Taranaki

The New Plymouth Positive Ageing Trust says allowing people open access to many council facilities in the city without the use of a vaccine pass is putting lives at risk.

A Taranaki iwi leader is urging whānau to get tested and vaccinated in light of Covid-19 returning to the region.

Health officials in Taranaki have revealed there are three cases of Covid-19 in New Plymouth.

The District Health Board says police are now being warned in advance of vaccination events in an effort to keep staff safe, while iwi health providers have beefed up mobile vaccination teams to help…

A multi-million dollar marae makeover is breathing new life into one of Taranaki's most celebrated pa sites. Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin went along to take a look.

Groups of rangatahi are going door-to-door in towns and suburbs with high Māori populations in Taranaki in an effort to boost flagging vaccination rates.

It's feared a deal to get the Mt Messenger bypass built in North Taranaki could see more native forests bulldozed for new roads.

Her parents were among New Zealand's first macadamia nut growers but Janet Charteris has taken over the original orchard shed near Oakura in Taranaki and installed a big and shiny copper still. Janet…

A person who died in a Taranaki river last night surfaced once after diving in from the riverbank, but was not seen again.

Stratford mayor Neil Volzke is urging Taranaki residents to be proactive after the discovery of six positive Covid-19 cases in Stratford.

Several close contacts of the family with Covid-19 in Stratford are symptomatic and are being tested.

Taranaki DHB medical officer of health Dr Jonathan Jarman says the group of Covid-19 cases in Stratford were very reluctant to get tested and have not been using the tracer app. Audio

All six cases are clearly linked and there is also a link to the Auckland outbreak which is being further investigated, the Ministry of Health says.

The Taranaki District Health Board has a Covid 'surge' plan in place that would enable it to cater for nine ventilated ICU patients and up to 60 in-patients.

Descendants of Taranaki are remembering the peaceful resistance carried out by their tūpuna during the invasion of Parihaka 140 years ago.

There has been increased demand for Covid-19 testing in Gisborne after traces of the virus were detected in wastewater samples.

Waste water detection of Covid-19 in Stratford has been confirmed by the Ministry of Health but it is not yet linked to a known case.