Gisborne District Council - Latest News [Page 6]
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 >>
Council Purchases First Category 3 Property
Friday, 8 March 2024, 1:13 pm | Gisborne District Council
The buy-out of Category 3 residential properties across Tairāwhiti has commenced, with Council taking ownership of the first Category 3 property yesterday, 8 March 2024. Mayor Rehette Stoltz, says the settlement of the first Category 3 property ... More >>
Great Vibe At Saturday’s Community Event
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 12:45 pm | Gisborne District Council
The sun came out on Saturday for the free community event Tū Whitia – Stand & Shine to mark one year since Cyclone Gabrielle. This event was supported by Gisborne District Council with funding from Trust Tairāwhiti. Event organiser Merle Walker ... More >>
Stopbanks Being Raised At A Great Pace
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 5:29 pm | Gisborne District Council
Big construction works are going on at a great pace as stopbanks around the region get built up post Cyclone Gabrielle. Regional Rivers Manager Joss Ruifrok said the Eastern (city) side of the Waipaoa Stopbank Flood Control Upgrade has been completed. ... More >>
Hui Kicks Off Pilot For More Sustainable Ūawa Catchment
Friday, 23 February 2024, 3:33 pm | Gisborne District Council
Council is holding a hui for residents of the Ūawa catchment on 14 March to work towards a more sustainable future for the catchment. Council Director for Sustainable Futures Jo Noble says this gathering will be a crucial platform for discussing how ... More >>
New Signs For Enviroschools Early Childhood Education Centres
Friday, 23 February 2024, 1:26 pm | Gisborne District Council
Earlier this week, Enviroschools facilitators delivered six new signs to early childhood education centres around Tairāwhiti. Tairāwhiti Enviroschools Regional Coordinator Charlotte Phelps said the signs were presented to the centres to reflect their commitment ... More >>
Apply For Creative Communities Funding
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 9:44 am | Gisborne District Council
Make your community event ideas a reality through Council’s Creative Communities scheme. Every year Council opens two rounds of funding for projects with arts-based outcomes, the first in February and again in August. The first round of funding for ... More >>