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.

A man who died after his car crashed into a stream in Taranaki this morning has been identified.

Take an extended break and explore this art- and culture-centric part of the North Island.

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.

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.

A person has been found dead in a house fire in Taranaki.

A person's body was found after a fierce house fire in Taranaki last night.

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.

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.

The state of emergency has remained in place for Whanganui and Taranaki three days after flooding caused evacuations, slips, road closures and power cuts.

A Taranaki grandmother says she was shoved to the ground and handcuffed by police after she objected to being evacuated due to flooding.

Millions of dollars in Government relief will be pumped into the flood-ravaged lower North Island, as authorities warn it could take weeks to clean up.