Robin Martin

A New Zealander is being deported from Australia one day after returning from a peace mission to Syria. Audio

The Maori Party has renewed its call for 5 November to be recognised as Parihaka Day to commemorate the sacking of the pacifist settlement in Taranaki. Audio

Precious carved pataka panels which were illegally smuggled out of the country in the 1970s have gone on public display in New Plymouth today.

A Wellington businessman hopes that the arrival of a waka full of cocoa beans from Bouganville will kickstart a sail-powered shipping network

A dairy lobby group appears to have pressured the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council into removing potentially embarrassing information.

Farmers in Manawatu-Whanganui are getting around tough new rules to cut down on dirty dairying.

The first unmanned helicopter certified to spray chemicals in New Zealand could save farmers thousands of dollars - if certain conditions are met.

Environmental watchdogs in Taranaki say proposed freshwater quality rules for the province could put people's health at risk.

A hapu leader and a corporate lawyer locked horns over the merits of oral versus written history in the Environment Court in New Plymouth today. Audio

A one-of-its-kind exhibition in New Plymouth is attempting to unravel the mysterious link between music and emotions. Audio

A Taranaki trust has begun legal action to have a group, including a long-standing Black Power member, removed from Maori land in Waitara.

Whanganui is to establish a commercial pilot training academy with the aim of attracting national and international students to the district.

The owner of a leasehold property on land confiscated from Te Atiawa following the Taranaki Land Wars is worried he won't live to see it made freehold.

The Minister of Treaty Negotiations has apologised for what he describes as the Crown's assault on the human rights of the Taranaki iwi in the 1800s.

The economic impact of the June floods in the Whanganui-Taranaki area has reached $275 million.

Māori health advocate Sir Mason Durie has challenged Taranki community leaders to resist the proliferation of alcohol and fast food outlets in the region.

Not everyone's celebrating the start of the whitebait season this weekend, with growing anger among some Māori over what they say is the commercialisation of the delicacy.

Retailers in Taranaki say the downturn in the dairy market is starting to hit turnover, with sales declining by between 10 and 20 percent. Audio

Weather-related events have cost insurers close to $100 million so far this year, and New Zealanders are being told to get used to it.

Treaty settlements in Taranaki have been described as a potential game changer in the battle to defuse a demographic time bomb ticking in the province.

A Te Ātiawa hapū remains confident that a new $6 million marae will be built in New Plymouth, despite the challenges faced by the sub-tribe.

Fonterra has apologised for the "discomfort, pain and misery" it caused the people of Eltham affected by the rotting buttermilk stink in the town.

Embracing te reo and tikanga Māori is paying dividends for the Taranaki arm of an international accountancy firm.

Taranaki iwi Ngāti Maru is to hold a series of hui next month which could set it on the road to entering into treaty negotiations with the Crown.

The world gets a first peek inside the $12m Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth as international media are taken through the complex ahead of its opening. Video