A funeral was due to be held for the baby girl that died in Hawera in unexplained circumstances on Tuesday.

A former employee of a kindergarten in Hawera has been awarded $2000 in compensation after she was accused of showing up for work stoned.

A man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife and business partner more than $100,000 after their relationship ended and she was sacked.

A bomb disposal team has been called to Hawera after a suspicious package was found outside the front door of the local police station.

A woman out jogging was killed by a car thought to be overtaking in Taranaki yesterday evening.

A group of protesters forced the Hawera District Court to abandon proceedings temporarily this morning.

New Zealand will host July's Davis Cup tennis tie with the Philippines at Hawera in the Taranaki.

Methane gas has long been identified as a potential problem for the Pike River Coal mine, as rescuers scramble to find up to 27 missing miners.

Tim Finn gets his first starring role in a movie with Predicament - and he writes the theme tune too, which, by the sounds, was no easy task considering he had to get that word into a song.

New local feature Predicament has quite a music and comedy pedigree in its cast. But its literary history, and its connections to past Kiwi films, could prove just as much of a drawcard. Scott Kara reports.