HHeadlines Read More Live: Mt Maunganui campground slip – 'we could find someone alive' – 1NewsJanuary 22, 2026 Live: Mt Maunganui campground slip – ‘we could find someone alive’ 1NewsSigns of life – then silence: Missing campers…
NNew Zealand Read More Te Araroa family rescued from home after hours on roof in Tairāwhiti GisborneJanuary 22, 2026 “They were up there in that howling gale and rain clinging to their roof all night. They never…
NNew Zealand Read More Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz urges residents to prepareJanuary 21, 2026 As severe weather sweeps the Gisborne region, Mayor Rehette Stoltz asks residents to “be vigilant” and “prepare”, with…
NNew Zealand Read More Gisborne driver Ethan Rees second at New Zealand Superstock ChampionshipsJanuary 19, 2026 Five of the 10 Gisborne cars in the event made the final – Ethan Rees (127G), his brother…
NNew Zealand Read More Weeks-long closure for Waioweka Gorge after massive slips, evacuationsJanuary 18, 2026 State Highway 2 through the Waioweka Gorge, the main route between Gisborne and Ōpōtiki, is likely to remain…
NNew Zealand Read More Five injured after fleeing driver crashes into parked car in GisborneJanuary 17, 2026 Five people have been injured after a speeding car which fled police crashed into a parked car in…
NNew Zealand Read More Dozens of motorists rescued as major slips shut section of SH2January 16, 2026 More than 40 people stranded between multiple slips along State Highway 2 have been evacuated by helicopter, after…
NNew Zealand Read More Rescue launched for people trapped between slips on SH2January 16, 2026 A police rescue is underway to retrieve people stuck between landslips on State Highway 2 in the Waioeka…
NNew Zealand Read More Gisborne drivers hunting a New Zealand Superstock Championship crown at Wellington Family SpeedwayJanuary 16, 2026 Gisborne-registered Asher Rees (left) is onboard 126G in Wellington and looking to add to the three New Zealand…
NNew Zealand Read More Highway shuts, 18,000 lightning strikes hammer North IslandJanuary 16, 2026 Almost 18,000 lightning strikes were recorded across the North Island in 19 hours following severe thunderstorms, with flooding…
EEntertainment Read More Gisborne library book favourites: Dav Pilkey dominates 2025 loan chartsJanuary 14, 2026 Coming in at number one was Pikey’s Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas, published in August 2018, with…
NNew Zealand Read More Three men cling to one lifejacket for six hours after boat capsizeJanuary 14, 2026 Three men have been rescued after spending six hours in the water clinging to a single lifejacket, a…