All tickets for the 2025 Te Matatini finals day are sold out.

Te Matatini 2025 kicks off at New Plymouth’s Bowl of Brooklands.

The festival's opening ceremony included a new taonga gifting by the Rangi whānau.

Contractors finished 12km of tarseal through Tāngarākau Gorge on SH43.

The ICC Women's World Cup trophy will be displayed on the first day.

Kiri Erb's staff will increase from 36 to 50 for the kapa haka nationals.

Whanganui and surrounding districts are facing the consequences of a dry, hot summer.

Nationwide, NZ is short about 600 GPs, highlighting the funding crisis.

Hundreds of cars will line Hāwera's streets for the annual Americarna event.

The 1.65 tonnes of Agria will be served at the festival pōwhiri and to feed performers.

A 'pretty pleasant' weekend ahead for Whanganui

"It’s very much a part of the Pātea culture."

Sons of Pitches are 'the rowdier of our teams'.

Businesses warned to expect crowds; hotels fully booked, Airbnb prices soaring.

Parliament voted unanimously to grant legal personhood to Taranaki maunga.

'Just the process of walking is also something [our ancestors] would have done.'

Residents can use hoses after 6pm based on an 'odds and evens' system.

Turia served as a minister under both Labour and National governments.

The SH3 store stayed within the same family for 100 years.

'I've engaged quite constructively with people across the spectrum of views.'

Whanganui District Council takes stand against seabed mining.

Tahinganui Hina returned home to Whanganui in 2018.

A Waverley woolshed about 80m by 20m was fully involved in fire.

'The wind’s got up and reignited it.'

Rukutai Watene said mana whenua have resisted the mining bid since the beginning.

The multi-functional building includes a gallery, library and isite.

'When you’re on, you’re on.'

Guests can enjoy a buffet lunch, hear from Margo Flanagan and donate to a good cause.

Freda Brown (nee Jones) was born on October 31, 1924, in New Plymouth

The five sites are part of a programme of works around Taranaki.