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A Parihaka kaumātua hopes a 70km stretch of the Taranaki coastline will become a mātaitai, or customary fishing reserve. Audio

Kīngi Tūheitia will visit Parihaka Pā for the first time next week in a bid to strengthen historical and spiritual bonds between Taranaki and the Kīngitanga - and forge greater political unity.

The vandalisation of hundreds of election billboards feels like a targeted campaign, Te Pāti Māori says.

Parihaka trustees are optimistic no drilling for oil and gas will be allowed on the pā's historical land, despite silence from the Minister of Energy and Resources.

New Plymouth's racecourse has refused a bid from Stop Co-Governance to hold a meeting at the venue this weekend because of safety worries.

The body of the missing man was found at Parihaka Reserve, Whangārei, police said.

Hundreds of people gathered at Aotearoa Pa in South Taranaki today to witness the initialling of Te Ruruku Pūtakerongo - the Treaty of Waitangi settlement for Taranaki Maunga.

Northland Mayoral Forum chair Vince Cocurullo says Cyclone Gabrielle exacerbated existing infrastructure damage, spreading across the region like smallpox.

A Parihaka kaumātua who patrols the Taranaki coast says it will take years to recover devastated marine ecosystems.

A Taranaki iwi is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to make the most of a two-year legal ban on collecting shellfish from the region's west coast.

A new species of gecko has been lurking right under our noses, researchers say.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is warning visitors to Taranaki this summer they could face hefty fines if they collect kaimoana - except crayfish - along the New Plymouth to Ōpunakē coastline.

The government has banned collection of kaimoana from 70 kilometres of the Taranaki coast, giving legal backing to a rāhui that hapū placed on the area in January.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has delivered an address to New Zealand's Parliament this morning and the government has pledged an additional $3 million of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

A joint iwi-council bid to build a multipurpose community and sports centre in Manāia is a step closer to reality.

Of the 171 tupuna of Ngāti Maru iwi living between 1880 and 1920 only half have descendants who survive today.

The Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister says detailing the Crown's "horrific" actions against a Taranaki iwi during its official apology today was an emotional affair.