Robin Martin

A tour of a business treating oil and gas drilling waste in Taranaki meant to soothe neighbours concerns about foul smells and environmental damage has ended up reinforcing their worst fears.

Green School chief executive Chris Edwards says the school applied for the funding in good faith. It's been "misrepresented", its reputation tarnished and turned into a political football, he says.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins is distancing himself from an $11.7 million boost for a Taranaki private school after the National Party panned the taxpayer funding as "rank hypocrisy".

Taranaki teachers are fuming at a government decision to fund an $11.7 million expansion project at the privately-run Green School in Ōākura.

Associate minister of finance James Shaw says the project will "secure" 200 construction jobs and expand the school's roll to a level at which it would contribute $43m a year to the local economy.

A High Court appeal against the Mt Messenger bypass project in Taranaki has been told that a hapū group at the heart of the case does not exist.

A small group of protesters picketed the High Court in New Plymouth this morning in support of an appeal against the $200 million Mt Messenger bypass roading project.

About 80 percent of the surf breaks in California could be gone by the end of the century according to research into rising sea levels.

A small group of activists have held a "vigil" and picketed the offices of Port Taranaki in protest at the live export of dairy cows to China.

The land that a controversial chemical plant in New Plymouth is built on should be thoroughly tested for contamination before it is ever used again, according to an expert.

The New Zealand Aged Care Association has reiterated its 600 rest homes are still operating at Covid-19 alert level 4, despite that being out of sync with Ministry of Health advice and the actions of…

The return of land is a key element of a proposed settlement between Ngāti Maru - the only Taranaki iwi yet to settle - and the Crown.

Forty-four border-facing workers and contractors at Port Taranaki have been tested for Covid-19 over the past week, but the Taranaki DHB can't provide the number of tests carried out since March.

Taranaki's largest iwi, Te Atiawa, is pushing ahead with plans to become the pre-eminent property developer in its rohe.

The Taranaki Mayoral Forum and the Taranaki Iwi Chairs' Forum say it's their collective view "we must create a Taranaki bubble to protect our people and our economy".

A tender for underwater inspection services at the abandoned oil field off the coast of Taranaki has shed light on the dubious state of its subsea infrastructure.

New Zealand finds itself "in the eye of a Covid-19 storm" and more testing is required to discover if there has been undetected transmission in the community, Taranaki Medical Officer of Health…

A Taranaki farmer has been described as "highly reckless" and lambasted for killing fish and "destroying the ecosystem" of a stream on the boundary of Egmont National Park.

New Plymouth households are being asked to fork out as much as $850 a year in extra rates in a 'Let's Smash It' option to solve the city's water woes.

The Ministry of Health has provided 4062 health checks to people who lived or went to school within 1200 metres of a controversial chemical plant in New Plymouth.

The closure of New Zealand's borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic has forced criminals to rethink supply lines for hard drugs, says a sociologist and organised crime expert.

The largest wind turbines ever erected in New Zealand are beginning to appear on the South Taranaki landscape between Waverley and Patea.

Agrochemical company Corteva is considering closing its controversial Paritutu manufacturing plant in New Plymouth at the cost of 35 jobs, a move welcomed by some locals.

An infection prevention and control expert says in a perfect world a dedicated team of nurses would be caring for people in Covid-19 managed isolation and quarantine facilities.

Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern has swept through Taranaki today to launch the new energy centre and announce $48m for infrastructure.