Taranaki

Dinnie Moeahu, who has expressed reservations about the introduction of water meters, says he is not surprised they are the least popular proposal in the draft long-term plan.

An aquifer in coastal Taranaki cannot be used to boost water supplies at Okato because it has been contaminated with an agricultural chemical and could be considered a risk to human health.

New Plymouth Mayor Neil Holdom has joined the chorus of local-body politicians bemoaning Waka Kotahi's commitment to delivering road safety projects.

New Plymouth District Council is ditching its support for a Remediation NZ, which has stockpiled 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste at its Uruti site.

Six kiwi have been released onto the Kaitake range in Te Papakura o Taranaki / Egmont National Park, where the call of our national bird has been absent for decades.

A hotel management school is housing about 50 people - including children - for the Ministry of Social Development.

After a hearing today, the council voted to create a Māori ward in time for the local body elections in 2022.

One of Taranaki's big industrial players, Methanex, has confirmed 75 jobs will be lost after its decision to close one of its plants.

Ever wondered how you'd escape from a helicopter which has crash landed in water? Strapped in, submerged, and most likely upside down, you don't have much time to think.

From a population of just 300 breeding pairs in the late 1990s, the North Island kōkako now boasts 2000 pairs.

A Taranaki composting business has been told its understanding of how to legally manage fresh water is at the very least, unusual.

New Plymouth is suggesting a lack of submissions on its draft long-term plan must mean ratepayers "are fine" about a decade of huge rates hikes.

A Taranaki composting business at the centre of a consents renewal wrangle is sitting on a 20,000 tonne pile of contaminated waste that could take up to 40 years to safely break down.

The Education Ministry has started consultation on a shake-up of enrolment schemes covering more than 8300 children at 10 schools in Mt Maunganui and Papamoa.

In a scathing Environment Court decision, the EPA has been ordered to pay $110,000 to an oil and gas company it prevented from disconnecting a floating production station off the coast of Taranaki.

The discovery of a partially-collapsed stormwater culvert underneath the only rail link into Port Taranaki is not unexpected but an example of a "nasty surprise", New Plymouth's mayor says.

The return of professional rugby to Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth has been delayed until 2022.

The Taranaki Regional Council has no regrets about taking prosecutions that resulted in $600,000 in fines being dished out in the Environment Court this week.

A battle for hearts and minds is underway in Taranaki between lovers of gas-guzzling classic American cars and the utilitarian electric-powered new kids on the block.