Taranaki
Insight: Is Taranaki Coming to Terms with Its Colonial Past?
Robin Martin explores if tensions over Taranaki's history are on the way to being resolved. Audio
An update on the heavy rain and flooding in the North island
We cross to RNZ's Taranaki/Whanganui reporter Robin Martin. Audio
More than 100mm of rain already fallen in Taranaki
Taranaki could see up to 350 millimetres of rain in 34 hours as the remnants of tropical storm Debbie lash the North Island. Taranaki Civil Defence Controller Shane Briggs joins Checkpoint. Audio
Roger Horrocks - On an Island
Professor Emeritus Roger Horrocks MNZM is an expert on the life and work of New Zealand born artist and filmmaker Len Lye. He was Lye's assistant in New York during the last year of Lye's life and… Audio, Gallery
Hunt continues for baseball bat attackers
The police are still hunting for the people who used baseball bats to beat a father and son in Palmerston North.
Man in custody after Taranaki AOS callout
A man is in custody after armed police were called to a remote part of northern Taranaki.
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Pohutukawa, pipiwharauroa and pasifika. Ten days ago RNZ reported that some coastal pohutukawa on public land in Taranaki had been vandalised and even killed by having holes drilled in their trunks… Audio
Chaotic scenes as protesters delay NZ Petroluem conference
There were chaotic scenes at the New Zealand Petroluem conference in New Plymouth today when the police forcibly moved protesters blocking entrances to the venue. Video, Audio
Protesters dragged away from entrance of energy conference
There were ugly scenes at an oil industry conference in New Plymouth today as police removed protesters blocking the venue's entrances.
WOMAD Day 2: Pink Panthers and hardcore polka
Nick Bollinger reports from the 2nd day of WOMAD 2017.
Interview: Sinkane | WOMAD 2017
Yadana Saw joins Sinkane, one of the artists at WOMAD 2017 to explore the grounds and some of the acts playing. Video, Audio
Criminals pay their dues at Womad
Offenders are setting up the Womad festival site in Taranaki as part of their community service work.
Offenders pay their dues at Womad
WOMAD kicks off in New Plymouth this evening with thousands of revellers flocking to the festival to relax and enjoy music, art and food from around the globe. In the lead-up, more than 100 low-level… Audio
New Plymouth view seekers suspected after Pōhutukawa 'butchered'
Pōhutukawa are being routinely killed in New Plymouth, and suspicion is falling on homeowners wanting to enhance sea views.
Skipper pleads guilty over passenger drowning
A Taranaki skipper has admitted causing the death of a passenger on his boat.
14 year old Womad journalist McKenzie Jennings-Gruar
Welsh band 9Bach is one of the acts lined up to be interviewed next weekend by veteran Womad Music festival journalist, McKenzie Jennings-Gruar. Audio, Gallery
Ute crash injures two
Two people are in a critical condition after a car crash in Taranaki overnight.
Ambitious Taranaki marae plans put on hold
Plans to build a $4.5 million marae in New Plymouth have been put on hold.
Our submissions were ignored - mining protesters
Thousands of submissions against a proposed seabed mining project in Taranaki are being ignored, opponents say.
