Latest from Gisborne

Gisborne rain eases, warnings lifted

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.

Professional drinking

We quiz some of New Zealand's best winemakers to find their tipples du jour.

Appeal for sightings of escaped prisoner

Bonfire protest against oil drilling

Appeal for sightings of Gisborne man

Digital TV switchover by 2013 - Govt

New Zealand's analogue television service will be switched off progressively nationwide between September 2012 and late 2013, the Government said today.

Tangi for young cousins

Officer involved in Maramarua fatal crash 'distressed'

Bodies washed away as river cuts into cemetery

Wine: Ignore at your peril

Lucas Ward 'a fearless young man' - uncle

Family and friends today recalled four-year-old Lucas Ward as a "little man who could not be contained" with a special zest for life.

Woman jailed for targeting elderly