The unusual death of a 10-month-old boy who was run over by a trailer has prompted a coroner to renew calls for vigilance around driveways.

As families gather for Christmas, Kerry Lock walks around his house alone after the death of his partner Rosemaree Kurth, gunned down by the boy he called his grandson,

Child Youth and Family has admitted mistakes in its handling of 13-year-old murderer Jordan Nelson following criticism from the teen's step-grandfather.

A 13-year-old murderer jailed for 18 years for murdering his caregiver will need to be treated humanely, a legal expert and youth advocate says.

Investigations are underway into the sudden death of 120 cows on a farm in south Taranaki.

A New Plymouth man is dead and another had to be cut out from a car after losing control while drag racing on a rural Taranaki road last night.

A 13-year-old has pleaded guilty to murdering his caregiver who died almost instantly after being shot at her rural Taranaki house in April.

Kathy Gulliver, owner, Mud Bay Cafe, Urenui, Taranaki.

A fly-walk venture enables Deborah Telford to get close to our native bird.

Both of Taranaki's community rescue helicopter pilots have quit, while a lack of funds for the trust that runs it threatens its future.

Family members will be asked to identify the body found in water at the base of Paritutu Rock this morning, confirmed as being one of the trio who were swept away earlier this month.