East Coast

Gisborne residents are being urged to conserve water following a record-breaking heatwave, as the council ponders further water restrictions.

Problems with freedom camping in Gisborne city and up the coast at Makorori have prompted Gisborne District Council to review its camping regime.

A lack of staff is the reason Gisborne District Council is yet to add the region's earthquake-prone buildings to a national register, established following the devastating 2011 Christchurch quake. Video

A train loaded with logs will make its way along the Wairoa to Napier line tomorrow, for the first time in eight years.

Another person has been arrested as police crack down on gangs on the East Coast.

Police have arrested half a dozen people over the past two days as they seek to ease tensions between gangs in the Eastern District.

The people of Tairāwhiti are being warned that crayfish, pāua and kina could die out as a result of climate change.

A former assistant auditor-general has been appointed to lead Gisborne District Council's audit and risk committee.

Police are bringing in extra officers and will continue to be armed for "as long as is deemed necessary" after two unconnected shootings on the East Coast over the weekend.

A Tairāwhiti Youth Council candidate is hopeful young people will have a greater say in decisions made by the district council from now on.

Residents of Ruatoria in the Gisborne district are being assured that a firearms incident this morning was an isolated event.

Young people could come to harm now the DHB has cut funding for service providing care to high school students, a GP who was running the programme says.

Gisborne district councillor Meredith Akuhata-Brown has resigned from the council's regional transport committee, saying she is tired of the internal politics that have left her without a leadership…

Although police are not currently treating the disappearance as suspicious, they say that it cannot be ruled out.

The family of a Māori woman who disappeared at Tolaga Bay last year is pleading with the public to help them continue searching for her.

Gisborne district councillors will receive an 11 percent pay rise while the deputy mayor's salary is going up by 28.5 percent to $66,014, compared to before the election in October.

A driver has died in a crash after their car rolled off the Rotokautuku Bridge near Ruatoria tonight.

Restoration of the line is estimated to cost between $30 million and $36m over 10 years and would also make it more resilient, according to a new report.

A Gisborne forestry company has been fined $152,000 for contributing logging debris that caused millions of dollars of damage during two heavy rainfall events.