New details have emerged about the charges being laid against the owner of the four dogs that attacked a young boy in Gisborne.

The owner of four dogs that attacked a boy in Gisborne yesterday says he is "shattered" by what happened.

Giant feijoas grown on a small tree in Major Brown's back yard in Gisborne could have streaked into the lead in a quest to find the biggest feijoa.

Sandra Crashley claims IVF pioneer Patrick Steptoe experimented on her and without consent "took half of my ovaries".

An inspirational drama teacher who travelled from Gisborne to England to see actor Jeremy Irons perform in a play had a welcome surprise at its conclusion.

A Givealittle page has been set up for a woman seriously hurt in a Good Friday car crash in Gisborne which landed seven people in hospital.

The 4-year-old boy who was in serious condition after a head-on car crash near Gisborne on Good Friday remains in hospital.

The woman most seriously injured of seven hurt in Friday's head-on car crash near Gisborne remains critically ill in the intensive care unit at Waikato Hospital.

Two children were among those injured in a serious crash following a police pursuit in Gisborne this morning.

An 11-year-old girl has gone missing while collecting shellfish at a Gisborne beach.

Looking at buying a rental property? According to realestate.co.nz there's some attractive investment opportunities in some unlikely areas.

Manawatu-Wanganui are the best performing regions for rental property investment, according to analysis by Realestate.co.nz.

A disabled Gisborne man has been arrested after allegedly deliberately driving into a marae, before attacking a passer by's car and threatening to set himself alight at a petrol station.

The Rhythm and Vines festival kicked off in Gisborne yesterday with major changes to alcohol policy after riots broke out last year.

A Gisborne woman stood dumbstruck with tears rolling down her cheeks when she heard she had won Lotto's Big Wednesday not once, but twice.

Rivers have dropped and the water has drained out of most of the affected homes, but has left silt, ruined carpets and interior wreckage in some of the low-lying riverside houses in Gisborne.

Fine dining is just one fun way to keep busy in Gizzy, writes Megan Singleton.

Just a year before he allegedly shot Douglas Witeri between the eyes and killed him, Troy Vincent McHugh shot another man who owed him money, a jury was told yesterday.

A woman's claims that she assisted murder accused Troy McHugh to avoid conviction for murdering Douglas Witeri last year were simply drug-fuelled bravado, her lawyer said.

A Gisborne policeman who came to the aid of a lost boy found himself saving the child's grandmother from a house fire.

An SPCA prosecution against Richard Hamilton McKee, 34, and James Robert Boydey Manukau, 27, continued in Gisborne District Court yesterday.

A provincial rugby league competition has been pushed to the brink of extinction partly because of sideline and onfield abuse.

A former CYF social worker has admitted in court to shortcomings from her and the department resulted in a "vulnerable" teenager being returned to the home where he claims he was physically abused.

Four women rescued a man from drowning in the Taruheru River this morning.

Two small quakes struck just northwest of Gisborne last night.

As well as her work with Pultron and as its managing director, Bronwen Holdsworth has made a significant contribution to the cultural and artistic development of Gisborne.

Scientists have found around 766 individual methane gas flares off the coast of Gisborne - a “major advance” for science and a first for New Zealand.

A grandmother risked her own life to save six children from her burning home in Gisborne last night, with the family 'moments from catastrophe'.