Stories by Robin Martin

In a case of art imitating real life - or perhaps vice versa - an engineer, an electrician and a pipeline designer are part of a troupe about to tread the boards in an amateur performance of The Full…

A review of the New Plymouth Airport terminal project has found it went more than $4 million over budget and cost more than three times the amount first mooted for an upgrade at the council-owned…

A coroner has found a man involved in two police pursuits in New Plymouth in 2019 drowned in a stream he had previously used as an escape route.

After more than 20 years and 132 games as Ferdie, the beloved mascot of the Taranaki Bulls, the man inside the costume is signing off to widespread applause. Audio

A plan to introduce an hour's free parking in the New Plymouth CBD has got vehicle and business owners scratching their heads.

A judge has described the actions of a contractor which illegally dumped demolition material from the old New Plymouth Airport terminal on a North Taranaki farm as "reckless" and "deliberate".

New Plymouth's mayor has taken issue with the city's MP over comments about its largest tertiary education provider being happy to carry on as is after so far missing out on funding for a…

The owner of the quake-prone Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth says compromises might need to be made to the $50 million rebuild project if the new East Stand goes over budget.

A controversial composting and worm farming business in North Taranaki will appeal a hearing panel's decision not to renew its resource consents.

A Taranaki high school principal says students are being monitored after suffering minor injuries when their school bus collided with a van on State Highway 3 near Ngaere this morning.

People have been queuing for hours at two pop-up stores run by a New Plymouth charity that redistributes surplus food to those in need.

A defence lawyer representing one of three Taranaki police officers charged with manslaughter says her client is an excellent officer who simply made a mistake.

A jury has heard a man who died in a police station would have likely survived if he had received the medical treatment he needed.

The boss of a composting and worm farming business in North Taranaki says he's very likely to appeal a decision which removes his right to operate.

A controversial composting and worm farming operation in North Taranaki - which has been linked to health problems and environmental damage - has had its application to renew its resource consents…

A review of air quality at a controversial composting and worm farming business has found there's likely a relationship between illness and odours emitting from the site.

The jury in the trial of three Taranaki police officers charged with manslaughter over the death of a man in custody has watched video of the moment when the officers realise their detainee has…

The supervisor of three police facing manslaughter charges after a man died in custody says if people are heavily intoxicated they are sometimes taken straight to hospital.

A man who died in custody at the Hāwera Police Station last year would have survived if he had got medical attention sooner, the High Court at New Plymouth has been told today.

Vandals who attacked a flood monitoring station this week put people and livelihoods at risk, the Taranaki Regional Council says.

A proposal to roof the Whanganui Velodrome has dominated the city's long-term plan hearings this week.

After the indignity of being labelled a 'zombie town' Whanganui is now experiencing a growth spurt that has seen it fall victim to that most metropolitan of scourges - traffic congestion.

A former police officer who stole $4000 handed in by a member of the public has been granted permanent name suppression.

Police suspect a group of 30 teenagers are behind a spate of Mazda thefts in Taranaki, spurred on by social media challenges.

Dinnie Moeahu, who has expressed reservations about the introduction of water meters, says he is not surprised they are the least popular proposal in the draft long-term plan.