Taranaki

The head of the Covid-19 vaccination rollout says the virus is headed for Taranaki and will have a huge impact on the province.

Official emails reveal the Taranaki District Health Board worried crew members could die and a humanitarian crisis unfold on deep-sea fishing vessels with Covid-19 on board which had contact with the…

Thomas Phillips, who miraculously walked out of the bush with his three children yesterday, apologised to his sister for putting the family through a 17-day ordeal. Audio

There's been a bittersweet reaction to a King Country man and his three children walking out of the bush alive with many asking how could the situation have arisen.

Trans-Tasman Resources has lost its Supreme Court bid to overturn a decision preventing it from mining millions of tonnes of ironsands off the coast of South Taranaki.

New Plymouth's vaccination centre threw out the appointment book and put on breakfast for anyone getting a jab between 7am and 9am.

An initiative to get people vaccinated against Covid-19 in New Plymouth this morning using the lure of a free bacon buttie is being hailed a success.

The revelation after the agency said no roosts or potential roosts of the endangered long-tail bat would be disturbed before the Mt Messenger bypass got the green light.

Taranaki Regional councillors have rejected calls from Māori for two seats at next year's local body elections.

Justice Grace, 21, of Waitara, died in Waikato Hospital on Sunday. He had crashed his car while fleeing police on 9 September.

Horticulture is making a comeback in Taranaki, where avocado and kiwifruit orchards are being planted in numbers not seen since 1988.

Iwi health providers in Taranaki say vaccination clinics solely for Māori are essential to close the gap with non-Māori vaccination rates.

An unprotected sewer pipe crossing the Huatoki River in New Plymouth has had not one - but two close calls with falling trees.

A motorcyclist was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Stratford last night.

There were mixed feelings amongst essential workers finally able to get the Covid-19 immunisation at a mass vaccination event in New Plymouth today.

Working from home during lockdown might free up time for a little DIY or more time with the children, but for other workers its business as usual, or even busier than ever.

A 100-year-old was among those vaccinated against Covid-19 on the remote Taranaki-King Country boundary at Mōkau today.