Water poured through the roof at the Omahanui Private Hospital in New Plymouth and left the wheelchair bay in tatters.

A hotel worker was awarded over $5000 for being unfairly dismissed after falling asleep during her shift.

A pair of tourists had a lucky escape after their campervan had its side ripped open in a collision caused by wandering cattle.

The interior design is a questionable combination of pea soup green and floral. And don't expect to be able to lounge around in a robe, because there aren't any.

There's more to this town than pretty parks and coastal walks, writes Susan Strongman.

Eight months after HSBC Holdings unveiled a $100 billion bet on Asia, crashing commodity prices and a slowing Chinese economy are checking Stuart Gulliver's ambitions.

A paraglider pilot injured after crashing into rocks at a New Plymouth beach remains in a stable condition in hospital.

A self-confessed porn addict who recorded people as they went to the toilet in New Plymouth, can now be named.

Stephen and Maureen Doy got a shock when they checked out their favourite whitebait possie in readiness for the opening of the season later this month.

A man is dead after he was thrown from an inflatable boat on the Waitara River mouth in Taranaki earlier today.

A Stratford man who admitted to killing his mother will spend at least 16 years in jail.

A bitter saga that has lasted more than four decades, cost about $20 million and divided a city will reach some kind of climax in New Plymouth over the weekend.

A real estate agent rented a house to a colleague at a discounted rate and paid the difference so he could use its garage for storage - without the owners' knowledge.

A young New Plymouth man was left “speechless” after discovering a section of Pohutakawa tree had fallen on onto his new car.

A police response to an aggravated burglary in which a man died after he was Tasered, shot and beaten has been labelled "unplanned and uncoordinated".

Firefighters are working to control a blaze at a hay shed in New Plymouth this morning.

One person is dead after a car collided with an Intercity bus at Awakino in Taranaki today.

A New Plymouth bed and breakfast owner has been ordered to stop filming his neighbour and pay $7000 compensation by the Human Rights Tribunal.

NZ First leader Winston Peters has warned "separatism is coming to a council near you" .

A rest home company and an inexperienced graduate nurse have been faulted over the death of an elderly woman from dehydration and other disorders.