Robin Martin

A Taranaki business is finding the Australian market for its hāngi cookers is really heating up, with expat Māori hankering after a taste of home.

Some of the residents worst affected by Whanganui's record flood last month may not be able to return home for at least another three months.

People are being warned they could be fined for selling homemade hangi for profit. New Plymouth District Council has seen a jump in complaints.

The Taranaki Iwi Trust has initialled its $70 million treaty settlement with the Crown at an emotional ceremony in New Plymouth. Audio

Fonterra has been found guilty for its role in a buttermilk stink scandal in the Taranaki town of Eltham.

A court has heard that Fonterra knew full well the risks of dumping millions of litres of buttermilk waste at Eltham.

Civil Defence authorities will today begin escorting Whanganui residents with special circumstances to their homes behind the emergency cordon. Audio

A unique marae experience is being credited with helping attract record numbers to the Whanganui Journey - a 145 kilometre canoe trip down the river. Video

Protesters say the felling of 23 pohutukawa trees on the Waitara riverbank has left the township looking out on to a concrete wall topped with barbed wire. Audio

Ngāti Tama says it is unlikely to oppose the extension of leases at the historic bach settlement at Tongaporutu.

A Te Ātiawa kaumatua says he wants a statutory Māori board established in New Plymouth following the failed attempt to create a Māori ward.

Taranaki Māori have been celebrating Puanga this week - their version of Matariki or the Maori New Year.

A South Taranaki iwi is getting behind a call for a moratorium on all seabed mining until the Government can prove its effects are minimal.

A Taranaki mental health advocate says new funding criteria are ripping the heart out of services for provincial New Zealanders.

Taranaki has been embracing all things Brazilian this week as the FIFA Under 20 World Cup Football tournament rolls through town.

Cracks have appeared in the concrete floor of the new Len Lye Centre and foundation chair John Matthews says it detracts from the building's aesthetic.

A publishing era came to an end last night when the printing press at the Taranaki Daily News rolled for the last time.

The mirror-like facade of the $11.5 million Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth is beginning to emerge fully from out behind the builders' scaffolding.

A survey into attitudes towards dairy farming has found the majority of the public view the sector favourably, despite a perception by some of "dirty dairying".

Former Race Relations commissioner Joris de Bres has told New Plymouth voters they have nothing to fear from the introduction of a Maori ward.

The fate of some of Whanganui's most vulnerable residents hangs in the balance as the city considers the future of its 275 pensioner units. Audio

A top-ten hit in each of the last three decades, Patea Maori Club's 1984 smash Poi E is being turned into a movie.

The closure of a maternity clinic in central Taranaki has led to at least one woman giving birth on the side of the road.

A heroic kayaker, an errant seal and an all-conquering rugby team were just some of the events to catch the imagination of Taranaki folk in 2014. Robin Martin looks back.

New Plymouth residents face drastic cuts in services and a range of new charges as the city tries to save $40 million to meet a proposed cap on rates increases of 3 percent, mayor Andrew Judd says.