Robin Martin

Two men charged with murdering Mongrel Mob member Kevin Ratana in August entered no plea when they appeared in court this afternoon.

A trustee of the Len Lye Foundation says attacks on the artist's works are symptomatic of a wider disrespect for art and culture in New Zealand.

Almost two dozen students have withdrawn from a Whanganui primary school after allegations of bullying from a teacher.

Tenants living in a dilapidated rental property in Whanganui say their landlord promises the world but gives them nothing.

Residents of Tikorangi in rural Taranaki say the volume of oil and gas traffic in the area is becoming dangerous and affecting their quality of life.

Dozens of South Taranaki pensioners ditched the slippers and bingo in favour of laser strike weapons and virtual reality goggles at an Ageing Disgracefully event in Normanby yesterday.

The first passenger flight to cross the lower North Island in two decades has landed in Napier this afternoon after setting off from New Plymouth.

A Taranaki woman facing a charge of preventing the rescue of her daughter, who later died, has today been jailed for property offences.

A landlord under fire for the dilapidated condition of a Whanganui boarding house is now in the spotlight over the state of a group of rental properties in the city.

Naming the 12 men arrested in relation to the shooting of a Mongrel Mob member would pose "a significant and real risk" to the police investigation into his death, a court has heard today.

Lifeguards had to overcome extreme conditions to save a duo in a mission regarded as the "rescue of the year", a surf lifesaver says.

A group of Taranaki women who wear moko kauae have told a Hāwera wānanga more wāhine should consider getting the taonga.

Police have arrested two people in relation to a shooting incident at Taranaki Base Hospital, after raiding the headquarters of the Highway 61 gang in Waitara and seizing firearms and vehicles.

The younger generation has been learning about the battle of Te Ngutu o Te Manu ahead of its 150th anniversary, marked by a dawn ceremony in Taranaki this morning.

The Anglican Archdeacon Tikitūterangi Raumati was buried in the grounds of the Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary's in New Plymouth yesterday.

A recommendation to close the Stratford Racing Club is being met with disbelief in the central Taranaki township which fears more than 125 years of history will be lost.

A crowdfunding campaign to save a block of pristine wetland forest in Taranaki is within a whisker of reaching its target.

Hundreds of gang members have farewelled a Mongrel Mob member who was shot and killed in Whanganui last week.

Yarrow Stadium has been found to be an earthquake risk despite engineering reports stating otherwise, now the stadium's owners are considering taking legal action.

Meat processor Land Meats New Zealand has been fined more than $66,000 for illegally discharging wastewater into the Whanganui River.

New Plymouth hasn't been voted the most liveable city in the world since 2008, but many locals are asking why not when it's got the beach, the snow and the rugby.

The re-opening of New Zealand's oldest stone church is a step closer following the granting of resource consents.

An independent commissioner has declined a request for resource consent to demolish the 110-year-old Thain's Building in Whanganui.

Taranaki's largest tertiary education provider has turned around its performance and been given a passing grade by NZQA.