Brandishing a ball point pen while trying unsuccessfully to force a Gisborne shop attendant to hand over the contents of her till has landed a teenager behind bars.

The infant siblings badly burned in a Gisborne car fire are likely to face dozens more operations and many weeks in hospital as they recover.

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 family of two children who were severely burned in a car fire in Gisborne last week are maintaining a bedside vigil as the pair continue to fight for their lives in hospital.

A hero first aider has described the moments he thought a three-year-girl had died after she was pulled from a horrific car fire in Gisborne.

Two pre-schoolers who were trapped in a burning car in Gisborne remain hospitalised in a serious condition.

A relatively large earthquake struck off the coast of the North Island's East Coast overnight.

Gisborne Hospital can not rule out that more human body parts have been thrown in the garbage, after shocked rubbish workers discovered bone fragments at the dump.

Overwhelmed is how Sass Mahuika says she felt on reaching the Cook plaza on top of Gisborne's landmark Kaiti Hill by wheelchair yesterday.

Court action may be the next step for kiwifruit growers following new research that showed the Psa strain that crippled the industry came from China.

A woman died in a head-on smash between people-mover and an articulated truck in Ormond township, near Gisborne, early this morning.

Up to 150 people walked into the hills flanking the Wharerata Hills south of Gisborne yesterday to pay homage to those who lost their lives working to give the region a railway link to Napier.

Few people outside Gisborne and perhaps her own sport would recognise the name of the sportswoman who was let off a drink-driving conviction and had her name suppressed.

A woman has been jailed for five years and three months for the Valentine's Day killing of her partner by stabbing him in the neck with a knife.

Four Gisborne men are facing kidnapping and aggravated robbery charges after a car deal went wrong.

An independent review has found flaws in KiwiRail's decision to close the Gisborne to Napier line and suggests the tonnage needed to keep the route viable can be achieved.

An independent report aimed at proving the economic viability of the Gisborne to Napier railway line is expected to be released to the public this week.

Justine Tyerman learns the finer points of wine tasting at a trio of Gisborne vineyards.

As the Gisborne music festival celebrates its 10th anniversary police say Rhythm & Vines has been relatively successful, despite thefts threatening to mar the event.