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Much To Learn From Tairāwhiti TEMO
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 7:23 pm | Gisborne District Council
Sharing information and resources is at the heart of all Tairāwhiti Emergency Management Office (TEMO) do. This time it’s with a group from Lower Hutt. “Their region shares a similar hazard as Tairāwhiti with the whole population living in a flood ... More >>
Successful Start To Spartina Project
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 7:21 pm | Gisborne District Council
More than half of the Spartina grass sprayed along the Taruheru River in January has broken down and been removed through normal tidal flows. Testing of the site has backed up the visual results to show a mass reduction in the Spartina, an increase ... More >>
Government Inquiry Welcomed By Council
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 1:53 pm | Gisborne District Council
A Government inquiry into how Emergency Management teams in the North Island reacted during the extreme weather events of early 2023 carries some good examples and learnings from Tairāwhiti. More >>
Third Bailey Bridge Installed By Council
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:48 pm | Gisborne District Council
Another Bailey bridge has been successfully installed in Tairāwhiti. More >>
Have Your Say On The Proposed New Navigation Safety Bylaw
Friday, 19 April 2024, 3:48 pm | Gisborne District Council
A lot changes in ten years and that’s why a new bylaw is being proposed around navigation and safety in Turanganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay. The community can have their say on 11 key proposed changes by Friday 17 May./ More >>
Minister Joins Ceremony To Mark Stopbank Milestone
Friday, 19 April 2024, 12:54 pm | Gisborne District Council
The resilience project is building on top of the great work of The Waipaoa Flood Control Scheme, which is 64km of stopbanks along the Waipaoa River, together with other river control structures and protection works. More >>
Fly-tipping Escalation In Our Region
Friday, 19 April 2024, 10:49 am | Gisborne District Council
Fly-tipping or illegal dumping is a growing issue we’re all facing as a region. More >>
Demolition Works Begin At The Olympic Pool Complex
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 5:02 pm | Gisborne District Council
Today 16 April demolition of the administration building commenced after asbestos found in the building on Friday, was removed on Monday. The project is expected to wrap up end of May or early June this year. More >>
One Week Of Community Conversations To Go
Friday, 12 April 2024, 11:35 am | Gisborne District Council
Gisborne District Council has one week to go in its month-long consultation with the community around the region’s plans and budget for the next three years 2024-2027. For the past few weeks, Councillors and Council staff have travelled, and will travel, ... More >>
Changes Coming To Grey Street Soon
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 9:32 am | Gisborne District Council
From Monday 29 April, temporary changes to Grey Street get underway to make a portion of it more people-friendly and vibrant. The Gisborne District Council is in partnership with Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust (TAT), which is delivering the project, supported ... More >>
Drivers Asked To Be Courteous At The Raised Table Crossings
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 6:52 pm | Gisborne District Council
Raised tables are flat platforms that are being constructed by some of Gisborne’s roundabouts, where pedestrian use is high. They’re the preferred approach to roundabouts in Gisborne because of the dual purpose they serve for drivers and pedestrians. They ... More >>
Te Karaka Community Invited To Validate Flood Modelling
Friday, 5 April 2024, 3:45 pm | Gisborne District Council
"A hydraulic model of the Taruheru Catchment is also being developed, which will be used to inform engineering work to widen parts of the Taruheru River to reduce the effect of severe floods on the community and improve drainage." More >>
Tairāwhiti Acknowledged In A Joint Win For Cyclone Gabrielle Volunteers
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 12:16 pm | Gisborne District Council
Every volunteer who helped after Cyclone Gabrielle was recognised at the New Zealander of the Year awards last night in Auckland. Under the Community of the Year category, judges decided to make it a joint win and include all the volunteers across the country ... More >>
Waste-Ed Team Gives Out Reusable Period Products
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 12:46 pm | Gisborne District Council
What period products to use is not an easy topic to stand up and talk about. However, when Waste-Ed came to Gisborne this month they covered this and other tricky topics to help reduce the waste in our region. Waste-Ed is a company run by Kate Fenwick, ... More >>
No Place For Hate Or Bigotry In Tairāwhiti
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 10:36 am | Gisborne District Council
Mayor Rehette Stoltz says last night’s destruction of the rainbow crossing in our Central Business District only fuels hatred and division between people. The rainbow crossing was painted on 20 December 2021. “Since then it has been a solid ... More >>
Community Conversations Have Started
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 4:22 pm | Gisborne District Council
Consultation on Council’s 2024-2027 Three Year Plan (3YP) opened yesterday and lasts for four weeks until 19 April. A series of Community Conversations are being held around the region to discuss the 3YP with the first one held last night. “To ... More >>
Council Adopts House Lifting Policy
Monday, 18 March 2024, 2:06 pm | Gisborne District Council
Council's policy for lifting houses that were flooded during the severe weather events last year, was officially adopted at Thursday's Council meeting. Called the Elevating Tairāwhiti Policy it specifies how Council will appoint service providers ... More >>
War Memorials To Be Cleaned Ahead Of ANZAC Day
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 4:53 pm | Gisborne District Council
Two important monuments in our region will be cleaned ahead of ANZAC Day on April 25. The Gisborne Cenotaph and the Pātūtahi Returned Services Monument will have scaffolding and fences put around them to enable contractors to clean them. “Because ... More >>
Millions To Secure Tokomaru Bay’s Landfill
Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 11:44 am | Gisborne District Council
Gisborne District Council has been granted nearly $5millon from the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) to stop waste from the landfill in Tokomaru Bay being exposed by erosion during severe weather events. Funding of $4,985,891 was announced by Minister ... More >>
Work Underway To Repair Local Road Dropouts
Friday, 8 March 2024, 8:53 pm | Gisborne District Council
Repair work has started on the first of more than 900 local road dropouts. Mayor Rehette Stoltz says the repairs will provide much-needed safety and resilience for communities who use these rural roads every day. “We’re building back,” says ... More >>
