Taranaki

The Environmental Protection Authority has again extended the period for public submissions for Trans Tasman Resources' application to mine ironsands off the Taranaki coast.

The Environmental Protection Authority has pledged to publish previously redacted information about a major mining project on its website as soon as it can.

The Taranaki iwi whose kaumatua has been banned from visiting Whanganui Prison because of his gang connections are looking at taking legal action. Audio

Activists have won the right to see hundreds of blacked-out pages of information about a proposed seabed mining operation in Taranaki.

Taranaki has been rattled by a magnitude 5.0 quake this morning, which struck 10km north-west of Opunake.

The broadcasting watchdog has ruled controversial comments about racism and representation by TV host Mike Hosking did not breach broadcasting standards.

Lonely Planet has named Taranaki the second-best region in the world to visit in 2017.

A person has been charged over a man's death five years ago, which the coroner had ruled was an accident.

A man has drowned in Taranaki and, separately, a diver is missing off Banks Peninsula in Canterbury.

A Dutch tramper stranded for two nights on Mount Taranaki by heavy snow has been rescued.

A young autistic man who has spent nearly a week in prison has now been put in a special care facility, after the judge called the situation "outrageous". Audio

A study into so-called 'surf rage' will find the behaviour is about safety, not patch protection, a regular surfer at one New Zealand's top breaks says.

This week news organisations bent over backwards to come up with a local angle to a gripping international story, but over recent weeks they've shown far less enthusiasm when it comes to important…

It is not surprising that no Māori candidates won a seat on the New Plymouth District Council, a Taranaki iwi leader says.

Thunderstorms are forecast to barrel across the North Island tonight, bringing damaging winds and even small tornadoes with them.