The calm after the storm(s).
Sunrise, Friday 23 January, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.
East Coast/te Tairāwhiti was hit hard by storms this week. We’re fine, others not so much. I’ll put a link in comments for whānau affected.
Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️
Sunrise, Friday 23 January, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.
East Coast/te Tairāwhiti was hit hard by storms this week. We’re fine, others not so much. I’ll put a link in comments for whānau affected.
Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️
January 22, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The calm after the storm(s).
Sunrise, Friday 23 January, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.
East Coast/te Tairāwhiti was hit hard by storms this week. We’re fine, others not so much. I’ll put a link in comments for whānau affected.
Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️
Sunrise, Friday 23 January, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.
East Coast/te Tairāwhiti was hit hard by storms this week. We’re fine, others not so much. I’ll put a link in comments for whānau affected.
Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️
2.5 weeks into the year and we've already had freakishly high temperatures in Te Tairāwhiti / East Coast, flooding in Te Tai Tokerau / Northland and a state of emergency now in place. This is not normal - this is climate change and we need to act now to avoid it getting worse in future. #nzpol
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
2.5 weeks into the year and we've already had freakishly high temperatures in Te Tairāwhiti / East Coast, flooding in Te Tai Tokerau / Northland and a state of emergency now in place. This is not normal - this is climate change and we need to act now to avoid it getting worse in future. #nzpol
Thanks. Put into total context the situation in Tairawhiti-East Coast is simply dire relative to just about everywhere else.
January 17, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Thanks. Put into total context the situation in Tairawhiti-East Coast is simply dire relative to just about everywhere else.
Happy New Year to all of you out there on BlueSky.
Thanks for all the support and encouragement each morning.
Here are some of the sunrises from 2025 from the beaches of te Tairāwhiti.
Have a blessed 2026 one and all.
Ngā mihi o te tau hou / Happy New Year
Thanks for all the support and encouragement each morning.
Here are some of the sunrises from 2025 from the beaches of te Tairāwhiti.
Have a blessed 2026 one and all.
Ngā mihi o te tau hou / Happy New Year
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Happy New Year to all of you out there on BlueSky.
Thanks for all the support and encouragement each morning.
Here are some of the sunrises from 2025 from the beaches of te Tairāwhiti.
Have a blessed 2026 one and all.
Ngā mihi o te tau hou / Happy New Year
Thanks for all the support and encouragement each morning.
Here are some of the sunrises from 2025 from the beaches of te Tairāwhiti.
Have a blessed 2026 one and all.
Ngā mihi o te tau hou / Happy New Year
Listen to author Aaron Smale discuss his book 'Tairāwhiti: Pine, Profit and the Cyclone' with Dr. Miranda Melcher on the New Books Network.
newbooksnetwork.com/tair%C4%... #BWBTexts
newbooksnetwork.com/tair%C4%... #BWBTexts
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Listen to author Aaron Smale discuss his book 'Tairāwhiti: Pine, Profit and the Cyclone' with Dr. Miranda Melcher on the New Books Network.
newbooksnetwork.com/tair%C4%... #BWBTexts
newbooksnetwork.com/tair%C4%... #BWBTexts
🌶️🌵♨️
Hawkes Bay and Tairawhiti/Gisborne are set to collect daytime temperatures in the low 30s over the weekend, with the Bay of Plenty in a similar boat.
Heat alerts have being issued, which you can learn about here: about.metservice.com/heat-alerts.
Hawkes Bay and Tairawhiti/Gisborne are set to collect daytime temperatures in the low 30s over the weekend, with the Bay of Plenty in a similar boat.
Heat alerts have being issued, which you can learn about here: about.metservice.com/heat-alerts.
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
🌶️🌵♨️
Hawkes Bay and Tairawhiti/Gisborne are set to collect daytime temperatures in the low 30s over the weekend, with the Bay of Plenty in a similar boat.
Heat alerts have being issued, which you can learn about here: about.metservice.com/heat-alerts.
Hawkes Bay and Tairawhiti/Gisborne are set to collect daytime temperatures in the low 30s over the weekend, with the Bay of Plenty in a similar boat.
Heat alerts have being issued, which you can learn about here: about.metservice.com/heat-alerts.
Well, the morning clouds have lifted and it’s turned into a beautiful te Tairāwhiti (East Coast) day.
Turquoise waves and a blooming Pōhutukawa tree are seen from roughly the same vantage point as this morning’s sunrise.
Kia pai to rā / Have a great day.
Turquoise waves and a blooming Pōhutukawa tree are seen from roughly the same vantage point as this morning’s sunrise.
Kia pai to rā / Have a great day.
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Well, the morning clouds have lifted and it’s turned into a beautiful te Tairāwhiti (East Coast) day.
Turquoise waves and a blooming Pōhutukawa tree are seen from roughly the same vantage point as this morning’s sunrise.
Kia pai to rā / Have a great day.
Turquoise waves and a blooming Pōhutukawa tree are seen from roughly the same vantage point as this morning’s sunrise.
Kia pai to rā / Have a great day.
📢 'True test of resilience' for Tairāwhiti crews
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
Paddles at the ready for waka ama nationals
www.nzherald.co.nz
January 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
📢 'True test of resilience' for Tairāwhiti crews
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
📢 On in Tairāwhiti this weekend; Latin party, monthly market and photo exhibition
🔗 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/latin-party-monthly-market-and-photo-exhibition-in-tairawhiti-this-weekend/IPBHORGKXFE6VFFUGYXGQFWXRI/
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December 18, 2024 at 10:03 PM
📢 On in Tairāwhiti this weekend; Latin party, monthly market and photo exhibition
🔗 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/latin-party-monthly-market-and-photo-exhibition-in-tairawhiti-this-weekend/IPBHORGKXFE6VFFUGYXGQFWXRI/
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That anxiety which giggles away that you have forgotten something
🪥 💊 🖥 undies pjs 💋 meds....
Cap shirt barter bullets
Too late now. About to go through security
Te Tairāwhiti first then Tahiti
There will be photos.
🪥 💊 🖥 undies pjs 💋 meds....
Cap shirt barter bullets
Too late now. About to go through security
Te Tairāwhiti first then Tahiti
There will be photos.
October 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
That anxiety which giggles away that you have forgotten something
🪥 💊 🖥 undies pjs 💋 meds....
Cap shirt barter bullets
Too late now. About to go through security
Te Tairāwhiti first then Tahiti
There will be photos.
🪥 💊 🖥 undies pjs 💋 meds....
Cap shirt barter bullets
Too late now. About to go through security
Te Tairāwhiti first then Tahiti
There will be photos.
CW #Covid 🇳🇿
Aotearoa NZ #CovidWeather
District Population % with Active Covid
0.03% Tairawhiti
0.05% Taranaki
0.06% Hawke's Bay
0.04% Whanganui
0.09% MidCentral
0.06% Capital & Coast/Hutt
True % estimated 6.0x higher #dailyCovidNZ
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Aotearoa NZ #CovidWeather
District Population % with Active Covid
0.03% Tairawhiti
0.05% Taranaki
0.06% Hawke's Bay
0.04% Whanganui
0.09% MidCentral
0.06% Capital & Coast/Hutt
True % estimated 6.0x higher #dailyCovidNZ
2/3
September 27, 2023 at 11:20 PM
CW #Covid 🇳🇿
Aotearoa NZ #CovidWeather
District Population % with Active Covid
0.03% Tairawhiti
0.05% Taranaki
0.06% Hawke's Bay
0.04% Whanganui
0.09% MidCentral
0.06% Capital & Coast/Hutt
True % estimated 6.0x higher #dailyCovidNZ
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Aotearoa NZ #CovidWeather
District Population % with Active Covid
0.03% Tairawhiti
0.05% Taranaki
0.06% Hawke's Bay
0.04% Whanganui
0.09% MidCentral
0.06% Capital & Coast/Hutt
True % estimated 6.0x higher #dailyCovidNZ
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This is why we have a Public Interest Journalism Fund!
Excellent series of articles on Tairawhiti by Aaron Smale at Newsroom #kikorangi #aotearoa
Excellent series of articles on Tairawhiti by Aaron Smale at Newsroom #kikorangi #aotearoa
The colonial cul-de-sac: Land loss, land use and the devastation left behind
Aaron Smale goes back to his grandmother’s home town and finds a community weighed down by weather disasters and decisions of the past that have a region broken. A series on the devastating impact of ...
newsroom.co.nz
March 11, 2024 at 8:52 PM
This is why we have a Public Interest Journalism Fund!
Excellent series of articles on Tairawhiti by Aaron Smale at Newsroom #kikorangi #aotearoa
Excellent series of articles on Tairawhiti by Aaron Smale at Newsroom #kikorangi #aotearoa
Another weather bomb for Tairāwhiti 😢
October 24, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Another weather bomb for Tairāwhiti 😢
And, actually, have your child self, then go ahead and see if you can reconcile the 'history' here with the reality of the Covid vaccine rollout in Tairāwhiti. And I don't want to here any nonsense about this not being a real 'history of vaccination' or reality being more complex than this table.
January 9, 2024 at 7:53 AM
And, actually, have your child self, then go ahead and see if you can reconcile the 'history' here with the reality of the Covid vaccine rollout in Tairāwhiti. And I don't want to here any nonsense about this not being a real 'history of vaccination' or reality being more complex than this table.
📢 Strong Wind Watch
🕒 19:59, 25 Dec
📍 Coastal areas of Hawke's Bay and Gisborne/Tairawhiti
📄 Southwest winds may approach severe gale in exposed places. Chance of upgrading to a Warning: Moderate.
🕒 19:59, 25 Dec
📍 Coastal areas of Hawke's Bay and Gisborne/Tairawhiti
📄 Southwest winds may approach severe gale in exposed places. Chance of upgrading to a Warning: Moderate.
December 25, 2024 at 7:02 AM
📢 Strong Wind Watch
🕒 19:59, 25 Dec
📍 Coastal areas of Hawke's Bay and Gisborne/Tairawhiti
📄 Southwest winds may approach severe gale in exposed places. Chance of upgrading to a Warning: Moderate.
🕒 19:59, 25 Dec
📍 Coastal areas of Hawke's Bay and Gisborne/Tairawhiti
📄 Southwest winds may approach severe gale in exposed places. Chance of upgrading to a Warning: Moderate.
🔶🟡⛈️ Updated Severe Weather Watches and Warnings.
New Thunderstorm Watches stretching from southern Northland down to Taumarunui today as Cyclone Tam continues to launch arms of unstable showers. 🌀☔
New Thunderstorm Watches stretching from southern Northland down to Taumarunui today as Cyclone Tam continues to launch arms of unstable showers. 🌀☔
April 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🔶🟡⛈️ Updated Severe Weather Watches and Warnings.
New Thunderstorm Watches stretching from southern Northland down to Taumarunui today as Cyclone Tam continues to launch arms of unstable showers. 🌀☔
New Thunderstorm Watches stretching from southern Northland down to Taumarunui today as Cyclone Tam continues to launch arms of unstable showers. 🌀☔
Rain has been coming and going across the upper North Island today🌧️
Tairāwhiti Gisborne and Hawke's Bay could be in for heavier falls from later today into Friday, with Heavy Rain Watches in place🟡
Keep an eye on the Rain Radar at bit.ly/NZRainRadar
Tairāwhiti Gisborne and Hawke's Bay could be in for heavier falls from later today into Friday, with Heavy Rain Watches in place🟡
Keep an eye on the Rain Radar at bit.ly/NZRainRadar
July 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Rain has been coming and going across the upper North Island today🌧️
Tairāwhiti Gisborne and Hawke's Bay could be in for heavier falls from later today into Friday, with Heavy Rain Watches in place🟡
Keep an eye on the Rain Radar at bit.ly/NZRainRadar
Tairāwhiti Gisborne and Hawke's Bay could be in for heavier falls from later today into Friday, with Heavy Rain Watches in place🟡
Keep an eye on the Rain Radar at bit.ly/NZRainRadar
Mōrena BlueSky whānau. Here is your sunrise from te Tairāwhiti, Friday, 29 November.
November 28, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Mōrena BlueSky whānau. Here is your sunrise from te Tairāwhiti, Friday, 29 November.
… alongside the slavish commitment to forestry in Te Tairāwhiti, Buller is addicted to Coal… and both regions will suffer most from the impact of climate change that a lack of diverse thinking underpins newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/23/b...
Big coal company bought West Coast election campaign
Unhappy with a policy banning more mining of conservation land, Bathurst Resources paid $32,600 for a candidate who knocked out Labour MP Damien O'Connor. Jonathan Milne reports.
newsroom.co.nz
February 25, 2024 at 12:57 AM
… alongside the slavish commitment to forestry in Te Tairāwhiti, Buller is addicted to Coal… and both regions will suffer most from the impact of climate change that a lack of diverse thinking underpins newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/23/b...
SATURDAY cont’d
Kirikiriroa: 1pm Flags @Flynn Park; 2.30pm Rally @Waikato Hospital, cnr Lorne St & Ohaupo Rd
Kemureti: 11am @Cambridge Town Hall
Tairāwhiti: 9.30 - 11.30am Vigil @Gisborne Farmers Market
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Kirikiriroa: 1pm Flags @Flynn Park; 2.30pm Rally @Waikato Hospital, cnr Lorne St & Ohaupo Rd
Kemureti: 11am @Cambridge Town Hall
Tairāwhiti: 9.30 - 11.30am Vigil @Gisborne Farmers Market
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January 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
SATURDAY cont’d
Kirikiriroa: 1pm Flags @Flynn Park; 2.30pm Rally @Waikato Hospital, cnr Lorne St & Ohaupo Rd
Kemureti: 11am @Cambridge Town Hall
Tairāwhiti: 9.30 - 11.30am Vigil @Gisborne Farmers Market
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Kirikiriroa: 1pm Flags @Flynn Park; 2.30pm Rally @Waikato Hospital, cnr Lorne St & Ohaupo Rd
Kemureti: 11am @Cambridge Town Hall
Tairāwhiti: 9.30 - 11.30am Vigil @Gisborne Farmers Market
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[Response] GDC replied about Bioplant Tairāwhiti
March 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
[Response] GDC replied about Bioplant Tairāwhiti
📢 WATCH:It’s a chilly Tuesday across much of the countryThe week’s wettest weather focuses on eastern areas of both main islands. A Heavy Rain Watch covers Tairāwhiti Gisborne and the Wa...
🔗 https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360525684/its-chilly-tuesday-across-much-country
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🔗 https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360525684/its-chilly-tuesday-across-much-country
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December 17, 2024 at 12:24 AM
📢 WATCH:It’s a chilly Tuesday across much of the countryThe week’s wettest weather focuses on eastern areas of both main islands. A Heavy Rain Watch covers Tairāwhiti Gisborne and the Wa...
🔗 https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360525684/its-chilly-tuesday-across-much-country
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🔗 https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360525684/its-chilly-tuesday-across-much-country
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IMO we are absolutely not seeing local outbreaks- like the annual post Rhythm and Vines Tairāwhiti outbreak which we only really saw in hospital admissions, but I still think waste water is a useful national sketch (but then, I live in an area it is collected)
April 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
IMO we are absolutely not seeing local outbreaks- like the annual post Rhythm and Vines Tairāwhiti outbreak which we only really saw in hospital admissions, but I still think waste water is a useful national sketch (but then, I live in an area it is collected)
New media release published on Scoop Parliament: Government Supports Tairāwhiti Marae To Relocate To Safer Ground
Government Supports Tairāwhiti Marae To Relocate To Safer Ground | Scoop News
The Marae Trustees of Puketawai, Hinemaurea ki Mangatuna, Okuri, Takipū, and Rangatira Marae – supported by their whānau and hapū – have made the difficult decision to relocate and re-establish...
www.scoop.co.nz
May 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
New media release published on Scoop Parliament: Government Supports Tairāwhiti Marae To Relocate To Safer Ground