Taranaki
Two arrested after shopping centre break-in
Police found multiple stores within the mall showing signs of forced entry.
New car park to relieve congestion at entrance of popular national park
Construction of a new car park at the popular Egmont Road entrance to Te Papakura o Taranaki will begin next week.
Not under control: Trampers rescued from Tongariro National Park fire
The blaze has reached 400 hectares, and is uncontrolled and spreading, as firefighters have had to retire for the night. People are advised to avoid the area.
New Plymouth's possum hotspots revealed
Monitoring has shown possums are lurking in urban New Plymouth, despite a common misconception the pesky pest is just a rural problem.
Monitoring programme helps people decide where to swim
Taranaki beaches, lakes and rivers will be back under the microscope this summer, with the Can I Swim Here? programme about to kick off.
New $56 million cancer centre life changing for patients
The opening of a cancer centre in New Plymouth is being described as life changing for people living with the disease, and for the professionals who care for them.
Hundreds of pāua taken illegally in Taranaki
Taranaki fishery officers say three people were caught with more than 330 pāua taken from a closed area.
Mayor wants compensation for highway closure at peak holiday time
Max Brough is questioning the timing of the work in January while NZTA says it needs to be done when it's warmer and drier.
A night at a booming homeless shelter
"My story is that I was placed on the streets due to family hurts and basically that has lead me to the streets again," one visitor says Audio
Garden Festival buzz has sting in the tail
The Bee Valley Flower Farm - a new garden in the Taranaki Garden Festival - attracts swarms of bumble bees, but the owner is allergic to bee stings.
Artist invites public to lead him blindfolded 'on path of their choosing'
Tầm Tã - Soaked in the Long Rain explores the life and work of Trần Lương over the last three decades.
Man who blamed metal music in murder of jogger now eligible for parole
The man says anti-Christ lyrics from a thrash metal band were the backdrop to the fatal moment that ended the mother-of-two's life.
New Plymouth's Festival of Lights switches to 100% solar
The council has signed a new deal with the airport to take energy from its solar farm.
Watch: 110-tonne machine makes tunnel breakthrough
A significant milestone has been reached in the Mt Messenger Bypass. Audio
Warning: Toxic Taranaki shellfish may cause paralysis, death
New Zealand Food Safety has warned against gathering shellfish along the Taranaki coast after dangerous paralytic shellfish toxins were detected.
Alert issued over missing five-year-old non-verbal boy
The boy was missing from his home in the Taranaki town of Kaponga.
NZTA urged to do more to improve resilience of Awakino Gorge
Massive slips on State Highway 3 road closed the road for days and it is still down to one lane in many places.
Questions raised over Metservice warning for North Island
There have been calls for a review of the warnings issued ahead of last week's weather event which brought down hundreds of slips, closed dozens of central North Island roads, inundated farms and… Audio
'Not a hell of a lot here': Young job hunters on the challenge facing them
Two Taranaki job hunters speak about their frustration at doing everything they can to find work, but remaining without a job for months. Audio
Artist selling historic pub she bought sight unseen
The old building has been lovingly restored from its rundown state over the last few years. Audio
