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News in brief: Fashion show; dairy robbery; school band's success; tartan is tops
News in brief: Fashion on show; school success; aggravated robbery; council acquires land
Your say: Compelling case to stop seabed mining; virtue-signalling columnists; guilty unless proven innocent
Readers write: Stop seabed mining; putting virtue on show; guilty till proven innocent
Diver who died at Taranaki beach named
Normanby man Kane Allan Green died while diving yesterday.
Ngā Rauru and Te Ohu Kaimoana join Ngāti Rangi and KASM
More groups join in opposition to seabed mining proposed offshore from Pātea.
'They could have killed me': Cancer survivor lucky to be alive after assault
Multiple assailants left Richard Warner lying battered and unconscious on Smithfield Road
New Plymouth dairy robbed at knifepoint
The Highlands Dairy on Coronation Ave in New Plymouth was robbed on Sunday evening.
Giving cooking classes for best health
Small business owner Simone Hayward talks about the power of eating whole foods.
Man accused of causing fatal Taranaki crash named
Name suppression has lapsed for the man accused of causing the crash that killed a teen.
Whanganui news: Beef, awards, circus, election and guilty pleas
Whanganui news: The circus is in town; so is a woman who drove under influence of drugs
Exotic baits used to trap rats in New Plymouth
Urban trappers in the Taranaki city are taking a slightly different approach.
Not guilty plea to dangerous driving causing teen's death
A 37-year-old man appeared in court over crash that killed a teenager.
School lockdown after bat flaunted in altercation
"The school was just put into lockdown as a precaution ..."
Last chance to save 2-year-old son
"You don't realise how much fight you have until you are faced with something like this."
'Trailblazing' service dog wins top award
Rica has been Merenia Donne's "soulmate" for 12 years.
Drunk father had 10yo son drive car for him
Father sentenced after getting 10-year-old son to drive for him because he was drunk.
Taranaki Police hunting hospital shooter
The man is wanted in relation to a shooting incident at the hospital on August 1.
Hospital shooting: Two face court after arrests
White van believed used in shooting recovered, along with firearms and ammunition.
Editorial: Mining denied and lessons to be learnt
The High Court judgment said the EPA decision was unlawful
Shake and drink: Maori superfoods firm footing smoothie advances
South Taranaki iwi-owned enterprise Kaitahi is tapping into the superfoods market.
50 flights cancelled, delayed: Auckland Airport affected by fog
Spring has started off a bit foggy, but the weather is set to improve.
Seabed mining consents sent back to EPA
Mining consents must be reconsidered in light of adaptive management ruling
Teen killed in crash: 'She'd make everyone feel like a million bucks'
Olivia Renee Keightley-Trigg was killed in a car crash earlier this week.
One tiny town, two heroes on a global scale
Taranaki township produced two WWI Victoria Cross recipients in actions 10 days apart.
Crash in New Plymouth leaves four critically injured
All four patients are in a critical condition at Taranaki Base Hospital.
Teen killed, man arrested after fatal Taranaki crash
The crash occurred on Devon Rd, Brixton, near Waitara around 6am today.
'We have won': High Court blocks seabed mining
It's back to the drawing board for proposed seabed mining off Patea.
Nothing to fear, say police, in wake of fatal gang shooting in Whanganui
Police have launched a homicide investigation after a fatal gang shooting
'The whole roof's gone': Tornadoes hit North Island properties
Tornadoes have caused damage to houses in New Plymouth and Ohope.