Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

Motorists say lack of information about closed roads around Taranaki added more than six hours to their journey.

Michelle Kennard was raring to vote in Taranaki elections - unfortunately she was sent information on Northland candidates.

Seabed mining is back in the spotlight as Trans Tasman Resources submits second application for consent to mine off the South Taranaki coast.

A hikoi plans to deliver a 5000-signature petition to MPs calling for a moratorium on all seabed mining in New Zealand.

Seabed mining is back in the spotlight as Trans Tasman Resources submits second application for consent to mine off the South Taranaki coast.

A group of tourists caught up in an avalanche on Mt Taranaki are recovering after their ordeal yesterday.

The trio of tourists rescued from Mt Taranaki were caught in a flurry of snow ice and rock - just as they were about to be winched off the mountain.

A reef offshore from Patea is not being explored in order to find life forms that seabed mining could endanger - but that may be one

The search for a missing 18-year-old off the coast of New Plymouth will resume at 7am.

Searchers scour the water for a man is missing off the Taranaki coast after a small boat capsized this morning.

Two people are injured after their car clipped a milk tanker just south of Taranaki.

Maori pop phenomenon Poi E is sung with gusto and abiding love at the close of the Patea Maori Club night every Monday night. For

Shot man flown to Waikato with serious leg injury.

The motorcyclist died at the scene atf Opunake Rd between Hastings Rd and Palmer Rd near Stratford.

A Taranaki nurse who spent 10 years in a US prison for aggravated robbery - then lied about it to the NZ Nursing Council - has had his practising licence cancelled.

Torrential rain had flooded a section of a Wellington highway and more severe weather is expected to come this afternoon.

Education futurist Frances Valintine fears New Zealand risks being left behind in the global digital revolution.

Claudio Da Costa, 47, told MPI investigators he used scissors because it was a 'quick and cheap fix for the problem'.

Taranaki drivers tackling the dreaded parallel park could be forgiven for thinking some spaces in New Plymouth are impossible to get into.

A 78-year-old man who died alone in his Wellington apartment was surrounded by family when lowered into his final resting place.

Judith Collins' decision to suspend Ngapari Nui's voluntary work in Whanganui Prison could have far-reaching consequences, crime and

One New Plymouth family were gifted a trampoline after high winds blew it into their property.

Members of Ngati Ruanui iwi are infuriated their kaumatua Ngapari Nui has been stood down from voluntary work at a prison because of his Black Power affiliations.

Do not approach wanted man, police warn.

Eli Orzessek takes a walk on the wild, wonderful and weird side of Taranaki.

A hikoi of almost 1000 people arrived at Parihaka marae today, led by "recovering racist" and New Plymouth mayor Andrew Judd.

Eli Orzessek stays at a Taranaki hotel with free mountain bikes.

The death of a 6-week-old baby has been described as an accident and not a criminal action in the High Court at New Plymouth today.

A jury has heard of how a Taranaki mother accused of manslaughter was extremely fatigued and sick the day her daughter died.