Taranaki

The police said it was believed the offender may have had a firearm, "and would prove a danger" if he wasn't stopped quickly.

A fugitive pig known for blocking lanes on Auckland's north-western motorway and evading armed police will be taken to a new home today. Audio

Shortly after they summited at 9.32pm, emergency services received a call to say one had fallen, but the line cut out. Both men were later found dead 300m below their last known position.

A proposal to create $17 million worth of safe walking and cycling routes in New Plymouth is dividing the city.

Workers constructing the Mt Messenger bypass in Taranaki have created a 40-metre work exclusion zone around a nesting kiwi.

Iwi are making a final bid to get the negotiated redress for the confiscation of Taranaki maunga approved and in front of Parliament before the election.

The group behind a potential offshore wind farm in Taranaki has opened an office in Hāwera to help convince locals of the project's value.

The Avalanche Advisory has issued warnings for dangerous conditions in several alpine ranges.

A planned fish and chips run was dropped, with gags about 'Chippy' being in chippy shop put on the backburner. Audio

The organiser of a series of talks about co-governance says he wants to dispel needless fears around the issue.

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.

Te Pati Māori's co-leader says she has no faith in the police investigation into the fatal shooting of Kaoss Price in Taranaki in 2022. Audio

Acting chief executive Gordon Davidson said more customers were banking digitally, and TSB needed to restructure.

The 22-year-old died on State Highway 3 between New Plymouth and Waitara in April 2022.

The care of a Taranaki woman whose baby died during her pregnancy was not up to scratch, according to a report from the deputy health and disability commissioner.

The New Plymouth council's chief executive, who started in March, says council is not delivering some services successfully which required change.

For the first time ever, New Plymouth's council will meet on a marae - and it's a case of "about time", the district's first Māori ward councillor says. Audio

The Ministry of Health is refusing to correct the mistakes, and has instead shut down access to data revealing the errors. Audio

The New Zealand Avalanche Advisory is warning of very dangerous avalanche conditions for Tongariro.

It's spearheading an unusual attempt to draw attention to the nation's pothole-riddled highways.