East Coast

Cold and wet weather for much of the country has prompted weekend warnings, and calls for drivers to take care.

Owners of homes affected by flooding and Cyclone Gabrielle are set to receive payments towards their temporary accommodation.

A band of rain and wind is set to dampen the first of this week's FIFA Women's World Cup games in Auckland. Audio

Gisborne kiwifruit growers have lost their fight to have the value of their gold kiwifruit licences removed from the rateable value of their properties.

A Gisborne couple are preparing to move out of their home of decades, after it was labelled Category 3.

MetService says significant downpours are likely for the already fragile areas of Gisborne and Hawke's Bay.

Demand for counselling for young people on the East Coast has shot up since Cyclone Gabrielle, with primary students remembering how they had to flee their homes.

For 100 years, land at Tokomaru Bay has been locked up under archaic legislation, shutting Māori landowners out of what is rightfully theirs. But one woman is refusing to give up the fight to get it…

Gisborne District Council's principal scientist Murry Cave has one word to describe the state of Tai Rāwhiti - fragile.

A man has been found dead after a single-vehicle crash in Ruatoria, on Wednesday.

Gisborne ratepayers have avoided a high rates increase this year with a rise of only 6.5 percent, compared to neighbouring cities.

A Gisborne medical centre has been forced to close after torrential rain forced raw sewage back up its pipes into toilets and sinks.

New Zealand Rugby's Māori rugby programme manager and former Marae reporter Cushla Tangaere-Manuel will contest the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti seat for Labour at the upcoming election.

Civil Defence in Tokomaru Bay has expressed concern for around 40 families in surrounding areas who have been cut-off over the weekend due to flooding and slips.

A sickness beneficiary made more than $68,000 in less than a year by illegally harvesting and selling thousands of crayfish from around Māhia Peninsula.

Two homes in the Gisborne region have had to be evacuated this morning because land movement is causing them to shift. Audio

The emergency in Tai Rāwhiti is over, but saturated grounds and damage to roading and infrastructure following torrential rain remains. Audio

State Highway 2 north of Gisborne will remain closed until at least Friday as further movement at Mātāwai and Ormond has made it unsafe for road users and unsuitable for heavy vehicles. Audio

Civil Defence controller Ben Green said the "sodden and exhausted community" was well-prepared for the latest heavy rain.