Stories by Craig Ashworth

A military-style crisis response will be set up with millions of dollars of new funding for the Māori Covid-19 vaccination effort around Whanganui.

Māori health providers are close to a Taranaki-wide deal for direct funding from the health ministry, side-stepping the district health board.

Trans-Tasman Resources has lost its Supreme Court bid to overturn a decision preventing it from mining millions of tonnes of ironsands off the coast of South Taranaki.

Taranaki Regional councillors have rejected calls from Māori for two seats at next year's local body elections.

Surveillance cameras have been set up to catch fossickers hunting for war relics at a historic Taranaki pā.

Iwi health providers in Taranaki say vaccination clinics solely for Māori are essential to close the gap with non-Māori vaccination rates.

Ten million dollars of funding for conservation projects in Taranaki is also fostering hapū and whānau, say project leaders.

Taranaki Māori politicians including Adrian Rurawhe and Howie Tamati want it to be easier for voters to join the Māori electoral roll.

Hapū and iwi have been promised more influence in naming new roads in New Plymouth.

Ngāti Ruanui is awaiting the fate of a seabed mining bid off the south Taranaki coast with a healthy nervousness, says iwi leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

South Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui says alarm bells should be ringing as health authorities fail to test wastewater for Covid-19 outside of New Plymouth.

An intellectual disabilities service provider's multiple failures led to a woman drowning in a bath in 2016, a judge says.

The government team clearing and plugging the abandoned Tui oilfield says talking early with iwi will avoid future roadblocks.

Mayors are learning about Māori culture and helping rangatahi develop leadership skills in a two-way mentoring programme.

Stratford District will have a Māori ward after a strong iwi turnout convinced councillors unanimously to support the move.

Stratford will not have a Māori ward at next year's election, despite one iwi accusing the district council of racism over its stance.

Iwi have told the Taranaki Regional Council they want more money to cope with a flood of resource consents in Taranaki.

The pā that saw the first shots of the Taranaki Wars deserves higher public priority, Māori have told New Plymouth District Council.

A Taranaki iwi is insisting on a new wastewater system for a north Taranaki town suffering repeated sewage spills.