East Coast

Penny Hoogerbrug of Kaharau Angus Stud describes the nerve-wracking moments before she and her partners became the proud new owners of "Lot 8", paying more than $100,000 and setting a record for the…

Contractors in Gisborne are trying to shift a half-tonne "fatberg" from the sewer network.

Anne Tolley reflects on 34 "fantastic" years in politics, including reform for children in state care, police and trades training.

Veteran National MP Anne Tolley says the time she spent in Covid-19 lockdown influenced her decision to retire from politics at September's election.

The newest candidate for East Coast, Meredith Akuhata-Brown, says activism is in her DNA and it's time to make change.

More than 2250 food parcels have been distributed to Tairawhiti households as part of the Covid-19 emergency response.

There are now 24 breeding pairs of tuturuatu, or shore plover, on Waikawa Island, the Department of Conservation says.

The Department of Conservation is investigating after a kārearea was shot dead in central Gisborne.

Gisborne Girls' High School students will press their case for free in-school doctors' appointments when they meet members of the district health board this month.

Forestry may be back but for many others it is a waiting game to see if employers will keep them on when the subsidy cash runs out.

"Talk to us - that's the whole point," said a protester at this morning's extraordinary meeting of Gisborne district councillors as they voted unanimously to revoke their earlier decision to install…

Gisborne District Council has announced it will officially revoke its decision to install two new replicas of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour without public consultation.

Mayor Rehette Stoltz says she regrets voting in favour of installing two new replicas of Captain Cook's ship without consulting local iwi, and will now allow them to have their say.

Gisborne district councillors have voted to permanently install two new replicas of Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour in the region without consulting iwi or the public.

The number of planned surgeries at Gisborne Hospital that were put off due to the alert level 4 lockdown topped 100.

Those managing Gisborne city's wastewater treatment plant upgrade faced a grilling yesterday from district councillors seeking answers over the project's multimillion-dollar budget blow-out.

The heart of the Gisborne economy is beating again as the forestry industry is back in full swing under alert level 3.

The figures don't stack up for reinstating the train line between Gisborne and Wairoa, KiwiRail boss Greg Miller says.