East Coast

A ceremony will be held in Gisborne today to present medals to whānau of members of the Māori Battalion who served in World War II but never received their honours.

Parts of the east coast of the country are so dry farmers are worried they'll run out of feed before winter.

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

A body has been found in the search for a boatie who went missing in the Gisborne region.

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

Two helicopters are searching a rivermouth near Gisborne for a person whose boat capsized earlier this evening.

A burgeoning budget for Gisborne's new Olympic Pool complex could see the district council pick up the bill for another $3 million.

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.

The building footprint for Gisborne's new indoor Olympic swimming pool is likely to move, months after early works on the $46 million complex began.

Fencer Fred has spent nearly three decades lugging farm posts and number 8 wire to out of the way spots to build and repair the vital infrastructure needed to keep stock in place on the farm.

Haley Heathwaite was looking for something "a bit different and a challenge" when deciding on a crop of her own to grow alongside her job with a Gisborne seed company. She chose saffron, the precious…

The east coast of New Zealand is continuing to feel strong aftershocks today following yesterday's earthquakes.

A Civil Defence official says word-of-mouth was vital in getting out evacuation orders in the Bay of Plenty following a tsunami warning.

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.

Gisborne Grape grower James Millton encourages territorial birds to visit his vineyards during the harvest in the hope they'll see off others intent on pecking his grapes.

Willy and Kelsi Haenga's Gisborne-based business, FarmCare, is plugging a gap helping busy farmers plant trees to keep waterways clean and stop erosion.