East Coast

Soggy ground conditions have left arable growers on the East Coast struggling to get maize in the ground.

A groom has made it to Auckland in time for his own wedding, after a desperate call to the owner of a small East Coast airline.

New Zealand company Rocket Lab is doing a dress rehearsal later today for its latest satellite mission.

Luxon drove the crumbling SH2 with a handful of MPs on Friday morning to reach the small town, gauge progress of its recovery, and learn what it needs from the new government.

Jamie Kaiwai was last seen four years ago and her car was found with the keys in the ignition at Tolaga Bay wharf.

The stress of "consultation fatigue" is being felt by tangata whenua, according to two Māori ward councillors who have spoken out at recent meetings.

A man trying to discreetly seek preventative HIV medication says he was humiliated by Gisborne Hospital staff and denied the drug.

Waka Kotahi says the highway was closed between Putorino and Kotemaori just before 4am Sunday, and there is no detour available.

A Gisborne district councillor has apologised to the mayor after criticising the council's approach to risk.

Mayors in Hawke's Bay and Tai Rāwhiti are urging new Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell see for himself the mountain of work that still lies ahead after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Northern Hawke's Bay and Tai Rāwhiti are back in cleanup mode after heavy rain fell steadily over the weekend. Audio

SH2 south of Wairoa has opened to one lane today as work continues to clear a slip that was brought down by heavy rain. Audio

State Highway 2 just south of Wairoa will remain closed overnight following a large slip in the early hours of this morning.

Water levels are now dropping and bridges and roads are being inspected in Tai Rāwhiti and Hawke's Bay, where flooding has followed three days of heavy rain, and people are being asked to stay off the…

Up to 100 millimetres of rain is expected across Tairawhiti and Hawke's Bay's Wairoa districts.

Rain warnings are in place in Tai Rāwhiti and Hawke's Bay, with minor flooding already reported and Civil Defence asking people to check on neighbours and whānau.

The woman who killed her elderly father by setting his house alight has died suddenly, the day after she was found guilty of murder.

The jury in the trial of Lynne Maree Martin at the High Court in Gisborne reached their verdict after about two-and-a-half hours of deliberations and delivered their verdict on Wednesday afternoon.

A Gisborne man has been sentenced to two months in jail for repeatedly poaching crayfish from a marine reserve.

The food safety authority is warning people on the East Coast not to collect shellfish due to an algal bloom which is making them toxic.