Stories by Robin Martin

The poor condition of many New Zealand properties has been identified as one of the biggest factors affecting households struggling to heat their homes.

A significant number of whānau from a Taranaki iwi are struggling to heat their homes and living in the cold, says Ngāti Maru's chief executive.

A boutique Taranaki beef producer is hoping to cut fresh export deals at a summit for young business leaders in Thailand.

The owner of a New Plymouth dairy feared for his life when three young people - one armed with a knife and another, a hammer - stormed his business at the weekend.

A Taranaki business is the first in the Southern Hemisphere to make skyr - and they're about to expand across the Tasman.

Parliament has put on hold its consideration of a petition seeking to halt construction of Taranaki's Mt Messenger bypass.

Three prominent council-owned buildings in Stratford have been issued with earthquake-prone building notices.

The Environmental Protection Authority is under fire for withholding information about a leak at a suspended oil and gas well-head at Kupe off the coast of Taranaki.

Super Rugby returns to Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth tomorrow for the first time since 2017.

A protest against rates rises is causing a stink in Stratford after a disgruntled ratepayer dumped the rotting corpse of a goat at the council's front door.

Work to extend New Plymouth's award-winning Coastal Walkway to Waitara will begin later this year despite its cost ballooning to $39 million - $11m more than what was budgeted for.

Environmental lobby group Kiwis Against Seabed Mining has panned the government's decision to set up an inquiry into the controversial practice, while mining company Trans-Tasman Resources has…

New Zealand needs to take a leaf out of Australia's book and tighten up vaping regulations, New Plymouth mayor Neil Holdom says.

Taranaki's most ardent royalist will be sitting up with a cup of tea and her family for the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday.

The developers of a proposed offshore windfarm in the South Taranaki Bight say it will create hundreds of jobs and require the building of a new port at Patea.

A Taranaki woman says Immigration NZ's handling of an application for a visa has soured what should have been the trip of a lifetime.

Ruapehu Skifields Stakeholders Association has taken inspiration from the successful campaign to buy Awaroa Beach at the top of the South Island.

Lobby group Save Our Rail says their meetings in the South Island about restoring passenger services shows there is a lot of community demand.

For the first time six car dealerships are taking part in what is shaping as the biggest-ever 'Electricarna' event in New Plymouth today.

The mystery of Manaia's wayward weka has deepened with the capture of a second bird discovered in the South Taranaki township.

It is time to 'de-prioritise' the response to Covid 19, which will now be no worse than the flu for the majority of the population, an epidemiologist says. Audio

Never-before-seen documents show a senior government official feared children could die if they came into contact with toxic chemicals that were pouring directly onto a popular New Plymouth beach.

A leading Māori architect says New Zealand towns and cities are suffering from a crisis of identity.

The be-all and end-all of the Bard is on show at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Taranaki this month.

Hundreds of people gathered at Aotearoa Pa in South Taranaki today to witness the initialling of Te Ruruku Pūtakerongo - the Treaty of Waitangi settlement for Taranaki Maunga.