Free Marine Biosecurity workshop is being held in Tairāwhiti that day by NIWA and Biosecurity NZ (MPI). It’s being hosted by Gisborne District Council at the Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club at the beach end of Grey Street between 9am and 1pm on May .
Maize and sweetcorn retain the top spot as the most grown crop in Tairāwhiti over the summer months. A total of 24,376 hectares were surveyed with almost half being summer crops.
The footbridge has been a special feature of Manutūkē for generations and is unique to Tairāwhiti. It’d been out of action for six months after a tree came down damaging parts of the bridge.