East Coast

Sea and air patrols earlier this week inspected about 30 vessels in the East Coast and found most were complying with regulatory requirements - a marked improvment on previous years.

Two earthquakes at once shake New Zealand, confusing the earthquake monitoring system.

Rocket Lab's first 2019 launch will put a satellite into low Earth orbit for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

A second animal death has been covered up at a Gisborne rodeo, activists say.

A truck driver has died after his vehicle rolled on State Highway 35, near Tokomaru Bay.

A bull has been killed after dislocating its leg in a rodeo in Gisborne yesterday.

A decade or so ago Nicola and Geoff Wright started out making wine in a shipping container. They had one small boy. Now they have three vine yards and five young boys. Nicola still works as a criminal…

Seventy percent of the national persimmon crop's grown in the Gisborne region. Growers are planting more trees as the export markets look promising.

Business is "going really, really well" at the apple, kiwifruit and grape orchard near Gisborne that Tim Egan co-owns. Apples and kiwifruit are replacing traditional crops like sweet corn, peas and…

The people are great, the work is varied and the pay is okay, say the crew of nine who work on Illawarra Orchard – a 39-hectare property near Gisborne with apples, grapes and kiwifruit.

Hawke's Bay and Gisborne residents are among the most likely to be killed by a gun in New Zealand.

In the early hours of Monday 10 June (Queen's Birthday), heavy rain pummeled the hill country inland of Tolaga Bay. When the rains hit, forestry debris ('stash') that had been left lying on steep…

A woman has been killed by a falling log while working at Gisborne's port.