Taranaki

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.

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

DOC is hoping to avoid a cat-astrophe after a man was seen feeding a cat in a national park home to threatened species, including kiwi.

New Zealand risks being seen as a "laughing stock" if the government's new tertiary education strategy is rushed through, the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce says.

A New Plymouth jeweller is shaken after a burglary at his Devon Street store in the early hours of the morning.

New Plymouth homeowners can expect residential rates rises averaging 9.9 percent if its draft 10-year plan is adopted.

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

A series of fronts are expected to bring rain to much of the country over the rest of the weekend.

One person has died and two people were injured in a crash in Taranaki on Friday night.

Taranaki's Ashleigh Hoeta has become the first woman in the world to bench press over 300kg. Audio

South Taranaki's iwi and council have drawn up a new partnership agreement just as the new coalition government plans to take an axe to co-governance.

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

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.

Kīngi Tūheitia, following in the footsteps of his ancestor King Tawhiao, visited Parihaka at the weekend to strengthen the bonds between Taranaki and the Kiingitanga.