Waitara
Residents fearful about East Beach erosion
Residents of a Taranaki beach settlement say their homes will be swept into the sea unless something is done about erosion at East Beach in Waitara. Video, Audio
Land offer after iwi deal labelled racist
A proposed local bill designed to allow leasees to freehold the land under their homes is racist, a leaseholders' representative says.
Developer's name for new subdivision trumps hapū's
Local hapū are crying foul after being left out of the process that gave a Taranaki property developer the right to name his subdivision after members of his family.
Waitara River three head to court
Three environmentalists facing a hefty bill for an independent consents hearing have told a court they were acting as part of a group, not as individuals.
Trust wants Maori land 'squatters' evicted
A Taranaki trust has begun legal action to have a group, including a long-standing Black Power member, removed from Maori land in Waitara.
Waitara leaseholders 'running out of time'
The owner of a leasehold property on land confiscated from Te Atiawa following the Taranaki Land Wars is worried he won't live to see it made freehold.
Te Kohatu Hangi - John Stevens
John Stevens from Waitara has a problem many other business people would be envious of. He's having trouble meeting the worldwide demand for his invention, the Te Kohatu Hangi cooker. Audio
Cat up a tree - again!
Moggles the 4 month old stray kitten spent at least a week up a 10-metre Phoenix palm in Waitara and nothing could coax it down. The North Taranaki SPCA tried a ladder and food, but the little grey… Audio
