Liz Light discovers the delights of windy and wave-pounded Taranaki.

Police have named a 19-year-old Taranaki man killed when the car he was driving crashed into trees on Sunday evening.

Anzac Day theft angers war veterans, who see it as an insult to servicemen and their families.

The Easter holiday road toll stands at five after a single-vehicle crash in Taranaki last night.

Travellers could get caught as heavy downfalls settle over the North Island for the next 24 hours.

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turned out at dawn services across the country.

Police have named the 25-year-old woman who died as a result of a house fire in Paraparaumu yesterday morning.

Facial piercings have been approved as part of school uniform at a major New Plymouth high school.

The flatmate of a 25-year-old mother who died in a house fire in Paraparaumu last night has described how she tried to save her.

New Zealand will host July's Davis Cup tennis tie with the Philippines at Hawera in the Taranaki.

Today's fatal police shooting near Napier is the seventh in just over a decade, since Waitara man Steven Wallace's death in 2000.

Police have released images of two men suspected of trying to kidnap a 22-year-old community probation worker.

Winston Aldworth looks back an a fantastic weekend of music in New Plymouth.

As the sun sets on a truly international event, Hayden Donnell reflects on WOMAD's highlights.