East Coast

The government's plan to shake up forestry in Tai Rāwhiti and Wairoa has been met with frustration and disappointment by locals, with some members of the public meeting storming out in protest.

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling on the government and local councils to empower iwi on the back of a visit to cyclone-hit areas.

Residents told the chief Human Rights Commissioner they felt they had been shut out of making decisions that would directly affect them.

The East Coast is still waiting for action after a report released more than two months ago demanded wide-scale forestry felling in Tai Rāwhiti and Wairoa be stopped immediately.

Contractors in Tai Rāwhiti are turning to other ways to make ends meet, leaving skilled workers underpaid and undervalued. Audio

A large pond has formed next to graves at one East Coast site.

The work of former justice minister Kiri Allan has been praised by a number of prominent Tai Rāwhiti voices in the aftermath of her political career falling apart.

The Green Party's promise to abolish perpetual leases under a new policy has been welcomed by the beneficial owner of locked-up East Coast land.

A Gisborne man rescued from his property in dramatic fashion during Cyclone Gabrielle is finally back on his land, albeit in a temporary home.

Cold and wet weather for much of the country has prompted weekend warnings, and calls for drivers to take care.

Owners of homes affected by flooding and Cyclone Gabrielle are set to receive payments towards their temporary accommodation.

A band of rain and wind is set to dampen the first of this week's FIFA Women's World Cup games in Auckland. Audio

Gisborne kiwifruit growers have lost their fight to have the value of their gold kiwifruit licences removed from the rateable value of their properties.

A Gisborne couple are preparing to move out of their home of decades, after it was labelled Category 3.

MetService says significant downpours are likely for the already fragile areas of Gisborne and Hawke's Bay.

Demand for counselling for young people on the East Coast has shot up since Cyclone Gabrielle, with primary students remembering how they had to flee their homes.

For 100 years, land at Tokomaru Bay has been locked up under archaic legislation, shutting Māori landowners out of what is rightfully theirs. But one woman is refusing to give up the fight to get it…

Gisborne District Council's principal scientist Murry Cave has one word to describe the state of Tai Rāwhiti - fragile.

A man has been found dead after a single-vehicle crash in Ruatoria, on Wednesday.