Taranaki's Len Lye Centre opening
A bitter saga that has lasted more than four decades, cost about $20 million and divided a city will reach some kind of climax in New Plymouth over the weekend.
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Agent gives colleague cheap rent
A real estate agent rented a house to a colleague at a discounted rate and paid the difference so he could use its garage for storage - without the owners' knowledge.
Fatal crash through bridge barrier
A man is dead after crashing a car through a bridge barrier and plummeting onto a car park.
Sacked worker paid out $9000
A New Plymouth retail store sacked shop assistant Ericia Durning after she took home a car magazine without permission last year.
Driver 'speechless' after car crushed
A young New Plymouth man was left “speechless” after discovering a section of Pohutakawa tree had fallen on onto his new car.
IPCA: Police shooting 'uncoordinated'
A police response to an aggravated burglary in which a man died after he was Tasered, shot and beaten has been labelled "unplanned and uncoordinated".
Firefighters battle hay shed blaze
Firefighters are working to control a blaze at a hay shed in New Plymouth this morning.
One killed in collision with bus
One person is dead after a car collided with an Intercity bus at Awakino in Taranaki today.
B&B owner told to stop filming
A New Plymouth bed and breakfast owner has been ordered to stop filming his neighbour and pay $7000 compensation by the Human Rights Tribunal.
Maori-ward plan sparks 'separatist' warning
NZ First leader Winston Peters has warned "separatism is coming to a council near you" .
Rest home, nurse faulted over death
A rest home company and an inexperienced graduate nurse have been faulted over the death of an elderly woman from dehydration and other disorders.
Kia ora: New Plymouth
Named for Plymouth in England, where many of the early colonial settlers came from. Taranaki is Maori for shining mountain.
Cleaner wrongly fired over 'threat' text
A cleaner who reportedly told her boss she would send someone to him and the visit "wouldn't be nice" if he did not pay her was wrongly fired, the ERA has found.
Elderly crash victims named
An elderly couple who died after they were hit by a car while crossing a Taranaki highway yesterday have been named by police.
Man arrested after knife point carjacking
One man has been arrested following a knife point carjacking in New Plymouth.
Killing not enough for max sentence
A man who hit a jogger with his car, took her body and dumped it in a reserve 10km down the road, will spend at least the next 13 years behind bars.
Pair had no hope in tiny hole: guide
The two mountaineers who died on Mt Taranaki had little chance of surviving for two nights and a day in their shallow hole in the hard snow and freezing wind, says a leading local guide.
Climbing deaths: Trust avoids fine
The Taranaki Outdoor Pursuits Centre has escaped a fine for the tragedy on Paritutu Rock last year, but will still pay out $72,000 in reparations to families of victims and survivors.