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Redeployment Programme Enables More Mahi On Tītīrangi
Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 11:14 am | Gisborne District Council
When Whaia Tītīrangi operational leader Jordan Tibble thinks about her work on the maunga, it is with a long term vision. “When I am 65 I want to come back and walk through the ngahere (forests) we have planted and see all our manu (birds) thriving ... More >>
Tauwhareparae Road Closed Due To Slip
Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 8:04 am | Gisborne District Council
Tauwhareparae Road is closed at the 20km mark due to a slip. Contractors are working to clear the debris from the road. The road is expected to be reopened by 10am. Tiniroto Road remains closed at the 35km mark and contractors expected to have the road reopened ... More >>
Gisborne Swimmers Get Your Togs Ready
Friday, 29 May 2020, 6:50 pm | Gisborne District Council
Council will reopen the doors to the 33m outdoor pool at the Olympic Pool complex on Tuesday, 2 June. “The decision to open has not been an easy one. Our 50m pool has a leak that we will be unable to fix until summer, so we’ll be diverting water ... More >>
Capital Investment Programme To Support Economic Recovery
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 9:35 am | Gisborne District Council
Council yesterday approved its $96 million capital investment programme for the 2020/21 Annual Plan, with a focus on key infrastructure and the delivery of Long Term Plan projects. Chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann says capital investment ... More >>
Redeployment Ramps Up
Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 11:55 am | Gisborne District Council
The Tairāwhiti Economic Support Package Redeployment Programme may be in response to the impacts of COVID-19 virus but the $23.755m package will provide so much more for the region. While it initially aimed to assist displaced forestry workers, the ... More >>
Thousands To Benefit From Joint Initiative To Get Food Out To 1450 Households Across The Region
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 5:00 pm | Gisborne District Council
There’s an impressive collaboration going on between Toitu Tairāwhiti, Gisborne District Council’s Emergency Coordination Centre and 16 iwi, hapu and community hubs to get kai (food) parcels out to 1450 households across the rohe. The Toitu ... More >>
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 >>
