Stories by Robin Martin

The world's first art gallery in a campervan is the star turn of the Coastal Arts Trail which is being launched in Taranaki today.

Local body elections tend to induce a zombie-like stupor - but not so in Whanganui where there's a quiet excitement about actually having a race for the mayoral chains.

Crowds of people have taken a behind-the-scenes look at Whanganui Port, ahead of its planned $50 million revamp.

Neil Holdom is refusing to declare if he will seek a third mayoral term, fuelling speculation he is after a three waters' job.

Rat numbers have tripled on New Plymouth's popular Coastal Walkway this year, posing a threat to kororā/little blue penguin, but experts say the long-term trend continues to be downwards.

Remediation NZ is appealing a Taranaki Regional Council decision not to renew its consents to discharge contaminates to land, water and air.

A former New Plymouth mayor has criticised the council for lack of transparency about why its chief executive is absent from his post.

The decision to introduce a targeted rate to help repair roads damaged by logging trucks is winning few friends in Taranaki.

The chief executive of the New Plymouth District Council is on leave following a secret emergency meeting held last week.

The hunt is on for clues to solve the mystery of how several shells and a live powelliphanta marchanti snail ended up in a Manawatū reserve.

Some employers are throwing open days to attract staff, while others are offering incentives and going the extra mile to keep the kaimahi they've already got.

A new traffic-light controlled pedestrian crossing in Taranaki is being described as a monument to a failed funding model.

A night in a luxury hotel is being used to entice staff at the Taranaki District Health Board to get a flu vaccination as it declares itself a 'Fortress' against winter ailments.

Some rangatahi who vape are consuming as much nicotine as someone smoking a pack-and-a-half-a-day of cigarettes a day, a youth health education organisation says.

A New Plymouth school is appealing to the community for help with what it says is a growing vaping problem.

A New Plymouth drag performer says a torrent of abuse directed at a Rainbow Storytime event at the Puke Ariki Library in the city has left her dismayed.

A leading music promoter says a proposal to increase the capacity at the Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth could put it amongst New Zealand's premier concert venues.

It may come as a surprise to some but Taranaki is officially the sunniest region in New Zealand - and it has the trophy to prove it.

Celebrated for its bacon butties initiative, the Taranaki District Health Board has reached back into its culinary bag of tricks to help boost vaccinations rates.

One of the two teenagers pictured sparring with boxing legend Muhammad Ali in a famous New Zealand Herald photograph has come forward with his story.

Instantly recognisable photographs of Dame Whina Cooper, Muhammad Ali and Prince William are among 100 iconic New Zealand images set to feature in a charity auction for the cash-strapped Taranaki…

Kurdish-Iranian writer and political refugee Behrouz Boochani says the refugees due to arrive in NZ from Australia and detention centres in Nauru need to be treated with respect.

Raw sewage leaks at popular North Taranaki holiday spots are a step closer to being solved after land has been bought for a wastewater treatment plant.

Taranaki is enjoying one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, but is also having to deal with sky rocketing rents.

Later this year, motorists travelling over Mt Messenger on State Highway 3 in Taranaki could get a fleeting glimpse of 20-tonne digger seemingly flying through mid-air. Video