One person has died after a car ploughed into a tree earlier this afternoon.

A climber who was hit by falling rocks on Mt Taranaki has been airlifted to hospital after the third incident on the mountain this weekend.

A pair of tourists had a lucky escape after their campervan had its side ripped open in a collision caused by wandering cattle.

An alleged sexual predator was arrested in Taranaki today by police working on historic crimes dating back to 1993.

Fonterra says it sets itself high environmental standards despite being fined $362,000 in two separate prosecutions for Resource Management Act breaches.

Three men have been charged over the death of a woman who got out of her car to move metal barriers blocking a state highway.