Taranaki

The Health and Disability Commissioner's office says a junior Taranaki doctor's competence may need to be reviewed.

A 1.1km cable on 28-metre supports is being set up to transport workers and materials to the remote Mt Messenger Bypass roading project site in Taranaki. Video

While the cost of living has rocketed in recent years, so too has the cost of death. Yet, it's often an afterthought for most New Zealanders.

Master Electricians is warning that young people using a DIY method to recharge disposable vaping devices risk them exploding in their hands.

Up to 7000 punters are expected this weekend at the 10th anniversary of what is now Australasia's largest tattoo festival.

A joint iwi-council bid to build a multipurpose community and sports centre in Manāia is a step closer to reality.

The story of five carved tōtara panels once hidden in a Taranaki swamp before being stolen and taken to New York, Geneva and London is the subject of a new book launched in New Plymouth.

A man who saw a tornado pass close to his home this morning says it's never something you get used to.

A dioxin researcher says a close eye will need to be kept on the global chemicals company's promise to clean up a controversial plant in New Plymouth.

The 45-year-old man had been working in a privately-owned forest block when he died in August 2019.

The South Taranaki man posed as a business owner to fraudulently claim a series of Covid-19 wage subsidy payments.

Māori wards have been only half successful in Taranaki, with voter turnout for the new wards a third lower than overall turnout across the region.

Opponents of the Mt Messenger bypass project in Taranaki are claiming they have bought an old section of state highway they were trespassed from earlier this month.

Police have named the cyclist who died following a crash in the city on Thursday.

New Zealand's largest oil and gas operator, OMV, says it will reduce fossil fuel production by 20 percent by 2030 and cease production for energy use by 2050.

The oil and gas exploration regulator says it was still considering a deal to transfer the Maari oil field from OMV to Jadestone Energy when the companies withdrew their applications.

A consortium of international and local firms have announced plans to build a large offshore wind farm off the south Taranaki coast.

About a half a dozen protesters opposed to the Mt Messenger bypass in North Taranaki remain camped on the side of State Highway 3, after a police operation to remove them failed.

Protesters opposed to the Mt Messenger bypass on State Highway 3 have now been moved off the site by police.