Robin Martin

Heritage enthusiasts and former residents are horrified vandals are running amok in a historic building in New Plymouth while its future is still up in the air.

The Barrett Street Nurses' Home has… Audio

The Ministry of Health is refusing to correct mistakes in its Paritutu Serum Dioxin study and has instead shut down access to data revealing the errors.

From the 1960s through to 1987, Ivon Watkins… Audio

The New Plymouth Council is spearheading an unusual attempt to draw attention to the nation's pothole-riddled highways.

It has gained approval from Parliament for a poll asking whether the government… Audio

Around the motu : Robin Martin in Taranaki Audio

New Plymouth is about 240 kilometres away from the nearest Fifa Women's World Cup venue. But that hasn't stopped world cup fever gripping the city, especially amongst youngsters in love with the… Video, Audio

Two cultures came together as as the Zambian women's football team was officially welcomed to Aotearoa with a powhiri at Turangawaewae Marae at Ngaruawahia. But even the combination of waiata and… Audio

There were passionate scenes at the New Plymouth council chambers as councillors came under attack for allowing fluoride to be put back in the district's water supply.

Anti-fluoride placards were… Audio

A New Plymouth solo mum, whose three kids are camping out in the living room to avoid their cold, damp and mouldy bedrooms, is dismayed her rental passed a Healthy Homes inspection.

This despite the… Audio

Communal showers, urinals and pitches knee-deep in mud will be a thing of the past for many kiwi footballers. There's been a $20 million investment in 30 sporting facilities around the country ahead… Video, Audio

A New Plymouth emergency housing provider says a council survey asking what can be done about the city's housing crisis feels like a cruel joke.

The council is asking residents for feedback on five… Audio

A former employee of a controversial chemical plant in New Plymouth wonders if the death of his first child from spina bifida was related to his time working there.

The multi-national company Dow is… Audio

The New Plymouth District Council has pushed ahead with an average rates rise of 12.4 percent despite being faced with an at times hostile Civic Centre crowd. Robin also has the latest on what's… Audio

A former employee at a controversial chemical plant in New Plymouth has described working inside a reactor wearing little more than overalls and rubber gloves for protection.

Dow, an American… Audio

It's been Wacky Wednesday at the National Indoor Bowls Championship being played out in New Plymouth this week. And that meant many bowlers ditched the club polo for a cape and tights. Our Taranaki… Video, Audio

The New Plymouth District Council has pushed ahead with an average rates rise of 12.4 percent despite being faced with an - at times - hostile Civic Centre crowd. They were fired up by revelations… Audio

The Taranaki Regional Council is holding its cards close to its chest ahead of an announcement on the rebuild of the East Stand at New Plymouth's Yarrow Stadium.

As construction costs rise around the… Audio

Christopher Luxon hastily added a second session to National's "Get New Zealand Back on Track" roadshow in New Plymouth today as party faithfull spilled out into the car park of the Plymouth Hotel.

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Following a decade-long professional rugby career in France, Mikaera Te Whata didn't join the media, open a sports store or head back to the family farm.

Instead, a love of French cuisine inspired… Audio

Drivers in New Plymouth are crying foul over the council continuing to issue parking tickets in the CBD despite almost half its meters not working properly.

Some machines have crashed completely… Audio

A boutique Taranaki beef producer is hoping to cut fresh export deals at a summit for young business leaders in Thailand this week.

Green Meadows Beef is a family-run operation which farms Angus… Audio