Bay of Plenty and Gisborne will continue to be hammered by bad weather tonight.

Several dogs found mauling sheep have been shot by farmers sick of losing stock.

Carla Neems died when she was hit by a recycling truck as she walked home from school.

Emergency services were called to the crash in Gisborne at about 3pm.

Woman killed in road accident was "a lovely person who loved her sport".

What on earth are these slimy tentacles? Experts have the answer.

Low-decile schools are slowest to join new a scheme that funds extra teachers

He has been spared a prison sentence because of his injuries.

Three days before Anzac Day, members of the Gisborne RSA removed the entire executive.

Gisborne residents capture electrifying footage as thunderstorm rolls through.

The weather is looking calmer at last as New Zealanders head back to work after Easter

Showers are likely for much of the North Island today, according to the MetService.

It came, it was wild, and then it was over. Cyclone Cook has now passed New Zealand.

Cyclone Cook has been one gnarly Easter egg for surfers, offering nine-foot waves today.

Aucklanders were left wondering if the big storm was a fizzer but others felt its force.

White Island saw wind gusts of 200km/h during Cyclone Cook.

Find out what's happening in your region as Cyclone Cook sweeps in.

Enjoy the sun while you can, rain is back from Wednesday

100 years on, NZ's darkest hour at Passchendaele remembered with commemorative stamps

Ingenious Kiwi venture fixes bicycles to a disused section of the Napier-Gisborne rail.

In his final column, cancer-sufferer Jakob Pyatt spoke from the heart.

Jakob Pyatt was a Gisborne teenager who lost his battle with cancer. the 15-year-old decided to write about his journey through a series called Jakob's Dictionary, featured on Gisborne Herald's youth page, I Am Youth”. You can find his other letters here: http://gisborneherald.co.nz/iamyouth/2037525-135/jakobs-dictionary-entry-two-relief http://gisborneherald.co.nz/iamyouth/2028050-135/ded-i-ca-

Police are awaiting the results of the post-mortem examination.

There were two occupants in the car who suffered moderate to minor injuries, police say.

The winner of a $6.5 million Lotto prize has yet to come forward 12 days after the draw.

Every second counts with this deadly illness.

Enjoy the fine weather while it lasts because rain is on the way.

The inmate who died at Hawkes Bay Prison on Friday was Kolby Heta.

A Gisborne butchery has pulled out all the stops for St Patrick's Day.

An inquiry has begun into the death of a man this morning in a forestry block in rugged terrain.