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Cleanout at RSA clubrooms

Brandishing a court order, New Plymouth RSA executive committee members stormed their former club rooms to cart away everything.

Delicacy scarce, expensive

By MATT RILKOFF - Taranaki Daily News

5:00am Everyone knows money can't buy you love, and now you can add whitebait to the list.

Drug trials pay for more defibrillators

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5:00am Taranaki's heart doctor is on a mission to save lives by distributing easy-to-use life-saving defibrillators right across the region.

Slaughter highlights growing cruelty problem

5:00am A goat was discovered dumped with a slashed throat on Paynters Ave in New Plymouth yesterday morning.

Fears NZTA will sideline Taranaki

By RYAN EVANS - Taranaki Daily News

5:00am Taranaki transport boss Roger Maxwell fears the region's roading needs could be "left out on a limb" if the nearest New Zealand Transport Agency office is moved to Palmerston North.

Fishermen ready for battle

Taranaki commercial fishermen are again ready to battle the Ministry of Fisheries over dolphins.

Patients denied elective surgery

Almost 180 Taranaki patients were denied the opportunity for elective surgery last year.

Candidates come up with bridge woes answer

Speeding teenager faces jail

Sacred Heart at nationals

New Plymouth Sacred Heart Girls' College have qualified for the national secondary schools' netball playoffs for the first time.

Rain would rattle runner

Otaki trainer Howie Mathews has big plans this summer for promising young stayer Snake Gully, who is listed to kick off a fresh campaign at Waverley today.

Locals out for Ellerslie spoils

Cleaver forced to be patient

Standing ovation for Ferns

Wellington was treated to a champagne performance from the Silver Ferns last night and Australia were left lying on the canvas.

Boot camp goes to market

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

June was off the chart - thanks to All Blacks

Guest figures in Taranaki saw a massive June spike thanks to the sellout All Blacks test match, auguring well for crowd numbers at 2011's World Cup.

Skin and ink Soul's expression in the flesh

Family puts kart first

Engineering the best results

Brian Souness, for the past decade the public face of Taranaki's engineering sector, finished work on Friday - to take up a new job as a business director. Rob Maetzig reports.

Kai with soul

TDN Kai Tasty and healthy food is essential to keep the body functioning to the best of its ability during these busy times and this week's colourful soups are packed with protein, vitamins, fibre and sustenance.

Character building

Meet a woman who went so far out of her comfort zone, she found herself in Mongolia.

Pomegranates fruit of myth and mystery

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Better than we know

Jonathan Cameron has just returned from an Outward Bound course. This is his story.

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.

Fonterra sets export record

Outlook fine, despite currency

Stock agent's creed

After three decades in the dairy industry Marty Ryan has heaps to tell Sue O'Dowd.

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.

New Peugeot's radical looks

Distinctive looks make for a memorable car right from the start.

Facelift adds flow to Madza6

CRUZE gets high-spec diesel

Camry hybrid a top performer

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

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Theft defiles Parihaka history

Te Whiti's tomb at Parihaka Parihaka is such a special, almost mystical place that it is almost inconceivable that thieves would steal a precious greenstone mere from a glass container on the tomb of one of the Taranaki village's founders.

NP owes Peter Tennent thanks

In what could be seen as a classic case of not fully appreciating what's in your own back yard, quite often Taranaki people need to go outside the region to hear the most praise about the qualities of New Plymouth mayor Peter Tennent.

Putting the local into local body elections

Accustomed to their face

Tough year, but value remains

Any local authority-owned investment fund that over the past five years has contributed $120 million to its owner by way of dividend, should be considered to be nothing less than a cash cow.

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The team were hard at work training ahead of their next match against Auckland.

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After three decades in the dairy industry Marty Ryan has heaps to tell Sue O'Dowd.

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Cleaver forced to be patient

The build-up to this year's NPC could not have been any more frustrating for Taranaki prop.

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Although it's months out, Hawera's push bike pub crawl future is again up for debate.

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