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Caregiver knocked out teenager's teeth
A Gisborne teenager told police he had been abused for years by his CYF-appointed caregiver, who was so cruel she knocked out his teeth with a knife-sharpening steel.
'Where is the justice?'
A man abused as a ward of the state 25 years ago is incensed about the $12,000 compensation offer made to him, saying it feels 'like a kick in the guts'.
Freed man kidnapped, beat former partner
A Wairoa man just out of jail tracked his former partner to a friend's house, then kidnapped and beat her so badly she was unable to open her eyes, Gisborne District Court heard.
Hundreds of methane gas flares found
Scientists have found around 766 individual methane gas flares off the coast of Gisborne - a “major advance” for science and a first for New Zealand.
Couple buys Nepalese man ticket home
A Nepalese man living in Gisborne has been moved to tears by the generosity of a man who paid for him to fly to be with his homeless sisters.
Grandmother saves six kids from fire
A grandmother risked her own life to save six children from her burning home in Gisborne last night, with the family 'moments from catastrophe'.
Emotional scenes as body pulled from water at Tolaga Bay
There were emotional scenes on the East Coast north of Gisborne yesterday afternoon as divers located and recovered missing Malaysian man Kuan Loon Loh.
'We both went under the water'
A young English tourist is being praised for trying to save a Malaysian man who is believed drowned after jumping off the Tolaga Bay wharf on the East Coast.
Man dies after jumping off wharf
An English tourist jumped in the water to try and save a man who jumped off the wharf at Tolaga Bay - but he was swept away by a wave.
Mahuika was a rock for his people
There's a famous Ngati Porou saying that the tribe's lonely mountain, Hikurangi, does not move anywhere.
Festival changes likely after NY riot
Rhythm and Vines music festival organisers say they expect changes for the better after this summer's mayhem at BW campgrounds on New Year's Eve.
Scientists hope seabed drill will unlock quake secrets
Scientists hope a proposal to drill the seabed off New Zealand's east coast will unlock the secrets behind earthquakes, such as one which wreaked havoc in Japan six years ago.
Eighteen charged over New Year 'riot'
Eighteen of the young men arrested in Gisborne after mayhem at the beachside BW campground on New Year's Eve will face court action.
Fishermen's lucky escape after boat capsize
Three exhausted Gisborne men are lucky to be alive after the boat they were in overturned and they spent three hours in the sea in Poverty Bay before a chance rescue by a passing vessel.
Bulldozer driver injured in rollover
The driver of a bulldozer jumped for his life yesterday afternoon when it tipped over and rolled down a bank in a forestry block on the Whakarau Road near Te Karaka.
Cops out to catch riot ringleaders
The technology thought to have been used to instigate Gisborne's New Year's Eve riot is now being turned against the ringleaders.
Pool tragedy victim named
Ben Sargent has been remembered as a fun-loving, sporting, and well-loved youngster with his whole life ahead of him.
Young man dies trying to jump from light pole
A young man who died trying to jump from a light pole into a Gisborne swimming pool had spent the afternoon playing football and enjoying a few drinks with friends.
Pool jump goes fatally wrong
A 20 year-old man is dead after he tried jumping from a light pole into a swimming pool last night.
Further charges likely after Gisborne pile-up
A young Auckland man is facing charges after he allegedly drove through a stop sign and hit a police car, causing a pile-up that wrote off three vehicles in Gisborne.
22 sheep packed in van 'like sardines'
Two youths have been charged after police found 22 sheep crammed in a van in Gisborne this morning.
Swim? Ewe must be joking
A sheep on an escape bid had a lucky break after it took a wrong turn and headed into the sea at Makorori.