Taranaki

A member of the 11th Taranaki Company Corporal Vincent Hall came ashore at Gallipoli in April 1915.

Multiple heavy rain, snowfall and strong wind warnings and watches are in place across the country.

Rakai Jacob Thompson will reappear for a hearing in September.

Taranaki Offshore Partnership wants to build 70 turbines in the South Taranaki Bight.

Amid the challenges the energy sector is facing, a UK delegation has been talking wind in Taranaki.

The clay pipe has carried wastewater from Pukekura Park and 600 homes in the central city since 1932.​

It's disappointing to be put in the position of having to vote on the ward's future, the mayor says.

Neil Holdom, who has a background in the energy industry, says Labour needs to get in behind exploration to help stabilise the faltering energy sector or outline what its strategy is.

The mayor is convinced the former chemical plant is contaminated with the most toxic materials imaginable at high levels.

The operator says it could also affect human health and the environment.

A gun has been fired at the distinctive orange ute of a controversial New Plymouth councillor leaving it pock-marked Audio

So far, the "transformation" has cut $7 million from the operating budget, the district council's chief executive says.

Police have released the name of the man who died following an altercation in Waitara yesterday.

"One of the cops nudge[d] it with his foot, and I thought, he's not going to nudge it if it's a body."

The extent of contamination at a controversial chemical plant has been revealed after a report 'lost' since the late 1990s emerged.

The first phase of the project will see 14,400 solar panels installed generating enough power for 2000 homes for a year.

Police were called to the scene in Taranaki after calls from neighbours, a detective inspector says.

The drinking water supply at Taranaki Base Hospital's maternity unit has been given the all-clear follow pipe repairs and subsequent testing.