A WHITEBAIT review was announced last week for whitebait management in New Zealand.
Several Gisborne and northern Hawke's Bay rivers are included in proposed wh...
Climate change experts will gather later this month in Gisborne to consider the climate future for Tairawhiti.
The Tairawhiti Climate Summit also aims to infor...
Sometimes it is best not to even leave footprints behind.
East coast beaches are a favoured location at this time of year for both visitors and for the northern...
These cute little dotterel chicks blend in with their sandy nests. To give them a fighting chance this summer, the Department of Conservation (DoC) asks people ...
Gisborne resident Chris Lankshear could not believe his recycling bin was rejected because it was too full.
Waste Management's kerbside collectors left a handwr...
If it really is as good as they say, then an informed public would want it anyway, says environmental lawyer Sue Grey.
Ms Grey is talking about 5G — the new net...
SMART bins have finally arrived in Gisborne. These colourful rubbish and recycling bins are able to send an alert to Recreational Services to let them know when...
Pick it up and throw it in the rubbish — that was the takeaway comment from a group of Waikirikiri School students who cleaned up Kaiti Beach last week.
They p...
The 20th birthday of Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve will be celebrated with a Family Fun Day on Saturday from 1 to 4pm. In the lead up to the event, a ph...
WAINUI School has launched a five week-long competition to see who can catch the most predators in the beach suburb.
There are 140 tunnel traps placed at studen...
THE proprietors of Mangaone Station at Whangara and students from Wainui Beach School have combined their efforts to create the Mangaone Wainui Wetland alongsid...
THE canary in the coalmine is an apt phrase for the goal of a nationwide bird census.
As climate change, urban, agricultural and industrial encroachment, and co...
AN endangered species of bat classed as “nationally critical” has been found at two locations around Gisborne.
It’s been called an “exciting find” by the Gisbor...
GISBORNE bird watchers are encouraged to be part of the Great Kereru Count from September 20 to September 29.
It is called New Zealand’s biggest citizen science...
The rise of citizen scientists has meant more people are getting out and about to help collect data for the future wellbeing of our earth. Citizen science is th...
The Mahia Ambassador initiative has been a summertime hit, resulting in a huge increase in camping compliance, Wairoa District Council says.
Wairoa District Cou...
A Kaiti resident was alarmed to see a swarm of bees humming in a tree by her house but was more concerned for the honey producers' and crop pollinators' well-be...
The sustainable garden out the back of the Tairawhiti Environment Centre has been given a burst of colour by four Gisborne artists.
Artists Trish Brown, Amanda ...
Educating children on the importance of trapping predators was the goal of a competition organised by Wainui School.
Forty-nine predators were caught over a fi...
Cooks Cove Walkway in Tolaga Bay, is the region’s most-walked Department of Conservation (DoC) track. It has had the first stage of an upgrade completed in coll...
When more than 100 log tags were found on Kaiti Beach during a clean-up by Waikirikiri School students, Eastland Port was contacted.
Eastland Group chief operat...
IT IS back by popular demand — learning how to create sustainable wraps with Beeswax.The Basic Beeswax wraps course from 6.30 to 7.30pm on 21 November is $10 t...
OVER the past few months Waikirikiri School’s bee-friendly sensory garden has expanded into other environmental projects.
Earlier this year, the school received...
There are three kinds of rats in New Zealand, the kiore (Rattus exulans) which is the smallest, the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus, also called the brown rat) wh...
When English pop singer Cliff Richard’s band rehearsed in a London cafe across the road from the cafe bass player Brendon Gill’s band rehearsed in during the 19...
IT has been common practice for decades and still goes on today — albeit a bit more hush-hush — the dumping of rubbish, appliances, furniture and general waste ...
FUTURE decision makers got to try first hand the alternative forms of energy already being used in Gisborne.
Solar powered motorhomes, electric cars, bikes and ...
THIS week Whinray Eco Trust started the first stages of its latest predator exclusion fence at Motu.
“This project connects to our kiwi chick creche and will ho...
Live Love Lend is a new website that aims to make it easier for parents to make choices that support the environment, are more sustainable and help to reduce th...