Taranaki

The largest tertiary education provider in Taranaki will not be offering a new suite of art and design courses this year.

Residents at East Beach in Waitara were asked to stay away from their homes last night, ahead of the high tide about midnight.

New Plymouth has done a flip-flop on its open-door freedom camping policy, and apologised for an influx of campers at the popular Waiwhakaiho river mouth.

Hundreds turned up to a public meeting to vent their frustration over the proposed carve up of the Fitzroy Golf Club in New Plymouth.

An historic plough which served as a symbol of pacifism at Parihaka - a Māori village of about 2000 people that was violently sacked by the British - is being restored for the first time.

Fears are growing for the wellbeing of South Taranaki farmers as drought conditions continue into the traditionally driest part of the summer.

A Taranaki school has scrapped voluntary fees and donations in a bid to help struggling families.

A decision to throw the doors open to freedom campers in New Plymouth has backfired and is putting a popular reserve and surf spot under pressure, residents say.

The drought affecting farmers in Taranaki, Manawatu-Whanganui and Wellington has been classified as a medium-scale adverse affect by the government.

The town in the North Island is enjoying a tourism boom after the travel bible Lonely Planet named it the second best region in the world to visit in 2017.

Power company Contact Energy is selling its gas storage facility in Taranaki to Gas Services New Zealand for $200 million.

Taranaki's largest tertiary education provider is cutting six courses and making at least four staff redundant as it grapples with a $2.4 million deficit.