Shandelle Battersby checks into a boutique hotel in the heart of the city.

A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

Primary responsibility for civil defence emergency management at a local level rests with your local council.

At least five homes have been evacuated and a main road has been closed after wild weather struck in the Wellington region.

South Taranaki iwi Nga Rauru feels let down by the Department of Conservation's decision not to submit on a seabed mining application

Here's why the Taranaki capital should be on your New Zealand bucketlist.

A former Taranaki business association treasurer has pleaded guilty to taking $25,000 in cheques for personal use. A plea of guilty

Taranaki residents described a terrifying noise preceding a tremor followed by 30 seconds of shaking.

Squally thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast to hit the North Island overnight, with a severe weather watch in place.

Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.

It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

A group of children from a South Taranaki primary school are appealing to the Pope to intervene in an international kidnapping case involving a very special bear.

It is believed the tractor rolled onto the driver after it collided with a car that was overtaking it.

Welcome to the Hunterville Shemozzle, the race that really puts shepherds to the test-icle! Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Howie Tamati will stand for the Maori Party in Dame Tariana Turia's former seat of Te Tai Hauauru and is hoping his profile will help win the seat back.

A Taranaki couple have been sentenced to nearly three years imprisonment for a horrendous case of neglect towards elderly woman.

The SPCA has condemned new hidden camera footage showing more mistreatment of bobby calves as deeply disturbing and inhumane.

Lonely Planet described the winning region as having a 'deliciously offbeat new gallery' and being home to 'a magnificent hiking trail'.

The standard Kiwi home is earning more than the average worker makes from their job in seven of the country's 12 districts.

It's not just Kevin and Robyn Barrett who are proud of their sons Scott and Jordie joining brother Beauden in the All Blacks' end-of-year

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".

The Kiwi cat that thinks it is a sheep has gone global.