A relationship between a 13-year-old girl, her former teacher and claims of "grooming" have become the immediate focus of an inquest in Gisborne.

Greg Fleming finds a great base from which to explore the East Cape.

Scientists say it would have been impossible to predict today's earthquake even though a tremor a day earlier was probably a foreshock.

The shutting of train lines in Auckland after this morning's 7.1 magnitude earthquake were just a precautionary measure, KiwiRail says.

If you live in the East coast of the North Island, including Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty and the upper South Island here's what you need to know.

A person from Gisborne has become the country's latest millionaire after winning big in last night's Lotto draw.

A doctor wanted on a sex charge in the United States has won a reprieve in his fight to keep his New Zealand citizenship after a bungled attempt to revoke it by the Department of Internal Affairs.

Gisborne family feeling lucky to be alive after a terrifying incident while travelling through Raupunga.

A teenager is in hospital after a stabbing in Gisborne last night.

After more than 2200 "shares" on Facebook and countless letters to the editor, the controversial statue at the Cook Plaza on Kaiti Hill remains a hot topic.

One person has been killed and another seriously hurt in a crash in Gisborne.

We reveal the personalities and properties that make Gisborne one of our most successful Olympic towns.

State Highway 2 linking Opotiki and Gisborne was closed this morning due to a large slip in the Waioeka Gorge.

Hawke's Bay Regional Council has been asked to ensure that any deal to restore the rail link between Napier and Wairoa retains the goal of extending north to Gisborne.

A 43-year-old man is facing charges after a group dog attack in Gisborne put a young boy in hospital with head and leg injuries.

The 5-year-old boy hospitalised after being attacked by four dogs will be going home today, a Gisborne hospital spokeswoman confirmed.

New details have emerged about the charges being laid against the owner of the four dogs that attacked a young boy in Gisborne.

The owner of four dogs that attacked a boy in Gisborne yesterday says he is "shattered" by what happened.

An inspirational drama teacher who travelled from Gisborne to England to see actor Jeremy Irons perform in a play had a welcome surprise at its conclusion.

A Givealittle page has been set up for a woman seriously hurt in a Good Friday car crash in Gisborne which landed seven people in hospital.

The 4-year-old boy who was in serious condition after a head-on car crash near Gisborne on Good Friday remains in hospital.

The woman most seriously injured of seven hurt in Friday's head-on car crash near Gisborne remains critically ill in the intensive care unit at Waikato Hospital.

Two children were among those injured in a serious crash following a police pursuit in Gisborne this morning.

Wairoa's sole service 'acted unprofessionally'.

When she saw her little girl alive and well, after fearing she had drowned, Ali Wharehinga thought she was looking at a ghost.

An 11-year-old girl has gone missing while collecting shellfish at a Gisborne beach.

Looking at buying a rental property? According to realestate.co.nz there's some attractive investment opportunities in some unlikely areas.

Manawatu-Wanganui are the best performing regions for rental property investment, according to analysis by Realestate.co.nz.

A disabled Gisborne man has been arrested after allegedly deliberately driving into a marae, before attacking a passer by's car and threatening to set himself alight at a petrol station.

The Rhythm and Vines festival kicked off in Gisborne yesterday with major changes to alcohol policy after riots broke out last year.