East Coast

Police said the operation would have a direct impact on the local methamphetamine supply chain.

The man said he had to put his life on hold due to lingering pain from his severe sinus infection, amid shortages of ENT specialists at Gisborne Hospital. Audio

"It's emotional for us because it is a long time coming," a marae trust official says.

An online petition supporting the hapū has over 1950 signatures.

Eastern Bay transportation operators are "ropable" about the surface of the Pekatahi Bridge.

New maps exclude Ormond Road from the NZTA's 'H' permit system.

Commercial forestry changes under proposed Resource Management Act reforms seen as a return to weaker forestry regulations.

The assaults happened around Gladstone Road and Lowe Street.

Police have arrested four males following gunfire in Gisborne that left two people injured.

Wellington braces for strongest southerlies in more than a decade.

Only 41 percent of 864 respondents supported keeping the speed limit at 80km/h.

Four people involved in an illegal tobacco importing operation, and who were on-selling cigarettes from a Gisborne restaurant, were sentenced last week at the Gisborne District Court.

With 30-40 percent of senior doctor positions unfilled, the hospital is facing critical staff shortages.

Officers were called to Ranfurly Street at around 6.30am after reports of a gunshot.

The council's bylaw process complicates implementing the new speed limits.

Police say the death has been referred to the Coroner.

Firefighters are focusing on dampening hot spots at a fire on the Māhia Peninsula that came dangerously close to houses.

Gisborne District Council will be short of a councillor for the remaining seven months of the term.

Cobham School students will have their last day on 27 June 2025.

Conservationists are at odds with Fisheries New Zealand over a proposal to increase the commercial crayfish catch limit in the Eastern North Island. Audio