Robin Martin

Three Taranaki police officers have been charged with manslaughter, following the death of a 55-year-old man while he was in custody in Hawera last year.

RNZ's Taranaki reporter, Robin Martin, spoke… Audio

A short phasing traffic light at road works is being blamed for causing hundreds of holidaymakers to get caught in gridlocked traffic in the Awakino Gorge in Taranaki yesterday.

But the Transport… Audio

Covid-19 is putting further pressure on some cities already struggling with squeezed rental property markets.

New Plymouth is experiencing unprecedented demand from prospective tenants In Whanganui… Audio

Farmers in parched regions of the country say the recent rainfall is a small reprieve -- but it's no drought-breaker. The hardest hit areas of Northland, Auckland, Hawkes Bay and North Canterbury got… Audio

A man shot and killed in Waitara on Tuesday was still in the driver's seat of a stationary vehicle when he was fatally wounded.

Police say he was attempting to get out of the stolen car and had a… Audio

Police cannot say how many shots were fired in a fatal shooting at Waitara yesterday, or whether the man who was killed used his firearm.

A man was shot by police yesterday afternoon when they… Audio

The police are still on the scene where they shot a man dead yesterday, north of New Plymouth near Waitara.

Initial reports say the man was shot after first pointing his gun towards officers.

The… Audio

Barbers clippers have been running hot and gyms pumping as the country swings into alert level 2, but it's clear some businesses are still waiting for their precious customers to return.

RNZ Taranaki… Audio

It's the first morning of Alert Level 2 after nearly seven weeks of strict lockdown protocols in New Zealand.

This means most people can go back to work with almost all businesses except for bars… Audio

Renovations on a heritage building in New Plymouth have set tongues wagging after they revealed signage dating back to when the city only had four-digit phone numbers.

Stories have emerged about a… Video, Audio

An Australian woman says her attempt to get an exemption to the New Zealand travel ban so she could visit her dying mother has left her feeling distraught and disrespected.

The Sydney resident… Audio

A Hawke's Bay farmer says the government's latest drought relief package - a $500,000 fund for advisory services - is a 'drop in the ocean' and will not go far to alleviating struggling farmers'… Audio

It's been a week since we moved into Alert Level 3, but retailers and small outlets say the restricted move back into economic activity is doing very little to help their prospects of recovery.

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The dairy industry wants New Zealanders to fall back in love with life on the farm.

With Covid-19 meaning the migrant workforce isn't available, it's predicted the sector will need to fill 1000 jobs… Audio

A Taranaki business owner is warning leaseholders to read the fine print of their contracts after being asked to pay his rent in full despite a clause in his lease allowing for a rent cut if he… Audio

New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Audio

A New Zealand media expert says this country should waste no time in following an Australian decision to draw up a mandatory code forcing Facebook and Google to pay for content generated by… Audio

Can't remember the last time you let your hair down and threw that Bruce Springsteen album on the stereo or pulled out the latest grime release and gave the neighbours a lesson in contemporary dance… Audio

It's the first morning of New Zealand's four week lockdown in which our number one job is to stay at home to stop the spread of Covid-19.

If the message has got through there should be no one on the… Audio

Organisers of the Womad festival in Taranaki this weekend are asking ticketholders who feel unwell to stay home as part of their plans to mitigate the affects of the Covid 19 virus.

They insist that… Audio