Long service to the News Publishers' Association (NPA) and the newspaper industry was recognised last week when The Gisborne Herald's managing director, Michael...
A multimillion-dollar investment into technology like “smart spades” and robots will make harvesting Tairawhiti’s forestry blocks safer while also tackling skil...
The freighter Kowhai will sail from Eastland Port later today with the second consignment of Gisborne kiwifruit bound for overseas markets.
The Kowhai is takin...
Medicinal cannabis made in Tairawhiti has been hailed as a “world- class” product by Health Minister Andrew Little.
Gisborne company Rua Bioscience yesterday a...
Entries have opened for the seventh Hawke’s Bay Export Awards.
Details of the awards were announced by ExportNZ Hawke’s Bay executive officer Amanda Liddle.
Bus...
The log boat African Dove — an eight-year-old bulk carrier sailing under the flag of Bahamas — docked on Monday to become the third logger to load at Eastland ...
The Covid-19 pandemic has certainly brought about a new wave of thinking in terms of how working New Zealanders envisage their ideal workplace environment to no...
Small business incubator The Icehouse has started a new series of podcasts across its social media channels, with Gisborne business people expected to feature i...
Tairawhiti's forestry industry is welcoming an upgrade to the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement.
The upgrade comes into force on April 7, Minister for Trad...
The Government's Māori Employment Action Plan — Te Mahere Whai Mahi Māori will fill a big void for Māori businesses wanting to build capacity, says Amotai-Suppl...
Omicron is proving a challenge for businesses faced with staff absence and supply disruption. Andrew Ashton looks at what those challenges mean for business con...
The search is on to find New Zealand's most exceptional primary sector employers in a competition run by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the Agric...
A dip in forestry exports at the end of last year has been pointed to as the reason for a temporary rise in unemployment.
However, the regional economic develop...
With Gisborne bereft of cruise ship and Rhythm and Vines festival visitors, credit and debit card spending over the new year fell more than $300,000.
Gisborne h...
Police have been busy over the festive season visiting businesses in Gisborne, up the East Coast and at Mahia and down to Raupunga, as part of their work to kee...
Medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience has launched an inaugural internship programme and is seeking two people to join its 30-strong team with both a winter...
As New Zealand today celebrates the return of overseas tourists, the regional tourism organisation here is already planning for the future.
Over the past two mo...
An international group planning a network of solar power developments across New Zealand has ruled out setting up in Gisborne.
Helios Energy, a collaboration o...
Ngati Porou have secured another foot in the fisheries market after starting a partnership to purchase Akaroa Salmon Ltd in the South Island.
The partnership, n...
The first of two identical new tug boats for Eastland Port has passed her tests and is all set to go on the journey from China to Tairāwhiti.
The Maki (pictur...
New Zealand's property market slowing down should not mean an end to investing in property, Gisborne's newest financial advice company says.
Enable.me founder a...
A decade after first setting up in Gisborne, PGG Wrightson Seeds has been developing new premises to cope with increased demand from two major markets.
The comp...
After six years in the region, a youth employability programme is changing providers.
Licence to Work (LTW) is a cross-sector, business-led initiative designed ...
Gisborne mortgage advisers say they have been busier than ever since the first lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mike Pero Gisborne franchise owner and mortgag...
The Tairawhiti economy bounced back in the final quarter of last year, with provisional estimates from Infometrics showing annual growth of 7.2 percent compared...
It's business as usual for the district's seasonal industries but Omicron is starting to have an impact on the workforce.
Cedenco's sweetcorn and tomato harvest...
A Gisborne-based immigration adviser does not think the border reopening staged plan announced by the Government will work fast enough to address local business...
The forestry industry here and elsewhere round the country has started the New Year with a bit more optimism than it finished 2021, thanks to a small lift in lo...
Medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience has named East Coast Cannabis Company (E3C) as its first local cultivation partner.
The E3C team was formally welcome...
The absence of Rhythm and Vines is hitting accommodation providers and retailers in the pocket, with one major electronic payment processor recording a big drop...