Stories by Robin Martin

"I was actually, really stressed about this - I was actually, really worried," says Keryn Densem, who the ministry admits was sent the letter by accident.

A member of the 11th Taranaki Company Corporal Vincent Hall came ashore at Gallipoli in April 1915.

Taranaki Offshore Partnership wants to build 70 turbines in the South Taranaki Bight.

The clay pipe has carried wastewater from Pukekura Park and 600 homes in the central city since 1932.​

The mayor is convinced the former chemical plant is contaminated with the most toxic materials imaginable at high levels.

The operator says it could also affect human health and the environment.

Hundreds of workers are affected by temporary shutdowns or facing the spectre of permanent closure of pulp and paper mills. Audio

A Waverley business has cut the ribbon on a 900 square metre state-of-the-art tunnel house. Salad Brothers took over the 1.1 hectare site about 18 months ago and aims to produce half a million…

A Taranaki man says attending a boot-camp in the 1980s left him toughened-up and angry - but not rehabilitated.

A gun has been fired at the distinctive orange ute of a controversial New Plymouth councillor leaving it pock-marked Audio

So far, the "transformation" has cut $7 million from the operating budget, the district council's chief executive says.

The extent of contamination at a controversial chemical plant has been revealed after a report 'lost' since the late 1990s emerged.

New Plymouth's mayor and elected officials have chalked up close to $70,000 in expenses in the first six months of 2024.

Families have been left in the cold as they "just can't justify" the expense. Audio

From the firm, smooth custard, hand-piped icing to the passion-fruit filling, it's verging on perfection. Audio

Gratiola concinna is nationally-endangered and under threat from habitat loss and introduced weeds.

The popular programme's first Chaser, aka The Dark Destroyer, was "like the rest of us, no clue at all", his own teammates at the local quiz said. Audio

Tucked away on a side street, a South Taranaki business has cut the ribbon on a 900 square metre state-of-the-art tunnel house.

Council officers are sounding the warning bell about rates rises of more than 20 percent.

Boil-up, hangi and fry bread sit alongside more traditional fast food offerings.

The government's decision to delay pricing agricultural emissions and scrap the sector-led He Waka Eke Noa - Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership - initiative has been welcomed by Taranaki…

"We've been planting, everything is fenced, so I'm not sure where to head to from here," a dairy farmer says.

There were gasps and tears from friends and family of Field - many of them wearing hoodies with 'Justice for Emma' - as the verdict was read out.

The Taranaki allegedly stole a car left unlocked, and upon discovering the baby, pulled over and left the child on a grass verge.

A jury has heard two vastly different accounts of the night a young woman's life ended in a house fire.