Stories by Robin Martin

Residents of a New Plymouth suburb are celebrating the imminent removal of 16 power pylons - some erected in their backyards - which have towered over the neighbourhood for about 50 years.

Heritage enthusiasts and former residents are horrified vandals are running amok in a historic building in New Plymouth while its future is still up in the air.

The New Plymouth council's chief executive, who started in March, says council is not delivering some services successfully which required change.

For the first time ever, New Plymouth's council will meet on a marae - and it's a case of "about time", the district's first Māori ward councillor says. Audio

The Ministry of Health is refusing to correct the mistakes, and has instead shut down access to data revealing the errors. Audio

It's spearheading an unusual attempt to draw attention to the nation's pothole-riddled highways.

New Plymouth is about 240 kilometres away from the nearest FIFA Women's World Cup venue, but that has not stopped World Cup fever gripping the city.

Two cultures came together as the Zambian women's football team was officially welcomed to Aotearoa with a powhiri at Tūrangawaewae Marae at Ngāruawāhia.

Passionate scenes erupted at the New Plymouth council chambers as councillors came under attack for allowing fluoride to be put back in the district's water supply.

A New Plymouth solo mum, whose three kids are camping out in the living room to avoid their cold, damp and mouldy bedrooms, is dismayed her rental passed a Healthy Homes inspection.

Community activists have pitched camp on the boundary of a former chemicals plant in New Plymouth to advocate for it to be turned into nature reserve.

There has been a $20 million investment in 30 sporting facilities ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup, including $5m to create gender neutral changing rooms.

A New Plymouth emergency housing provider says a council survey asking what can be done about the city's housing crisis feels like a cruel joke.

The ex-employee of the former Ivan Watkins Dow site in New Plymouth wonders if the death of his first child from spina bifida was related to his time working there.

Dashcam footage has captured a series of nears misses as Taranaki drivers overtake trucks on blind corners, ignore double yellow lines and in one case, park in the middle of a state highway. Video

A former employee at a controversial chemical plant in New Plymouth has described working inside a reactor wearing little more than overalls and rubber gloves for protection.

The contractor laying the new track at the Whanganui Velodrome says the city missed an opportunity by not putting a $20 million roof over the complex.

It has been Wacky Wednesday today at the National Indoor Bowls Championship being played out in New Plymouth this week.

The owner of a controversial former chemical plant in New Plymouth wants to quiz people with links to Ivon Watkins-Dow ahead of remediating the site.

The New Plymouth District Council has pushed ahead with an average rates rise of 12.4 percent. Audio

The Taranaki Regional Council is holding its cards close to its chest ahead of an announcement on the rebuild of the east stand at New Plymouth's Yarrow Stadium.

A device that can measure wind speeds, waves and currents will be the first physical piece of offshore wind technology deployed in New Zealand.

The National leader hastily added a second session to the party's Get New Zealand Back on Track roadshow in the city today.

Following a decade-long professional rugby career in France Mikaera Te Whata's love for French cuisine saw him enrol at university to study the art of charcuterie.

Drivers in New Plymouth are crying foul over the council continuing to issue parking tickets in the central business area despite almost half its meters not working correctly. Audio