Latest from Gisborne

Firefighters battle blaze at central Wairoa store, SH2 closed

The stretch of highway is closed between Queen St and Black St.

Editorial: AI-generated fake news on social media is dangerous and unethical

OPINION: False images of events like the Mount Maunganui slip are a threat to democracy.

Wild weather: Firefighters prepare for a heavier deluge tomorrow

Attention turns now to the East Coast, with heavy rain and warnings heading into Sunday.

Northland teen’s standout effort wins top Blue Light life skills award

Blue Light has run these NZ Defence Force camps for 14 years nationwide.

'Painful recovery': Mount businesses call for urgent financial help

Two owners call for more council and government support.

Coroner continues to probe cyclone's night of deadly chaos

Joseph Ahuriri, who disappeared during the cyclone, was added to the coroner's list.

Leaving 'happy place': Residents tearful as council evacuates camp over landslide risk

'It's absolutely devastating. Financially, just a massive, massive blow, I tell you.'

Business leader urges long-term solutions amid cycle of weather events, clean-ups

Gisborne's Richard Burke warns that chronic closures are scaring off long-term investors.

From reels to phone calls: How Gisborne councillors engage with constituents

LGNZ now runs training on safe, effective social media use, popular with younger members.

Sun for North Island holidaymakers as South braces for rain and cloud

Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Napier are all set for mid to high 20s heat.

Matthew Hooton: Forget Paris targets, NZ’s climate focus has to be survival and retreat

OPINION: No NZ government will pay $3b to other governments for foreign climate projects.

'We all came under the same stars': Artist captures spirit of te Tiriti

Her Doodle weaves Pacific navigation, kūaka migration and kaitiakitanga.

‘The council needs to build its own one’: Volunteer closes Gisborne motorhome dump station

The Awapuni Rd dump station, voluntarily run by Brian Hall, closed on January 31.

Storms, holidays dent modest rise in January retail spending

Wild weather on January 21 cut daily spending by 5.6% compared with last year.

Storm-hit roads cut off beekeepers and threaten honey harvest

Road closures after the January storms have left hives stranded mid-harvest.

NZTA's incident controller on State Highway 35 recovery, challenges

Richard Bayley spoke with the Gisborne Herald about how work on State Highway 35 was going