Beautiful sunny day ended in shocking deaths on a highway and community in mourning.

Nivek Madams was surrounded by extended family as she died in Waikato Hospital.

A seventh person has died overnight after the horror crash in Waverley.

The six-year legal battle has come to an end in the Supreme Court.

Suspensions of benefits have fallen by 23 per cent under a new, less punitive approach.

Gang expert says numbers don't paint full picture of gang violence in Central Nth Island.

Holly Reid leaves the rat race and finds yoga and birdsong.

Stranger than fiction -- these quirky tales from Whanganui's bygone era are all true.

Taranaki Civil Defence has shared a video of a tornado near New Plymouth.

Mayor says no reason Whanganui can't host high level rugby

Cat that broke its claws clinging to a car grille for hours set to be reunited with owner.

Tom Bruce gets a chance to play for top English county team.

Fire at a foundry near New Plymouth

A man has been charged after allegedly having his young son drive him while he was drunk.

Big energy player Methanex in trouble under future offshore exploration ban.

The Land Wars had a greater impact on NZ than any of the campaigns we commemorate

Taranaki is making a play to be the first region to rid itself of pest predators.

Waitotara hill country farmer working with new Council erosion scheme

Up to 12 sperm whales have now stranded on a South Taranaki beach.

PM announced Taranaki will host a national summit on the "just transition" to clean energy

Eight sperm whales have died after becoming stranded on a South Taranaki beach.

Kimberlee Frederick Knight Vollmer appeared in New Plymouth District Court on the charges.

Potentially destructive thunderstorms loom over the Marlborough and Auckland regions.

Setting up a support group in her community is just the beginning for Madison Davy.

It's wet and a bit chilly, so rug up and remember to pack a brolly this weekend

Myrtle rust has reached Feilding, Hawera and Palmerston North. Now it's in Whanganui.

NZ has its very own population of the largest animal in the world: the blue whale.

22-year-old Tory Brunning, who died during a game, described as "a star" of the family.

A BBC journalist from Taranaki will be inside Windsor Castle before the wedding next week.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to batter much of the central and upper North Island.