Latest from Gisborne District

Gisborne police seek man who removed bail bracelet

Freed man kidnapped, beat former partner

A Wairoa man just out of jail tracked his former partner to a friend's house, then kidnapped and beat her so badly she was unable to open her eyes, Gisborne District Court heard.

Hundreds of methane gas flares found

Scientists have found around 766 individual methane gas flares off the coast of Gisborne - a “major advance” for science and a first for New Zealand.

Couple buys Nepalese man ticket home

A Nepalese man living in Gisborne has been moved to tears by the generosity of a man who paid for him to fly to be with his homeless sisters.

Grandmother saves six kids from fire

A grandmother risked her own life to save six children from her burning home in Gisborne last night, with the family 'moments from catastrophe'.

Man dies in Gisborne car crash

Summer's long dry persists

Emotional scenes as body pulled from water at Tolaga Bay

There were emotional scenes on the East Coast north of Gisborne yesterday afternoon as divers located and recovered missing Malaysian man Kuan Loon Loh.

Scientists hope seabed drill will unlock quake secrets

Scientists hope a proposal to drill the seabed off New Zealand's east coast will unlock the secrets behind earthquakes, such as one which wreaked havoc in Japan six years ago.

Eighteen charged over New Year 'riot'

Eighteen of the young men arrested in Gisborne after mayhem at the beachside BW campground on New Year's Eve will face court action.

Fishermen's lucky escape after boat capsize

Three exhausted Gisborne men are lucky to be alive after the boat they were in overturned and they spent three hours in the sea in Poverty Bay before a chance rescue by a passing vessel.

Bulldozer driver injured in rollover

The driver of a bulldozer jumped for his life yesterday afternoon when it tipped over and rolled down a bank in a forestry block on the Whakarau Road near Te Karaka.

Cops out to catch riot ringleaders

The technology thought to have been used to instigate Gisborne's New Year's Eve riot is now being turned against the ringleaders.

Pool tragedy victim named

Ben Sargent has been remembered as a fun-loving, sporting, and well-loved youngster with his whole life ahead of him.

Young man dies trying to jump from light pole

A young man who died trying to jump from a light pole into a Gisborne swimming pool had spent the afternoon playing football and enjoying a few drinks with friends.

Pool jump goes fatally wrong

A 20 year-old man is dead after he tried jumping from a light pole into a swimming pool last night.