Stories by Robin Martin

Gareth Green helped repaint the car parking markings for eight New Plymouth District Council-owned units.

One councillor is calling the plan at New Plymouth's most popular swimming beach too expensive and a burden on ratepayers.

Simeon Brown has confirmed all Transport Choices programmes put on hold in October will not receive further funding.

A South Taranaki iwi has described Shane Jones' comments describing hapū members as "pixie-like" for their resistance to seabed mining as unbecoming and arrogant.

Waka Kotahi is committed to undertaking the work on 3650 hectares of native bush - in perpetuity - as part of the $280 million Mt Messenger Bypass in Taranaki.

The council shed a quarter of its senior management team earlier this year and has a goal of saving $10 million a year on staff and consulting costs.

Authorities would still be in the dark about who is behind the illegal camping and clearing of native trees in Egmont National Park if not for the man inadvertently filming himself.

In a letter to local authorities, Transport Minister Simeon Brown said he told Waka Kotahi to halt work on cycling and walking initiatives.

Owners Brett Carter and Raewyn Greig spent about $1 million buying a church and converting it into a cabaret-style venue in New Plymouth.

Councillor Gordon Brown wanted $9m earmarked for zoo compliance costs removed from the draft pan, which would effectively mean closing it down.

In an age of cloud downloads and endless streaming, there's still a love for the physical media, as RNZ's Robin Martin found at the New Plymouth Record Fair. Audio

WorkSafe is seeking independent advice about a leaking oil and gas well in the Kupe Field off the coast of Taranaki.

Murray Chong says cycle lane separation barriers would prevent him pulling his low-riding sports car out of the way for emergency services vehicles.

An emergency planning forum has been told the biggest threat to health from an eruption on Taranaki Maunga will be from disruption to infrastructure.

Laser treatment worth thousands of dollars is up for grabs at a 'tattoo fail' competition in New Plymouth this weekend.

The vessel being used for the project is leaving New Zealand waters without completing the full scope of the work expected, MBIE says.

Opponents of the Mt Messenger bypass project in Taranaki have a new beef with Waka Kotahi - the cost of 'Pieday Friday' although the agency is disputing the cost.

Kāinga Ora's plans for state housing in New Plymouth have come under scrutiny at an outreach event in the city.

A Parihaka kaumātua hopes a 70km stretch of the Taranaki coastline will become a mātaitai, or customary fishing reserve. Audio

Hundreds of fishers from around the country are chasing the elusive 'big one' at one of the nation's largest surfcasting competitions in Taranaki this weekend.

The New Plymouth District Council has held its first public workshop after the Ombudsman reprimanded local authorities for holding too many secret meetings.

The New Zealand Transport Agency has put carbon-reduction projects on hold after uncertainty over the incoming government's spending plans.

The EPA is under fire for not insisting that a leaking oil and gas well off the coast of Taranaki be formally abandoned and made safe.

The director of the Womad festival in Taranaki has landed a personal favourite among 18 new acts revealed for next March's event at its launch in New Plymouth today Wed 25 Oct.

Visitors to the festival this year are being encouraged to go a bit tropical with bromeliads, palms, orchids and even the humble banana being embraced this year.