Stories by Matthew Rosenberg

Gisborne's mayor says her region needs "significant help" as it recovers from eight severe weather events across a 20-month period.

Meng Foon said Māori continue to bear the brunt of inequality, the result of historic injustice that led to poverty.

The decision comes despite strong opposition at a recent hearing.

An East Coast sports club wanting to renew its lease on land it shares with a Māori burial site has sparked frustration from pockets of the community who call it a desecration.

Animal advocacy groups are calling on Gisborne District Council to require mandatory microchipping and desexing of cats in hopes it will stop feline numbers from ballooning.

A Gisborne logging company operating in an area shared with residential addresses has drawn the ire of locals.

Gisborne beaches will not be cleaned of woody debris until after winter despite the district council labelling the issue one of "extreme danger".

A Gisborne woman living with terminal lung cancer is continuing her fight against proposed changes to the country's medicine legislation, one signature at a time.

A heritage building Gisborne District Council placed on private property without the landowner's permission has a new home with a Tai Rāwhiti iwi.

An East Coast harbour master is calling for changes to the country's boat ownership rules after a man abandoned his vessel and successfully evaded authorities for 12 months.

A group hoping to establish a controversial barge facility at the northern tip of the East Coast is confident it will get the project across the line in the coming months.

The Chief Ombudsman says he expects a rise in complaints on the back of extreme weather events, but it could take some time for frustration to boil over into a noticeable spike.

People living in flood-affected parts of Tai Rāwhiti might receive a knock at the door in the coming weeks.

Relocatable homes have arrived in Tairāwhiti, providing a welcome boost for some of those displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Tom Kay is on a mission to get people rethinking how to protect natural and built environments, but that can include difficult truths, like realising the devastating flow-on effects of man-made…

A Gisborne woman living with terminal cancer fears she will "die prematurely" if proposed changes to the country's medicine legislation go through, limiting her ability to import a "miracle" drug.

A Gisborne farmer upset over the district council's lack of care for a frequently-flooded river is calling for action in the wake of devastation from Cyclone Gabrielle.

More than $350,000 of council money went towards accessing water from an industry site following Cyclone Gabrielle, but the project never got off the ground.

The 2.2km route, named Pourau Road, provides a way around State Highway 35's busted Hikuwai No.1 Bridge.

Exhaustion, frustration and an air of sadness could be felt at a Tolaga Bay meeting, as people shared emotional accounts of the impact of slash and recent cyclones.

Gisborne families wanting to bury their loved ones at Taruheru Cemetery are in limbo while the district council monitors issues with groundwater at the site.

Tensions have run high in Tokomaru Bay over the district council's handling of convoys which have proven a life-line to residents needing to access Gisborne.

The forestry company says the damage during Cyclone Gabrielle was unavoidable because of the nature of the storm.

A Gisborne environmentalist who has spent 20 years trying to improve the state of a local river says her efforts have been decimated by the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Gisborne District Council will not be following Napier's example.