The Motu Trails fundraising event, highlighted a section of SH2 that could be improved to provide a safer ‘coast to coast’ ride, linking Opotiki to Gisborne. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Minister of Education Hekia Parata will be making a big move after she finishes her role in government next year.

A person is trapped after the car they were in collided with a parked truck near Gisborne.

Long weekenders rejoice - the sun is set to continue for the majority of the country over Labour Weekend.

Congestion north of Auckland and around Wellington has eased, NZ Transport Agency says.

A petition to have one of Wairoa's main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road residents want it sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A petition to have one of Wairoa’s main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road is just one of several rural roads residents want sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Priced out of Auckland? A property expo this weekend aims to pitch affordable properties in the regions.

Emaciated dogs have been uplifted from a Ruatoria property after a visitor discovered them tied up next to the decomposing body of another dog.

For heavy transport driver Archie Simons of Hastings there was no option but to ride out a terror out-of-control moment and hope for the best.

A 33-year-old teacher regrets calling her and her partner's relationship with a teen who is now dead "a little family".

Gisborne District Council has reminded residents "closed means closed" after closed road signs were removed from roads made dangerous by recent heavy rain.

Health authorities are considering plans to move mental health patient Ashley Peacock, to the dismay of his parents.

A heavy rain warning has been put in place for Gisborne and the Coromandel Peninsula.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

A petrol station in Gisborne is robbed by a man armed with a tomahawk.

A century after his death, the family of Second Lieutenant Alexander Ormond have finally been able to honour his sacrifice.

A letter with the most bizarre address on the envelope has found its way to the right destination much to the surprise of the recipient.

A 13-year-old involved in a close and inappropriate relationship with a former teacher wrote in her diary there had been no sexual contact, an inquest into her death heard.

Parents of a 13yo girl presumed to have taken her life have told an inquest of their shock at learning the extent of her ties with a former teacher.

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.

Kiwi former screen actor Peter William Kaa has been jailed for the second time this year, this time for a machete attack on a relative.