Chris Taewa

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Sports Editor and Journalist at The Gisborne Herald

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Poverty Bay Year 8 boys step up at cricket tournament in Hawke’s Bay

Jan 22, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa |Ben O'Brien-Leaf

The Poverty Bay Year 8 boys' cricket team who won four of their five games at a tournament in Hawke's Bay are, back: Manager Richard McMurray (left) and coach Grant Walsh. Front: Arthur Cave, Callum McInnes, Cody McMurray, Jack Roberts (captain), Ged Cook, Hunter Irwin, Jed Reynolds, Max Egan, Reuben Walsh, Jack Williams, Cole Hogarth and Archie Gillies. Photo / Christine McInnesThe Poverty Bay Year 8 cricket team were outstanding in Hawke’s Bay last week.
Horsepower: Action aplenty at Street Rod Nationals; Poverty Bay Polo Open

Jan 19, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa

This stunning 1951 Studebaker Starlite Coupe drew plenty of interest at the Street Rods Nationals Show N Shine on Saturday. Cars were crammed into the block between Grey St and Palmerston Rd and the public turned out in big numbers to admire the vehicles and talk with their passionate owners. Horsepower of the four-legged and four-wheeled kind was on display in Gisborne over the weekend.
Shearing it around: Huge weekend of action from north to south

Jan 14, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa

Mataura shearer Brett Roberts will compete at national title events in Southland on Friday and Saturday, aiming to build on a record that includes wins in all four grades at Lumsden. Photo / Pete NikolaisonMore than 200 shearers and woolhandlers are expected to be in action during the busiest weekend on the Shearing Sports New Zealand calendar from Friday to Saturday. The competition will be spread the length of the country.
Titles to Gisborne’s Smith and Kohn at surfing nationals

Jan 14, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa

Gisborne's Stella Smith gets surfing's traditional carry across the sand after winning the women's stand-up paddleboard final at the national surfing championships in New Plymouth on Tuesday. Photo / PhotoCPLGisborne longboarder Hannah Kohn’s return to the national championship cauldron ended in glory on day 3 of the 2025 National Surfing Championships in New Plymouth.
Basics key for success for minnows Tairāwhiti at national men’s golf interprovincial

Nov 28, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa

Fellow lefties Marcus Gray (left) and Zach Rolls are a year older and golfing wiser after making their men's national interprovincials debuts in 2023 and are in the six-man squad for the 2024 edition being hosted by the Russley and Harewood courses in Christchurch next week. Photo / Paul RickardMEN’S AND WOMEN’S NATIONAL INTERPROVINCIALSWhere: Russley and Harewood golf courses. When: December 3-7. Who: 15 provinces in the men’s tournament; 12 provinces in women’s tournament.
Emotional East Coast Open win as Donnelly returns to where it began

Nov 21, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris Taewa

Waka Donnelly (left) and Micky Huriwaka before heading out to do battle in the championship 16 final of the East Coast Open at Te Puia Hot Springs Golf Club. Donnelly won the match 1-up. Photo / Gray ClaphamThe latest East Coast Open champion could feel the lump in his throat growing. Waka Donnelly was standing in front of a full Te Puia Hot Springs clubhouse having just been crowned the 2024 winner of the men’s matchplay tournament, which dates back to 1950.
Meet the Gisborne medallists changing lives in Aotearoa

Nov 21, 2024 | gisborneherald.co.nz | Zita Campbell |Matai O’Connor |Chris Taewa

Seven people from Gisborne/Tairāwhiti have been named medallists in the Kiwibank Local Hero Awards, celebrating their contributions to their communities. They are among 100 medallists across the country who will advance to the semifinals. The finalists will be announced in February, with the overall winners to follow. “They are an extraordinary group of Kiwis making a positive difference in their communities,” said an awards spokesperson. “Individually, these medallists are champions of change.
Gisborne students join Māori superhero series ‘Pūkeko-Man’ at Rāngai

Nov 21, 2024 | gisborneherald.co.nz | Zita Campbell |Matai O’Connor |Chris Taewa

Students at Gisborne’s Rāngai will soon have the opportunity to be part of Tairāwhiti’s growing creative community while working on an innovative Māori superhero series. Aspiring filmmakers can kickstart their careers by gaining hands-on experience working on Pūkeko-Man, an exciting new television series that’s caught the attention of Whakaata Māori with a commitment to air. Rāngai is a Tairāwhiti-based education provider which aims to combine film and screen studies with real-world experience.
Bats thrive in Tairāwhiti: How Aratu Forests is protecting them

Nov 20, 2024 | gisborneherald.co.nz | Zita Campbell |Chris Taewa

A Gisborne-based forestry company says it is committed to protecting colonies of critically threatened long-tailed bats discovered in Tairāwhiti forestry blocks. The bats are the New Zealand native pekapeka-tou-roa, which are listed as “nationally critical” by the Department of Conservation - the highest threat ranking. According to the DoC website, causes of the decline in the long-tail bat population include clearance and logging of lowland forests.
Gisborne regenerative farming trials showing promise

Nov 19, 2024 | gisborneherald.co.nz | Zita Campbell |Matai O’Connor |Chris Taewa

Regenerative farming trials in Gisborne, in partnership with Woolworths, LeaderBrand and Plant & Food Research, are uncovering promising opportunities for sustainable vegetable farming in New Zealand. At a recent field day on site, partners, growers, officials, and local community representatives gathered to hear about the latest results, highlighting how life beneath the soil could be the key to rejuvenating intensively farmed land.