Taranaki

Taranaki Animal Save took the action during the peak of calving season to spark discussion about the plight of bobby calves.

It had been described by police as a "family harm incident".

The changes could affect many disabled people on the Jobseeker Support benefit, a disabilities advocate says.

A man is in custody after what police called a "family harm incident".

A pre-trial hearing has been set for Michael Jai Smith who denies abducting the child in May.

There will be months of disruption for the public and 95 staff, South Taranaki District Council says.

Safe Business Solutions was fined $70,000 and ordered to pay reparations of $28,403 for exposing an individual to risk of serious injury or death.

Stuck in waist-high water in a freezing stream with night falling, Lydia Frere desperately churned through her options. Then she asked her dog to fetch.

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

Multiple heavy rain, snowfall and strong wind warnings and watches are in place across the country.

Rakai Jacob Thompson will reappear for a hearing in September.

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

Amid the challenges the energy sector is facing, a UK delegation has been talking wind in Taranaki.

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

It's disappointing to be put in the position of having to vote on the ward's future, the mayor says.

Neil Holdom, who has a background in the energy industry, says Labour needs to get in behind exploration to help stabilise the faltering energy sector or outline what its strategy is.

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.