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An East Coast school principal says the region's economy should substantially benefit from a merger of the polytechs in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay. Audio

Thousands of people are expected to attend the national kapa haka festival which is underway in Gisborne.

The Government says officials are investigating ways to improve the provision of cancer treatment after revelations that some patients in the central North Island are being denied chemotherapy because… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has repeated a call it first made in 2003 for oil and gas resources to be on the table when Treaty settlements are negotiated with iwi. Successive governments have rejected the… Audio

The Government has approved a merger between the Eastern Institute of Technology near Napier and Tairawhiti Polytechnic in Gisborne in January.

Napier and Gisborne polytechnics are planning to merge.

The Government has decided to stop district health boards charging private patients for laboratory tests. Three boards introduced the charges in 2006.

Tertiary Education Commission figures show universities and polytechnics carried $33 million worth of unsubsidised students last year.

Tairawhiti Polytechnic in Gisborne is considering a merger with the Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawke's Bay. The institute already provides payroll and human resource services for Tairawhiti.

The Tairawhiti District Health Board in Gisborne is defending its decision to award mental health support contracts to an Auckland trust.

A Gisborne-based Maori health provider says 15 staff will lose their jobs, following a decision by the Tairawhiti District Health Board to award mental health contracts to an Auckland-based trust.

A new approach in dealing with trauma patients launched in Hamilton is expected to save about 20 lives each year, and even more if it goes national. Audio

Canterbury University researchers believe they have identified ways tertiary education can be made to work for Maori. The most successful programmes are those where iwi were involved from the start…

Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith has praised the Maori Party for helping National get changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme through Parliament.

Health Minister Tony Ryall says district health boards have a lot of work to do to meet the Government's major health objectives. Audio

Mixing marae styles with modern architecture won Gisborne firm Nicoll Blackburne two prizes at the Gisborne-Hawke's Bay regional architecture awards.

A new annual publication aims to highlight the best in Maori in business and education.

A long-running Maori performing arts festival is being held this weekend in Tairawhiti. Tamararo was started in Gisborne in 1953 as a parish fundraiser.

Twenty people at Gisborne Boy's High School have been quarantined after suspicions they may have swine flu.

The Health and Disability Commissioner has criticised a surgeon and Tairawhiti District Health Board over a poorly performed operation for pre-cancer of the bowel.

The Tairawhiti District Health Board is trying to work out why Maori in the Gisborne region die younger than Maori elsewhere. It wants to know what Maori think of health services and what puts them…