Taranaki

Opunake farmer Andy Whitehead milks eight different breeds of cattle. Lakenvelders are his favourite. They hail from the Netherlands and are easy to spot in the dark.

Security officers have begun to dismantle a 'history of oil museum' erected by protesters in the entrance of OMV's New Plymouth headquarters.

Staff at the New Zealand headquarters of oil and gas company OMV have been forced to stay home today after protesters blockaded its offices this morning.

Trusts set up more than 50 years ago by two Taranaki farmers have helped thousands of young people further their careers in agriculture and veterinary science. Profits from two dairy farms boost the…

Increasing log traffic and poor stormwater management have been blamed for Port Taranaki flunking its latest environmental monitoring report.

An Anzac project at a rural school in Taranaki has resulted in two soldiers killed in WWI finally being acknowledged on the village war memorial for their sacrifice.

Kevin Ronald Bishell has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for causing the death of teenager Olivia Keightley-Trigg in a head on crash last year.

A Taranaki mother wept as she told a court about witnessing the end of her daughter's life in a head-on crash on State Highway 3 last year.

Dozens of high school students in Taranaki are on the road to employment after completing a driving-skills programme with a stunt driver among its trainers.

The organisers of the Taranaki Gun Show are furious after being banned from advertising in their local paper, and they say displays include guns the nation's forefathers took to war.

A dawn service has been held at Te Kohia Pa on the outskirts of Waitara this morning in recognition of it being the place where the first shots of the New Zealand land wars were fired in 1860.