Robin Martin

The Prime Minster has swept through Taranaki today fending off questions about Parliamentary sex scandals as she went.

Along the way Jacinda Ardern launched - and renamed - the national new energy… Audio

A controversial New Plymouth councillor says he will spearhead a citizens'-initiated referendum against the formation of a Māori ward in the city if no-one else steps up to the plate.

Last night, the… Audio

The Warehouse says it will cut up to 750 jobs - or the equivalent of 320 full time roles - in a proposed restructure announced this morning.

The job losses are on top of those already proposed for… Audio

Taranaki farmers - including a former All Black - have been taking a crash course in regenerative agriculture at workshops around the province this month.

Described as a holistic system that stresses… Audio

A name change more than 20 years ago is putting the 120-year history of horse racing in New Plymouth in doubt. The council says Taranaki Racing Incorporated has been operating illegally at its central… Audio

New Zealand is one step closer to establishing the world's first commercial plantation of Juniperus communis - whose berries are the key ingredient of gin - following a nationwide search for the… Audio

Three Taranaki police officers have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter at the High Court in New Plymouth this morning.

The charges relate to the death of a 55-year-old man while in custody at the… Audio

The extent of the economic hit from Covid 19 is starting to be come clear.

GDP figures for the first three months of the year are worse than expected with the economy shrinking for the first time in… Audio

The number of people  looking for work in Taranaki has jumped 25.6 percent since just before the Covid-19 lockdown to total more than 9700 on 5 June - with Māori and people under the age of 30 the… Audio

A truckie, who jumped down from his cab to rescue a kiwi from the jaws of a stoat in a remote part of north Taranaki last year, has taken the encounter full circle.

Alan Pennington was briefly… Audio

It's the first morning of Alert Level 1 and a return to a way of life not seen in more than 11 weeks.

We've sent RNZ reporters out into the streets throughout the country as we did at the start of… Audio

Three Hāwera police officers will appear in court again in three weeks on charges of manslaughter.

In a rare move, the officers have been charged with manslaughter after a 55-year-old man died in… Audio

The South Taranaki town of Hawera is in a state of shock today after three of its police officers were charged with manslaughter over the death of a man in custody in June last year.

The officers -… Audio

Three Taranaki police officers have been charged with manslaughter, following the death of a 55-year-old man while he was in custody in Hawera last year.

RNZ's Taranaki reporter, Robin Martin, spoke… Audio

A short phasing traffic light at road works is being blamed for causing hundreds of holidaymakers to get caught in gridlocked traffic in the Awakino Gorge in Taranaki yesterday.

But the Transport… Audio

Covid-19 is putting further pressure on some cities already struggling with squeezed rental property markets.

New Plymouth is experiencing unprecedented demand from prospective tenants In Whanganui… Audio

Farmers in parched regions of the country say the recent rainfall is a small reprieve -- but it's no drought-breaker. The hardest hit areas of Northland, Auckland, Hawkes Bay and North Canterbury got… Audio

A man shot and killed in Waitara on Tuesday was still in the driver's seat of a stationary vehicle when he was fatally wounded.

Police say he was attempting to get out of the stolen car and had a… Audio

Police cannot say how many shots were fired in a fatal shooting at Waitara yesterday, or whether the man who was killed used his firearm.

A man was shot by police yesterday afternoon when they… Audio

The police are still on the scene where they shot a man dead yesterday, north of New Plymouth near Waitara.

Initial reports say the man was shot after first pointing his gun towards officers.

The… Audio