Stories by Robin Martin

Dinnie Moeahu, who has expressed reservations about the introduction of water meters, says he is not surprised they are the least popular proposal in the draft long-term plan.

An aquifer in coastal Taranaki cannot be used to boost water supplies at Okato because it has been contaminated with an agricultural chemical and could be considered a risk to human health.

The Royal New Zealand Navy's newest and largest-ever ship HMNZS Aotearoa has made its first visit to its ceremonial home port in New Plymouth today.

New Plymouth Mayor Neil Holdom has joined the chorus of local-body politicians bemoaning Waka Kotahi's commitment to delivering road safety projects.

We've all been entranced by the peculiarly addictive pleasure of popping bubble wrap, right? Pop-Its are bringing it to the next level. Audio

A former Olympic cyclist says Whanganui will miss a huge opportunity if it chooses a 'tin-shed' option for roofing the city's velodrome.

New Plymouth District Council is at a loss to explain the timing of its flip-flop over its support for a composting plant which has stockpiled 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste.

New Plymouth District Council is ditching its support for a Remediation NZ, which has stockpiled 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste at its Uruti site.

Six kiwi have been released onto the Kaitake range in Te Papakura o Taranaki / Egmont National Park, where the call of our national bird has been absent for decades.

When the $50 million upgrade of the quake-prone Yarrow Stadium is finished, Taranaki rugby fans will still be using seats installed at the turn of the century.

A hotel management school is housing about 50 people - including children - for the Ministry of Social Development.

A masters surfing competition in Taranaki has been forced to introduce a new age-group category - for its first ever contestant aged over 80.

Ever wondered how you'd escape from a helicopter which has crash landed in water? Strapped in, submerged, and most likely upside down, you don't have much time to think.

From a population of just 300 breeding pairs in the late 1990s, the North Island kōkako now boasts 2000 pairs.

A Taranaki composting business has been told its understanding of how to legally manage fresh water is at the very least, unusual.

One of the country's largest trucking companies is struggling to identify a driver caught on camera performing a risky overtaking manoeuvre last year.

New Plymouth is suggesting a lack of submissions on its draft long-term plan must mean ratepayers "are fine" about a decade of huge rates hikes.

Hamish Hardy reached the milestone in just five busy years aboard the Taranaki Air Ambulance.

A Taranaki composting business at the centre of a consents renewal wrangle is sitting on a 20,000 tonne pile of contaminated waste that could take up to 40 years to safely break down.

Details have emerged of efforts by the Transport Agency and Heritage NZ to sideline a hapū grouping from consultation over the building of a passing lane on SH3 in Taranaki.

In a scathing Environment Court decision, the EPA has been ordered to pay $110,000 to an oil and gas company it prevented from disconnecting a floating production station off the coast of Taranaki.

The discovery of a partially-collapsed stormwater culvert underneath the only rail link into Port Taranaki is not unexpected but an example of a "nasty surprise", New Plymouth's mayor says.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says facial recognition technology is only used on photographs of unidentified suspects.

A composting business in Taranaki has been warned not to mislead consumers by saying all of its sites and compost products are certified organic.

The construction of 100s of metres of new raised boardwalk in Te Papakura o Taranaki will help to protect two of the highest wetland areas in the country.