A country music singer was killed when his car was sliced in two by a double-decker truck yesterday.

One person is dead after a crash involving a truck and a car on State Highway 3 south of Uruti this morning.

Apparently, rocking horses around New Zealand have been gradually culled from playgrounds in recent years.

Residents worry big bakery's receivership will cost them jobs and a local identity.

Te Ururoa Flavell was the catalyst for Hone Harawira's sacking from the Maori Party. Chris Barton talks to the hammerhead from Waiariki

Liz Light takes a walk up Mt Taranaki.

Budget documents reveal a power cable to the Kupe gas and oil field has failed and is the subject of a $95 million insurance claim.

A freak series of events has seen a Taranaki farmer lose a cow, but save his milking shed from fire.

A Taranaki family have been told to move their 100-year-old driveway after the Department of Conservation found it runs across 160-year-old Maori warrior graves.

Liz Light discovers the delights of windy and wave-pounded Taranaki.

Police have named a 19-year-old Taranaki man killed when the car he was driving crashed into trees on Sunday evening.

Anzac Day theft angers war veterans, who see it as an insult to servicemen and their families.

Elizabeth Smither is an acclaimed New Plymouth-based poet, novelist and short story writer. She has recently released The Commonplace Book (AUP, $34.99), a collection of thoughts about writing and the writer's life.

The Easter holiday road toll stands at five after a single-vehicle crash in Taranaki last night.

Travellers could get caught as heavy downfalls settle over the North Island for the next 24 hours.

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turned out at dawn services across the country.