A young forestry worker is in intensive care at Gisborne Hospital after he was hit by a log in a forestry block today.

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.

Gisborne is in a water crisis following a major break in the main trunk pipeline from the dams that supply the city with water.

A German tourist who was shot while hunting near Gisborne on Christmas Eve has been transferred to Auckland Hospital's critical care department.

Two women jailed for killing Amandeep Singh last year were part of a local culture of females using promises of sex to swindle migrant Indian workers, a defence lawyer says.

Two women accused of killing Indian national Amandeep Singh in Gisborne late last year have each pleaded guilty to a new charge of manslaughter.

Two men who saved a Gisborne man from a blazing car south of Gisborne last week have been described as "a couple of good blokes who wanted to help".

A heavily pregnant woman driving to hospital in case she went into labour had to complete the journey by rescue chopper after her car collided with a cow.

An appeal has been lodged against a court decision to evict an 83-year-old woman from the Mahia Peninsula home south of Gisborne where she has lived for more than 40 years.

Charlotte Christie fears driving along the winding Gisborne-to-Wairoa road after writing off her car in a pile-up on a blind bend in which another motorist lost an arm.

A Gisborne woman suffered serious facial injuries in what's been described as a "horrific" attack by two dogs.