Ministry figures show there have been 107 crashes this holiday, last year there were 101.

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Gisborne Police have arrested a 29-year-old man following the fatal hit-and-run.

"If I didn't swerve, I most definitely would be in a bag," says Matthew Henderson.

A "secret" Ruatoria hemp trial for the Health Ministry is ready for harvest.

It could be a call centre anywhere in the world, but Connect Global is based in the small South Taranaki settlement of Waverley. It provides desperately needed jobs for ten locals. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

East Cape was shaken by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake last night. GeoNet reported a preliminary magnitude after the shake just before

Emaciated dogs have been uplifted from a Ruatoria property after a visitor discovered them tied up next to the decomposing body of another dog.

The East Cape has been shaken by a strong 5.1 magnitude earthquake this evening. It struck at a depth of 22km, 65km east of Te Araroa

About 40 firefighters have managed to contain a large bush fire beneath the summit of Roy's Peak, Wanaka.

A woman died and a man was injured when fire engulfed their East Coast home north of Ruatoria last night.

A "happy-go-lucky little boy" who suffered severe head, face and arm injuries when he was mauled...

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

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

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