Gisborne, New Zealand News

MY WAY: Kevin O'Connell, co-owner of Clyde Style, says the company has stuck steadfastly to its core business.

CRASH AFTERMATH: Two innocent motorists were killed when a car which had been briefly pursued by police crashed into their vehicle in Christchurch in 2010.

Most people will be familiar with Rhythm Group's flagship festival Rhythm and Vines, which has been held in Gisborne since 2003, and has grown in to New Zealand's biggest music festival.

FRIDAY 26 JULY. 2013 @ Unhinged Productions, 65 Cobden St, GISBORNE. 7 PM. Following the book launch there will be a mix of open mic.

Register for pre-sale here Pre-sale tickets available 9am - 5pm 28th May General public tickets on sale 9am - 5pm 29th May Every year New Zealand's premiere music festival gets bigger and better, and this year will be no exception! Make sure you get your ticket to New Zealand's best festival and see in the New Year in one of the world's most ... (more)

Gisborne nurse Janet Askew has been awarded the medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross for her work on aid missions in Sudan, Indonesia and Iraq.

Violent men should be the ones to leave the family home, Judge tells TVNZ's Q+A this morning Former Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier questions the need to have women and children leaving a violent family home.

The active low and a noticeably cooler southerly change will loosen their grip across New Zealand as high pressure and more settled weather move in this weekend.

Gisborne District Councillor Manu Caddie is calling for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Immigration New Zealand in Gisborne.

The New Zealand Labour Party today opened nominations for its candidate for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election. Pending a date for the by-election being announced, nominations are scheduled to close in a week - 15/05/13 - and may be extended.

Our local Member of Parliament Parekura Horomia died this week at the age of 62.

Sheep and Beef Sector Increases Eco-efficiency New research shows the New Zealand sheep and beef sector has a much lighter environmental footprint than in the past.

First Major Study Into Nz Children's First Words Expected to Finish Next Year May 2, 2013 A University of Canterbury survey of up to 3000 children, which will help provide the first comprehensive study on early language development in New Zealand, is expected to be finished early next year.

Australia's bid to prise open the secret world of endemic child sexual abuse in churches and other powerful institutions has stepped up a notch with revelations of the scale of perversion.

A super East Coast regional council will have 11 members representing seven wards stretching over 500km from the Wharerata ranges, near Gisborne, to Cape Palliser, Wellington region.

Minister Steven Joyce says Northland, Gisborne and the Eastern Bay of Plenty are the regions struggling most.

The government is courting controversy with Northland iwi over deep-sea drilling in new acreage being offered for oil and gas explorers in the 2013 block offer announced at the AdvantageNZ petroleum conference in Auckland.

Two earthquakes, incorrectly recorded last night near Gisborne, were actually one large quake about 1000km out to sea, Geonet says.

Police are investigating after a 12-year-old boy was hospitalised falling off a sled being towed by a quad bike.

China Forestry Group New Zealand Company Limited has agreed to acquire part of the NZ Superannuation Fund's North Island forestry assets, following a competitive tender and Overseas Investment Office approval.