Taranaki

A judge said the increase in vehicle thefts in the area distinguished the case from other instances of car theft.

Cyclone Gabrielle has severely impacted electricity supply and communications in parts of the North Island as it now heads southeast. Check how the situation is unfolding in your region. Audio

The breadth and scope of flooding and damage from Cyclone Gabrielle has been unprecedented. We've collected photos from RNZ reporters and readers from across the regions.

Egmont Road has a long history of near-misses, drivers often crossing the centre line.

A high-tech search of the seabed near Pātea has found an unexpected bounty of reefs teeming with life, alongside a zone targeted by a would-be seabed miner.

The Department of Conservation is worried the voracious forager's reappearance could threaten recovering ecosystems in the province.

A Taranaki iwi is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to make the most of a two-year legal ban on collecting shellfish from the region's west coast.

Iwi are insisting they be involved every step of the way in the clean-up of a controversial chemical plant in New Plymouth.

The occupant of a microlight craft that crashed in Taranaki this afternoon has been confirmed dead.

Many roads are damaged and impassable across Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty, while the Coromandel Peninsula has been cut off. We bring you details about the roads.

An officer's efforts to restrain a mentally distressed woman, which saw her receive a torn knee ligament, have been ruled "reasonable and appropriate" by the police watchdog.

A man has been charged after a hit-and-run incident in Taranaki last year.

A 100-metre-long bridge across Manganui Gorge will protect trampers and skiers from potential rockfalls and avalanches, DOC says.

In a case of look what the cat dragged in, a rare native skink has been discovered in Taranaki for the first time and may even be a completely new species.

Police have named the person who died following a car fire on State Highway 3 on Boxing Day.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is warning visitors to Taranaki this summer they could face hefty fines if they collect kaimoana - except crayfish - along the New Plymouth to Ōpunakē coastline.

A popular New Plymouth beach is closed while the council cleans up a sewage leak.

A person who was critically injured in a car fire in Taranaki this morning has died in hospital.

The port's chief executive described the upgrade as "a significant investment in something we hope we never have to use".