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Te Tairāwhiti arts festival kicked off last weekend under alert level 2 restrictions, but to the relief of festival goers and organisers, a range of performances and shows have still gone ahead

The Prime Minister visited Ruatōrea in the remote Tairāwhiti Gisborne today to encourage a boost in vaccinations.

The government's beefing up efforts to vaccinate Māori against Covid-19 by getting the prime minister out on the road.

The council voted to opt out of the reforms in principle, with councillor Meredith Akuhata-Brown calling on the government "to go back to your drawing board".

Independent analysis of the Government's Three Waters reforms claims the level of investment needed for Tairāwhiti has been overstated by at least $1.75 billion.

Rua Bioscience, New Zealand's first Māori founded NZX-listed company, has received Good Manufacturing Practice certification from Medsafe, allowing it to manufacture medicinal cannabis products.

Hāngī after the Covid-19 vaccine, or a kai package to take home and feed the tamariki - was it a ploy to get people vaccinated?

A neurology service is continuing in Tairāwhiti after the retirement of a visiting specialist - despite concerns it could lapse while new arrangements are made.

More than a dozen environmental and other protections are in place at the site of a proposed barge facility at Te Araroa on the East Cape, Gisborne District Council confirms.

Police yesterday shut down an illegal hapū-led checkpoint in Te Araroa but have agreed to set up two static checkpoints tracking vehicle movements through Ngāti Porou rohe.

East Coast based medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience has recorded a loss of $6.17m, but chief executive Rob Mitchell says this was expected.

Hapū from northern Ngāti Porou have set up a fixed road checkpoint at Te Araroa after authorities refused to do so.

East Coast hapū want checkpoints at the boundaries of the rohe to help protect Tairāwhiti communities from the Delta variant, but the acting minister of emergency management does not support them. Audio

Another 41 cases were announced today while it was revealed there are six sub clusters - the largest connected to a church. Here's what happened on the seventh day of...

East Coast hapū are calling for authorities to declare a state of "regional emergency" to protect vulnerable Tairāwhiti communities from the highly infectious Delta variant.

Almost 40 percent of Tairāwhiti residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine - with Māori health providers and a DHB joining forces.

Tributes are being paid for respected Ngāti Kahungunu leader Des Ratima, who died aged 69.

Three health workers stranded in Queenstown will fly home on a "rescue flight" organised by district health boards.

Gisborne Hospital is equipped to deal with a Covid-19 outbreak, despite its only respiratory specialist being stranded in Queenstown.