Taranaki

Taranaki District Health Board is urging rural communites to be on the alert for bacteria carried in by cattle that can be passed on to humans.

The Taranaki Medical Officer of Health says research showing only one in five public parks in the region had a water drinking fountain was a shock to him.

A man has died after the tractor he was driving rolled on a Taranaki farm.

Port Taranaki's $12 million new tug Kīnaki has been welcomed with a traditional water salute in New Plymouth.

Two North Island iwi are standing together in opposition to a seabed mining exploration near a marine mammal sanctuary off the Taranaki coast.

The government has continued its charm offensive in Taranaki following its decision not to issue any new offshore oil and gas exploration permits.

The Conservation Minister says if it were up to her, a seabed mining exploration permit would not have been approved off the Taranaki coast.

Two Taranaki dairy farms have been fined almost $100,000 for allowing untreated effluent to flow into waterways.

Scott Donaldson has journeyed through six metre swells, sharks and lightning to become the first kayaker to complete a solo crossing of the Tasman Sea.

A tiny town in South Taranaki is still coming to terms with losing four of its residents in a head-on collision.

Police have confirmed a newborn baby was among the six victims of a head-on crash on SH3 north of Waverley this morning.

South Taranaki mayor Ross Dunlop says the cost of a six-year legal battle to fluoridate water supplies in Pātea and Waverley has been a big imposition on a small rural council.