Taranaki

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.

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

All of Taranaki's river swimming spots - and some lakes - have rated poorly for the risk of getting sick from a faecal bug in the latest report card on the region's water quality.

A youth zone and water-play area at a revamped Otupaiia Marine Park in Waitara is one step closer after a $950,000 boost.

A teenager who snuck into a man's camper to steal the keys to his car and then stabbed him five times has been found guilty of murder.

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

Justice Williamson-Atkinson's lawyer said the Crown case was inconsistent with the teen being the stabber and it had failed to prove he was guilty.

A public toilet cistern in New Plymouth has been stolen - and replaced with a golden replica.

Vandals have ripped out $2000 worth of nikau palms at New Plymouth's Pukekura Park.

Police have asked Taranaki schools to warn students about internet safety, after a student faced sextortion.

Kīngi Tūheitia will visit Parihaka Pā for the first time next week in a bid to strengthen historical and spiritual bonds between Taranaki and the Kīngitanga - and forge greater political unity.

Teenager Justice Williamson-Atkinson is defending charges of burglary and murder.

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.