The employers of a Taranaki forestry worker who died after an 800kg log fell on him have been ordered to pay more than $97,000 in reparation to his widow.

A 50-year-old Taranaki man is in a critical condition after a suspected stabbing.

Police believe it's possible Tahlia Anderson, of Hawera, is in the Hamilton or Auckland areas.

A truck carrying up to 2000 litres of human poo has rolled and landed on train tracks in Taranaki.

The man who died after a motorcycle crash in Taranaki has been identified.

One person has died after a car ploughed into a tree earlier this afternoon.

A climber who was hit by falling rocks on Mt Taranaki has been airlifted to hospital after the third incident on the mountain this weekend.

Simon Kay relishes the fact that he is finally a welcome guest at an iconic hotel.

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

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

A kayaker has been winched to safety after his craft capsized off the northern Taranaki coast.

A kayaker was winched to safety in Taranaki this morning after he capsized and could not get back in to shore.

A trip around Mt Taranaki is a magical experience.

Elisabeth Easther gets down to the disco beat of 'Poi E' with the Patea Maori Club.

An alleged sexual predator was arrested in Taranaki today by police working on historic crimes dating back to 1993.

Bystanders managed to lift the ute off the woman by the time emergency services arrived but her life was unable to be saved.

How did the 19th century murder of a vivacious young Englishwoman affect the invasion of a Maori pacifist settlement one year later?

In Taranaki, Elisabeth Easther finds a town with a playful history.

Wild weather has swept across the North Island causing flooding in Taranaki and forcing one Auckland family to evacuate their home.

Fonterra says it sets itself high environmental standards despite being fined $362,000 in two separate prosecutions for Resource Management Act breaches.

Dave Haskell's chance viewing of a fishing show may have been the difference between life and death.

A man who drowned after being thrown from a boat on the Waitara River mouth in Taranaki yesterday has been named by police.

A brave Taranaki dairy owner is refusing to shut up shop despite being assaulted and robbed for the second time in a year.

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 woman and her 12-year-old daughter had been tramping in the Poukai Ranges, near Mount Taranaki, when they became stuck due to icy conditions.

Heavy rain is expected to drench the South Island tomorrow and then make its way up the country - possibly hitting the Whanganui and Taranaki region hard.

The driver of a truck has been pulled out of the cab uninjured after colliding with a train.

Two decades after police witness Christopher Crean was shot dead at his New Plymouth home, the gang boss who ordered his murder is to be released.

Between 20 and 25 families remain stranded on their South Taranaki farms, while many roads remain closed throughout flood damaged areas.

Red Cross is launching an appeal to help those affected by the weekend's floods - a disaster the organisation has labelled the worst to strike New Zealand since the Canterbury earthquakes.