Latest from Gisborne District

Mt Hikurangi, East Cape

Mt Hikurangi, the mountain of Maui, is the first place in New Zealand to see the new day.

Mt Hikurangi: A positive altitude

Vicki Virtue gets high on the beauty of the first mountain in NZ to see the sun.

'Jet engine' tornado wreaks havoc

A tornado has devastated a farming station near Gisborne, taking out sheds and injuring at least one farm dog believed to have been picked up and dumped. Craig Ferris "huddled in a ball" in the corner of his carport...

Gang member charged with firing shotgun at rugby match

Rugby: Wanganui thump Poverty Bay in Gisborne

David Leggat: Corlett still greatest but Adams in hunt

5.1 earthquake stirkes off the Kermadecs

Four the best: Indoor racquets centres

Dead youth was looking forward to being a father

A youth killed in a landslide near Whakatane on Saturday was looking forward to becoming father in September.

Big chief rolls up sleeves to help with quake

Woman jailed four years for killing violent partner

Where are the jobs? Youth unemployment crisis in the north

Just over a fifth of all working-age Northlanders were on welfare benefits at the end of March.

Chasing pet blamed for boy's tank death

A little boy in a small East Coast town may have been chasing his puppy when he fell into a water tank and drowned.

Missing boy, 4, found dead

Greens bash Government's environmental protection changes

New protection laws set for oil exploration area

New environmental protection laws for New Zealand's exclusive economic zone will come into effect next year.