Robin Martin

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.

An aquifer in coastal Taranaki cannot be used to boost water supplies at Okato because it has been contaminated with an agricultural chemical and could be considered a risk to human health.

The Royal New Zealand Navy's newest and largest-ever ship HMNZS Aotearoa has made its first visit to its ceremonial home port in New Plymouth today.

New Plymouth Mayor Neil Holdom has joined the chorus of local-body politicians bemoaning Waka Kotahi's commitment to delivering road safety projects.

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A former Olympic cyclist says Whanganui will miss a huge opportunity if it chooses a 'tin-shed' option for roofing the city's velodrome.

New Plymouth District Council is at a loss to explain the timing of its flip-flop over its support for a composting plant which has stockpiled 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste.

New Plymouth District Council is ditching its support for a Remediation NZ, which has stockpiled 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste at its Uruti site.