Robin Martin

Former New Plymouth Mayor, Andrew Judd, says he feels vindicated now the government has stepped in to scrap citizen-initiated polls on the divisive issue.

The cancellation of Womad was a blow to the Taranaki economy - but a stellar line-up of Kiwi acts were ready to help fill the void left by the world music festival.

Fonterra is blaming an open valve for a spill of 170,000 litres of skim milk into the Tasman Sea from its Whareroa plant in Taranaki.

The New Plymouth District Council has signalled its support of expected changes to the Local Electoral Act, scrapping the provision allowing for a poll following a decision to establish a Māori ward.

An historic pa site in Taranaki is one step closer to getting permanent protection from walkers and mountain bikers.

A new exhibition in New Plymouth looks at the impact of colonisation on Māori.

An energy watchdog says Todd Energy's plans to drill new onshore gas wells in Tikorangi, north of New Plymouth, makes a mockery of the government's declaration of a climate emergency.

Opponents of the Mt Messenger bypass on State Highway 3 have accused Land Information New Zealand of unlawfully authorising a survey of the road's proposed new route.

The Friends of Pukekura Park say New Plymouth's Brooklands and Pukekura parks are paying a heavy price for their popularity and it is calling for boardwalks to protect ancient pukatea trees.

Believe it or not, somewhere in New Plymouth there is a dog that answers to the curious name Fish Tank Meat Loaf.

The head of Forest and Bird says the Mt Messenger Bypass in Taranaki is yet another example of nature being sacrificed in favour of human convenience.

New Plymouth has signalled it wants to begin installing residential water meters next year and start charging households for water usage within four years.

Taranaki Regional Council has ambitions to host major music tours by the likes of the Rolling Stones once the stadium's $50m revamp is complete.

While Womad has pulled the plug because of Covid, New Plymouth's famous Festival of the Lights has overcome the challenges of the pandemic to put on a show.

The bumper rise to get on top of the city's water infrastructure woes would only mark the start of a decade of steep rates increases.

Customs is asking that the crew of overseas vessels carry evidence they've completed Covid-19 protocols and have health authority permission when they take shore leave.

A mistake by Taranaki health officials has resulted in the crew of an overseas cargo vessel being allowed shore leave before they completed Covid-19 isolation protocols.

The council has joined forces with Ngā Rauru and its hapū Ngāti Maika to have the name - which has links to a bloody incident during the New Zealand Wars - changed back.

The company wanting to buy the Maari oil field off the coast of Taranaki believes there's three times more oil left to exploit than official estimates.

The New Zealand organiser of WOMAD says it had to pull out of the 2021 event, but the organisation which oversees the event internationally still plans for it to go ahead.

Fears parking sensors that could explode have led New Plymouth District Council to replace or deactivate more than 500 of its 1600 sensors.

New Plymouth residents are being warned told to steer clear of contaminated beaches, rivers and streams after heavy rain caused several sewerage pump stations to overflow.

The Crown agency has weighed into a long-running access rights battle at a historic pa site in Taranaki as friction simmers at Hauranga Pā.

Aotearoa's first transgender Miss New Zealand contestant was the star turn at another first today - the first transgender awareness event held in New Plymouth.

Contrary to popular opinion, Mt Taranaki is neither extinct or dormant, but an active volcano with a 50 percent chance of erupting in the next 50 years.