Indonesia's erupting Mt Agung holds lessons for preparing for the next big blow here.

New Plymouth police credit pair with rescuing a man from his burning car last night.

Texas oil giant Anadarko is pulling out of New Zealand as exploration hits the doldrums

A second round of thunderstorms are brewing after yesterday's downpours

Susan Mouat is appealing her sentence of home detention for killing her husband.

A man who drowned was convicted of manslaughter in August after incident in 2015.

A boat capsized off Taranaki overnight.

Reg Korau failed to disclose driving convictions and drove school van for personal use.

A Taranaki couple are living the dream - and they owe much of it to a famous artist.

Susan Mouat is appealing her 11-month home detention sentence for manslaughter.

Walking 400km against seabed mining. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Walking 400km against seabed mining. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Angelika Loukas had come to New Zealand in May to work as an au pair.

Traffic is being diverted after a serious crash involving a cyclist in Taranaki.

Woman killed after a crash in Taranaki was Canadian national Angelika Melisa Loukas.

Taranaki couple jailed for the ill-treatment of elderly woman released from prison.

Emma Warren, 7, was killed in a crash while riding her bike home from school last month.

A woman is critical and a man seriously hurt after a car drove off a cliff this morning.

A front is bringing wet weather to several parts of the country tomorrow.

Taranaki programme tailored for obese kids has delivered some promising results.

Police are seeking to locate 20-year-old Taiko Cribb, from Stratford.

Certain facts about police prosecution of Philip Kinraid remain suppressed.

A polytech whistleblower has been ordered to pay her former employer $5700 in legal costs.

Workers in one part of New Zealand earn $100 a week more than they did last year.

Man who illegally built home on Maori land ignores council's plea for him to leave.

Police called after teens smash bottles, crash 18th birthday party.

Richard Ebbett, who lost his life in Ruapehu's crater lake, saved a drowning girl in 2001.

A man has been arrested and charged after a violent home invasion in South Taranaki.

Emma Warren, 8, was killed just eight months after her big brother died suddenly.

A Givealittle page has been launched for the family of Inglewood crash victim Emma Warren.