Robin Martin

The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) says the police fleeing driver policy needs to be amended in the wake of another death after a pursuit.

A recovery programme to help save one of New Zealand's rarest birds has now established a sustainable population in Taranaki. Video

A vehicle with a Hollywood pedigree has been the star of Americarna 2016, which wraps up in New Plymouth today.

Taranaki Regional Council is investigating a complaint that surveying explosives have been laid metres away from a farm's principal water source.

Exploratory drilling for oil and gas has ground to a halt in New Zealand amid low oil prices.

A silent hikoi in New Plymouth today followed the footsteps of prisoners taken during the sacking of Parihaka in 1881.

The Department of Conservation is looking at ways to ease chronic overcrowding on the Tongariro Crossing, including a "sister crossing" in Taranaki.

The oil and gas industry has an unlikely ally in its support for the introduction of buffer zones around its Taranaki installations.

Proposed buffer zones around rural industries - including oil and gas facilities - amount to a council-approved land grab, Taranaki farmers say.

Chow down on a Big Mac anywhere in Australasia and there's a good chance the cheese in that burger came from the tiny Taranaki township of Eltham. Audio

Dozens of volcanic river boulders, each weighing hundreds of kilos, are being transformed into works of fine art in New Plymouth this month.

A veteran Black Power member has been offered an olive branch by a Maori trust that previously wanted to evict him from land it owns in Taranaki.

A Taranaki farmworker accused of murdering his son told police he had enjoyed spending some of over $78,000 transferred by the younger man into his account. Audio

A pa sacked by General Trevor Chute during the land wars in the 1860s may have been rediscovered under roadworks in South Taranaki.

The New Zealander deported from Australia after travelling to Syria on a peace tour is already planning to return to the Middle East.

A New Zealander is being deported from Australia one day after returning from a peace mission to Syria. Audio

The Maori Party has renewed its call for 5 November to be recognised as Parihaka Day to commemorate the sacking of the pacifist settlement in Taranaki. Audio

Precious carved pataka panels which were illegally smuggled out of the country in the 1970s have gone on public display in New Plymouth today.

A Wellington businessman hopes that the arrival of a waka full of cocoa beans from Bouganville will kickstart a sail-powered shipping network

A dairy lobby group appears to have pressured the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council into removing potentially embarrassing information.

Farmers in Manawatu-Whanganui are getting around tough new rules to cut down on dirty dairying.

The first unmanned helicopter certified to spray chemicals in New Zealand could save farmers thousands of dollars - if certain conditions are met.

Environmental watchdogs in Taranaki say proposed freshwater quality rules for the province could put people's health at risk.

A hapu leader and a corporate lawyer locked horns over the merits of oral versus written history in the Environment Court in New Plymouth today. Audio

A one-of-its-kind exhibition in New Plymouth is attempting to unravel the mysterious link between music and emotions. Audio