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Hundreds of East Coast teenagers will now get dental check-ups, but a school principal says she should not have had to fight for the free service for the last 20 years.

Trans-Tasman quarantine-free flights are back on - as New Zealand's vaccination rollout's been described as shambolic, and Australia's as a failure. 

No toilets, topless calendars and comments about their appearance are just some of the things women tradies say they deal with on a daily basis.

The close 'no' vote in last year's cannabis referendum has left Tairāwhiti cannabis growers and its isolated communities in a rut.

Only half of the vaccines allocated for Gisborne border workers and their family members were actually given to them.

A Gisborne health board member has been reprimanded after posting misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine on social media.

Gisborne is struggling to find enough homes for its isolated population.

A Māori-led programme for at-risk mothers and their babies in the Whanganui district is an example of allowing community health practitioners to design local services that are relevant and meet…

Hauora Tairāwhiti leaders want better mental health support at Rhythm and Vines after the death of a Wellington teen who went missing from the festival.

Mental health and addictions services in Tairāwhiti are disconnected, disjointed and struggling to respond to increasing levels of whānau need, a review has found.

The pandemic has sparked a wave of serious eating disorders that are overwhelming treatment providers. How do you help a loved one in crisis when there's a waiting list everywhere you turn?

Rangatahi Māori across the North Island are set to benefit from a $5.5 million investment in trades training.

A mental health service that uses mahi toi (the arts) to create culturally safe spaces will reach into rural Tairāwhiti.

China offers help with Samoan bodies awaiting autopsies, Tongan repatriation flight just carries cargo, Samoa's polling date is confirmed and there's another round of funding for Pasifika education in…

Dozens of locals gathered in Ōpōtiki as the iwi organised a hui to ensure whānau preparedness following last Friday's tsunami warning.

A Civil Defence alert message to Gisborne residents this morning arrived a full three hours after a severe 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook them awake.