Stories by Robin Martin

Police have arrested two people in relation to a shooting incident at Taranaki Base Hospital, after raiding the headquarters of the Highway 61 gang in Waitara and seizing firearms and vehicles.

The younger generation has been learning about the battle of Te Ngutu o Te Manu ahead of its 150th anniversary, marked by a dawn ceremony in Taranaki this morning.

The Anglican Archdeacon Tikitūterangi Raumati was buried in the grounds of the Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary's in New Plymouth yesterday.

A recommendation to close the Stratford Racing Club is being met with disbelief in the central Taranaki township which fears more than 125 years of history will be lost.

A crowdfunding campaign to save a block of pristine wetland forest in Taranaki is within a whisker of reaching its target.

Hundreds of gang members have farewelled a Mongrel Mob member who was shot and killed in Whanganui last week.

Yarrow Stadium has been found to be an earthquake risk despite engineering reports stating otherwise, now the stadium's owners are considering taking legal action.

Meat processor Land Meats New Zealand has been fined more than $66,000 for illegally discharging wastewater into the Whanganui River.

New Plymouth hasn't been voted the most liveable city in the world since 2008, but many locals are asking why not when it's got the beach, the snow and the rugby.

The re-opening of New Zealand's oldest stone church is a step closer following the granting of resource consents.

An independent commissioner has declined a request for resource consent to demolish the 110-year-old Thain's Building in Whanganui.

Taranaki's largest tertiary education provider has turned around its performance and been given a passing grade by NZQA.

A Taranaki funeral director fears bereaved families could end up with huge bills if a loved one requires a post mortem.

A Taranaki iwi has lashed out at a Ministry of Justice decision not to renew its mortuary services contract with the Taranaki District Health Board.

People who have eaten eels and freshwater fish from two South Taranaki streams contaminated by fire-fighting foam are being urged to come forward.

The retirement commissioner is warning of a looming housing crisis for the over 65s as home ownership rates decline while the number of pensioners is set to almost double over the next 20 years.

A Taranaki hospital nurse has described how residents feared a gunman was on the loose in staff accommodation after shots were fired in the car park last night.

Ōhakune is still a town on edge following the bus crash which cost the life of 11-year-old Aucklander Hannah Francis at the weekend, and injured 18 others.

The Taranaki Medical Officer of Health says research showing only one in five public parks in the region had a water drinking fountain was a shock to him.

A Taranaki man diagnosed with terminal cancer says while Parliament wrestles with medicinal cannabis law reform he is being forced to live like a criminal. Audio

Port Taranaki's $12 million new tug Kīnaki has been welcomed with a traditional water salute in New Plymouth.

The government has continued its charm offensive in Taranaki following its decision not to issue any new offshore oil and gas exploration permits.

Two Taranaki dairy farms have been fined almost $100,000 for allowing untreated effluent to flow into waterways.

The government's decision not to offer new deep-sea oil and gas exploration permits is spreading uncertainty throughout the entire sector and threatening livelihoods, say oil and gas companies in…