Stories by Robin Martin

Taranaki's tourism earnings are set for an annual boost of about $4 million a year after confirmation of a $13.3 million Provincial Growth Fund investment in Egmont National Park.

The number of freshwater samples at Taranaki swimming holes reaching an "alert" or "action" status for contamination last summer continues poor run of results for the region.

A Stratford woman, who as a teenager was the youngest person in the country diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, is getting behind the message that the provinces are missing out on neurology services.

A former New Plymouth mayor who campaigned for a Māori ward on the council is sceptical that a new voting system being used this year will return a more diverse group of councillors.

A rough sleeper in Hawera described as harmless has unwittingly found himself front and centre of the South Taranaki mayoralty race.

Members of a Te Ātiawa hapū stood up one after another in a New Plymouth court room to pour scorn on a former police senior sergeant who stole almost half a million dollars from his own relatives.

If you've ever fancied owning one of New Zealand's archetypal back country pubs now's your chance.

The outgoing boss of Taranaki rugby freely admits he'll "be remembered as the CEO who presided over the worst year in our very proud history".

It's been a 10-year struggle for recognition of Māori burial grounds in the Taranaki region, a local kaumatua says.

A woman has a suspected broken collarbone after being slammed into the side of her home during a tornado in New Plymouth this morning.

The Taranaki District Health Board has backed down on a proposal to limit access to the emergency department at Hāwera Hospital after hundreds of locals came out against the idea.

A man who was swept 600m out to sea at a New Plymouth beach is lucky to be alive after being plucked from the ocean in a dramatic rescue.

Visitor numbers at the Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth has more than halved a year after a controversial door charge was introduced for out-of-towners.

An organiser of the first Whanganui Heritage Month - which kicks off this weekend - says New Zealand is losing its heritage buildings at an alarming rate.

The only underground lift in the southern hemisphere, the hand-dug Durie Hill Elevator, is celebrating its centenary in Whanganui this week.

St John says three new ambulance stations being built across Taranaki at a cost of about $7.5 million will drag its service in the region into the modern era.

A Whanganui migrant advocate has criticised an iwi leader for saying the city should house Māori before it takes on refugees - but the mayor say he has a point about the city's housing crisis. Audio

A meeting about the resettlement of refugees in Whanganui has been called to a halt after an iwi leader told it the city had to look after Māori first. Audio

Repairs on New Plymouth's District Council building have attracted criticism after ballooning from $1 million to more than $3 million.

A North Taranaki hapu says the proposed coastal plan for the region takes an "open slather, do want you want" approach to protecting reefs traditionally used for gathering kaimoana.

The latest report into the health of Taranaki streams and rivers indicates freshwater quality is improving across the province, but not everyone is convinced by the data.

A 78-year-old New Zealand permanent resident says she feared being deported back to the UK after officials in Brisbane couldn't read her electronic visa and scoffed at a letter from Immigration New…

A Taranaki woman says she's lucky to be alive after an electric blanket burst into flames on the bed she and her baby were lying in.

Questions are being asked about Immigration New Zealand's practice of issuing electronic permanent resident visas while also insisting people carry a letter confirming they have those same visas.

Matatā residents whose homes are at risk from deadly debris flows will be offered market value for their properties if they want to leave, Whakatāne's district council has announced.