Taranaki

The government is restructuring Whaikaha, the Ministry of Disabled People.

The Lydia Ko effect is in full swing this week as the country's top junior golfers take to the links. Audio

At an extraordinary meeting, the mayor expressed frustration at having to revisit the issue.

Possums "crave" the "delicious, high-calorie" bait.

A controversial composting and worm-farming plant in North Taranaki has lost a bid to get its consents reinstated and now faces permanent closure.

During sampling, 266 tests from lakes and rivers revealed water quality issues.

Police and Ministry of Social Development staff are going from business to business asking them whether they feel safe or if they have been the victims of crime.

A Black Power member who shot at a gang rival outside the hospital - sending it into lockdown - has been jailed.

A record 55 teams will flood Taranaki for the festival, which will be like "every single event that New Plymouth has in a year, rolled into one week".

The wet weather is targeting Mount Taranaki with up to 80mm of rain expected early on Tuesday morning.

He will reappear in the High Court early next month.

Challenging economic conditions and production difficulties in the energy sector have impacted Port Taranaki's financial result for the 2023-24 year.

Taranaki Animal Save took the action during the peak of calving season to spark discussion about the plight of bobby calves.

It had been described by police as a "family harm incident".

The changes could affect many disabled people on the Jobseeker Support benefit, a disabilities advocate says.

A man is in custody after what police called a "family harm incident".

A pre-trial hearing has been set for Michael Jai Smith who denies abducting the child in May.

There will be months of disruption for the public and 95 staff, South Taranaki District Council says.

Safe Business Solutions was fined $70,000 and ordered to pay reparations of $28,403 for exposing an individual to risk of serious injury or death.

Stuck in waist-high water in a freezing stream with night falling, Lydia Frere desperately churned through her options. Then she asked her dog to fetch.