Taranaki

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 country's highest court has ended a mother's decades-long battle for accountability.

Seabed mining should be banned in New Zealand as any economic benefits won't outweigh the effects of "environmental vandalism", South Taranaki District Council says.

Many applicants fell short of their hopes for a new fund to boost community grants for Māori in New Plymouth after scant council dollars were doled out evenly between bidders.

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

A former top sports star who represented New Zealand internationally has avoided conviction for assaulting a woman and damaging her property over a three-day period.

A boutique Taranaki beef producer is hoping to cut fresh export deals at a summit for young business leaders in Thailand.

Taranaki police have arrested seven teenagers who are believed to have had a role in a series of assaults, thefts and driving offences in Stratford.

The owner of a New Plymouth dairy feared for his life when three young people - one armed with a knife and another, a hammer - stormed his business at the weekend.

Several Ngāruahine hapū will be in the Court of Appeal with Greenpeace on Tuesday to seek tighter controls on a wind-powered hydrogen plant in South Taranaki.

A Taranaki business is the first in the Southern Hemisphere to make skyr - and they're about to expand across the Tasman.

Parliament has put on hold its consideration of a petition seeking to halt construction of Taranaki's Mt Messenger bypass.

Three prominent council-owned buildings in Stratford have been issued with earthquake-prone building notices.

Forecasters are warning of heavy rain and strong winds across the country this evening and through the weekend.

The arrival of a specialist vessel at Port Taranaki this week marks the beginning of the final phase of decommissioning the abandoned Tui Oil Field. Video

The Environmental Protection Authority is under fire for withholding information about a leak at a suspended oil and gas well-head at Kupe off the coast of Taranaki.

New Plymouth councillors say they are the meat in the sandwich as they puzzle how to deal with a dispute between two iwi.

Super Rugby returns to Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth tomorrow for the first time since 2017.