Gisborne

The state of emergency could soon be lifted, as Tairāwhiti authorities work to restore basic services to communities reeling from Cyclone Hale as more rain threatens.

The owner of an abandoned boat who has successfully evaded police for the past six months previously spent time in prison for cultivating cannabis to sell.

An abandoned boat that proved a thorn in the side of both Gisborne District Council and the police has finally been removed from a remote East Coast beach - six months after it washed ashore.

Te Tairāwhiti, the region with the highest proportion of Māori in the country, now has Māori wards for its council for the first time.

Gisborne bus drivers are some of the lowest paid in the country according to a union pushing for pay equity across the industry.

Rehette Stoltz has secured a second term as mayor of Gisborne with an emphatic win, more than 4000 votes clear of her nearest rival.

MetService has upgraded its rain warning to red for the Wairoa District and Gisborne as Cyclone Fili closes in.

Police investigating the death of Gisborne woman Maraea Smith are appealing for sightings of a vehicle of interest.

A Gisborne vehicle testing station recently sold by the district council's commercial arm has come under fire from a former staff member who claims the environment was toxic and unworkable.

A Gisborne man is pressing on in his decade-long battle with the district council even though the project he originally took issue with is complete.

The Police and SPCA are investigating an incident in Gisborne where a person was seen pushing a dog off a bridge into the water.

Gisborne Police have launched a homicide investigation into the death of a 19-month-old toddler.

Local leaders in the Tairāwhiti Gisborne region are calling for checkpoints around the region to protect its residents from Covid-19 this summer. Audio

The mayor of Gisborne has made an online appeal to anyone with Covid-19 symptoms to get tested after a third positive wastewater sample in the region.