Taranaki

Customs is asking that the crew of overseas vessels carry evidence they've completed Covid-19 protocols and have health authority permission when they take shore leave.

A mistake by Taranaki health officials has resulted in the crew of an overseas cargo vessel being allowed shore leave before they completed Covid-19 isolation protocols.

Police in Taranaki are trying to find Terrence Riddle, with a warrant out for his arrest.

Genesis Energy is reviewing whether it should keep its investment in the Kupe oil and gas field.

New Plymouth residents are being warned told to steer clear of contaminated beaches, rivers and streams after heavy rain caused several sewerage pump stations to overflow.

The Crown has been accused of yet again ignoring Māori rights to the foreshore and seabed in response to its submissions on a ironsand mining civil appeal before the Supreme Court.

Contrary to popular opinion, Mt Taranaki is neither extinct or dormant, but an active volcano with a 50 percent chance of erupting in the next 50 years.

A mass brawl and numerous serious alcohol-related incidents in New Plymouth have been pinned on the city's alcohol control bylaw lapsing.

Taranaki police say two men involved in a fatal fight at a house in Opunake knew each other.

The developer behind a plan to build an apartment and commercial complex in New Plymouth has abandoned its Environmental Court challenge.

The woman who blew the whistle on a New Plymouth nurse for making comments online about her Māori colleagues, including that they 'sit on their fat asses all day', is urging others to speak out.

Austrian-based oil and gas company OMV says it is in the early stage of looking at tenders for a drilling campaign to extend the life of the Maui field offshore of Taranaki.

The owners of the quake-prone Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth have decided to demolish the East Stand and rebuild it with a wider focus on community sport.

The location of some highway crashes near New Plymouth have been incorrectly entered into records by NZTA to locations hundreds of metres away from where police say they happened.

The owner of the floating oil and gas production vessel Umuroa - which has gone into voluntary liquidation - says it was necessary to stop it haemorrhaging money.

New Plymouth bar owners say they have noticed more unruly behaviour in the city since a council blunder meant the city's liquor ban is no longer enforceable.

After years of complaints, the avenue of alder trees lining New Plymouth's main street are undergoing a heavy trim before they get the chop completely.