East Coast

Officers were called to Ranfurly Street at around 6.30am after reports of a gunshot.

The council's bylaw process complicates implementing the new speed limits.

Police say the death has been referred to the Coroner.

Firefighters are focusing on dampening hot spots at a fire on the Māhia Peninsula that came dangerously close to houses.

Gisborne District Council will be short of a councillor for the remaining seven months of the term.

Cobham School students will have their last day on 27 June 2025.

Conservationists are at odds with Fisheries New Zealand over a proposal to increase the commercial crayfish catch limit in the Eastern North Island. Audio

Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi, a founder and champion of the kōhanga reo movement, is to be laid to rest this morning at Rāhui marae in Tikitiki near East Cape.

Police were called to an address on Te Araroa Road in Hicks Bay shortly before 4pm.

Residents reportedly heard a loud bang before the electricity went off.

The hearings will take place over a six-week period in Auckland and Hastings.

Up to 100 mm of rain is expected over Gisborne City and Northern Tai Rāwhiti - until about 8am Wednesday.

Over the past month the first cohort of participants have undergone sessions with mushroom extract containing a specific dose of psilocybin at Rangiwaho Marae south of Gisborne.

"Gisborne has suffered from housing underdevelopment and a lack of supply, coupled with damage from severe weather events," Minister Tama Potaka says.

Work to unblock the Mangapapa pipes which were blocked by improperly disposed garden waste has stalled due to heavy rain.

What happens behind the scenes so that 20,000 can party in the sprawling 700,000sqm Waiohika Estate in Gisborne.

Rhythm and Vines organisers urged people to "be sensible and responsible drivers" and cough up $5 for a breath test.

A recent drone assessment of beaches at Tolaga and Tokomaru Bays showed them to be relatively free from new slash.