Taranaki

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that police were justified in fatally shooting a Waitara man when he pointed a firearm at an officer in May last year.

Stratford District will have a Māori ward after a strong iwi turnout convinced councillors unanimously to support the move.

The jury in the trial of three Taranaki police officers charged with manslaughter over the death of a man in custody has watched video of the moment when the officers realise their detainee has…

The supervisor of three police facing manslaughter charges after a man died in custody says if people are heavily intoxicated they are sometimes taken straight to hospital.

Vandals who attacked a flood monitoring station this week put people and livelihoods at risk, the Taranaki Regional Council says.

Iwi have told the Taranaki Regional Council they want more money to cope with a flood of resource consents in Taranaki.

A former police officer who stole $4000 handed in by a member of the public has been granted permanent name suppression.

The bodies of two climbers killed on Mount Taranaki will stay on the mountain tonight.

An Australian company has plans for developing offshore and floating wind farms in Australia and New Zealand.

Dinnie Moeahu, who has expressed reservations about the introduction of water meters, says he is not surprised they are the least popular proposal in the draft long-term plan.

An aquifer in coastal Taranaki cannot be used to boost water supplies at Okato because it has been contaminated with an agricultural chemical and could be considered a risk to human health.

New Plymouth Mayor Neil Holdom has joined the chorus of local-body politicians bemoaning Waka Kotahi's commitment to delivering road safety projects.

New Plymouth District Council is ditching its support for a Remediation NZ, which has stockpiled 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste at its Uruti site.

Six kiwi have been released onto the Kaitake range in Te Papakura o Taranaki / Egmont National Park, where the call of our national bird has been absent for decades.

A hotel management school is housing about 50 people - including children - for the Ministry of Social Development.

After a hearing today, the council voted to create a Māori ward in time for the local body elections in 2022.

One of Taranaki's big industrial players, Methanex, has confirmed 75 jobs will be lost after its decision to close one of its plants.

Ever wondered how you'd escape from a helicopter which has crash landed in water? Strapped in, submerged, and most likely upside down, you don't have much time to think.