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The wait for driver licence tests in Gisborne is at least five weeks, leaving rural East Coast residents trying to enter the workforce in limbo.

Mayors from the Far North to Southland are urging the government to set up a formal inquiry into the impact of New Zealand banks closing branches in provincial communities.

Gisborne border workers and the people they live with will be offered a vaccination against Covid-19 this week, with the first jabs in Tairāwhiti set to take place tomorrow.

Some women are paying hundreds of dollars for the insertion of Mirena and Jaydess contraceptives when, under a multi-million government scheme, they should be getting the intra-uterine devices free…

Māori health providers have urged the government to fund and train their workforce to administer the Covid-19 vaccine to secure coverage of their remote communities, and to overcome vaccine hesitancy.

A hui at the site where mortuary waste will be returned to Papatūānuku Mother Earth marks a significant step away from the culturally abhorrent practice of sending it out to sea.

Members of an 84-year-old golf club fear a sports hub proposal to chop their course in half could result in them closing down completely.

A $5m government unit to investigate halving the DHBs comes at the same time some boards are appointing younger people as "observers" to learn about DHB governance.

Face-to-face contact will be key to connecting those "invisible" in mainstream services to the Covid-19 vaccine, Māori health leaders say.

Police in Wairoa are now carrying firearms after multiple incidents in in the East Coast town yesterday.

More locations of interest linked to a Covid-19 community case in Northland have been revealed as queues grow outside testing stations, and Australia suspends quarantine free travel in light of the…

Health authorities in Tairāwhiti have called for continued vigilance after a confirmed community case of Covid-19 in Northland.

It's been a summer of change for drivers, with some state highways across Aotearoa having had their speed limit recently reduced.

Drivers in Tairāwhiti will require a "major behaviour change" if a move to lower speed limits across the region goes ahead.

If you are looking for a cheap ride, horses in Wairoa are going to auction for $20 to $100 a pop.

A summer campaign to combat sexually transmitted infections and Covid-19 is calling for young people to mask up on "top and bottom".

Local Democracy Reporter Alice Angeloni explores Tinder, toxic masculinity and sexual consent, and whose role it is to keep young people safe and informed.

Anyone who wants to light an outdoor fire in the Gisborne / Tairāwhiti area will now need to apply for a permit.

A cardiology team in Gisborne is crediting stronger relationships with Ngāti Porou for the success of recent remote clinics.

Work has finally started to restore an old wharf at Tokomaru Bay on the East Cape. A committed band of locals has been working for years to raise money for the rebuild which they hope will…

A business case calling for $150 million to "reinvigorate" Tairāwhiti's sport and recreation facilities will be put to central government.

A trade waste bylaw will for the first time in New Zealand be used to stop the "culturally offensive" practice of mortuary wastewater being discharged into rivers and the ocean.

An earlier "heads-up" on finances from the government would prevent a "gallop" to finalise hospital budgets post-Budget Day, health board leaders say.