taranaki daily news

"We want to back them the way the whole of New Zealand backed us."

Taranaki man Karl Taylor is asking Jacinda Ardern to intervene over a non-funded $6500 drug that could prolong his life.

Taranaki's stadium is broken - but the proposed $55m solution to fix it doesn't work for everyone.

Mostyn Simpson returned from his Easter holiday to find his cat crying under the bed after being shot in the cheek. 

One of four Taranaki women will be announced 2019 Taranaki Rose of Tralee this weekend.

 "Thank you for saving me. If you weren't there I don't know what would have happened."

The best efforts of a doctor, firefighter, police and two nurses were not enough to save a driver involved in a crash north of Taranaki.

Three families tell their stories about their uncles who all died during World War II.

Every day Ian McAlpine walks along New Plymouth's Coastal Walkway and watches hundreds of people blithely walk past the rubbish that litters the beach.

Chiefs prop simplifies struggle of positional switch akin to learning to go to the toilet with your wrong hand.

Kathmandu ram-raid thieves made off with jackets, ski pants and hooded sweatshirts.

A man was taken to hospital after being hit by a truck door Port Taranaki on Tuesday.

Chiefs star re-signing means four test hookers have now committed to NZ Rugby beyond the World Cup.

Before he allegedly became involved in a drug smuggling operation, Steen McBeth was a promising signwriter.

 It took a metal detectorist eight minutes to find a wedding ring lost in a lake for more than a year.

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