East Coast

Gisborne District Council has announced it will officially revoke its decision to install two new replicas of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour without public consultation.

Mayor Rehette Stoltz says she regrets voting in favour of installing two new replicas of Captain Cook's ship without consulting local iwi, and will now allow them to have their say.

Gisborne district councillors have voted to permanently install two new replicas of Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour in the region without consulting iwi or the public.

The number of planned surgeries at Gisborne Hospital that were put off due to the alert level 4 lockdown topped 100.

Those managing Gisborne city's wastewater treatment plant upgrade faced a grilling yesterday from district councillors seeking answers over the project's multimillion-dollar budget blow-out.

The heart of the Gisborne economy is beating again as the forestry industry is back in full swing under alert level 3.

The figures don't stack up for reinstating the train line between Gisborne and Wairoa, KiwiRail boss Greg Miller says.

Demand for health services is expected to surge as Tairāwhiti emerges from the Covid-19 lockdown, the DHB's chief executive says.

Councillors will go back to the drawing board next week on whether to increase, freeze or reduce rates.

Holiday makers heading to Mahia for Easter will be turned away at a Covid-19 community checkpoint.

The government has allocated $100 million to help redeploy workers affected by Covid-19 with those in the Gisborne-Tairāwhiti region the first to be helped.

Gisborne youth are calling on the district health board to reverse a decision to stop free school-based GP appointments.

The Gisborne-Wairoa rail line has been left out of the draft New Zealand Rail Plan, which sets the government's 10-year vision for rail.

A project to stop Gisborne mortuary wastewater from being discharged into the sea and rivers is expected to be completed next March.

Whānau in the East Coast have been digging into their own pockets to provide food and financial support to those affected by major logging disruption in the region.

The Māori Party has named its candidate to contest the East Coast and Wellington Ikaroa-Rāwhiti seat in September's election.

Rocket Lab says the $8.3 million Provincial Growth Fund investment in Mahia roadworks will allow the space company to launch 120 rockets a year.

A woman faces weeks off work after tripping over a "rogue" paver on Gisborne's main street and breaking her arm. Video