It has been a Labour Weekend with a difference for one mother - who unexpectedly gave birth on a Taranaki roadside.

A Dutch tramper who had been stranded on Mt Taranaki for two days by heavy snow has been plucked to safety.

The potential environmental impacts of controversial off-shore mining will be investigated in a new multi-million dollar study.

Changes undermine value of national bowel screening programme, expert says.

A woman was found dead in a bath at a North Taranaki care facility, police say.

He started as an outside chance, but Neil Holdom's strong campaign won him the New Plymouth mayoralty by 500 votes. Made with funding from NZ on Air

He started as an outside chance, but Neil Holdom’s strong campaign won him the New Plymouth mayoralty by 500 votes. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Reuben Paterson's work Ki te Aroha e Ipo goes under the hammer tonight to raise money for the Taranaki Women's refuge.

Couple reunited after they "missed and missed and then finally we didn't miss".

State Highway 3, south of Mokau, is on track to be re-opened tomorrow afternoon following a major slip.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

Motorists say lack of information about closed roads around Taranaki added more than six hours to their journey.

Michelle Kennard was raring to vote in Taranaki elections - unfortunately she was sent information on Northland candidates.

Seabed mining is back in the spotlight as Trans Tasman Resources submits second application for consent to mine off the South Taranaki coast.

A hikoi plans to deliver a 5000-signature petition to MPs calling for a moratorium on all seabed mining in New Zealand.

Seabed mining is back in the spotlight as Trans Tasman Resources submits second application for consent to mine off the South Taranaki coast.

A group of tourists caught up in an avalanche on Mt Taranaki are recovering after their ordeal yesterday.

The trio of tourists rescued from Mt Taranaki were caught in a flurry of snow ice and rock - just as they were about to be winched off the mountain.

The search for a missing 18-year-old man whose boat flipped off the coast of Taranaki is now a recovery operation. A police spokeswoman

The search for a missing 18-year-old off the coast of New Plymouth will resume at 7am.

Searchers scour the water for a man is missing off the Taranaki coast after a small boat capsized this morning.

Two people are injured after their car clipped a milk tanker just south of Taranaki.

Maori pop phenomenon Poi E is sung with gusto and abiding love at the close of the Patea Maori Club night every Monday night. For

Shot man flown to Waikato with serious leg injury.

The motorcyclist died at the scene atf Opunake Rd between Hastings Rd and Palmer Rd near Stratford.

A Taranaki nurse who spent 10 years in a US prison for aggravated robbery - then lied about it to the NZ Nursing Council - has had his practising licence cancelled.

Torrential rain had flooded a section of a Wellington highway and more severe weather is expected to come this afternoon.

Education futurist Frances Valintine fears New Zealand risks being left behind in the global digital revolution.

Who We Are: David Fisher and videographer Mark Mitchell visit Parihaka in their search for what it means to be Kiwi in 2016.

A mid-winter mission in a muscle car is just the ticket, writes Alanah Eriksen.