Taranaki

A baby is in intensive care with Covid-19 at New Plymouth Base Hospital. The baby is under one year old and was admitted with Covid-19 related symptoms, and moved to ICU as a precautionary measure.

The hapū that sparked the shellfish rāhui along much of the Taranaki coast want a legal ban on gathering kaimoana for two years or more.

OMV says its in-fill drilling campaign at Māui A off the coast of Taranaki has almost doubled 2021 production levels, making it the country's largest gas field once more.

The tribal ban on collecting kaimoana is expanding along the Taranaki coast as more hapū try to protect paua and other shellfish stocks.

Taranaki police are warning anti-vaccine mandate protesters that they will be trespassed if they attempt to camp at Puke Ariki Landing in New Plymouth.

While attention is focused on the protest at Parliament grounds, Covid-19 vaccinators have been busy delivering booster shots and inoculating under 12 year olds.

A kiwi hatching facility has marked its 200th hatchling in just over two years of operating.

Work is under way to remove a wave tower off Port Taranaki severely damaged during ex cyclone Dovi.

One of Taranaki's pioneering environmentalists shows his ingenious method using ropes to help the visually impaired continue to enjoy growing things.

A multimillion-dollar wildlife centre and kiwi viewing house in Inglewood is a step closer, with the community board recommending New Plymouth District Council buy land for it.

In its first year of operation Ara Ake - the national future energy centre - burnt through two thirds of its annual revenue, that's $1.7m, in salaries, directors fees and consultants.

Police are warning businesses to be wary of scams after a Taranaki firm lost almost $70,000 to a false company overseas.

Heavy rain in Taranaki at the weekend has caused huge damage to farms, washing away baleage and bridges.

Two Taranaki schools managed to escape rising floodwaters damaging classrooms after heavy rainfall over the long weekend. Audio

Heavy rain is expected to cause slips and flooding in Taranaki today, on the back of 24 hours of deluges.

There is a reprieve for the Manawatū town of Feilding.

A new fresh water testing methodology confirms that the region's waterways are contaminated with bacteria after rain, ecologists say.

Residents, bach owners and farmers are being told to vacate properties and move stock behind an exclusion zone as urgent repairs are done to the Maui gas pipeline in Taranaki over the weekend.