Taranaki is making a play to be the first region to rid itself of pest predators.

Waitotara hill country farmer working with new Council erosion scheme

A man working at a New Plymouth school was shot in the head with a nail gun.

Camp manager says dead whales were an emotional sight

Up to 12 sperm whales have now stranded on a South Taranaki beach.

PM announced Taranaki will host a national summit on the "just transition" to clean energy

Eight sperm whales have died after becoming stranded on a South Taranaki beach.

Kimberlee Frederick Knight Vollmer appeared in New Plymouth District Court on the charges.

Potentially destructive thunderstorms loom over the Marlborough and Auckland regions.

Myrtle rust has reached Feilding, Hawera and Palmerston North. Now it's in Whanganui.

NZ has its very own population of the largest animal in the world: the blue whale.

22-year-old Tory Brunning, who died during a game, described as "a star" of the family.

A BBC journalist from Taranaki will be inside Windsor Castle before the wedding next week.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to batter much of the central and upper North Island.

We'll be spared worst of the extreme winds causing havoc in Australia, but it'll be wet.

Police launch homicide inquiry after man found unconscious lying in street dies

There has also been a crash between two commercial vehicles further north in Waitara.

He had 60 convictions, some related to drugs and breaching sentences and court orders.

A Mt Taranaki eruption could see fast-moving, hot ash flows spreading kilometres around.

For the Kiwi adventurer kayaking across the Tasman "it's about finishing the job off".

'Typically, when Auckland gets cold, the rest of the country also suffers'.

Mums of kids with disabilities caused by exposure to epilepsy drug in utero want answers.

A teen who murdered his caregiver has been denied parole - and did not seek it.

You don't need new taxes if your other policy settings are right says Simon Bridges.

David Noel Roigard had his surname suppressed during a trial for historical sex abuse

Was it remorse? The man's actions were certainly unusual.

Get dressed or don't bother going to watch a movie at Hawera Cinema 2.

Latest figures show as little as 7 years' gas reserves left in NZ.

Russell Simpson and friends want adventure - and $250,000 for charities

Packed court room for seabed mining appeal hearing in Wellington, with many arguments.