Long term plan consultation is underway and includes $9m for upgrades to the zoo, which the New Plymouth District Council says are required to meet regulation and modern zoo standards.
Robin details the rogue billboards appearing locally about road repairs.
Trans-Tasman Resources has withdrawn from the Environmental Protection Authority process to get consents for its proposed seabed mining project off the coast of Taranaki.
And the release of 40 kiwi into Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - the former Egmont National Park in the past week, marks a step-change in attempts to re-establish the taonga on Taranaki Maunga.
About 110 kiwi are due to be released on Taranaki and Kaitake in the next few months.
Volunteers prepare to take the kiwi into the bush at Kaitake. Photo: RNZ / Robin Martin
