Taranaki

A red wind warning has been issued for Canterbury, while orange weather warnings cover much of the South Island and further north, as gale force winds and heavy rains loom.

Pātea's water comes from aquifers that lack sufficient disinfection to meet quality assurance rules.

Foodbanks are seeing more people who need help, including those who are working.

After a handful of tough years, farmers in Taranaki are getting a bumper payout for dairy and record beef prices. Audio

After the death of a teenage girl, a judge told Jack Greer to speak at his former school about the dangers of street-racing.

A new report shows the gallery is "a fundamental part of what puts New Plymouth and Taranaki on the map", the chairperson of its foundation says.

The Western Institute of Technology is to cut 63 full-time equivalent jobs which will be replaced by 38 new positions.

Rosie Cartright is a mother of four, and soon to be grandmother of eight, she's up at the crack of every dawn for milking. She talks about what it takes to build a farming legacy, working alongside…

For many in Taranaki and Waikato that means a trek to the Mōkau and Awakino awa, where whitebait stands change hands for tens of thousands of dollars.

The man, thought to be in his 50s, is yet to be identified and police want help from the public.

Philatelic Distributors has traded in stamps and coins since 1968 but more recently the penny dropped that those hobbies have similarities with card trading. Audio

The 198-metre stack, once the tallest structure in New Zealand, hasn't been used in two decades. Audio

A Taranaki father has shared his sense of loss and anger following the death of his son in a one-punch assault. Audio

Te Uraura Nganeko whose son was fatally assaulted has told a rally his son's death in such circumstances should be the last. Audio

An Australian company has slowed its fast track bid to mine the Taranaki seabed by failing to provide information demanded by officials.

Shane Emeny's Kāinga Ora house has been modified for a wheelchair user and gives him the privacy he's craved since 2021.

"It could've gone either way," says Ben Leng, who was left in a coma after being blindsided by a bouncer. Audio

A judge has suggested Albert James should have employed his conflict-resolution skills rather than punching a golf buddy in the head.

Police have deployed a scene guard at a property after the fatal house fire.

Acquiring land for the Mt Messenger bypass in Taranaki has not been plain sailing, but it has given one Taranaki iwi the opportunity to help restore a rare tract of lowland coastal forest. Audio