Taranaki

A tornado has damaged a number of houses in Awakino, north of New Plymouth.

It's been a 10-year struggle for recognition of Māori burial grounds in the Taranaki region, a local kaumatua says.

The Taranaki District Health Board has backed down on a proposal to limit access to the emergency department at Hāwera Hospital after hundreds of locals came out against the idea.

Visitor numbers at the Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth has more than halved a year after a controversial door charge was introduced for out-of-towners.

The only underground lift in the southern hemisphere, the hand-dug Durie Hill Elevator, is celebrating its centenary in Whanganui this week.

Repairs on New Plymouth's District Council building have attracted criticism after ballooning from $1 million to more than $3 million.

A North Taranaki hapu says the proposed coastal plan for the region takes an "open slather, do want you want" approach to protecting reefs traditionally used for gathering kaimoana.

The latest report into the health of Taranaki streams and rivers indicates freshwater quality is improving across the province, but not everyone is convinced by the data.

Five hundred thousand beef patties are made for McDonalds each day in New Zealand. Country Life joins farmers on a tour to see how meat they provide ends up in burgers.

A 27-year-old man is facing wilful damage charges following an Armed Offenders call out in Hawera today.

Jo Watson was homesick so she opened a quirky tea room in the middle of her home in rural Taranaki. There are crocheted blankets for knees, knitting needles to pick up, eight types of scones and crazy…

Two buildings have been damaged by strong winds in Taranaki.

Name suppression has lapsed for a former Taranaki pastor facing indecent assault charges.

The first study of little blue penguin in North Taranaki is being credited with giving the at-risk bird a better chance of survival in the region.

Two years to the day after her eldest child died in a suspected suicide a New Plymouth woman has been jailed on charges of neglect, cruelty and violence against her children.

Final plans for the strengthening and redevelopment of Taranaki Cathedral in New Plymouth - which include an education centre focusing on its role in the Taranaki land wars - have been revealed.