Taranaki

From a population of just 300 breeding pairs in the late 1990s, the North Island kōkako now boasts 2000 pairs.

A Taranaki composting business has been told its understanding of how to legally manage fresh water is at the very least, unusual.

New Plymouth is suggesting a lack of submissions on its draft long-term plan must mean ratepayers "are fine" about a decade of huge rates hikes.

A Taranaki composting business at the centre of a consents renewal wrangle is sitting on a 20,000 tonne pile of contaminated waste that could take up to 40 years to safely break down.

The Education Ministry has started consultation on a shake-up of enrolment schemes covering more than 8300 children at 10 schools in Mt Maunganui and Papamoa.

In a scathing Environment Court decision, the EPA has been ordered to pay $110,000 to an oil and gas company it prevented from disconnecting a floating production station off the coast of Taranaki.

The discovery of a partially-collapsed stormwater culvert underneath the only rail link into Port Taranaki is not unexpected but an example of a "nasty surprise", New Plymouth's mayor says.

The return of professional rugby to Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth has been delayed until 2022.

The Taranaki Regional Council has no regrets about taking prosecutions that resulted in $600,000 in fines being dished out in the Environment Court this week.

A battle for hearts and minds is underway in Taranaki between lovers of gas-guzzling classic American cars and the utilitarian electric-powered new kids on the block.

The leak at a plant in Hāwera was potentially lethal to staff, emergency services personnel and nearby residents and was New Zealand's worst fish kill event, a judge has observed.

A judge had his hands full dealing with ecological miscreants in the Environment Court at New Plymouth yesterday, some of whom should've known better than to find themselves in the dock.

An electrician had to be "coached through" fixing a gas leak on a Cook Strait ferry, found an investigation which discovered a trail of systemic training and emergency planning failures.

A second manslaughter charge again three police officers charged over the death of a man in at a Taranaki police station last year has been dismissed.

Strong gusts of wind are causing damage in New Plymouth and the Taranaki region today, making it the windiest place in the country.

Wastewater testing is being carried out by ESR in South Auckland and Taranaki to see whether the Covid-19 virus has spread further in the community. Audio

Opinion is split in New Plymouth over whether New Plymouth should be in Covid-19 alert level 3 along with Auckland.

New Plymouth council says it erred by not promoting the powerful Tai Moana Tai Tangata exhibition at its Govett Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre to general news media.