Stories by Alice Angeloni

Gisborne's DHB is reassuring the community that health services will continue despite "significant changes" to the sector.

Hundreds of East Coast teenagers will now get dental check-ups, but a school principal says she should not have had to fight for the free service for the last 20 years.

A Gisborne health board member has been reprimanded after posting misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine on social media.

A burgeoning budget for Gisborne's new Olympic Pool complex could see the district council pick up the bill for another $3 million.

Hauora Tairāwhiti leaders want better mental health support at Rhythm and Vines after the death of a Wellington teen who went missing from the festival.

Rocket Lab has been called out for "corporate grandstanding" after releasing a statement claiming it gave an iwi trust "funds for food" during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Mental health and addictions services in Tairāwhiti are disconnected, disjointed and struggling to respond to increasing levels of whānau need, a review has found.

The building footprint for Gisborne's new indoor Olympic swimming pool is likely to move, months after early works on the $46 million complex began.

Two years after $100,000 was spent jet cleaning a "fatberg" from Gisborne's sewer network a half-tonne mass largely composed of fat, wet wipes and rags has built up in the same place.

A mental health service that uses mahi toi (the arts) to create culturally safe spaces will reach into rural Tairāwhiti.

A Civil Defence alert message to Gisborne residents this morning arrived a full three hours after a severe 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook them awake.

The wait for driver licence tests in Gisborne is at least five weeks, leaving rural East Coast residents trying to enter the workforce in limbo.

Mayors from the Far North to Southland are urging the government to set up a formal inquiry into the impact of New Zealand banks closing branches in provincial communities.

Gisborne border workers and the people they live with will be offered a vaccination against Covid-19 this week, with the first jabs in Tairāwhiti set to take place tomorrow.

A hui at the site where mortuary waste will be returned to Papatūānuku Mother Earth marks a significant step away from the culturally abhorrent practice of sending it out to sea.

Signatures collected in opposition to Māori wards will have "no effect" following the government's move to dump polling provisions, East Coast MP Kiri Allan says.

Members of an 84-year-old golf club fear a sports hub proposal to chop their course in half could result in them closing down completely.

Ngāti Rakaipaaka iwi confirmed the remains were historical and from an urupā known to be in the area.

Face-to-face contact will be key to connecting those "invisible" in mainstream services to the Covid-19 vaccine, Māori health leaders say.

The effects of climate change, along with changing demographics, government-led water reform and the impacts of Covid-19 are "key issues" that need to be considered in the 2021-31 long term plan, a…

Drivers in Tairāwhiti will require a "major behaviour change" if a move to lower speed limits across the region goes ahead.

If you are looking for a cheap ride, horses in Wairoa are going to auction for $20 to $100 a pop.

A summer campaign to combat sexually transmitted infections and Covid-19 is calling for young people to mask up on "top and bottom".

Local Democracy Reporter Alice Angeloni explores Tinder, toxic masculinity and sexual consent, and whose role it is to keep young people safe and informed.

A cardiology team in Gisborne is crediting stronger relationships with Ngāti Porou for the success of recent remote clinics.