Police are trying to trace the movements of a car believed to be linked to a serious baseball bat assault that put three Gisborne people in hospital with serious injuries.

Gisborne's oldest and only locally owned and operated hire business is being sold as a going concern in leased premises.

A pilot "did everything right" to land a light aircraft in a paddock after the engine failed during take-off today at Auckland's Ardmore Airport.

Forestry company HarvestPro has been ordered to pay $120,000 in fines and reparation after one of its workers was hit by a log weighing more than a tonne.

Police have resumed their search for a missing Gisborne surfer, after his car was found near a remote beach.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 35km south-east of Gisborne at 6.18am, GeoNet reported.

A South Korean man has drowned after diving into a popular river rockslide pool to save two children.

A Gisborne robber who swung a knife at an Indian restaurant employee and stole $6000 later told police he was prepared to use the knife.

The NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants brought disciplinary proceedings against a jailed and bankrupt finance company director - who is no longer a member.

A 39-year-old man shot in an early morning incident in Gisborne is not dead, as previously reported.

Danielle Wright makes the most of the daylight on a weekend visit to Gisborne.

A logging truck driver who died in a crash north of Gisborne this week was working just his second day on the job.

The driver of a logging truck is dead after his vehicle hit a bank on the East Cape this morning.

Fire crews in Gisborne are working to put out a blaze in an apartment building.

A large scrub fire which took hold in a Gisborne park last night is under control, the Fire Service says.

Gisborne's main water pipe has been reconnected four days after it broke following work by Gisborne District Council staff and contractors from Fulton Hogan.

Plans are in place for the worst-case scenario as Gisborne enters day three of its water crisis.