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Police pleased with failed 'P-bust'

Armed police raided a Stratford house looking for a methamphetamine lab early yesterday but found only a cannabis growing operation.

Storm puts store in a fix

By KELLY LONEY - Taranaki Daily News

The Kapuni Store is haemorrhaging hundreds of dollars a day as one of South Taranaki's main rural arteries remains cut off.

TDHB in red at start of year

By ESTHER TAUNTON - Taranaki Daily News

Just one month into the new financial year, the Taranaki District Health Board's hospital services are already $460,000 in the red.

Doubts on Rae's plans for conference centre

By RYAN EVANS - Taranaki Daily News

John Rae's mayoral opponents are questioning his calls for a multi-purpose events and conference centre at Waiwhakaiho.

Seafood poaching grows

By MATT RILKOFF - Taranaki Daily News

A South Taranaki shellfish poacher was booked by fisheries officers in South Taranaki late yesterday with 117 paua.

'Speed date' your candidate

An intimate moment with your New Plymouth District Council candidates awaits at a series of upcoming "speed-date your candidate" evenings.

Helping you vote

It may be one of the tightest New Plymouth mayoral elections in years but in all the hype it's important not to overlook the other election races taking place around the mountain.

Ironman officer humbled by win

Public health check for hospital rooms

Lindup lining up for solo bid

Thomas Lindup is a tiger for punishment.

Ellice ready with full tank

New Plymouth triathlete Clark Ellice is one of four New Zealanders looking to round off their challenging world championship series with a podium finish in Budapest this weekend.

Players join national hockey league

Western rival still hoping for support

Taranaki gets wake-up

The words "RWC one year to go" have been emblazoned on the surface of Yarrow Stadium for tomorrow's ITM rugby match.

Property tips for players

TDN Homebuyers Players looking to life outside the game show a willingness to learn about financial matters.

Boot camp goes to market

Is it possible to create half a million dollars for the Taranaki economy in two days?

Engineering the best results

June was off the chart - thanks to All Blacks

Geeks come rolling to the rescue

While it's not unusual for a geek to drive a car, it's usually their mum's Suzuki Swift, not a powerful 5.7 litre V8 Bedford van.

Island alive with natives

TDN lake I 'm quite used to being overtaken by cyclists when driving in a big city like Wellington, but it's a bit of a shock when I'm out for an afternoon drive in New Plymouth.

Learning, laughing and walking

One of the real treats since coming to Woodleigh 25 years ago is to spend an occasional afternoon walking round Pukeiti with Graham Smith.

Kai with soul

Better than we know

In season

Witt chef tutor Denis Duthie had to raid a mate's garden for this week's recipes.

Deal tipped to improve skills

TDN Ag training A partnership expected to improve agricultural training in Taranaki has been announced.

$3m for possums, TB

More than $3.06m a year will be spent on new research to control New Zealand's possum population and to manage the incidence of TB among cattle.

Stock agent's creed

Fonterra sets export record

Industry icon

Mike Corbett and his staff have achieved a lot during his 41 years in the dairy industry.

Kizashi gets a grip

TDN Kizashi NZ and Australia are the first in the world to receive a Sport version of the Suzuki Kizashi sedan.

Camry hybrid a top performer

What's Toyota's Camry hybrid like to drive? Rob Maetzig takes the top model out for a spin.

New Peugeot's radical looks

Facelift adds flow to Madza6

ix35 a premium package from South Korea

Hyundai's new ix35 is one of the outstanding medium-sized soft- roaders on the market. Rob Maetzig reviews the top model of the range, the CRDi Elite.

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Democracy at its best

It was a scene to swell the heart and water the eye of any ardent supporter of democracy: Hundreds of people in a packed hall and many more in an adjoining foyer filled to bursting with people keen to hear the plans and platitudes of those seeking to lead their community.

Same old problem

Here we go again – another bout of winter rain, another major slip and more surface flooding on our vitally important highway route north, and another spate of reports about the worsening condition of that stretch of State Highway 3.

Earthquakes and opportunities

Time for a change on child support

Keeping them on their toes

It was a familiar refrain on Wednesday night: are you going to do a debate or forum for those people standing for the New Plymouth District Council?

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A bullet in the chamber

A few shots hit the mark during a lively debate in the battle for the top job.

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Charity begins at function

Princess dresses, tiered cakes and beautiful bouquets will be on offer this weekend.

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Industry icon

Mike Corbett and his staff have achieved a lot during his 41 years in the dairy industry.

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All that glitters is not gold

Abu Dhabi's oil-fuelled wealth cannot hide an ugly slick of laziness and complacency.

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Concussion tests continue

David Smith will undergo further tests in the next two days before he is cleared to play.

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