East Coast

An 18-year-old man has been arrested after a shooting in Gisborne last night which injured a woman and two young people.

Police in Tairāwhiti are trying to find a person who may have a weapon.

Accusations of foul language, intimidating behaviour and conspiring to record a conversation spelt the end of a council-run group designed to be the eyes and ears of the city, a leaked report shows.

An incumbent district councillor in Gisborne believes election rules disadvantage newcomers from securing a seat at the table.

The SPCA expects to desex 30,0000 animals over two years in a campaign to combat the overpopulation of dogs and cats.

A Gisborne mayoral candidate is standing by a controversial picture on social media which shows him standing in a hazmat suit with a swastika on the front.

There is a real race on for the local elections in Tairāwhiti, with the highest number of candidates in 21 years. RNZ meets the four vying to be mayor of Gisborne.

Tairāwhiti got its first taste of the options for this year's local body elections last night as nominees took the opportunity to introduce themselves at a "meet the candidates" event.

The coastal road providing the main access to Māhia Peninsula is slowly dropping into the sea, leaving one concerned resident wondering what plan of action is to be taken.

Gisborne district councillor Meredith Akuhata-Brown has apologised for comments aimed at the mayor but was absent at a council meeting where an in-person apology was expected.

Desperation has forced a young Tairāwhiti family to break down the door of an empty Kāinga Ora home and take up residence this month, even though utilities were disconnected.

Residents of a small East Coast town are still feeling the pinch from extreme weather in March, with some locked out of homes that have been red-stickered for months.

A lone lamp post that once kept watch at the end of a historic East Coast wharf is no more, removed for safety reasons despite the council expecting pushback.

One of the pools at Tairāwhiti's aquatic centre is so old the heating is failing.

New information has emerged on the ordeal endured by the crew of a shipwrecked boat the day it got into difficulty in rough seas off the East Coast.

Tairāwhiti has the highest hazardous drinking rate in the country according to a report presented to Gisborne District Council.

Economic confidence in Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti has rebounded, although people are still more pessimistic.

A homicide investigation has been launched in Gisborne after a woman was shot dead at a house.

Gisborne District Council has lost control of a river which frequently overflows and causes major issues for growers in the region, a resident claims.

They believe it will be key to distributing the region's goods but will need government funding.