Stories by Robin Martin

Kevin Ronald Bishell has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for causing the death of teenager Olivia Keightley-Trigg in a head on crash last year.

A Taranaki mother wept as she told a court about witnessing the end of her daughter's life in a head-on crash on State Highway 3 last year.

Dozens of high school students in Taranaki are on the road to employment after completing a driving-skills programme with a stunt driver among its trainers.

A man who coached the All Blacks in the art of kapa haka says the "Flying V" by the English rugby team wasn't disrespectful or offensive.

Tears have been shed, hymns sung and hopes for the future expressed at the second day of Te Pūtake o te Riri - the New Zealand Wars commemorations in Taranaki.

A dawn service has been held at Te Kohia Pa on the outskirts of Waitara this morning in recognition of it being the place where the first shots of the New Zealand land wars were fired in 1860.

Francis Douglas Memorial College's students are beaming with pride for their alumni who are heading into tomorrow's crunch World Cup semifinal against England.

Raetihi residents hoping for a clue about when State Highway 4 will reopen were left disappointed after a public meeting in the central North Island settlement last night.

The chairman of the Taranaki Regional Council is under fire for appearing in ads promoting the council's achievements just ahead of the local body elections.

A slice of beetroot or two in your hamburger is as Kiwi as pavlova or pineapple lumps, right? Well perhaps not any more.

The government has announced funding for a new $300 million wing at Taranaki Base Hospital, to replace earthquake-prone buildings.

The New Plymouth District Council has paid tribute to four-term councillor Mike Merrick who has died this week after being ill for some time.

The New Plymouth District Council has been taken to task for its handling of complaints about its water infrastructure.

The $50 million repair and upgrade of Yarrow Stadium has taken another twist with the stadium operator - the New Plymouth District Council - washing its hands of the project.

Opponents of a $50 million repair and upgrade of Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth have delivered a petition signed by more than 5000 people in an last-gasp attempt to get the decision overturned.

Dairy farmers are disappointed after Fonterra unveiled a record annual loss and signalled a back to basics strategy in a bid to return to profitability.

"Functionally" extinct in Egmont National Park 20 years ago - the population of whio on Mt Taranaki has grown to such an extent that they are taking up residence outside the park.

An ad campaign encouraging people to vote in local body elections - which features a poo emoji and the catchphrase 'Give a shit - vote today' - has kicked up a stink in New Plymouth.

In an upstairs room at a New Plymouth lifestyle block, a scientist is helping colleagues fly drones into volcanic craters half a world away in Papua New Guinea.

Bell Block residents and local hapū say they are "stoked" that the New Plymouth District Council is to be prosecuted over a massive discharge of raw sewage into the Mangati Stream in January.

A Whanganui couple's four-year fight battle with EQC after a third of their property was lost in a landslide during the 2015 flood event has ended in failure.

A New Plymouth councillor is wondering what the council is trying to hide after it refused to release emails written by the mayor and senior staff about him.

More than a third of exposed sewerage pipes criss-crossing New Plymouth streams and rivers have failed a risk assessment that measures the threat of discharge.

A secret briefing on the perilous state of New Plymouth's water pipes has raised the ire of council aspirants in the city.

The government has added $12 million more to redevelop and strengthen the heritage-listed Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui.