Gisborne mayor Rehette Stoltz says council staff are working around the clock to address the fallout of devastating flooding in Tairāwhiti this week, and the main focus now is on reopening roads.Speaking from her home yesterday... Read...

With rain still falling in the Gisborne area after severe flooding, roading contractors are trying to repair routes to areas where residents are cut off, and detours round closed highway. Read...

By Niva Chittock of RNZ A Gisborne farmer and former councillor is predicting it will take Tairāwhiti a year to recover from this week`s flooding.The region has been saturated over the past three days, with rain turning... Read...

MetService says although there are weather warnings in place and heavy rain forecast for Tairawhiti, it is not the `wettest March` on record for the region. Read...

Work to clear roads and restore access to isolated communities has begun, following a second night of torrential rain in Tairāwhiti that saw dozens of properties evacuated in the middle of the night. Minister for Emergency... Read...

The Gisborne region is in for a `grim` few days, with more wet weather forecast for the area following the torrential downpours that caused flooding, closed roads and forced families to evacuate their homes earlier in the week.Gisborne... Read...

A person was swept away by a swollen river and several road crew members are `lucky` to be alive after floodwaters ravaged parts of the East Coast earlier today. The town of Tokomaru Bay – 89km northeast of Gisborne – and its surrounds... Read...

Civil defence in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne, has described rainfall overnight as `unrelenting` as Tairawhiti enters a state of emergency caused by severe flooding. Read...

A closed road in the weather-battered Tairāwhiti region will open for four hours this afternoon ahead of more heavy rain forecast for later this evening. Roads in the region have been closed, residents have been evacuated and... Read...

A climate scientist says climate change and long-term weather systems are behind the recent extreme flooding in the country - including the ravaged Tairawhiti Gisborne. Read...