East Coast

One of the last few remaining members of the Māori Battalion who saw action in Italy, the Middle East and Japan has died.

Since Wednesday, there has been a 600 percent increase in blocked pipes across the local system and residents are being reminded the system can only handle the 'three Ps'.

Fat and rags have almost completely blocked a Gisborne sewer - the city's second major blockage in just a few weeks.

Debate is raging over whether Gisborne should display models of the historic British ship, the Endeavour.

Gareth Hughes and Clare Curran have each seen four parliaments, and a lot of politics. We have highlights from our chats with the outgoing Green and Labour MPs. 

A "sickening" smell emanating from a ruptured old East Coast landfill is disgusting, says a local who wants the council to take action on the legacy problem.

Wilencote Polled Herefords introduced the hornless Hereford breed to New Zealand back in the 1920s and the Humphreys family still runs the stud today, with the fifth generation waiting in the wings…

In selling her 2400ha station in Tolaga Bay, Annette Couper said forestry had its place, and that was not on Mangaheia.

A landfill breach that has left an East Coast beach littered with junk and a community reeling is another wake-up call over the dangers posed by long-forgotten dumps.

Sailors on the Endeavour, colonial figures and British landmarks get priority when it comes to naming streets in some parts of Gisborne.

People have been collecting the rubbish from the riverbanks and nearby beaches after the Awatere River cut into the old landfill.