East Coast

Hundreds of people in the Gisborne area face another cold night without power. Audio

Noelle McCarthy reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 4 July 2015. Audio

An Angus bull has sold for an astonishing 100-thousand dollars at this week's Gisborne bull sales, a record price for a bull sold at an on farm auction. The rising two year old bull was bred by the… Audio

If they're lucky and in the right place, Aurora Australis followers have been in for a treat overnight. Audio

It's a story about friendship, promises and letter writing. Janice Marriott and Virginia Pawsey, reconnected at their Gisborne Girls' High School reunion after 30 years. And, they promised to write to… Audio

14-year-old Cameron Wood from Gisborne has been spending hours in his family's garden shed making spinning tops for children from cyclone devastated Vanuatu. Audio

A woodwork teacher at Gisborne Boys High has been awarded for his work in getting Maori boys who hate school to love it. Audio

Top students from secondary and tertiary institutions gather to compete for first place in a speech competition - in Chinese. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets students from around the North Island to see who… Audio, Gallery

Westpac is proposing the closure of its Ruatoria branch - which means locals would have to travel to Gisborne to do their banking. Bill Burdett has lived in Ruatoria for more than 60 years, He's been… Audio

People living in Ruatoria on the North Island's east coast say the looming closure of the town's only bank will leave them with a 120-kilometre drive to the closest branch. Audio

The little village that turned into a booming town while the dam was being built by the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand. The dam is now operated by remote control, and Otematata is a small and… Audio, Gallery

George Truby from the Gisborne region has chosen Touch Me In The Morning by Diana Ross. Audio

Raewyn Theobald can barely contain her excitement at the mention of the natural disaster that ended up providing her with a windfall of surplus porcelain: "An earthquake is a mosaic artist's dream… Audio

Son of WW1 sapper Bertram Martin, one of the New Zealand Tunnellers. Audio

Niwa scientists are trying to find out whether methane emerging from the seafloor off the Gisborne coast is contributing to climate change Audio

Melody Thomas – herself a one-time ukulele teacher – speaks to music teachers, students and musicians about what it takes to be a good music teacher, and a good student. Audio

Back home, severe southerly gales and heavy swells along the the East coast of the north island are all expected to ease today. Audio

Gisborne residents were spared the worst yesterday when ex-Tropical Cyclone Pam passed by without inflicting serious damage. Audio

Our reporter Nicole Pryor is in Tologa Bay where the remnants of Cyclone Pam is now moving away. Audio