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The community group Climate Justice Taranaki is joining hapū and iwi from across the motu as an interested party to Waitangi Tribunal urgent hearing regarding the proposed seabed mining of the ...
Construction of a “game-changing” $56.1m cancer centre in Taranaki is now under way and once finished will mean most patients will no longer have to travel outside the region for treatment ...
The data shows that the Taranaki economy provisionally contracted by 3.1% in the year to March 2025, compared to a national decline of 1.1%. Employment has also fallen by 1.8%, and consumer ...
Officially known as Mt Taranaki or Mt Egmont, Taranaki's dominating geographical feature could actually be called something else altogether. Waitara man Stu Whitehead has claimed that in ancient ...
Taranaki farmers fighting the compulsory acquisition of 11 hectares of their land for the Mt Messenger Bypass say they’re considering their options after another setback in the courts.
The incident was during a Taranaki club rugby match. A teen Taranaki club rugby player has been slapped with a 36-match ban after shoulder-charging a referee in a premier match.
The Waitangi Tribunal is considering a claim filed by south Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui concerning a Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) shallow-seabed mining project approved under the Fast Track ...
One of the two people who died when a boat capsized off the coast of South Taranaki is believed to have been a 6-year-old. Three people were on board the boat when it got into trouble off Pātea ...
Police say a woman who was reported missing earlier this week from Taranaki's Egmont Village has been found. The person police identified only as Jan was reported missing after she was last seen ...
Taranaki is among the worst-hit regions, facing extensive road blockages and evacuations. A tropical weather system has caused severe flooding, landslides, and road closures across New Zealand, with ...
Taranaki Regional Council has rebuffed calls for it to get off the fence and take a stand against a proposal to mine the seabed off the Patea coast. Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) has approval to vacuum ...
Fijian Drua winger Taniela “Motopai” Rakuro will be joining the Yarrows Taranaki Bulls for the 2025 Bunnings Warehouse NPC season. The swift signing comes as a direct response to Kini Naholo’s ...