Auckland, Christchurch and Gisborne will get new charter schools in 2019.

Man who meant to shoot bride mistakenly killed former cabinet minister's niece.

The agribusiness behind one of New Zealand's biggest Maori incorporations has gone global.

"Severe weather" warning: heavy rain in parts of Gisborne and northern Hawke's Bay.

It's an inside day for most across the North Island.

New Zealand has a high chance of seeing warmer than average temperatures this spring.

Te Oho Mauri Piripi, 23, has been named as the man killed in a forestry accident yesterday

One person has died in a forestry accident near Gisborne today.

Police say the Auckland pastor who wants gay people to be shot is not breaking any law.

Withdraw of some students from NCEA put James Cook High School under statutory management.

Young Gisborne mother has "disproportionately severe" sentence slashed on appeal

35 beachfront sections are up for grabs in Blue Bay after a decade of lying idle.

A day ahead of Labour's freshwater announcement, National has made its own.

The notes relate to patients who received physiotherapy on their hands.

Early risers were met with frost, fog and icy windscreens this morning.

Drunk driver repaid good Samaritan by shooting at his house, court hears.

Tangi to be held for one-year-old who drowned in a backyard swimming pool.

The infant was found in a backyard pool.

The boot of Gisborne pivot Renee Holmes proved the difference in finals clash.

Kimberly Phillips was hit on Cobden St, Gisborne on the night of Friday June 16

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Steady rainfall is forecast as a low makes its way slowly down the North Island.

The woman who died after being hit by a car in Gisborne has been named.

The female pedestrian died at the scene on Cobden St, Gisborne about 11pm.

Man accused of murdering his best friend on trial in Gisborne.

The driver was at the wheel of a bus which plunged down a 100m bank, killing three.

A 17-year-old girl has died after the car she was in went over a bank north of Gisborne.

Graves still buried at Makaraka Cemetery. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The puppies were snatched from the owner's Gisborne home about three weeks ago.

Mayor says private homeowners overload sewage system. Made with funding from NZ On Air.