After the passing of his father Ian Harrison, Kim is auctioning off almost his entire vintage tractor collection. Made with funding from NZ On Air

After the passing of his father Ian, Kim Harrison is auctioning off almost his entire vintage tractor collection. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

In a separate incident, a man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a quad bike accident.

One person has been injured after the car they were in drove off the road and into a swamp in Taranaki. The car, which was travelling

In November 2015, an off-duty policeman overtook a truck on a country road, forcing an oncoming driver to swerve off the road.

It could be a call centre anywhere in the world, but Connect Global is based in the small South Taranaki settlement of Waverley. It provides desperately needed jobs for ten locals. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

It could be a call centre anywhere in the world, but Connect Global is based in the small South Taranaki settlement of Waverley. It provides desperately needed jobs for ten locals. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Too little "huff and puff" and too much screen time, childhood obesity study finds.

15-year old Phoebe Jury has a talent for handling miniature horses. She has just been selected to be part of the New Zealand youth team, to go to Australia in April. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A man has died in one of two serious truck crashes that have closed roads in Timaru and Taranaki this morning.

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

Former pharmacist loses registration after being convicted on child pornography charges.

Missing man was "always pushing the limits", says shocked friend.

The family of a man missing at sea after the inflatable boat he was on capsized, say they are in limbo as they wait - and hope - to get him back.

Police have named the teenager who drowned in a Taranaki river yesterday.

Police have located the body of a man who was swept away while crossing Waiwhakaiho River near New Plymouth this afternoon.

WATCH: A South Taranaki couple have a wedding tale to tell the grandkids after ferocious weather destroyed their wedding marquee at the weekend.

"We will stop paying rates to Horizons, and use the money to fund free beer on Sundays!" Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Unionised resident doctors are reported to be working through the strike at some hospitals.

Doctors' strike at 18 DHBs to disrupt care for thousands of patients

Hawera Police want to speak to a Taranaki teen who has been missing since January 6.

Firefighters are working to free someone from a crashed car in New Plymouth.

District health boards are making their final preparations for the three-day strike by unionised resident doctors that starts tomorrow morning.

Big support for jilted wife Gaylyne Fowler, who was convicted of objectionable behaviour for posting nude photos of her husband's lover across a small Taranaki town.

A service station attendant chased off a knife-wielding man.

A man with a crossbow who had been worrying police in Taranaki is now safely locked up.

A man with a crossbow is hiding from police in Taranaki. Police were called out to a house in Oxford Road at 4pm. They arrived at

Queensland Police haven't found any evidence suggesting third party involvement in the case of a NZ man who was found under an Australian train bridge with serious injuries.

A New Zealand man found under a bridge with a broken neck, back, ribs was allegedly attacked in Australia after rejecting the advances of a married man.

It is an uncontroversial fact that the state of the country's freshwater resources has for decades been moving towards ecological collapse.