Stop-go murder suspect moves
The prime suspect in the "Stop-Go" slaying of George Taiaroa has left his rural hideaway.
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New Plymouth District Council to set up Maori Ward
New Plymouth District Council has voted in favour of establishing a Maori ward for the 2016 local body elections.
Man jailed eight years for almost decade-long abuse on boys
A man who indecently abused young boys over nearly a decade has narrowly avoided a sentence of preventive detention.
Woman suffers serious injuries following crash
A woman suffered serious injuries when her car crashed down a 30-metre bank and landed in a swamp in South Taranaki.
Taranaki crash leaves two injured
Two people have suffered from moderate injuries after their vehicles crashed on State Highway 3 in Taranaki early this morning.
Kia ora: New Plymouth
Named for Plymouth in England, where many of the early colonial settlers came from. Taranaki is Maori for shining mountain.
Rugby: The day the dream ended
Staring at the changing room floor of Invercargill's Rugby Park, trying to keep the nausea at bay, Shane Cleaver knew the day wasn't going to end well.
Hostage siege shooting 'justified'
The fatal police shooting of a man who barricaded himself into a Taranaki hotel during a 13-hour hostage siege was justified, the police watchdog says.
Road block death: Police seek man
A man seen in the area where a Taranaki grandmother was struck and killed as she tried to remove barriers from a busy highway is being urged to contact police.
Road block death: Culprits told 'man up'
The husband of a Taranaki grandmother killed while trying to remove barriers from a highway has urged those responsible to "man up" and come forward.
Woman dies after road 'stupidly' blocked
A woman was killed on a Taranaki highway after someone "stupidly" blocked a lane by intentionally placing barriers across the road, police say.
Pedestrian dies following crash in South Taranaki
A woman was hit by a car and died on Waihi Rd, Normanby in South Taranaki last night.
Cleaner wrongly fired over 'threat' text
A cleaner who reportedly told her boss she would send someone to him and the visit "wouldn't be nice" if he did not pay her was wrongly fired, the ERA has found.
So close, yet so far for adventurer
Scott Donaldson says he'll be 'irked for a long, long time' after he was rescued from high seas kilometres from completing a 3-month odyssey across the Tasman Sea in a kayak.
Injured Kayaker reunited with wife
Transtasman kayaker Scott Donaldson has been reunited with his wife after being plucked from rough seas off the Taranaki coast this afternoon.
Blue whale washes up
A dead whale that has washed on to the shore of Taranaki is thought to weigh about 100 tonnes and is unlikely to be moved from its final resting spot.
Chaplain bashed saving 'God's money'
A hospital chaplain was assaulted with a box cutter and a stick after telling a man attempting to rob his collection boxes, "You can't take God's money".
Hunt for man who attacked chaplain
Police have released a sketch of a man who allegedly assaulted a hospital chaplain with a box cutter this morning.
School bus collides with car
A bus driver and 10 children have been taken to Hawera Hospital after a school bus and a car collided in south Taranaki this afternoon.
Death on drilling rig unexplained
The death of a 39-year-old at an onshore oil rig in Taranaki today remains unexplained.
Taumarunui: Off the main trunk line
Elisabeth Easther took a quirky rail trip and has been singing the little engines' praises ever since.