A police response to an aggravated burglary in which a man died after he was Tasered, shot and beaten has been labelled "unplanned and uncoordinated".

Firefighters are working to control a blaze at a hay shed in New Plymouth this morning.

One person is dead after a car collided with an Intercity bus at Awakino in Taranaki today.

A New Plymouth bed and breakfast owner has been ordered to stop filming his neighbour and pay $7000 compensation by the Human Rights Tribunal.

NZ First leader Winston Peters has warned "separatism is coming to a council near you" .

A cleaner who reportedly told her boss she would send someone to him and the visit "wouldn't be nice" if he did not pay her was wrongly fired, the ERA has found.

An elderly couple who died after they were hit by a car while crossing a Taranaki highway yesterday have been named by police.

One man has been arrested following a knife point carjacking in New Plymouth.

A man who hit a jogger with his car, took her body and dumped it in a reserve 10km down the road, will spend at least the next 13 years behind bars.

The two mountaineers who died on Mt Taranaki had little chance of surviving for two nights and a day in their shallow hole in the hard snow and freezing wind, says a leading local guide.

The Taranaki Outdoor Pursuits Centre has escaped a fine for the tragedy on Paritutu Rock last year, but will still pay out $72,000 in reparations to families of victims and survivors.

Amble for hours in any direction, writes Jane Jeffries.

Police are unable to say whether a body discovered in New Plymouth is that of missing teenager Nikolao Meafua.

An adventure company responsible for a rock-climbing expedition during which three people were swept to their deaths has pleaded guilty to failing to ensure their safety.

Adam Morehu was fatally shot by police early this morning after allegedly telling the officers he was going to kill them and then firing a shot at them.

Residents of a tiny rural community will gather this Tuesday to ponder its status as one of the most intensively drilled places in the country.