There is no risk of oil leaking into the sea off Taranaki due to a crack in the Maari oil platform.

100% Pure Taranaki want to use alternatives to 1080 poison to keep pest numbers low. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

100% Pure Taranaki have been given a chance to use alternatives to 1080. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Waverley A&P Show has been going for 86 years. People come from around the region to experience what is one of the last old style farming events around.

Shandelle Battersby checks into a boutique hotel in the heart of the city.

A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

Primary responsibility for civil defence emergency management at a local level rests with your local council.

At least five homes have been evacuated and a main road has been closed after wild weather struck in the Wellington region.

South Taranaki iwi Nga Rauru feels let down by the Department of Conservation's decision not to submit on a seabed mining application

Taranaki residents described a terrifying noise preceding a tremor followed by 30 seconds of shaking.

Squally thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast to hit the North Island overnight, with a severe weather watch in place.

Eltham teddy bear involved in international kidnapping case. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Eltham teddy bear involved in international kidnapping case. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.

It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

A group of children from a South Taranaki primary school are appealing to the Pope to intervene in an international kidnapping case involving a very special bear.

It is believed the tractor rolled onto the driver after it collided with a car that was overtaking it.

Welcome to the Hunterville Shemozzle, the race that really puts shepherds to the test-icle! Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The SPCA has condemned new hidden camera footage showing more mistreatment of bobby calves as deeply disturbing and inhumane.

Lonely Planet described the winning region as having a 'deliciously offbeat new gallery' and being home to 'a magnificent hiking trail'.

A streaker who invaded a New Plymouth rugby pitch has been slapped with a two-year stadium ban.

A kayaker fishing off the Waitara River owes his life to a Scottish man who went out to find him after the kayaker's friends noticed he was missing.

The standard Kiwi home is earning more than the average worker makes from their job in seven of the country's 12 districts.

It's not just Kevin and Robyn Barrett who are proud of their sons Scott and Jordie joining brother Beauden in the All Blacks' end-of-year

It has been a Labour Weekend with a difference for one mother - who unexpectedly gave birth on a Taranaki roadside.

A Dutch tramper who had been stranded on Mt Taranaki for two days by heavy snow has been plucked to safety.

The potential environmental impacts of controversial off-shore mining will be investigated in a new multi-million dollar study.

Changes undermine value of national bowel screening programme, expert says.

A woman was found dead in a bath at a North Taranaki care facility, police say.

He started as an outside chance, but Neil Holdom's strong campaign won him the New Plymouth mayoralty by 500 votes. Made with funding from NZ on Air