Stories by Robin Martin

The owner and founder of Pic's Peanut Butter Pic Picot was a keynote speaker at a "design thinking" conference in New Plymouth, which lauded user-friendly experiences as key to business success.

The return of professional rugby to Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth has been delayed until 2022.

The Taranaki Regional Council has no regrets about taking prosecutions that resulted in $600,000 in fines being dished out in the Environment Court this week.

A battle for hearts and minds is underway in Taranaki between lovers of gas-guzzling classic American cars and the utilitarian electric-powered new kids on the block.

The leak at a plant in Hāwera was potentially lethal to staff, emergency services personnel and nearby residents and was New Zealand's worst fish kill event, a judge has observed.

A judge had his hands full dealing with ecological miscreants in the Environment Court at New Plymouth yesterday, some of whom should've known better than to find themselves in the dock.

The difficult recovery of a man's body, who died at sea while on a cargo vessel travelling to New Plymouth, has been described as "PPE on steroids".

A trial is underway on the edge of the central North Island's Pureora Forest that will challenge the popular saying "as blind as a bat".

A second manslaughter charge again three police officers charged over the death of a man in at a Taranaki police station last year has been dismissed.

A KiwiBuild development in New Plymouth has defied the naysayers and sold out the first tranche of 33 properties in double-quick time.

The Cancer Control Agency has kicked off a series of nationwide hui today designed to address the appalling cancer statistics for Māori in New Zealand.

New Plymouth council says it erred by not promoting the powerful Tai Moana Tai Tangata exhibition at its Govett Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre to general news media.

Almost 5000 athletes, many grey at temple and even more tight of muscle, have been competing at the New Zealand Masters Games in Whanganui this week. Audio

Former New Plymouth Mayor, Andrew Judd, says he feels vindicated now the government has stepped in to scrap citizen-initiated polls on the divisive issue.

The cancellation of Womad was a blow to the Taranaki economy - but a stellar line-up of Kiwi acts were ready to help fill the void left by the world music festival.

Fonterra is blaming an open valve for a spill of 170,000 litres of skim milk into the Tasman Sea from its Whareroa plant in Taranaki.

The New Plymouth District Council has signalled its support of expected changes to the Local Electoral Act, scrapping the provision allowing for a poll following a decision to establish a Māori ward.

An historic pa site in Taranaki is one step closer to getting permanent protection from walkers and mountain bikers.

A new exhibition in New Plymouth looks at the impact of colonisation on Māori.

An energy watchdog says Todd Energy's plans to drill new onshore gas wells in Tikorangi, north of New Plymouth, makes a mockery of the government's declaration of a climate emergency.

Opponents of the Mt Messenger bypass on State Highway 3 have accused Land Information New Zealand of unlawfully authorising a survey of the road's proposed new route.

The Friends of Pukekura Park say New Plymouth's Brooklands and Pukekura parks are paying a heavy price for their popularity and it is calling for boardwalks to protect ancient pukatea trees.

Believe it or not, somewhere in New Plymouth there is a dog that answers to the curious name Fish Tank Meat Loaf.

The head of Forest and Bird says the Mt Messenger Bypass in Taranaki is yet another example of nature being sacrificed in favour of human convenience.

New Plymouth has signalled it wants to begin installing residential water meters next year and start charging households for water usage within four years.