Taranaki

A South Taranaki iwi has been painted as "haters and wreckers" by a company seeking to mine iron sands off the coast of Patea, it says.

Two people have been charged over an incident in Taranaki last night which left a man with cut or slash marks to his neck.

The Qualifications Authority has lost confidence in the quality of education at Taranaki's Western Institute of Technology.

A Taranaki father jailed for killing his daughter held her down and forced her head into a pillow, suffocating her, when she wouldn't settle at bedtime.

A group opposing the fluoridation of South Taranaki's water supply has been granted a hearing in the Supreme Court.

The Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth says it needs a dedicated budget of about $100,000 to keep its kinetic sculptures moving.

A completely separate reconciliation process - similar to that being used for Parihaka - has been suggested as a solution for historical grievances at Waitara in Taranaki.

The land was stolen so give it back - me hoki whenua mai - has been a constant refrain at a hearing into the Waitara Lands Bill this morning.

The man who exposed a New Plymouth councillor's social media rant suggesting the Māori language be left to die, says the subsequent apology was disappointing.

New Plymouth's elected officials have met following a councillor's Facebook post saying te reo Māori should be left to die, but they had more pressing concerns to discuss.

Four formal complaints have been made about a New Plymouth councillor's comments around te reo Māori being "kept alive on a respirator".

A New Plymouth district councillor who described te reo Māori as being "kept alive on a respirator" in a Facebook post is facing a backlash.

Students at a Taranaki polytech have been left scrambling to find alternative study placements after their course was axed at the last minute.

An off-duty officer involved in a crash was not breath-tested and witness statements were not properly taken, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.

Three social work tutors at a Taranaki polytech have taken redundancy as part of an institute-wide staffing review, causing concern the course could be de-registered.