Latest from Gisborne District

River washes away bodies from cemetery

Employees laid off weeks after returning to work

More than 100 workers at Affco's Wairoa meatworks have been laid off, just weeks after returning to work.

Two aftershocks in Canterbury

Series of overnight quakes in NZ

Quakes in Wellington, Manawatu, Gisborne

Police seek gang shooting car

Gisborne struck by 4.4 quake

Killer, 12 - father's cover-up

Thomas and Leanne Papuni have waited months for the truth about the killing of their 11-year-old son Triston by a 12-year-old relative.

Boy admits killing 11-year-old mate

A 13-year-old East Coast boy has become one of New Zealand's youngest killers after admitting a charge of manslaughter today.

Flooded roads leave Gisborne virtually isolated

Heavy rain has left Gisborne virtually cut off, with surface flooding closing roads and forcing the evacuation of homes.

Families evacuated as floods hit

'Extreme caution' urged as heavy rains persist

Heavy rain is lashing the North Island's East Coast, leaving dozens of homes without power and closing rural schools and roads.

Homes evacuated as rain lashes Gisborne region

Schools have closed, houses are without power and homes have been evacuated as rain continues to lash the Gisborne region.

Snow falling in Waikato, Bay of Plenty

The icy southerly sweeping up the North Island has brought snow to the hills around Waikato and the Bay of Plenty and in some paddocks.

Appeal for sightings of escaped prisoner

Bonfire protest against oil drilling

NZ set for warmer than usual weather - NIWA

NIWA's latest seasonal outlook predicts temperatures in all regions are likely to be above average from October to December.

Driver freed from crashed truck