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Ancestral land opposition sparks call for recognition of historic land confiscation.
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'Find me a mechanic': Auto industry warns of price rises and safety issues
Worker shortages in the auto industry will lead to price increases and safety issues.
Mayor: Concerns over vaccine mandate - 'it is adding to fear'
Mayor Alex Beijen is concerned about the effects the mandate is having on the community.
Collaboration, not competition: Northland school goes subjects-free
Ruawai College's new "learning packages" involve themes and experiences.
Peer pressure: Teen's illegal skids pins woman to car, injuring legs
Taranaki 19-year-old avoids conviction but disqualified from driving for a year.
Midweek micro-adventures are all the rage and here's why
If you wish summer could last forever, ensure it does with a midweek microadventure.
TVNZ's Hadyn Jones: 'My kids are everything to me'
The "everyman of NZ television" on his hard knocks, family, and being a good sort.
Chaotic life: Glimmer of hope for addict who stole $130 of bacon, debit card fraud
The woman spent someone else's money, and stole meat. But she wasn't entirely to blame.
Drink-driving pensioner to pay shopping mall $38k after ploughing through building
The vehicle was shunted from the building and suspended metres above the footpath.
Man charged with murder after woman found dead in New Plymouth home
Police launched a homicide investigation after a 48-year-old woman's death.
Offender flouts judge's efforts by walking out of rehab, back in custody
The judge "nursed" the man to treatment through the sentences he imposed. It failed.
'I'm not a criminal, I'm a regular person': Anti-mandate protesters appear in court
About 27 protesters will come through the Wellington courts after a night behind bars.
Naked man, 61, pestering teen girls banned from beaches
When police arrested him, he had on only a towel wrapped around his waist.
More heavy rain on the way this week
Many in the North Island will be spending the public holiday indoors as rain is forecast.
Taranaki businessman denies charges of rape and abduction, remains in custody
The man will remain in custody until his next appearance in April.
'She is a beautiful mother,' says offender who beat woman while holding their baby
The man professed his love for his "darling" in a letter read out in court.
Judge 'nursing' offender's path to rehab refuses early release from home detention
The man wanted time to prepare for rehab but the judge worried he'd get on the "turps".
New Plymouth gym wrongly claiming customers don't need Covid vaccine passes
A second North Island gym is staying open without checking vaccine passes.
Live: Omicron a 'different foe', PM hopeful long lockdowns unlikely
PM to reveal Cabinet decision on traffic light settings later today.
Live: Two more Omicron cases confirmed, one visited cafe on Tuesday
Case dined at cafe for 90 minutes; PM to unveil Omicron response plan today.
Cabinet meets today to assess Covid traffic light settings
First Cabinet meeting of the year in New Plymouth to address imminent Omicron outbreak.
Best of summer: Where to find the country's top 10 playgrounds
The finalists have been revealed, but who will you vote for as the country's number one?
'Hanging on by a thread': Aussie family's last hope for transtasman move
With their house on the market, the NSW-based family is on a deadline to cross the ditch.
'Absolutely tragic': The faces of our horror holiday road toll
A tragic toll: The 17 people killed on NZ roads over the holiday period remembered.
Elderly woman sexually assaulted after man helped change tyre
Police seek witnesses who may have seen man changing tyre on Marine Parade, West Beach.
Get out of town: Where to escape Auckland's sky-high house prices
How to achieve work-life balance and pay less for your home.
One dead in New Plymouth crash, road to be closed for several hours
Several people are also in hospital following serious crashes in Auckland overnight.
'The building is wiped out': Fire decimates Taranaki meat processing plant
The plant first caught fire around 11am today.
Three new Covid cases in New Plymouth, trio of schools closed
The New Plymouth family have a known link to an existing case in Rotorua.
Red, Orange or Green: Cabinet meets to decide each region's fate
The country will move into the new Covid-19 protection framework on Friday.
'Offset and compensate': Mt Messenger bypass deal risks more native forests to be destroyed
Adviser to the Mt Messenger project says it should never have been approved.
Fatbergs causing problems in New Plymouth
Fatbergs form in pipes when fat from cooked meat is washed down the sink.
Victims farewelled by hundreds in striking beachside haka
Four large, coloured lanterns were set off into the night sky in the victims' honour.
On and off the mountain: weekend adventures exploring Mt Taranaki
Need a weekend break? There's an adventure to be had up, down and all around Mt Taranaki.