Plans are in place for the worst-case scenario as Gisborne enters day three of its water crisis.

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.

A homicide inquiry is underway after a man was run over several times on the East Coast last night.

Rhythm and Vines co-founder Hamish Pinkham is joining us for a live chat about the iconic music festival he launched with a couple of friends 10 years ago.

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.

A student pilot was lucky to walk away from an emergency landing on an East Cape beach.

A Gisborne family are overnight multi-millionaires after winning more than $6.3 million on Lotto, including the $6m Powerball jackpot, on Saturday.

The Waioeka Gorge between Opotiki and Gisborne has been officially reopened to traffic.

A couple have avoided prison after being found guilty of endangering their baby's life after he died of a cot death, or Sudden Unexplained Death in Infancy.