Cops out to catch riot ringleaders
The technology thought to have been used to instigate Gisborne's New Year's Eve riot is now being turned against the ringleaders.
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Pool tragedy victim named
Ben Sargent has been remembered as a fun-loving, sporting, and well-loved youngster with his whole life ahead of him.
Young man dies trying to jump from light pole
A young man who died trying to jump from a light pole into a Gisborne swimming pool had spent the afternoon playing football and enjoying a few drinks with friends.
Pool jump goes fatally wrong
A 20 year-old man is dead after he tried jumping from a light pole into a swimming pool last night.
Further charges likely after Gisborne pile-up
A young Auckland man is facing charges after he allegedly drove through a stop sign and hit a police car, causing a pile-up that wrote off three vehicles in Gisborne.
22 sheep packed in van 'like sardines'
Two youths have been charged after police found 22 sheep crammed in a van in Gisborne this morning.
Swim? Ewe must be joking
A sheep on an escape bid had a lucky break after it took a wrong turn and headed into the sea at Makorori.
Gisborne's name 'pseudo-official'
Gisborne was never officially named Gisborne, the New Zealand Geographic Board has revealed.
Body of missing copter pilot found
Damian Webster was flying from Karamea on the West Coast to Nelson, when his Robinson 44 helicopter disappeared on Tuesday.
Missing helicopter search continues
The search for a missing helicopter has entered its fourth day.
Missing chopper pilot's family 'going through hell'
The family of a pilot who has been missing since his helicopter disappeared near Nelson two days ago are going through hell, his uncle says.
Search resumed for missing helicopter near Nelson
The search for a missing West Coast helicopter will resume this morning but bad weather has delayed search teams.
Helicopter vanishes near Nelson ranges
The search for a missing West Coast helicopter will resume tomorrow.
Warehouse worker stuck at cold desk
An administrator at Bunnings Warehouse who sat through the winter months at a desk in a warehouse that got down to 6C has been awarded compensation.
Three injured in baseball bat attack
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.
Twelve hours trapped in a crashed ute
A young man with critical leg injuries lay trapped in his crashed ute for more than 12 hours after his vehicle crashed down a bank and into a tree.
Chess club out to follow Genesis' path
A Gisborne chess club depicted in the New Zealand film The Dark Horse is recreating events in the movie by trying to raise funds to get its members to a national tournament.
School bus crash: Two in hospital
Two people remain hospitalised following a school bus crash on the East Coast yesterday.
Fifteen injured in bus crash
Thirteen people including teenagers were injured when a school bus crashed into a ditch on State Highway 2 near Gisborne this afternoon.