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One killed in collision with bus
One person is dead after a car collided with an Intercity bus at Awakino in Taranaki today.

Man stuck in stream
At least 25 men and a digger were used to save a man whose 4WD flipped during a race meeting in Taranaki, trapping him under water.

Teens should 'be careful'
A lawyer has warned teenagers to be careful what they post on social media after two teens were acquitted of sexual violation charges in the High Court in New Plymouth

Charges laid over highway death
A man has been charged in relation to the death of a woman who was hit by a car on a Taranaki highway in August as she removed metal barriers from the road.

Man to pay $100k after firing wife
A man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife and business partner more than $100,000 after their relationship ended and she was sacked.

Friends plan climb in memory of couple
Friends of an Auckland couple who died on Mt Taranaki after getting stranded last Labour weekend are set to climb the peak to remember them this weekend.

Stop-go murder suspect moves
The prime suspect in the "Stop-Go" slaying of George Taiaroa has left his rural hideaway.

New Plymouth District Council to set up Maori Ward
New Plymouth District Council has voted in favour of establishing a Maori ward for the 2016 local body elections.

Man jailed eight years for almost decade-long abuse on boys
A man who indecently abused young boys over nearly a decade has narrowly avoided a sentence of preventive detention.

Woman suffers serious injuries following crash
A woman suffered serious injuries when her car crashed down a 30-metre bank and landed in a swamp in South Taranaki.

Taranaki crash leaves two injured
Two people have suffered from moderate injuries after their vehicles crashed on State Highway 3 in Taranaki early this morning.

Hostage siege shooting 'justified'
The fatal police shooting of a man who barricaded himself into a Taranaki hotel during a 13-hour hostage siege was justified, the police watchdog says.

Road block death: Police seek man
A man seen in the area where a Taranaki grandmother was struck and killed as she tried to remove barriers from a busy highway is being urged to contact police.

Road block death: Culprits told 'man up'
The husband of a Taranaki grandmother killed while trying to remove barriers from a highway has urged those responsible to "man up" and come forward.

Woman dies after road 'stupidly' blocked
A woman was killed on a Taranaki highway after someone "stupidly" blocked a lane by intentionally placing barriers across the road, police say.

Pedestrian dies following crash in South Taranaki
A woman was hit by a car and died on Waihi Rd, Normanby in South Taranaki last night.

Cleaner wrongly fired over 'threat' text
A cleaner who reportedly told her boss she would send someone to him and the visit "wouldn't be nice" if he did not pay her was wrongly fired, the ERA has found.

So close, yet so far for adventurer
Scott Donaldson says he'll be 'irked for a long, long time' after he was rescued from high seas kilometres from completing a 3-month odyssey across the Tasman Sea in a kayak.

Injured Kayaker reunited with wife
Transtasman kayaker Scott Donaldson has been reunited with his wife after being plucked from rough seas off the Taranaki coast this afternoon.

Blue whale washes up
A dead whale that has washed on to the shore of Taranaki is thought to weigh about 100 tonnes and is unlikely to be moved from its final resting spot.