can ... More >>
Mangaheia Bridge Reopened To All Traffic
Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 1:55 pm | Gisborne District Council
Mangaheia Bridge no.1 on Tauwhareparae Road has been reopened to all traffic. Testing was completed this morning on the strength of the concrete repairs and engineers have agreed to reopen the bridge without any weight restrictions. The repairs were ... More >>
Rebuilding A Resilient Tairāwhiti
Friday, 24 April 2020, 6:43 pm | Gisborne District Council
He anga whakamua – as the nation prepares to move down to COVID-19 Alert Level 3, planning to rebuild our resilient region is well underway through the Tairāwhiti Regional Recovery Plan. Tairāwhiti Rau Tipu Rau Ora , the Regional Recovery Governance ... More >>
Fox Street Trails Opening On Tuesday
Friday, 24 April 2020, 8:38 am | Gisborne District Council
There’s good news coming for the region’s keen mountain bikers. Gisborne District Council Emergency Coordination Centre group controller Dave Wilson has confirmed the popular Mountain Bike Park at the Whataupoko Reserve in Fox Street will open ... More >>
Council Reduces Proposed Rates Increases For 2020/21
Friday, 24 April 2020, 8:37 am | Gisborne District Council
Council has agreed to reduce the proposed rates increase for 2020/21 in an effort to lessen the burden on ratepayers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Rehette Stoltz says Council acknowledges many households and businesses are facing hardship, and ... More >>
Update From Chief Executive Nedine Thatcher Swann
Friday, 24 April 2020, 8:35 am | Gisborne District Council
It has been an unusual and hard month but I am so very proud of where we are at nationally and as a region, and our efforts to keep the virus contained. As we move to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 there will be some adjustments within council and also ... More >>
Caution Advised With Level 3 Changes
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 9:34 am | Gisborne District Council
Waste Management has confirmed its Innes Street transfer station will open on Tuesday (April 28) when the country drops to COVID-19 Alert Level 3. For the first two weeks, the transfer station will be open weekdays from 7.30am-4.30pm and 9.30am-3.30pm across ... More >>
Mangaheia Bridge To Be Reopened Next Week After Collective Effort
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 4:19 pm | Gisborne District Council
A huge collective effort by Gisborne District Council contractors means that Mangaheia Bridge no.1 on Tauwhareparae Road will be reopened next week. An alternative structural repair design has been agreed upon by engineers which cuts the closure ... More >>
Tairāwhiti Ahead Of The Game With ‘shovel-ready’ Projects
Tuesday, 21 April 2020, 10:38 am | Gisborne District Council
Gisborne District Council has continued to focus on securing Government funding for infrastructure projects, to the tune of $200 million, to stimulate the district’s economy after restrictions lift. Chief Executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said all the ... More >>
