Taranaki

Taranaki iwi and DOC have created a unique Kaitiaki Whenua Ranger role to help support the management of 30 cultural redress sites transferred to the iwi as part of its Treaty settlement.

A huge fire broke out in a house at the centre of a nearly 12-hour standoff with police earlier this month.

Oil and gas executives rubbed shoulders with environmental activists in New Plymouth yesterday at a workshop designed to help create a roadmap for Taranaki's transition to a low-emissions economy by…

A controversial New Plymouth councillor who said he was "ashamed" to sing the national anthem in te reo Māori is refusing to make a face-to-face apology to his council colleagues.

Austrian-based oil and gas company, OMV, says a maintenance project at the Pohokura Platform off the coast of Taranaki will breathe new life into the gas field.

Austrian-based oil and gas company OMV has begun its first major offshore project since buying Shell's New Zealand assets for US$578 million in December.

Dozens of marine rescue boats will take part in a major search and rescue exercise off the coast of New Plymouth today.

A group of hihi that were reintroduced to a scenic reserve in Taranaki are loving their new home.

A 31-year-old man has been charged with breaching bail and threatening to kill after a long standoff with armed police at a house in New Plymouth yesterday.

Taranaki farmers are being warned they need to do more to meet environmental standards after 58 farms were found to be in breach of their consents.

The New Plymouth District Council faces a hefty bill to replace one of the furnaces at its crematorium because it has been emitting black smoke.

A Taranaki farming couple who said they couldn't afford to pay a $45,000 fine for dirty dairying have lost their appeal against the penalty.

It's not just fishermen and families enjoying the water this summer. Video, Audio

The New Plymouth mayor has cited ageing infrastructure as a reason for a sewage spill that killed dozens of fish and eels. Audio

Residents of Bell Block in New Plymouth are outraged after a 1.5m litre sewage spill from a council pumping station left the Mangati Stream running white and killed dozens of fish and eels.

New Zealand-grown junipers, once in vogue in gardens across the country, seem to have disappeared and there's no seed stock left - so a gin distilling start-up is launching a search for any still… Audio

Three more popular Taranaki swimming spots have been issued with health warnings because of elevated E. coli bacteria levels.

About 100 litres of a liquid thought to be diesel has spilled into the sea near New Plymouth today.