Robin Martin

A new report reveals native plants are making a comeback in the blackened fire-charred areas of Tongariro National Park, but invasive weeds and animal pests pose a risk to a full recovery. Audio

Claws are out over a directive to restrict the movements of two popular moggies at Taranaki Base Hospital.

Family of Te Omeka Pairama Akariri-Buckley spoke at the sentencing of Rakai Jacob Thompson.

Taranaki Regional Council chief executive Steve Ruru will be interim chief executive at New Plymouth District Council as well.

Twenty-six graffiti artists are transforming the New Plymouth CBD into a living gallery. Audio

Councillor Dinnie Moeahu hit back on the motion to exclude the public from the debate even though no one had turned up to the meeting.

Coastal ward councillor Janet Fleming, said that kind of behaviour had no place in South Taranaki.

The Rangitikei mayor wants people to stop taking trips into the back country because they are getting in the way.

When the storm closed SH1, stranding hundreds, the community at Winiata Marae knew what to do.

Whanganui's St George's Preparatory School is being deconstructed - piece-by-piece - ahead of being repurposed for a iwi health organisation.

Grace Guo says she was awake through the night as the Pohangina River threatened to breach its banks, until the call came at 3am to leave home.

Three-year-old Tilly was found by her then-five-year-old sister. Her mother wants to know when the law is changing. Audio

The Olympics feature Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling and Japan is famous for sumo - but in South Taranaki it is schwingen that rules supreme.

Some of New Plymouth's concrete cycleway separators are set to be replaced.

More than 200 people turned up to a public meeting vowing to save Hāwera Cinema 2 in Taranaki.

Taranaki surfers say they're stoked for Raglan, who will hold a World Surf League event in a few month's time. Audio

Lawns and bountiful fruit trees have become a magnet for the deer - delighting residents while raising concerns for others. Audio

The Taranaki Men's Open Fours has been going 121 years and brings a mountain of tradition.

Max Alexander has had an asteroid named after him for his work in space sustainability.

Roads have been closed in Hāwera after an extremely heavy burst of rain.

Thousands wanting to use the only route into and out of Taranaki from the north are being told to go around.

While it's not unheard of for tūī to mimic car alarms and the like, birds that talk are relatively rare. Audio

Peter Tennent said he'd had enough of the unacceptable behaviour of some social housing tenants. Audio

The working party is being disestablished under new Mayor Max Brough's committee structure.

A historical novel set during the Vietnam War was at the top of the list of adult fiction issues - again.