A man died while in custody in a Taranaki police station.

Police have named two teenagers killed in a crash in Hawera.

Two people have died after a crash at Hawera, Taranaki

Two women, strangers before today, hug each other - a moment repeated countless times.

Amjad Hamid moved to New Zealand for a better life, his wife says.

Hannah Hughson can't read road signs, price tags or recipes, but she wants to help others.

Whanganui age group cricketers have an exceptional weekend against Taranaki at the weekend

Literary road trips inspired by some of New Zealand most loved authors, poets and books.

Crusher Collins slams Labour Government in front of Whanganui retirees.

Eleven men in NZ armed forces were awarded in the Victoria Cross in WW I

Taranaki township produced two WWI Victoria Cross recipients in actions 10 days apart.

Wanganui to also focus on shoring up backline defence.

Cameron Crowley to tie Wanganui record for Shield challenges.

First Shield game played in Hawera in nearly 100 years.

Foreign visitors show us life beyond NZ, but also make us re-appraise our own country

A seventh person has died overnight after the horror crash in Waverley.

Burglar swapped his soiled Batman undies for clothes stolen from a man's home.

The precise cause of a Hawera woman's fatal car crash was "speculative", a coroner says.

Myrtle rust has reached Feilding, Hawera and Palmerston North. Now it's in Whanganui.

Get dressed or don't bother going to watch a movie at Hawera Cinema 2.

Ngāti Ruanui has strong case against seabed mining, will never agree to it.

Most impacted tribe in New Zealand applauds limits, wants more progress in that direction.

The trailer full of meat has started parking up at an old service station site

A Taranaki man was charged with murdering his baby girl before admitting manslaughter.

Wind denied athletes the chance of Commonwealth Games qualifications at Cooks Classic

Within four years Patea's patient numbers have dropped from 2900 to 2200.

Susan Mouat is appealing her sentence of home detention for killing her husband.

Reg Korau failed to disclose driving convictions and drove school van for personal use.

Walking 400km against seabed mining. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A man has been arrested and charged after a violent home invasion in South Taranaki.