Stories by Robin Martin

Demonstrators have gathered at prominent New Plymouth landmark Moungaroa, or Blagdon Hill, to protest its sale by telecommunications company Chorus.

Whakatāne businesses are feeling the fallout caused by the Whakaari/White Island tragedy that has officially claimed the lives of 15 people.

Whakatāne charter fishermen anxiously waiting for eight bodies to be recovered from Whakaari/White Island have been dissuaded from taking matters into their own hands.

The announcement that $9.6 million Provincial Growth Fund monies will be spent sealing metal road on State Highway 43 in eastern Taranaki is being met with a degree of scepticism.

The former detective sergeant who arrested Jules Mikus for the murder of Napier schoolgirl Teresa Cormack says he "despises" the killer and won't mourn his passing.

More than 100 onshore oil and gas wells that have been abandoned and not shut down properly over the past 150 years, a review has found.

Tamarind Taranaki, which owns the Tui Field, went into voluntary receivership earlier this month, meaning the government could be responsible for plugging and abandoning its wells.

Businesses on the central North Island's Forgotten World Highway say they are desperate for the road to reopen ahead of the busy tourism season.

Increasing log traffic and poor stormwater management have been blamed for Port Taranaki flunking its latest environmental monitoring report.

An Anzac project at a rural school in Taranaki has resulted in two soldiers killed in WWI finally being acknowledged on the village war memorial for their sacrifice.

Students on the audio engineering degree course that moulded Joel Little - producer of Lorde's Grammy award-winning hit 'Royals' - are fuming it has been closed without them even being told.

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.