Campers across the upper North Island are tonight preparing to cope with torrential rain.

So, 2010 was the year of dubstep. Clearly. As that's what 25,000 party people, or "revellers" as we media like to call them, moved to until the wee hours of the morning in Gisborne last week.

Photos from the 2010 Rhythm and Vines festival, Gisborne's three-day music festival that attracted 25,000 fans.

Crowd control at Gisborne's Rhythm and Vines festival is being improved after boisterous partygoers forced organisers to shut down bus services last night.

New Year's Day is tipped to offer sunny weather for most of the country and some respite from the recent muggy, humid weather.

The Crown and Ngati Porou today signed a Treaty settlement giving the iwi $110m and the return of approximately 5898 hectares of land.

Gisborne, a bit like Wairarapa, has to make a lot of noise to get noticed. Geographically it's not top-of-mind.

There is extra security at Gisborne Hospital following a gang brawl between Black Power and the Mongrel Mob last night.