Body of missing surfer found in bush
Police have resumed their search for a missing Gisborne surfer, after his car was found near a remote beach.
Police have resumed their search for a missing Gisborne surfer, after his car was found near a remote beach.
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 35km south-east of Gisborne at 6.18am, GeoNet reported.
A South Korean man has drowned after diving into a popular river rockslide pool to save two children.
A Gisborne robber who swung a knife at an Indian restaurant employee and stole $6000 later told police he was prepared to use the knife.
The NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants brought disciplinary proceedings against a jailed and bankrupt finance company director - who is no longer a member.
A 39-year-old man shot in an early morning incident in Gisborne is not dead, as previously reported.
A logging truck driver who died in a crash north of Gisborne this week was working just his second day on the job.
The driver of a logging truck is dead after his vehicle hit a bank on the East Cape this morning.
Fire crews in Gisborne are working to put out a blaze in an apartment building.
A large scrub fire which took hold in a Gisborne park last night is under control, the Fire Service says.
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 people hit by lightning yesterday have survived to describe a flash of heat, a walloping sensation and tingling.
A coroner has ruled that a 10-year-old boy committed suicide, but has banned publication of any details in a bid to protect other youngsters from copy-cat deaths.
Former Rockforte Finance director John Patrick Gardner has plead guilty to five Crimes Act charges in the High Court at Gisborne today.