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Slash at Tolaga Bay forces Navy ship with supplies to divert
Ongoing problem of forestry waste forces Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui to reroute.

The stars of Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival share their favourite Gisborne places
Three performers from Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival share their favourite Gisborne places.

One step closer to solving mystery of missing mother
Gisborne police accepted there were unanswered questions about the investigation.

Crash closes highway, contractors on the way
Highway closed in both directions after crash.

Luke Kirkness: What I learnt from covering Axle's disappearance
OPINION: The people of Tolaga Bay and East Cape have shown us how we all ought to live.

'Obvious flaws': Private investigator slams police search for Jamie Kaiwai
Family say police did a "crap job" and are using her mental health as a scapegoat.

Homeless: Axle's family lived in tents before Tolaga Bay move
Emergency accommodation in Hamilton felt unsafe so they moved to Gisborne.

Axle's message for NZ: 'Thank you everybody for helping find me!'
Distraught mum Haley Allatt had not expected to see her bubbly son ever again.

'I expected him to be dead': Inside little Axle's 21-hour adventure; dad's relief
'I wish every community in New Zealand was like this.'

Axle's saviour: 'Very disorientated and calling out to his mum'
Preschooler was found on a forest road several kilometres from his home.

Desperate search for Axle: Parents 'beside themselves' as locals rally
Rugby team among volunteers searching for preschooler.

'What is the point?': Emergency alert comes 3 hours after quake
'When an event like this happens, people should not have to go hunting for information.'

Earthquake advice: Evacuated residents told they can go home
Warning now lifted following a magnitude 7.1 quake off East Cape.

Man sentenced after selling half a tonne of crayfish on black market
The illegal catch was usually sold pre-cooked for between $700 and $1310 per load.

Woman set uncle's tent on fire - with him inside
Mandy Hooper told her uncle to pack up and leave - then lit his tent on fire.

Tiny school sent staff to Disneyland
The Audit Office names multiple schools for accounting breaches.

Communities split over free school lunches
Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?

Free school lunches: North Island (except Wellington)
Full list: North Island schools getting free school lunches (except Wellington).

'Bizarre, unwanted': Shane Jones pledges $45m for port idea rejected by council
Gisborne deputy mayor also labelled the minister 'a knob'.

Dramatic rescues - two men, six dogs and a pregnant woman
Slips closed roads and floodwaters were rising as once-in-500-year storm hit North.

Terrifying night on the roof: $100k compo
Among rising floodwaters, churning with forestry debris, couple clung to granddaughter.