Taranaki

Several close contacts of the family with Covid-19 in Stratford are symptomatic and are being tested.

Taranaki DHB medical officer of health Dr Jonathan Jarman says the group of Covid-19 cases in Stratford were very reluctant to get tested and have not been using the tracer app. Audio

All six cases are clearly linked and there is also a link to the Auckland outbreak which is being further investigated, the Ministry of Health says.

The Taranaki District Health Board has a Covid 'surge' plan in place that would enable it to cater for nine ventilated ICU patients and up to 60 in-patients.

Descendants of Taranaki are remembering the peaceful resistance carried out by their tūpuna during the invasion of Parihaka 140 years ago.

There has been increased demand for Covid-19 testing in Gisborne after traces of the virus were detected in wastewater samples.

Waste water detection of Covid-19 in Stratford has been confirmed by the Ministry of Health but it is not yet linked to a known case.

The mayor of New Plymouth has found himself at odds with the Taranaki Public Health Unit over modelling of the potential impact of a delta outbreak in the province.

A gully at the base of Mt Taranaki surrounded by dairy farms has been transformed into a food forest nourished by home waste. The family who live here save energy and water by farming on terraces and…

A deal has been done to set up the first managed isolation and quarantine service in Taranaki.

Organisers of the Womad festival in Taranaki say the event next March will be just as fantastic as any other year.

The government needs to get out of the way and let Māori fix lagging Covid-19 vaccination rates, Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says.

Almost 3000 people from across Taranaki got jabs on Super Saturday, but uptake by Māori continues to trail that of the general eligible population.

Māori health providers are close to a Taranaki-wide deal for direct funding from the health ministry, side-stepping the district health board.

It's hoped a dairy farm trial in Taranaki can provide some answers for dairy farmers needing to lower their environmental footprint. Country Life visits the Gibson Farm near Hawera to check out some…

Taranaki sharemilker Kane Brisco has set up an outdoor gym in one of his paddocks to help his mates and neighbours get fit for farming, especially the busy calving season. He says farmers are often…