Liz Light discovers the delights of windy and wave-pounded Taranaki.

Police have named a 19-year-old Taranaki man killed when the car he was driving crashed into trees on Sunday evening.

Anzac Day theft angers war veterans, who see it as an insult to servicemen and their families.

Elizabeth Smither is an acclaimed New Plymouth-based poet, novelist and short story writer. She has recently released The Commonplace Book (AUP, $34.99), a collection of thoughts about writing and the writer's life.

The Easter holiday road toll stands at five after a single-vehicle crash in Taranaki last night.

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turned out at dawn services across the country.

Facial piercings have been approved as part of school uniform at a major New Plymouth high school.

The flatmate of a 25-year-old mother who died in a house fire in Paraparaumu last night has described how she tried to save her.

Police have released images of two men suspected of trying to kidnap a 22-year-old community probation worker.

It's the flags you see first. WOMAD, held annually at Taranaki's beautiful Brooklands Park, is littered with them.

Glenn Anderson opened his campaign at the New Zealand surf lifesaving championships today in familiar fashion.

Here's more to add to your gig diary - though you'd be in a fairly unique demographic if you were after tickets to all of this lot.

Paige Hareb, New Zealand's top woman pro-surfer has joined forces with Subaru of New Zealand in a car deal.

One person has been arrested and four remain on a ship which Greenpeace boarded to prevent it from being unloaded in New Plymouth.