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Pedestrian dies following crash in South Taranaki

A woman was hit by a car and died on Waihi Rd, Normanby in South Taranaki last night.

Cleaner wrongly fired over 'threat' text

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.

Adventurer hopes to retrieve kayak

So close, yet so far for adventurer

Scott Donaldson says he'll be 'irked for a long, long time' after he was rescued from high seas kilometres from completing a 3-month odyssey across the Tasman Sea in a kayak.

Injured Kayaker reunited with wife

Transtasman kayaker Scott Donaldson has been reunited with his wife after being plucked from rough seas off the Taranaki coast this afternoon.

Rebecca Gibney apologises for ancestor's Parihaka role

Blue whale washes up

A dead whale that has washed on to the shore of Taranaki is thought to weigh about 100 tonnes and is unlikely to be moved from its final resting spot.

Woman who set fire to own home has appeal dismissed

Chaplain bashed saving 'God's money'

A hospital chaplain was assaulted with a box cutter and a stick after telling a man attempting to rob his collection boxes, "You can't take God's money".

Taranaki artist dies after being hit by vehicle

Iron sands mining hearings to wrap up this week

Taumarunui: Off the main trunk line

Elisabeth Easther took a quirky rail trip and has been singing the little engines' praises ever since.

Government sets best-practice fracking guidelines

The Government has just set best-practice guidelines for fracking in various parts of the country.

Iron sands mining hearing: the concerns

Anti-fluoride group's challenge rejected by judge

Man who died after three-vehicle crash named

Man dies after three-vehicle crash

Police said the crash occurred just before 7.30am at the intersection of Egmont and Bishop Roads, and involved a large truck, car and motorcycle.

Firefighters battle chemical leak at Port Taranaki