Taranaki

A person died in a crash in central New Plymouth early this morning.

A 79-year-old has designed an e-bike wheelchair to overcome the monster effort of pushing his wife up the hilly terrain along New Plymouth's coastal walkway. Audio

One person has died following a two vehicle crash at a State Highway 3 intersection in Taranaki.

Police have charged a man with the murder of Emma Field, who died in a house fire in New Plymouth in May.

Neil Holdom is refusing to declare if he will seek a third mayoral term, fuelling speculation he is after a three waters' job.

Taranaki's top public health doctor says the smells coming from an industrial composting works do not have to be toxic to impact on neighbours' health.

Robin Killeen, 74, died in December 2019 after he climbed into a bin lifting machine to clean it and became trapped.

A former New Plymouth mayor has criticised the council for lack of transparency about why its chief executive is absent from his post.

Levels of E coli bacteria have increased at 70 percent of monitored freshwater sites in Taranaki over the past 10 years.

The decision to introduce a targeted rate to help repair roads damaged by logging trucks is winning few friends in Taranaki.

Elijah Pue Pue said his campaign would focus on economic development, the climate emergency and removing red tape to boost housing and community wellbeing.

The chief executive of the New Plymouth District Council is on leave following a secret emergency meeting held last week.

Taranaki artists will be a feature of the first-ever TSB Festival of the Lights Winter Pop-up event which opens in New Plymouth tonight.

A new traffic-light controlled pedestrian crossing in Taranaki is being described as a monument to a failed funding model.

A 90-year-old collection of hand-carved wooden taonga will now be protected thanks to a new roof on Owae marae's wharenui.

A range of Māori land will be free from rates in New Plymouth if district councillors approve a revamp of the current rules.

Iwi will have equal say with the Crown in managing Taranaki Maunga and the national park, as part of redress for the confiscation of the mountain.

When former Herald illustrations editor Rob Tucker put out a call for photos to auction for charity, photographers around the country responded with a stunning array of images which will be sold off…