A truck carrying up to 2000 litres of human poo has rolled and landed on train tracks in Taranaki.

Water poured through the roof at the Omahanui Private Hospital in New Plymouth and left the wheelchair bay in tatters.

A hotel worker was awarded over $5000 for being unfairly dismissed after falling asleep during her shift.

A pair of tourists had a lucky escape after their campervan had its side ripped open in a collision caused by wandering cattle.

The interior design is a questionable combination of pea soup green and floral. And don't expect to be able to lounge around in a robe, because there aren't any.

There's more to this town than pretty parks and coastal walks, writes Susan Strongman.

Eight months after HSBC Holdings unveiled a $100 billion bet on Asia, crashing commodity prices and a slowing Chinese economy are checking Stuart Gulliver's ambitions.

Locals have their favourite tracks and are happy to point Donna McIntyrein the right direction.

A self-confessed porn addict who recorded people as they went to the toilet in New Plymouth, can now be named.

Stephen and Maureen Doy got a shock when they checked out their favourite whitebait possie in readiness for the opening of the season later this month.

A man is dead after he was thrown from an inflatable boat on the Waitara River mouth in Taranaki earlier today.

A Stratford man who admitted to killing his mother will spend at least 16 years in jail.

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.

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.

A New Plymouth retail store sacked shop assistant Ericia Durning after she took home a car magazine without permission last year.

A young New Plymouth man was left “speechless” after discovering a section of Pohutakawa tree had fallen on onto his new car.

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 are working to control a blaze at a hay shed in New Plymouth this morning.

One person is dead after a car collided with an Intercity bus at Awakino in Taranaki today.

A New Plymouth bed and breakfast owner has been ordered to stop filming his neighbour and pay $7000 compensation by the Human Rights Tribunal.

NZ First leader Winston Peters has warned "separatism is coming to a council near you" .