Kapuni crash: One dead after single-vehicle accident in Taranaki
Police have urged holidaymakers driving home from the long weekend to stay safe on the roads. Acting director…
Heavy rain triggers flash flooding, evacuations in parts of Wellington
Heavy rainfall has triggered flash flooding across parts of Wellington this morning, forcing sections of several state highways…
Heavy rain triggers flash flooding, evacuations in parts of Wellington
Heavy rainfall has triggered flash flooding across parts of Wellington this morning, forcing sections of several state highways…
Wet, windy storm to end school holidays as rain sweeps north
A spell of wet and windy weather is due to close out the school holidays, with a complex…
Climber died after being hit by disloged boulder
The coroner has found that the death of a man who was struck and killed by a falling…
Death of Taranaki Maunga tramper Christoph Huelsmann ‘not readily preventable’, coroner finds
She rushed to his aid and found him unresponsive with injuries to his head. Feldmann put the 57-year-old…
Taranaki farmworker Ethan Webster has life sentence for murder of Jacob Ramsay quashed
They then dumped Ramsay’s body into a manmade rubbish pit at the dairy farm in Oaonui, South Taranaki,…
New Zealand Eyes First LNG Terminal to Guard Against Power Shortages
The government of New Zealand has shortlisted proposals to have its first LNG import terminal operational by early…
Mining sector says Taranaki seabed plan rejection ‘embarrassing’
Vidal said it was embarrassing that the decision had come out while New Zealand officials had been sent…
Vandalism at Taranaki monitoring stations ‘putting lives at risk’
Repeat vandalism and theft from weather and flood monitoring stations in Taranaki could be “putting people’s lives at…
First offshore oil and gas exploration permit since ban under consideration
An Australian firm incorporated weeks before New Zealand’s offshore oil and gas ban ended will have its application…
Where is the sunniest spot in New Zealand? Clue: It’s not Nelson
New Plymouth has been crowned the sunniest spot in New Zealand. Earth Sciences NZ found the Taranaki region…