Stories by Robin Martin

The Lydia Ko effect is in full swing this week as the country's top junior golfers take to the links. Audio

Andrew Tripe on Tuesday voted in favour of establishing two Māori wards seats in the district, reversing the choice he made in October.

A controversial composting and worm-farming plant in North Taranaki has lost a bid to get its consents reinstated and now faces permanent closure.

During sampling, 266 tests from lakes and rivers revealed water quality issues.

Police and Ministry of Social Development staff are going from business to business asking them whether they feel safe or if they have been the victims of crime.

A Black Power member who shot at a gang rival outside the hospital - sending it into lockdown - has been jailed.

The force of the impact knocked the vehicle onto its side and shunted it 25 metres.

The changes could affect many disabled people on the Jobseeker Support benefit, a disabilities advocate says.

"I was actually, really stressed about this - I was actually, really worried," says Keryn Densem, who the ministry admits was sent the letter by accident.

A member of the 11th Taranaki Company Corporal Vincent Hall came ashore at Gallipoli in April 1915.

Taranaki Offshore Partnership wants to build 70 turbines in the South Taranaki Bight.

The clay pipe has carried wastewater from Pukekura Park and 600 homes in the central city since 1932.​

The mayor is convinced the former chemical plant is contaminated with the most toxic materials imaginable at high levels.

The operator says it could also affect human health and the environment.

Hundreds of workers are affected by temporary shutdowns or facing the spectre of permanent closure of pulp and paper mills. Audio

A Taranaki man says attending a boot-camp in the 1980s left him toughened-up and angry - but not rehabilitated.

A gun has been fired at the distinctive orange ute of a controversial New Plymouth councillor leaving it pock-marked Audio

So far, the "transformation" has cut $7 million from the operating budget, the district council's chief executive says.

The extent of contamination at a controversial chemical plant has been revealed after a report 'lost' since the late 1990s emerged.

New Plymouth's mayor and elected officials have chalked up close to $70,000 in expenses in the first six months of 2024.

Families have been left in the cold as they "just can't justify" the expense. Audio

From the firm, smooth custard, hand-piped icing to the passion-fruit filling, it's verging on perfection. Audio

Gratiola concinna is nationally-endangered and under threat from habitat loss and introduced weeds.

The popular programme's first Chaser, aka The Dark Destroyer, was "like the rest of us, no clue at all", his own teammates at the local quiz said. Audio

Tucked away on a side street, a South Taranaki business has cut the ribbon on a 900 square metre state-of-the-art tunnel house.