Stories by Robin Martin

From Thursday, everyone in New Zealand is expected to become a football expert when the FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off. Here's RNZ's resident football expert Robin Martin's bluffers' guide for the…

It is too early to start thinking about Christmas, right? Wrong, if you are in New Plymouth.

There is a converted milking shed on the outskirts of New Plymouth where it is Christmas everyday.

Our… Video, Audio

The owners of a derelict coolstores building on the banks of the Pātea River in Taranaki are being put on notice that it is structurally unsound and more must be done to keep people out of it. Video, Audio

A proposed new dog bylaw in New Plymouth has got canine lovers' in a spin.

The council wants to ban off-leash dogs from sections of Onuku Taipari - currently the only city beach where dogs can roam… Video, Audio

New Plymouth commuters could be forgiven for being a little distracted this morning - as one of the city's more notable landmarks - Len Lye's Wind Wand sculpture - dangled from a helicopter on its way… Video, Audio

The soothing sounds of the islands greeted a steady stream of people at special Covid-19 vaccination clinic set up for the Pasifika community in Taranaki today. The Whiteley Methodist Church in New… Audio

A Taranaki couple are vowing to fight to the bitter end to stay in their home which is in the path of the province's biggest roading project in generations.

Tony Pascoe has lived his entire life in… Video, Audio

New Plymouth couple Carl and Kati Freeman have converted their quarter-acre section into a small-scale organic market garden and now they want to teach others how to do it too. Video, Audio

Taranaki is wrestling with it's economic future after the government banned new offshore oil exploration. Robin Martin asks if alternative fuels could be the region's saviour. Audio

When 14-year-old George heard two Kunekune pigs were looking for a new home, he stepped up - adopting the porkers. It wasn't long before they became part of the family. Video, Audio

Conditions at some emergency housing providers in Whanganui are so poor they are putting vulnerable people at risk, the city's Salvation Army's tenancy manager for emergency housing says. Video, Audio

A Taranaki family is refusing to leave what it says is its rightful ancestral land, despite a Māori Land Court decision saying it belongs to the neighbours, based on an agreement signed almost 100… Video, Audio

A Kaitiaki at Parihaka says poor land management and the effects of climate change are to blame for the mass death of eels in a coastal Taranaki stream. Robin Martin reports. Video, Audio

Dairy cows have been blamed for the high E. coli levels which have forced the closure of popular Patea River swimming holes in Stratford for more than a month. Video, Audio

Eighteen year-five medical students from Auckland University are being trained at Hawera Hospital, and it's hoped some will return to the province to work. Video, Audio

Authorities in Taranaki are investigating the poisoning of a Pohutukawa planted by two air force veterans as a symbol of friendship in 1951. Video, Audio

The America's Cup and the Ranfurly Shield are on public display together today in New Plymouth in what's believed to be a first. Video, Audio

Pongaroa locals finally have a petrol station after years of raising funds, and travelling for two hours to fetch petrol from elsewhere. Video, Audio

An online petition is calling for the New Plymouth District Council to move the crossing in Inglewood where seven-year-old Emma Warren was killed last month. Video, Audio

Has it been boom or bust for the regions over the last nine years? RNZ's journalists report.

As part of RNZ's election year series "Is this the Brighter Future?", which examines the Government's record since it was elected in 2008, our reporters look at the impact of tourism on the… Video, Audio