Stories by Alice Angeloni

Close to half of Gisborne District Council's greenhouse gas emissions come from 60,000 sheep and cattle on stations owned by the local authority.

Council releases plans for $46m pool complex and expansion which will open in 2023.

An East Cape pharmaceutical company has been fined $28,000 for planting in and taking water from a "regionally-significant wetland" without consent.

A health statement in Gisborne that backs vaping as a means to quit smoking has been called out for not first denouncing the practice.

Gisborne Hospital's children's ward has reached full capacity for the first time in two years as respiratory illnesses put health services under pressure.

The Gisborne community is fed up with sewage being discharged into the city's rivers, as it has been for decades, a panel of independent commissioners heard yesterday.

New Zealand has not had an Indigenous Rights Commissioner for four years and there are no plans to appoint one.

Latest drinking water standards show there were risks for a water supply near Mahia.

Immunisation rates of babies in Tairāwhiti have dropped "disturbingly low", with one expert saying it reflects an overstretched health system.

Asbestos has closed the outdoor pool at Gisborne's Olympic Pool Complex after the same substance halted repairs and has kept doors shut on the indoor pool.

A "respect and dignity" bylaw has been passed in Gisborne banning the culturally abhorrent practice of sending mortuary waste to sea.

When flood waters swept away a caravan from Rick Whaitiri's property in Tokomaru Bay on Sunday morning, he thought the house might be next.

Campers who make their home at a point north of Gisborne over the summer say a proposal to close the site will not protect it from erosion, nor protect their health and safety.

A crime prevention trust in Gisborne aims to double its vision over the next decade through more security cameras across the region.

An East Cape pharmaceutical company has admitted planting mānuka over at least a hectare of "regionally-significant wetland" and taking water without consent.

A Gisborne district councillor has questioned whether writing off more than $770,000 in unpaid rates can be avoided.

The cyber attack on Waikato DHB is the latest in a string of events to test emergency planning protocols, Tairāwhiti health bosses say.

The disparity in recent rates increases is being questioned by Gisborne councillors.

In a stirring speech in Gisborne on Thursday night, Horouta Waka Hoe club paddler Mairangi Campbell described the impact of pollution on young people using the Waimatā River.

A Gisborne football club has kicked back at a proposal to revamp sports in Tairāwhiti that would see them booted off their pitch and put into shared facilities with other clubs.

A Māori trust is trying to forge ahead with a proposal for coastal shipping on the East Cape despite calls from marae, hapū and even its own beneficiaries to stop.

There was a two-week halt to hip and joint replacement surgeries in Gisborne in March due to "safety concerns" around staffing.

Port workers around New Zealand who may be handling international goods are declining the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a Gisborne health boss.

Gisborne District Council has announced a "new approach" to the build of its $46 million Olympic Pool Complex after facing higher costs, longer timeframes and a location change.

Illegal dumping is rife in Gisborne and across New Zealand as ratepayers constantly foot the bill for waste abandoned on beaches, roadsides, parks and city streets.