Taranaki

A bill to ban deep sea mining - promted by an application to mine the sea floor near Patea - has received strong opposition in Parliament, failing a vote for a first reading. Video

A protest against rates rises is causing a stink in Stratford after a disgruntled ratepayer dumped the rotting corpse of a goat at the council's front door.

Two houses have been left with roof damage after a tornado swept through south Taranaki in the early morning.

Work to extend New Plymouth's award-winning Coastal Walkway to Waitara will begin later this year despite its cost ballooning to $39 million - $11m more than what was budgeted for.

Police are still searching for the man who used hammers to smash windows and displays of a Michael Hill store.

MetService is warning of more 'intense bursts' of rain, high winds and thunderstorms across much of the country, ahead of a cool change later in the week. Audio

Evacuations are being carried out in Tasman after a stream breached its banks, with orange heavy rain warnings in place there, in Nelson, Marlborough, Northland, Taranaki and Westland. Audio

Onaero Bay campground bach owners have been invited to meet their local iwi after complaining they were ignored in planning for a revamp of the Taranaki beachfront reserve.

Streams and rivers are rising and flooding has been reported in North Taranaki, Civil Defence says. Audio

New Zealand needs to take a leaf out of Australia's book and tighten up vaping regulations, New Plymouth mayor Neil Holdom says.

Two doctors expecting a baby in August have been caught up in national security checks and face having to decide whether to emigrate.

Taranaki's most ardent royalist will be sitting up with a cup of tea and her family for the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday.

The developers of a proposed offshore windfarm in the South Taranaki Bight say it will create hundreds of jobs and require the building of a new port at Patea.

Melissa and Aaron Jacobson are trying to live as sustainably as possible on their small property perching ontop a hill outside of Eltham, Taranaki and plan to turn their way of life into a full-time…

A Taranaki woman says Immigration NZ's handling of an application for a visa has soured what should have been the trip of a lifetime.

New Plymouth Mayor Neil Holdom said it had a fantastic return on investment.

A tramper has been struck and killed by a falling boulder on Taranaki Maunga.

A man who suffered burns as he was blown across a dancefloor claims the psychological scars contributed to his eventual dealing of meth in record amounts.

Lobby group Save Our Rail says their meetings in the South Island about restoring passenger services shows there is a lot of community demand.