Stories by Robin Martin

Taranaki Regional Council has ambitions to host major music tours by the likes of the Rolling Stones once the stadium's $50m revamp is complete.

While Womad has pulled the plug because of Covid, New Plymouth's famous Festival of the Lights has overcome the challenges of the pandemic to put on a show.

The bumper rise to get on top of the city's water infrastructure woes would only mark the start of a decade of steep rates increases.

Customs is asking that the crew of overseas vessels carry evidence they've completed Covid-19 protocols and have health authority permission when they take shore leave.

A mistake by Taranaki health officials has resulted in the crew of an overseas cargo vessel being allowed shore leave before they completed Covid-19 isolation protocols.

The council has joined forces with Ngā Rauru and its hapū Ngāti Maika to have the name - which has links to a bloody incident during the New Zealand Wars - changed back.

The company wanting to buy the Maari oil field off the coast of Taranaki believes there's three times more oil left to exploit than official estimates.

The New Zealand organiser of WOMAD says it had to pull out of the 2021 event, but the organisation which oversees the event internationally still plans for it to go ahead.

Fears parking sensors that could explode have led New Plymouth District Council to replace or deactivate more than 500 of its 1600 sensors.

New Plymouth residents are being warned told to steer clear of contaminated beaches, rivers and streams after heavy rain caused several sewerage pump stations to overflow.

The Crown agency has weighed into a long-running access rights battle at a historic pa site in Taranaki as friction simmers at Hauranga Pā.

Aotearoa's first transgender Miss New Zealand contestant was the star turn at another first today - the first transgender awareness event held in New Plymouth.

Contrary to popular opinion, Mt Taranaki is neither extinct or dormant, but an active volcano with a 50 percent chance of erupting in the next 50 years.

A mass brawl and numerous serious alcohol-related incidents in New Plymouth have been pinned on the city's alcohol control bylaw lapsing.

The developer behind a plan to build an apartment and commercial complex in New Plymouth has abandoned its Environmental Court challenge.

The Attorney-General has been granted leave to intervene in a Supreme Court appeal over seabed mining off the coast of Taranaki.

Austrian-based oil and gas company OMV says it is in the early stage of looking at tenders for a drilling campaign to extend the life of the Maui field offshore of Taranaki.

The owners of the quake-prone Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth have decided to demolish the East Stand and rebuild it with a wider focus on community sport.

The new scene emerging out of rural New Zealand is Farm Music - people hitting bits of scrap found in the shed, garage or out in the paddock.

Faced with axing one of its premier events due to Covid-19 restriction, the Taranaki creative community has instead combined its celebrated Garden Festival with its lesser-know cousin - the Taranaki…

New Plymouth bar owners say they have noticed more unruly behaviour in the city since a council blunder meant the city's liquor ban is no longer enforceable.

After years of complaints, the avenue of alder trees lining New Plymouth's main street are undergoing a heavy trim before they get the chop completely.

After a four-year fight an energy sector watchdog has won a precedent-setting battle which could see safety buffer zones imposed around hundreds of oil and gas wells and dozens of petrochemical…

Jobseeker numbers in Taranaki shot up after lockdown and have remained high for months, but business representatives see signs of improvement.

A penguin conservationist says the stranding of a Tawaki / Fiordland crested penguin in Taranaki is an extremely rare event.