Police are urging motorists to drive to the conditions after three people died on New Zealand's roads within 11 hours in separate crashes.

A flooring company which sent texts to a competitor trying to fix prices for sanding and polishing services has been handed a formal warning by the Commerce Commission.

Catherine Smith pedals Taranaki's seafront, stopping along the way.

A Taranaki beach hermit's unlawful driftwood home is being dismantled after 16 years of occupation.

A suspected tornado damaged two houses and scattered debris in Taranaki last night.

Residents of a tiny rural community will gather this Tuesday to ponder its status as one of the most intensively drilled places in the country.

As families gather for Christmas, Kerry Lock walks around his house alone after the death of his partner Rosemaree Kurth, gunned down by the boy he called his grandson,

Child Youth and Family has admitted mistakes in its handling of 13-year-old murderer Jordan Nelson following criticism from the teen's step-grandfather.

A 13-year-old murderer jailed for 18 years for murdering his caregiver will need to be treated humanely, a legal expert and youth advocate says.

Investigations are underway into the sudden death of 120 cows on a farm in south Taranaki.

Alcohol doesn't tend to make you see more clearly, but in Denis Duthie's case a bottle of whisky literally saved his sight.

A 13-year-old has pleaded guilty to murdering his caregiver who died almost instantly after being shot at her rural Taranaki house in April.

Kathy Gulliver, owner, Mud Bay Cafe, Urenui, Taranaki.

A fly-walk venture enables Deborah Telford to get close to our native bird.

Both of Taranaki's community rescue helicopter pilots have quit, while a lack of funds for the trust that runs it threatens its future.