The operator says it could also affect human health and the environment. Read...

Taranaki make perfect start to title defence with five tries to two victory over Counties Manukau in New Plymouth. Read...

It’s a “lipstick economy” but even that doesn’t appear to be selling well, downtown New Plymouth businesses say. Read...

Just days after a dean says he found anti co-governance cards in the car park, a councillor reveals abuse scared him off opposing the Maori ward. Read...

Fighting back tears, New Plymouth councillor Murray Chong said he would no longer front resistance to a Maori ward because he feared for his safety. Read...

A slug gun has been fired at Murray Chong`s distinctive orange ute, leaving it pock-marked, as the Maori wards debate begins to heat up again. Read...

The disdain surrounding the Government’s decision to introduce binding polls on the future of Maori wards echoed around New Plymouth’s Civic Centre on Tuesday as councillors and iwi leaders united to make their feelings clear. Read...

Primate passion has blossomed between a pair of cotton-top monkeys at New Plymouth’s popular Brooklands Zoo. Read...

For the second year in a row New Plymouth’s Shining Peak has been named New Zealand’s champion small brewery. Read...

The popular Spiegel Fest will be back in New Plymouth in November with a raunchy adult circus performance as its headlining act. Read...