Taranaki
New Plymouth medical centres turning new patients away
The nationwide shortage of GPs is hitting hard in New Plymouth, with not a single practice in the city taking on new patients.
An exciting mystery: Kākā makes return to 'dead zone'
It has been decades since the distinctive calls of the cheeky native parrot have been heard in New Plymouth, but the bird is back. Audio
'Her nerves are shattered': Mother forced to use hotels to get a break from neighbours
An elderly mother feels unsafe in her own home because of problems with the Kāinga Ora tenants next door, which began about three years ago.
Exploring the 'good, bad and the ugly' of Taranaki heritage
The first Taranaki Heritage Month is being praised for being brave enough to tackle darker elements of the province's colonial history.
Fears of 'a bad heritage outcome' if historic nurses home not restored
Heritage Taranaki is calling for the government to step in and save the historic Barrett St Nurses Home in New Plymouth.
Taranaki hospitals' EDs swamped with patients
Te Whatu Ora is warning the wait time for non-serious conditions could be up to four hours at Taranaki hospital EDs.
'A big global brew': Acts announced for Womad 2023
It's been a while since major international festivals were on the calendar, however, Womad will be back in 2023 after a two-year gap. Audio
Not just MPs in the big grey box
Parliament looks like a big old gray box for keeping MPs in, but there are many more folk including many visitors and tourists. Say, a group of students from Taranaki. Video, Audio
Surfer 'Johnny on spot' in rescue of paddleboarder with broken pelvis
A surfer who rescued a paddleboarder with a broken pelvis says he was in a lot of pain and would have struggled to get ashore by himself. Audio
Taranaki family's lucky escape as car caught in huge slip
A Taranaki family making a last-minute dash to see a dying relative are lucky to be alive after their car was caught in a massive slip near Urenui on State Highway 3.
Rex Wade was driving family… Audio
Family lucky to be alive after being caught in slip, but miss seeing dying relative
A Taranaki family making a last-minute dash to see a dying relative say they are lucky to be alive after their car was caught in a massive slip near Urenui on State Highway 3.
New Plymouth mayor fears site may harbour a 'cocktail of chemicals'
There needs to be independent oversight of multi-national agrichemical company Corteva's promised testing of its controversial Paritutu site in New Plymouth, mayor Neil Holdom says.
25 Years of Country Life - Pig Passion
Pig hunting competitions are seen as a good community fundraiser and they're particularly popular just before lambing because it reduces pig numbers, stopping them preying on newborn lambs. The… Audio
Taranaki Retreat marks fifth anniversary
Not long after completing a mental health qualification a New Plymouth barber realised the perfect place to use his new skills was at his barber's chair.
Case against man accused of burning down a DOC hut dismissed
A judge has thrown out a case against a homeless man, saying he has already spent too long in prison.
Te reo advocate Hana Te Hemara celebrated in mural
A five-storey mural of te reo advocate Hana Te Hemara will be unveiled in Ngāmotu / New Plymouth this week as part of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition to…
Two arrested as police remove Mt Messenger occupiers
A month-long occupation of the Mt Messenger bypass site on State Highway 3 in Taranaki has come to an end this afternoon, as police removed protesters and made two arrests.
Ngāti Maru call to come home for Treaty apology
The call has gone out for whānau to come home and celebrate the final Treaty of Waitangi iwi settlement in Taranaki.
Poo bug makes 80 percent of Taranaki rivers unswimmable
Ongoing contamination by a faecal bug has left just a fifth of Taranaki rivers clean enough to swim in, according to a new assessment for Taranaki Regional Council.
Pātea marks 40 years since freezing works closed
Commemorations being held this weekend to mark the 40th anniversary of the Pātea freezing works closing will be bittersweet for former workers attending.
